The Status and Scope of Professional Social Work in Indian Correctional Setting

Beulah Emmanuel

Academy of Prisons & Correctional Administration, Tamil Nadu, India

Ilango Ponnuswami

Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract:

This paper attempts to explain the two main aspects of social work in the Indian prison context: the first and foremost being the current status and scope of professional social work in Indian prisons; the second, to review the reports of various committees and prison manuals that emphasised the need for, and the role of, professional social workers in prisons, and to describe the role of the social workers as per the Model Prison Manual and to explain the inevitability of their greater participation in correctional institutions of India.

Keyword:

Corrections, Correctional Administration, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Social Work, Model Prison Manual, Prisons, Status, Scope.