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.
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.
Rohini (New Delhi) [India], May 20 (ANI): An official of Rohini jail was tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, four days after a staff member and 15 inmates were found infected with the virus.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind approached the Supreme Court on Monday seeking grant of conditional bail to eligible jail inmates across the country on humanitarian grounds amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani on Saturday said that the Islamic organisation will approach the Supreme Court seeking grant of conditional bail to eligible jail inmates across the country amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Arthur Road Mumbai Central Jail inmates who were tested positive for COVID-19 will be shifted to GT Hospital and St George Hospital on Friday. Seventy-two inmates were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 10 (ANI): Choosing not to stay behind while the entire country continues to battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the inmates of jails in Uttar Pradesh have stepped up and started stitching Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs) which are being handed ove
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Director General (Prisons) Anand Kumar on Saturday commended jail inmates across the state for their effort in making masks to combat coronavirus.
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.