As of 2022, India has roughly 1,400 prisons housing 5.73 lakh inmates, over 75% of whom are undertrials. Despite the landmark Supreme Court judgement from 1998, according to which, no inmate can be put to work without pay, all of these inmates have, at some point during their time inside, worked in one capacity or … Continue reading ResearchED: Right To Wages Behind Bars; Struggle For Fair Compensation For Prison Labour In India