Dum Dum (West Bengal) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Dum Dum central jail inmates in Kolkata allegedly set prison property on fire after clashes erupted between police and inmates over not being allowed to meet their families in the view of COVID-19 scare on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): In view of the prevailing threat of coronavirus, the meeting of Tihar prisoners with their family and visitors, which was normally twice in a week, will remain suspended from March 19 to 31.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): As the number of coronavirus cases climbs to 114 and many states facing the shortage of hand sanitisers and masks, the Central Jail here has begun producing cotton masks.
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday criticized RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for stating that 'criminal mindset of jail inmates decreased when they were given the task of looking after cows'.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): A central jail inmate has committed suicide by hanging himself in Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore last night.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested a wanted accused who had escaped from prison six years ago while serving a life imprisonment sentence in Agra Central jail.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 9 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday asked all jail officers and staff to keep a vigilant eye on inmates to ensure that no incident of communal violence occurs in jails after the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case.
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): As the several parts of Uttar Pradesh is facing the deluge situation, inmates of the Ballia district jail are being shifted to different prisons after floodwater entered the barracks.
New Delhi [India], Sept 20 (ANI): A Tihar jail inmate succumbed to death on Friday while undergoing treatment after an alleged suicide attempt earlier this week.
Sitamarhi (Bihar) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): A video of a double-murder convict having a birthday bash in Bihar's Sitamarhi jail has gone viral on social media, leading to the suspension of seven prisons guards on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], Aug 07 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo-moto cognizance of reports which claimed that a female inmate of Tihar jail was allegedly raped by a policeman.