SC issues guidelines to avoid delay in prisoners' release on bail

The Supreme Court has issued various guidelines to avoid delay on the issue of releasing prisoners who continue to...

J&K Govt orders retirement of three prison dept officials

The action was undertaken by the government as an attempt to make the administration more efficient and transparent....

MP urges Trudeau's cabinet to make room for Uyghur refugees

Human rights groups estimate more than one million Uyghurs are currently kept in prison-like indoctrination camps,...

Court directs Tihar jail authorities to provide phone calling

Karkardooma Court on Monday directed the Tihar jail authorities to provide a phone calling facility thrice a week...

3 Afghan refugees died in Pakistan's prisons in last three months

The consulate said that more than 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are in prisons in Pakistan.

Human organs' extraction from prisoners continues in China

As the selling of human organs, extracted from illegally detained prisoners is going on unchecked, the growing...

Prisons Minister Suresh Rahi's car collides with tractor-trolley

Uttar Pradesh Minister of Prisons Suresh Rahi met with an accident after his car collided with a tractor-trolley,...

Iran: Director Jafar Panahi awaits court's order on his release

Now that the judgement that led to Jafar Panahi's imprisonment last year has been overturned by Iran's highest...

Dasna Jail launches radio station for prisoners' entertainment

The Dasna Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has started a radio station for prisoners. Music and topics related to...

Boy, visiting brother in jail, stamped on cheek

A four-year-old boy, who went to meet his brother in jail, was allegedly stamped on the cheek by the prison staff at...

India repatriates 17 Pakistani nationals via Attari-Wagah border

India and Pakistan this month had exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, in line...

Uyghur camps in Xinjiang converted into formal prisons

According to Foreign Affairs, many detainees have been transferred from camps to factories in Xinjiang or elsewhere...