Maharashtra Assembly passed a bill to reform the prison system in the State
- Maharashtra Assembly passed a bill to reform the prison system in the State.
- The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024 is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023.
- A high-security prison and detention centre will be set up in Mumbai.
- The Bill has the provision of categories of prisons such as special prisons, open prisons for women, temporary prisons and open colonies.
- Open prisons and open colonies will help with the rehabilitation and reintegration of former jail inmates.
- The bill has also the provision of the constitution of a ‘prison and correctional prison force.
