Speakers
Prof. Neena Pandey PhD, M.Phil, MA
Parallel Workshops
Imprisonment has detrimental effects on women irrespective of the length of time spent inside prison. The impact is so intense that it just does not only relate to the woman prisoner but also to her family and associates who claim to have ties with her. There is a fear and, in turn, discrete practice of social exclusion and discrimination towards incarcerated women as well as their family and other ties. Getting back to everyday life after having a history in prison often becomes a challenge that leads to these women cornering themselves from the expectations and virtues of society. The more significant issue that affects the under-trial women is the entire question of “justice” and whether their experience from the start of arrest to custody and then detention, coupled with lengthy trials and the treatment during the detention, can be perceived as justifiable. It is a question of their life that has repercussions because of this experience.
