The Rajasthan Prisons Department serves the State by keeping in safe custody the persons forwarded to prisons  of  state.  The prisoners  are kept  in safe,  humane,  cost-efficient,  and  adequately  secure  and supervised  environment  of  prisons  and  provide  work  and  other  self-improvement  opportunities  to assist  offenders  in  becoming  law-abiding  citizens.  The  Department  has  been established to provide progressive and humane care for prison  inmates,  to professionalize the service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of the state prisons in operation.