Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day-to-day administration of prisons.
Statement-II: In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

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UPSC Prelims

2023 • 28 May, 2023 • Paper-1

Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day-to-day administration of prisons.
Statement-II: In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Correct Answer

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

Subject: Polity.Context: Prison Administration in India.Details: Statement I is correct; 'Prisons' is a State subject under Entry 4 of List II (State List) in t......

💡 Analysis & Explanation

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Polity.

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Prison Administration in India.

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Statement I is correct; 'Prisons' is a State subject under Entry 4 of List II (State List) in the Seventh Schedule, so states manage them via their own prison manuals. Statement II is also correct and provides the historical legal explanation: the colonial-era Prisons Act of 1894 vested the superintendence and control of prisons explicitly in the hands of the Provincial (now State) Governments.

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