Who said "criminals should be treated as patients in hospitals and the jails should be hospitals admitting such patients for treatment and cure"?
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Who said "criminals should be treated as patients in hospitals and the jails should be hospitals admitting such patients for treatment and cure"?
- Salmond
- V.R. Krishna Iyer
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mahatma Gandhi
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi regarded crime as a kind of disease and wrote that criminals should be treated as patients and jails turned into hospitals for their treatment and cure. This is a reformative view of punishment; it is not associated with Salmond or Nehru, although Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer later championed prison reform.
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