The Plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail has exceeded the actual capacity of each Barrack and it is on record that there is a huge rise in the total number of inmates in the said Complex.
The ODOP scheme is the government's approach which provides a framework for value chain development and the support infrastructure alignment. As per the state government, this programme aims to encourage such indigenous and specialized products and crafts in UP that are found nowhere else.
In Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur Jail, convicted and undertrial prisoners who have been cut off from the mainstream of society due to crime are acquiring digital knowledge which will help them become self-reliant.
As many as five inmates and two constables were arrested for having a liquor party while in the custody of the excise department in Paliganj city of Patna district in Bihar, said police on Thursday.
Central Prison of Herat province has started to provide capacity-building programmes to the inmates in order to incorporate change amongst the prisoners.
As many as nine inmates of a district jail escaped in Nagaland's Mon, following which a massive search operation was launched to nab the fled prisoner, according to an official on Sunday.
Amid the controversy over the leaked video of jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain getting a full body massage in Tihar jail, former PRO of the jail said that it cannot be physiotherapy as the video clearly showed that co-inmates were giving him a massage.
Jail authorities also filed a status report on the plea moved by Natasha Narwal and others. The petitioners have sought video conferencing (VC) facility to jail inmates to talk to their relatives abroad.
When traced by the police at the residence of one of the inmates, the girls resisted their return back to the shelter home. The Commission said it was the third such incident reported from Kottayam in recent months.
The Delhi High Court recently asked the Director General (DG) prison to ensure to start of a practical training program for the inmates studying the Social work program from IGNOU. The court has called for a status report from the jail authorities on the next date of the hearing.