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According to Mahatma Gandhi-Crime is the outcome of a diseased mind and jail must have an environment of Hospital for treatment and care. The Constitution of India at the time of its enactment was with the aim to provide equality to each and every person. So far as the scope of right to equality for each and every person is concerned, the principle of equality before the law or equal protection of laws within the territory of India. In this instance, the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. The Courts of India i.e. from the Supreme Court to the Lower Court have recognized the basic rights to prisoners. In this instance, the Supreme Court on inhuman conditions held that, "there could be several factors that lead a prisoner to commit a crime but nevertheless a prisoner is required to be treated as a human being entitled to all the basic human rights, human dignity and human sympathy."