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‘VIP treatment’ in jail: Karnataka minister G Parameshwara announces high-level probe panel; 2 officials suspended
November 11, 2025 5:18 am
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said a technical audit of the security apparatus in prisons will be carried out, and undertrials at Parappana Agrahara jail will be separated from the convicts.
From Kala Pani to overcrowded jails: Why Indian prisons still bear a colonial stamp
October 01, 2025 12:08 pm
Prisons had existed in the Indian subcontinent since the third century BC, but they were mainly used to confine political rivals or rebels till their trials. The institution of jail, as understood these days, is of British origin and was introduced in India as a part of British administration.
India asks Pakistan to expedite release of Indian prisoners in its custody
January 01, 2025 10:10 pm
The MEA said India remains committed to addressing, on priority, all humanitarian matters, including those pertaining to prisoners and fishermen in each other's country.
5 undertrial prisoners escape from Assam jail, search on
October 11, 2024 12:21 pm
The inmates broke the iron grille of their cell and then used bed sheets, blankets and lungis to make a rope and climbed down from the 20-feet-high boundary wall of the jail, an official said.
Tillu Tejpuria fallout: Haryana to give Rs 7.5 lakh compensation for unnatural death of jail inmates
May 12, 2023 6:40 pm
Even if an inmate dies by suicide, jail officials will be penalised; 50% of the compensation to be recovered from erring officials.
Six Indian prisoners died in Pakistan in last 9 months: MEA
October 07, 2022 5:39 pm
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the deceased included five fishermen.
8,189 Indian prisoners lodged in foreign jails: MEA
July 18, 2019 4:52 pm
Saudi Arabia has the highest 1811 Indian prisoners, followed by the UAE with 1,392 and Nepal 1,160 jail inmates, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
Indo-Vietnam pact on transfer of convicted prisoners gets enforced
April 11, 2018 4:01 pm
The agreement on transfer of the sentenced persons was signed by India and Vietnam on November 1, 2013 and was ratified by India on January 1, 2014. Vietnam, however, ratified it only on March 10, 2017.
SC passes slew of directions on prison reforms across India
September 15, 2017 2:17 pm
The bench is hearing a 2013 PIL on prevailing inhuman conditions prevailing in 1,382 prisons across the country.
Aadhaar seeding for inmates of Patna prisons
August 05, 2017 7:26 pm
Patna District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar Aggawal around 1000 inmates in Beur jail have given their Aadhaar numbers while the camp would help 500 others acquire the unique identification number.
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