Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): As many as 266 prisoners lodged in Thiruvananthapuram Central and Kollam district jails have tested COVID-19 positive prompting prisoners authorities to start separate COVID-19 isolation wards inside jail premises.
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 22 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 situation, the Haryana government has decided to designate one central and three district jails as Special Jails for male prisoners under judicial custody.
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Inmates were forced to clang utensils to scare away a swarm of locusts that entered Firozabad District Jail on Friday.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): In order to provide timely medical assistance to inmates, a 'wireless panic alarm system' was inaugurated at the Agra District Jail, here on Wednesday.
Rohini (New Delhi) [India], May 20 (ANI): An official of Rohini jail was tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, four days after a staff member and 15 inmates were found infected with the virus.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 22 (ANI): Hitting out at the state government for shifting 54 people, arrested for the violence at Padarayanapura, to Ramanagaram district jail, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday expressed fear of coronavirus spread. He urged the concerned a
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 3 (ANI): An undertrial prisoner of District Jail here died on Monday at a hospital where he was taken after he allegedly attempted suicide by hanging himself in his prison barrack, police said.
Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 11 (ANI): The 23-year-old law student, who has accused former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of rape, was on Wednesday released from a district jail on bail in connection with an extortion case.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, along with DM Abhishek Prakash and SSP Kalanidhi Naithani, conducted an inspection in the Lucknow District Jail on Sunday.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): As many as 105 new posts have been created for the efficient functioning of Special Correctional Home, Pulwama, District Jail, Kupwara, and District Jail, Kargil.
Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): In a first, Hamirpur District Jail authority has started radio service for inmates to promote a positive feeling among all those serving sentence for different crimes.
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The main accused Yogesh Raj of Bulandshahr violence case that claimed the life of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh was released from the district jail on Friday after being granted bail last week.