As many as two jail personnel were injured after a clash broke out between two groups of inmates in Pune's Yerwada Jail on Tuesday evening, said police.
The plea stated that the number of inmates in Tihar Jail had exceeded the actual capacity of each barrack and it is on record that there is a huge increment in the total population of inmates in the Complex.
Tehran [Iran], October 17 (ANI): The death toll has risen to eight in the Evin Prison blaze in Iran after four more inmates who were in critical condition breathed their last.
Colvale (Goa) [India], October 15 (ANI): Two foreign female prisoners were booked for allegedly assaulting a matron of Colvale Jail in Goa, an official said on Friday.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 2 (ANI): A day after Indore was adjudged the cleanest city in the country for the sixth consecutive time, the inmates of the Indore Central Jail played 'dandiya' to celebrate the triumph.
Goa [India], October 1 (ANI): On the occasion of the International Day for Older Persons, staff members of the Mapusa Police division spent quality time with inmates of the Bom Jesus Home for the aged.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 24 (ANI): Jails in Jammu and Kashmir during the past three years have changed from radicalization hubs into reformation centres as the hardcore terrorists have been segregated from other inmates.
Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Inspector General Prison (Delhi) to ensure that isolation medical wards or quarantine zone are created in all jails for inmates suffering from contagious diseases.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik and Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who have been arrested in money laundering cases by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), are now lodged in Arthur Road Jail in three different barra
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 5 (ANI): To tackle drug addiction among jail inmates, the Punjab government in partnership with the Special Task Force (STF) on Friday launched a Peer Support Network with substance use disorder (SUD).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 28 (ANI): Shahrukh Pathan, an accused in the Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe murder case, was "attacked" by five prisoners inside the Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. He was then shifted to another barrack in the same prison, police said.