India, Jan. 26 -- Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea is battling with the violence in jail by its custodians, she narrated before a special CBI court. How can the male officials of the Byculla women's prison cane women inmates and even threaten her against being a witness in the court, she said.

Life of a woman in a prison seems to be very hard and bad. A study on deaths behind bars reveals that on an average almost 1,000 prisoners die in custody every year and 90 per cent of them are under trials. Statistics also reveal that most under trial punishments are converted into death penalties. Also, the death of a prisoner is never considered a custodial death but rather shown as a case of natural death.

The overcrowded jails ...