New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a status report from Tihar Jail authorities on a PIL seeking directions to build infrastructure for legal meetings, either telephonically or through video conference, to ensure access to justice to the inmates.
Akola (Maharashtra) [India], June 28 (ANI): Sixty-eight inmates in the Akola jail have tested positive for COVID-19 out of which many are asymptomatic, said Sanjay Khadse, Deputy Collector, Akola.
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): A PIL has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking directions to Tihar Jail authorities to set up a web link for conducting regular 'legal mulakats' telephonically or through video conference to ensure access to justice to the inmates.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): The total count of coronavirus cases including the staff in different Delhi jails and inmates is 111, Director General (Delhi Prisons) Sandeep Goel said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): None of 18 inmates who complained of COVID-19 symptoms has tested positive for the virus, Tihar Jail informed the Patiala House Court on Friday.
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Of the 29 inmates who were sharing a barrack in Mandoli jail with a person who passed away on June 15 and was later found COVID-19 positive, 17 have tested positive while 12 others are negative, said Director General (Prisons), Delhi.
Ambala (Haryana) [India], June 16 (ANI): Two inmates committed suicide in the quarantine ward of the Ambala Central Jail by hanging themselves after they were arrested on June 8 for being involved in a snatching incident.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Delhi government on a plea seeking quashing of a circular dated March 25 suspending legal consultation of the inmates with advocates of their choice in Delhi prison in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Nisarga, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday shifted the inmates of the Byculla Zoo including tiger, leopard, hyena, various reptiles and others, into their holding areas at the zoo.
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], May 31 (ANI): Inmates at the Vadodara Central Jail are stitching face masks, making hand sanitiser and soaps and contributing towards the fight against coronavirus.
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], May 30 (ANI): As the mercury soars and heatwave intensifies, the Sayaji Baug Zoo at Vadodara has made arrangements for the inmates to beat the heat.