Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): A total of 22 inmates of permanent and temporary jails in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, as per information provided by the State Government.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Director General (Prison) Anand Kumar said that an inmate of Agra Central Jail had tested positive for COVID-19 on May 6. And now, 10 other inmates, who were in close contact with the former in the jail, have been found corona positiv
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): In a bid to decongest jails across the state amid coronavirus outbreak, the Maharashtra government has decided to give "temporary parole" to 17,000 inmates out of 35,000 lodged in different jails.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind approached the Supreme Court on Monday seeking grant of conditional bail to eligible jail inmates across the country on humanitarian grounds amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): A 54-year-old inmate of Byculla women's jail has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, jail authorities informed.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 10 inmates who had tested positive for COVID-19 and 30 others who were quarantined after showing symptoms of coronavirus, have returned to the Indore Central Jail after they were tested negative.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani on Saturday said that the Islamic organisation will approach the Supreme Court seeking grant of conditional bail to eligible jail inmates across the country amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Arthur Road Mumbai Central Jail inmates who were tested positive for COVID-19 will be shifted to GT Hospital and St George Hospital on Friday. Seventy-two inmates were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Senior Superintendent of Agra Central Jail has written a letter to the Director-General (Prison) informing him that an inmate of the jail has tested positive for COVID-19 in RT-PCR test.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking directions to convene Sentence Review Board (SRB) meetings more frequently so more eligible inmates can be released from prisons in order to decongest the jails.
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): With slaughterhouses shut during the lockdown and avaliability of red meat a scarce, Delhi Zoo is feeding its canine inmates with the meat of buffalo calves procured locally and slaughtered in the Zoo itself.