A riot broke out in central Honduras' only prison for women which left 41 inmates dead, one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in the country's long-troubled prison system.
The Pakistani prisons are one of the most overcrowded ones in the world, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, prison cells that were designed for a maximum of three people were reportedly holding up to 15 inmates on average.
Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden in Guwahati has welcomed five new inmates. Out of five new inmates, one is Giraffe and two are Zebras. It was after three decades that the zoo was lodging Zebras.
A total of 376 prisoners received training in 12 trades in 5 district jails in the Ayodhya zone. In this, 155 prisoners were trained in District Jail Barabanki, 84 in Gonda, 30 in Bahraich, 93 in Ambedkar Nagar, and 14 in Ayodhya, according to the official statement.
The official further said that members of both groups engaged in the scuffle received serious injuries and have been admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Hospital.
The incident was confirmed by a senior official of the Punjab Prisons Department who said the condition of the woman prisoner, identified as Asma, was stable. He said the prisoner was immediately shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where she underwent a minor surgery.
As per Tihar officials, the inmate, identified as Raja alias Mahawar (29), was found hanging in the common bathroom of Ward-6 of Central Jail No.4 on Friday morning.
The 26-year-old convict was lodged in jail number 8-9 and allegedly took his life by hanging om the the common toilet area of the enclosure for inmates, officials said. The suicide incident comes even as an investigation is underway into the death of jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya.
Two objectives are sought to be fulfilled by using drones- first to keep an eye on inmates in the jails and the other to protect jail properties from theft, officials said.
Days after he allegedly bypassed authorities and moved two inmates to the cell of jailed AAP leader Satyendar Jain, the jail administration has transferred the superintendent of Tihar jail no. 7, Rajesh Chaudhary.