Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 21 (ANI): Inmates in Jammu's Amphalla Jail are using 'Mulakaat' a video conference facility to talk to their relatives amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Five prisoners lodged in a government hostel, which was recently designated as a temporary prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at Yerawada Central Prison in Pune escaped in the early hours of Thursday.
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Inmates were forced to clang utensils to scare away a swarm of locusts that entered Firozabad District Jail on Friday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): Prisons across Maharashtra reported a total of 763 COVID-19 cases till date. The figure includes 596 inmates and 167 jail staff, informed the Maharashtra Prison Department on Friday.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): In some good news amid the gloom, 177 out of 181 inmates at Mumbai's Arthur Road Prison who tested positive for coronavirus have now fully recovered.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], July 5 (ANI): Twenty-six inmates of Ludhiana Central Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Chief Medical Officer of the district Rajesh Kumar Bagga said.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): The Maharashtra Prison Department on Thursday said that a total of 363 inmates and 102 jail staff members have so far tested positive for coronavirus.
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): Two jail inmates in East Godavari allegedly died due to ill-health, said Rajahmundry Central Jail Superintendent.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): In order to provide timely medical assistance to inmates, a 'wireless panic alarm system' was inaugurated at the Agra District Jail, here on Wednesday.
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], June 30 (ANI): A portion of Nayagarh sub-jail in the stony hilly area of Odisha has been converted into a vegetable garden where inmates grow and cultivate vegetables like brinjal, onion, spinach, cucumber and turmeric.
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Tihar Jail authorities on Monday submitted before the Delhi High Court that over a dozen foreign nationals lodged in the prison gathered and protested on June 16 demanding the consideration of their interim bail.