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UP govt releases 2,257 convicts on parole
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 26 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday released 2,257 convicts, lodged in different jails in Lucknow, on parole for eight weeks.
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Temporary release of prisoners allowed beyond maximum period of 16 weeks i
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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22 prisoners have tested positive for coronavirus in UP so far
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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COVID-19: 17,000 inmates from Maharashtra jails to be out on temporary par
Updated : 5 years, 10 months 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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Meeting of Sentence Review Board to decongest jails underway: Delhi govt t
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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Convene sentence review board meetings more frequently to decongest jails:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
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.
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Activist approaches NHRC to make screening of arrested persons mandatory
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): A complaint was moved in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday seeking directions to the Centre, States and Union Territories for mandating "medical screening" of all arrested persons before sending them to jail in a bid to prevent the sp
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Coronavirus: Uttar Pradesh creates 34 temporary jails for lockdown default
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): As many as 288 people, including foreign nationals were lodged in temporary jails across the state, who were caught flouting the coronavirus lockdown rules, informed UP Prison Department.
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50 more undertrials in Delhi may get interim bail
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Around 50 Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs) suffering from various illnesses are expected to be released on interim bail in a few days to contain the over-crowding in jails in the national capital in view of the coronavirus pandemic, said a press release issued
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Barnala, Patti Jails to be made quarantine centres: Punjab Govt
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 16 (ANI): To keep a check on COVID-19, Punjab Jails Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday announced that Barnala and Patti Jails will be made quarantine centres "with immediate effect".
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Inmates of jails in UP stitch PPEs, masks at record pace to help fight COV
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
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
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Maharashtra Home Dept orders lockdown of 5 prisons
Updated : 5 years, 11 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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