Classification of Prisoners
Definition
The process of sorting prisoners into groups by criteria such as offence, sentence length, age, sex, and assessed risk, so that security level and programming match individual need.
Related terms
- Central Jail
- The largest and most resourced tier of an Indian state's prison hierarchy, generally holding prisoners sentenced to more than two years and...
- District Jail
- A jail serving a district-level catchment, holding a mixed population of undertrials and convicts serving shorter sentences, with fewer facilities than a...
- Individualisation
- The ability to distinguish one individual organism from all others of the same species. In plant forensics, individualisation requires profiling a locus...
- Institutional Treatment
- The organised custodial, disciplinary, and rehabilitative regime a prison applies to an admitted prisoner, covering housing, work, education, discipline, and release planning.
- Sub-Jail
- A small lock-up at the sub-division or taluka level used mainly for short remand and transit custody before transfer to a larger...