Penology - prisons, prison reform, parole, probation & after-care MCQs with Answers

Who is said to be the father of Parole

Consider the following statements regarding the recommendations of All India Committee on Jail Reform (1980-83):
(I) The subjects of prisons and allied institutions should be included in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.
(II) Public participation in prevention of crime and treatment of offenders must be made a part of our national policy on prisons.
(III) An All India Service to be called the Indian Prisons and Correctional Service should be constituted.
Choose the correct statements from the above:

Which of the following committees has recommended that prisoners sentenced to less than one year should be kept in open camps and prisoners may be allowed to stay in these camps with their families?

Match List-I with List-II regarding the chapter and their content in Model Prison Manual 2016 and choose the correct option by using the codes given below:

According to the Model Prison Manual 2016, on which of the following reasons prisoners may be transferred from one prison to another?
(A) To be nearer to his/her home district.
(B) On medical grounds.
(C) For providing essential services.

According to the Model Prison Manual 2016, high risk offenders are classified in how many number of categories?

In the history of Indian juvenile justice legislation, arrange the following enactments in ascending order of enactment:
i. The Children Act enacted by Parliament
ii. The Reformatory Schools Act
iii. The first Juvenile Justice Act enacted by Parliament

Which term describes the temporary conditional release of a convicted prisoner who must return to custody when the release period ends?

Which judge wrote, in a Supreme Court judgment on reformative sentencing, “If every saint has a past, every sinner has a future”?