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Rohini jail official tested positive, third instance in one week
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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In viral video, Tihar inmate claims officials smuggled him phones; Jail au
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): A video of a prisoner at Tihar Jail has surfaced on social media in which he displays three mobile phones and accuses authorities at the jail of smuggling in the devices.
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Temporary release of prisoners allowed beyond maximum period of 16 weeks i
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 17 (ANI): The Punjab government on Sunday promulgated 'The Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Ordinance, 2020' in accordance with which the temporary release of the prisoners have been allowed beyond the maximum period of 16 weeks in a calenda
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15 inmates of Delhi's Rohini jail, one staff test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Fifteen inmates of Rohini jail and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19, as per the information provided by Sandeep Goel, Director General, Prisons, Delhi.
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Delhi's Rohini Jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): An inmate of Delhi's Rohini Jail has tested positive for COVID-19, a jail official informed on Thursday.
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22 prisoners have tested positive for coronavirus in UP so far
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): A total of 22 inmates of permanent and temporary jails in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, as per information provided by the State Government.
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10 inmates of Agra Central Jail test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Director General (Prison) Anand Kumar said that an inmate of Agra Central Jail had tested positive for COVID-19 on May 6. And now, 10 other inmates, who were in close contact with the former in the jail, have been found corona positiv
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Indian govt's assurances on prison conditions inadequate, says Nirav Modi'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 12 (ANI): Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's lawyer, during the extradition trial in London's Westminster Magistrates' Court, said that 'Indian government's assurances on prison conditions are inadequate' and that 'he has a potentially serious mental health condition that may
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COVID-19: 17,000 inmates from Maharashtra jails to be out on temporary par
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 12 (ANI): In a bid to decongest jails across the state amid coronavirus outbreak, the Maharashtra government has decided to give "temporary parole" to 17,000 inmates out of 35,000 lodged in different jails.
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind approaches SC, seeks grant of conditional bail to jai
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
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.
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Meeting of Sentence Review Board to decongest jails underway: Delhi govt t
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Delhi government on Monday told Delhi High Court that a meeting of the Sentence Review Board (SRB) was underway today to consider releasing eligible convicts in a bid to decongest jails amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Woman inmate of Byculla prison tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): A 54-year-old inmate of Byculla women's jail has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, jail authorities informed.
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