INDEX CHAPTER; INTRODUCTION; PRISON AND ITS HISTORY; i. History of prison; ii. Who is a criminal?; iii. What are the objectives of prison?; PRIVATISATION AND PUNISHMENT; i. What is privatisation?; ii. Punishment; INADEQUACY OF INDIAN PRISON SYSTEM; i. Indian Prison System; ii. History of A Pragmatic Prison Policy in India; iii. Problems in Indian Prison System; iv. Is Current System apt for future; v. International Guidelines; vi. Supreme Court Guidelines; 5. CONCEPT OF PRIVATE PRISON; i. Emergence of Private Prisons; ii. Other Jurisdictions; iii. Claimed Benefits of Private Prisons; iv. Problems faced in other jurisdictions; v. Israel Example: An Eye Opener For India; 6. PRIVATE PRISONS: W- A WORKABLE SOLUTION IN INDIA?; i. Philosophical and Ethical Issues; • Who can Punish?; • Delivering Punishment: A State's prerogative?; • Ideological Issues; • Role of State; • Symbolism and State Justice; • Ethical Question of Profiteering from Punishment; • Accountability; ii. Indian Reality; • Conditions Prevailing in Jails; • Kind of expenses borne by Prisons in looking after prisoners; • Disparities or discrimination within the prisoners; • Way Out; 7. INDIAN PRISON AS A DUMPING GROUND OF UNDERTRIALS; i. Places of Detention of Under-Trials; ii. Whether Detention of Undertrials in prisons! Jails is legal?; iii. Prison Institution And the Law; iv. Detention! Lodgement of the undertrials in the prison is illegal as also inappropriate; 8. IS PRIVATE PRISON A SOLUTION FOR INDIA OR NOT; 9. CONCLUSION; 10. SUGGESTIONS; 11. BIBLIOGRAPHY; 12. ANNEXURE I: SNAPSHOTS OF PRISON STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 2011 BY NCRB; ANNEXURE II: CAPACITY OF CENTRAL JAIL AND AVERAGE CAPACITY OF INMATES THEREIN; ANNEXURE III: CAPACITY OF DISTRICT JAILS AND AVERAGE CAPACITY OF INMATES THEREIN; ANNEXURE IV: CAPACITY OF SUBJAILS AND AVERAGE CAPACITY OF INMATES THEREIN.