Right to Health
Definition
The principle, read into India's Article 21 right to life with dignity, that a prisoner retains a claim to adequate food, sanitation and medical treatment despite confinement.
Related terms
- Custodial Death
- A death occurring while a person is in police or judicial custody, tracked separately in official statistics because it signals possible failures...
- Dietary Scale
- An official schedule specifying the quantity, calorie content, and nutritional composition of food a prison must serve, often varying by labour classification,...
- Nelson Mandela Rules
- The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, revised and renamed by the UN General Assembly in December 2015,...
- Overcrowding
- A prison population that exceeds its officially sanctioned or design capacity, usually expressed as an occupancy percentage or ratio of inmates to...
- Prisoner Healthcare
- Medical, dental and mental health services a prison system must provide to a confined population that cannot seek outside care on its...
- Sanitation
- Access to clean toilet, washing and drinking-water facilities, required under the Nelson Mandela Rules as part of adequate accommodation.