Introduction
The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services, having its headquarters at Pune, operates under the Home Department of the Government of Maharashtra and oversees 05 Regional Offices, 01 State Training Centre with its Sub-Centres at 05 different locations and 60 Prisons and Correctional Institutuions of various categories like Central Prisons, District Prisons, Open Prisons, Open Colony and Borstal School.
The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services is the statutory body responsible for the administration, management, and reform of Prisons across the State of Maharashtra. Governed by the Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024 and the Maharashtra Prison Manual, 1979, the Department marks a progressive shift from a punitive model to a rehabilitative and correctional approach in prison administration.