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The winners of FIDE Intercontinental Championship for Prisoners held in 2025. These winning member are among the 20 inmates who are training other 200 prisoners.

At Yerawada prison, inmates take on role of chess coaches for 200 fellow prisoners

February 13, 2026 6:33 am

The life-term inmate, in his late 40s, is among a group of around 20 prisoners at Yerawada Central Prison who are training nearly 200 fellow inmates interested in chess.

Calcutta High Court said the logic that since the petitioner is only 51 years of age, he is in a position to commit similar or other offences, is not sound at all.

Jails correctional homes with high hopes: Calcutta High Court orders reconsideration of life convict's release after 32 years in jail

January 23, 2026 4:38 pm

Correctional Home Reform Case: Justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray allowed the appeal filed by 51-year-old Babulal Jadab alias Babulal Yadav incarcerated for 32 years and quashed the judicial department’s memo rejecting plea for premature release.

Two men arrested after Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, in jail for attempted rape of baby, dies in prison attack

October 12, 2025 8:36 pm

A Prison Service spokesperson said they could not comment while the police investigate.

How many Indian citizens are imprisoned & facing death penalties in foreign jails?

July 31, 2025 4:44 pm

Indians in foreign jails 2025: MoS External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh stated that the government attaches high priority to the safety, security and well-being of Indian nationals in foreign countries, including those in foreign jails.

Give special attention to elderly inmates in jails: Centre to states, UTs

July 07, 2025 6:14 pm

The Centre is committed to creating an ecosystem for protecting, caring, and providing for the well-being of its elderly citizens, says Prison Reforms Director Arun Sobti.

The UK's Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood, asked more than two dozen company executives, including those representing Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir for ideas to create a "prison outside of prison". (Credit: X/@ShabanaMahmood)

Trackers under skin, robot prison wardens: In UK, vision for justice takes 'dystopian' turn

July 01, 2025 10:37 pm

UK prison technology: The UK’s Labour government is battling a shortage of both the space to hold prisoners and officials to oversee them.

High court strikes down Punjab formula for premature release of prisoners

May 30, 2025 3:35 pm

The high court found the Punjab government’s formula that excluded parole from actual custody—as an undertrial and post-conviction—lacked legal backing.

Mahakumbh The water, brought by Himachal Pradesh Director General of Prisons Sanjeev Ranjan Ojha, from the Triveni Sangam at Prayagraj Mahakumbh, was mixed into water tanks at District Jail Kaithu and Modern Central Jail Kanda in Shimla district. (Express Photo)

Himachal Pradesh DGP prisons brings Mahakumbh to prisoners through water from Triveni Sangam

February 27, 2025 6:45 pm

Over 100 inmates in two prisons participate in Rudrabhishek; jail administration plans more spiritual events.

2,199 male, 207 female inmates complete diploma, degree courses in Maharashtra prisons

September 06, 2024 8:53 am

This was made possible after the university signed an MoU with the Maharashtra Prison Department in 2017 to facilitate academic courses in jails. On the occasion of Teachers Day, the MoU was renewed for the next five years.

Virtual hugs and repairing family bonds, e-Mulakat brings ease of visitation across state prisons

April 04, 2024 7:14 am

The data shared by the Maharashtra Prison Department shows that since January this year, the system became fully functional across 60 prisons in Maharashtra.

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Prison Inside Me: South Koreans lock themselves up to escape daily life

November 28, 2018 6:50 am

A downturn in South Korea's high-tech, export-driven economy has intensified a hyper-competitive school and work environment that experts say adds to a high incidence of stress and suicide

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Suresh Chhara arrested for allegedly attacking journalist Revati Laul

January 21, 2016 11:57 am

Ahmedabad, Jan 21 (ANI): Gujarat riots convict Suresh Chhara, who was out on parole, was arrested in Ahmedabad on Thursday for allegedly attacking journalist Revati Laul. Laul, who is writing a book on the convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, said she was attacked by Chhara when she went to house in Naroda area of Ahmedabad late on Wednesday evening for interviewing him. Chhara has been convicted to 31 years in prison for his involvement in the Naroda Patiya massacre, in which 97 people were killed during the 2002 communal riots. He was out on parole.