Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 10 inmates who had tested positive for COVID-19 and 30 others who were quarantined after showing symptoms of coronavirus, have returned to the Indore Central Jail after they were tested negative.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): A prisoner from Agra Central Jail, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died. The prisoner was admitted to SN Medical College on May 3 after suffering from brain stroke.
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 9 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday expressed grief over Aurangabad train accident in which 16 migrant labourers were killed.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Hundred-three cases of coronavirus have been detected in Mumbai's Arthur Road jail, said Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh here on Thursday.
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.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Senior Superintendent of Agra Central Jail has written a letter to the Director-General (Prison) informing him that an inmate of the jail has tested positive for COVID-19 in RT-PCR test.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): The second test of 68 staff members of Ramnagar jail has come negative, said Dr CN Ashwaththanarayana, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and Ramnagar district in-charge.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Wednesday said that people attacking health workers and corona warriors will be sent to prison for up to seven years and a maximum fine of Rs 5 lakh will be imposed on them.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking directions to convene Sentence Review Board (SRB) meetings more frequently so more eligible inmates can be released from prisons in order to decongest the jails.
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a convict lodged at Gwalior Central Jail cut off his genitals while offering prayers at a temple inside the jail premises.
Islamabad/New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Coronavirus epidemic has delivered an unexpected gift to Pakistani terror groups. Just about all of their operatives, who were in jail as a condition to keep Pakistan out of Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) blacklist, have now walked free in the name