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Maharashtra Home Dept orders lockdown of 5 prisons
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 10 (ANI): The Maharashtra Home Department has issued orders for the complete lockdown of five prisons situated in Mumbai and Pune region, till further orders, to combat COVID-19.
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Ellen DeGeneres faces backlash for comparing self-quarantine to 'being in
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 9 (ANI): Ellen DeGeneres recently faced social media outrage this week after she compared self-quarantining during the coronavirus crisis to "being in jail."
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Inmates, staff in jails taking precautions, adhering to social distancing
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Jail authorities in the national capital have told the High Powered Committee that prisoners, staff and others working in prisons are taking necessary precautions and are adhering to social distancing.
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R. Kelly loses bid to leave jail amid COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], April 8 (ANI): American singer-songwriter R. Kelly will have to stay trapped in the lockup while he awaits trials on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and child pornography, a judge ruled Tuesday (local time).
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Former Chad President granted 2-month leave over COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Dakar [Senegal], April 8 (ANI): A judge in Senegal has granted former Chad President Hissene Habre a two-month leave from the jail owing to coronavirus crisis.
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Lalu Prasad may walk out of jail as Covid-19 surges
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad, who is serving a seven-year sentence in a Ranchi jail in connection with the fodder scam, may soon be released on parole amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country.
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Cardinal George Pell walks free after Australian court overturns child sex
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], April 7 (ANI): Cardinal George Pell walked out of jail as a free man on Tuesday after Australia's highest court overturned his child sex abuse convictions.
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Tekashi 6ix9ine won't start rap trolls but will be on social media
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 6 (ANI): American rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, after getting out of the prison, is vowing on his best social media behaviour. His lawyers said that the rapper won't troll other artists, because the federal authorities are watching his actions.
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Jail inmates in UP make 3 lakh masks to prevent spread of coronavirus: DG
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine granted early prison release amid COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 3 (ANI): American rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine just caught a huge break. The rapper will be free after a New York judge granted him a compassionate release in light of the coronavirus outbreak. His discharge will be effective immediately.
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Four temporary jails set up in Ludhiana to lodge COVID-19 curfew violators
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Apr 1 (ANI): Four temporary jails have been set up in Ludhiana to lodge those who violate the curfew imposed in the wake of coronavirus, Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal said on Wednesday.
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Delhi High-powered committee relaxes criteria for granting bail to under-t
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): In a bid to decongest the jails in the national capital amid the coronavirus lockdown, a High-Powered Committee constituted by Delhi government has relaxed the criteria for the release of the prisoners on interim bail.
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