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.
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.
New Delhi [India] Apr 30, (ANI): The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit on Tuesday rescued one of the nine girl inmates who had been missing from Sanskar Ashram since December last year.
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Around 50 remand inmates of Madurai Central Prison on Tuesday staged a protest against the raids and searches conducted by police inside the jail premises.
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): In a bid to check on mental and behavioural disorders among inmates lodged in the Tihar Prison Complex, the Delhi Prison Administration has provided counselling to as many as 7,000 inmates.
Malkajgiri (Telangana) [India], Apr 9 (ANI): Eight male inmates of a rehabilitation centre have escaped after damaging the grills of the property, police said on Monday.