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Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also sent a letter to chief ministers of all states and Union territories in this regard. (Representational Image)

MHA asks states to take steps for reducing overcrowding in prisons

January 08, 2025 8:31 pm

The ministry said it had issued an advisory to the states and union territories on the issue on October 16, 2024 and had requested them to provide the benefit of the provisions of Section 479 of BNSS to all eligible prisoners.

In a first, fuel outlet run by women convicts opens in Tamil Nadu Chennai

August 11, 2023 11:15 am

Named Freedom Filling Station, it is located on Ambattur Road here at Puzhal, abutting the Special Prison for Women (SPW-Puzhal). It will go a long way in reforming and rehabilitating the convicts, the Tamil Nadu prison department said.

Tamil Nadu: Prison canteens revamped, inmates now have biometric access

July 04, 2023 4:53 pm

The inmates will now be able to buy items only through biometric authentication, fingerprint scan, or smart cards.

Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, injures 39

September 08, 2021 10:26 am

Authorities are still investigating the cause of fire.

Bails during pandemic, and beyond

February 16, 2021 11:54 pm

Measures used to decongest prisons during the health crisis should be harbingers of humane treatment of undertrials on a long-term basis

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Telling Numbers: Prison space grows, but prisoner count grows faster, data show

January 13, 2020 6:58 am

Of the 4,66,084 prisoners as of December 31, 2018, 1,39,488 (30%) were convicts and over 69% (3,23,537) were undertrials. Less than 1% comprised detenues and other inmates.

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Maharashtra: In five years, overcrowding in state prisons increases by 33 per cent

November 01, 2018 4:44 am

The situation in high-security central jails, which hold about 75 per cent of the total prison population, is worse. From being 30 per cent overcrowded in 2012-13, they were 69 per cent overcrowded at the end of September. Maharashtra has nine high-security central prisons and 45 district prisons.

Mumbai: After six years in prison, accused found to be juvenile

Gained in Translation: Innocent criminals

June 10, 2018 7:58 am

The main problem of Indian jails is overcrowding. Government statistics and reports also indicate this. According to the Prison Statistics of India 2015, there are 4,19,723 prisoners in 1,401 jails. Of these, 67.2 per cent are undertrials, who languish in jails for years.