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Board of Visitors for city’s jails constituted, Delhi govt tells High Court
October 15, 2024 11:01 pm
Non-official visitors include eight members, which comprise social workers, psychiatrists, and elected assembly members.
'Ban segregation of work based on caste': Supreme Court orders revision of jail manuals within 3 months
October 04, 2024 4:05 am
The Supreme Court ruling came on a plea which said caste-based discrimination continues to persist in prisons with respect to the division of manual labour and segregation of barracks.
Prison Break: You don’t have to do the crime to do a little time
July 23, 2018 12:20 am
The average Indian, who lacks both money and time, is already a prisoner of circumstance and is unlikely to venture into a jail as an enthusiastic vacationer.
West Bengal government to convert Kalyani jail into a detention centre of Bangladesh immigrants
December 01, 2014 8:12 pm
The Centre had asked all states to build such detention centres to house Bangladeshi prisoners.
Yerawada,Nashik and Taloja jails to get CCTVs
July 12, 2013 3:31 am
Cellphone jammers to be set up too,says jail official
Reports on drugs,lack of security in jails exaggerated,says minister
October 13, 2012 3:39 am
The minister downplayed the claims of former DGP Shashi Kant who had raised the issue of a nexus between the powerful people of Punjab and the jail staff.
No parole for jail inmates found with cellphones,SIM cards in Haryana
September 10, 2012 3:25 am
Till end of August,the police had recovered over 60 cellphones,activated SIM cards and phone chargers from inmates across Haryana jails.
States first liveable jails ready
May 27, 2011 1:52 am
With bio-metric facility,special suites, mobile jammers,X-ray scanners and the capacity to house 4,800 prisoners,the two modern jails at Kapurthala and Faridkot are ready at a cost of Rs 231.45 crore and are are likely to be inaugurated soon.
Haryana courts warm to video-conferencing with jails,but slowly
April 11, 2011 12:52 am
Technology-rich Haryana does not appear to be making optimum use of technology.
1,710 Indians in UAE jails; govt has no record of individual cases
January 05, 2011 1:25 am
As many as 1,710 Indian prisoners are languishing in jails of United Arab Emirates.
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