Author: Paavni chadha

Advocacy is vital for translating health goals into policy and gaining support for initiatives that improve public health. Early prison health advocacy relied on humanitarian appeals but had limited success due to public and custodial apathy. By the mid-20th century, a rights-based approach emerged, with courts mandating health standards, but penal populism reduced public support and led to barriers against prisoner lawsuits. A proposed public health-focused advocacy combines humanitarian and rights-based ideals with public self-interest, emphasizing the risks of released prisoners with untreated diseases re-entering society. According to the latest report on Prison Statistics India (PSI) 2022, from the National…