Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 27 (ANI): After a video showing Unnao jail inmates brandishing weapons and drinking liquor inside the jail went viral on social media, the state's jail minister Jai Kumar Singh Jaiki on Thursday said that four officials of the jail have been suspended and
Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 23 (ANI): Four guards were suspended after four prisoners escaped from a jail in Neemuch district in the wee hours of Sunday.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Jun 23 (ANI): The prime accused in the Bargari sacrilege case was killed allegedly by two inmates in a prison in Nabha on Saturday evening, police said.
New Delhi [India], Jun 14 (ANI): A cellphone, mobile charger, few tobacco packets and wire were seized from a Tihar jail cell former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala shares with two other inmates during a surprise inspection, prison authorities said on Friday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jun 11 (ANI): At least 170 Taliban prisoners have been released from the Pul-e-Charkhi and another 130 jail inmates are expected to be freed on Tuesday, a move that has come when peace talks are underway to end the nearly-two decades-long civil war in Afghanistan.
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): Continuing her efforts to improve the criminal justice system, Kim Kardashian West on Thursday went to San Quentin State prison to meet an inmate on death row.
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): In an initiative to make prisoners self-employed, jail authorities of Coimbatore Central Prison on Thursday introduced a 'Freedom Prison Bazaar' where products manufactured and food prepared by inmates are purchased by the visitors.
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], May 28 (ANI): At least 55 people were found dead after violent clashes broke out among rival drug factions in several prisons in northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, correction officials said on Monday.
Vahdat [Tajikistan], May 20 (ANI): Three guards and 29 inmates were killed after a riot broke out at a high-security prison in Tajikistan's western city of Vahdat, the country's Deputy Justice Minister Mansurjon Umarov said on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 15 (ANI): Four inmates lost their lives while 33 others, including 20 police officers, were injured after riots broke out at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison here on Tuesday (local time).
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 11 (ANI): Hundreds of prisoners escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island after rioting and fire broke out on Saturday morning at the detention centre.
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): American reality star Kim Kardashian is the target of huge backlash from people involved in the prison reform movement who think she is getting too much credit for her '90-day Freedom Campaign' to free inmates with mild offences.