LG issues notice to DG to provide basic facilities to inmates

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena has issued instructions to DG (Prison) and the Pr. Secretary (Home)...

Russia, Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers each in prisoner swap

Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, stated that 50 Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russia...

Indonesia's new penal code bans sex outside marriage

Violators will face up to a year in prison or fines. The code also prohibits unmarried couples from living together....

Thousands remain in detention in Myanmar: UN

To mark the country's 75th anniversary of independence, the military junta announced this week that it would free...

Plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan's prisons: Report

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, last year, several civilians fled to different countries in order to seek...

Saudi government agents infiltrated Wikipedia, jailed two: report

"The Saudi government's infiltration of Wikipedia with government agents acting as independent editors, and...

Mobile phones recovered from Delhi's Mandoli jail, 5 suspended

The prison officials on Friday informed that five jail officials were suspended after the recovery of mobile phones...

SC seeks affidavit from senior UP prisons officials

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Prisons through a personal...

Satyendar Jain threatened prison officials: Report

Tihar jail officials on Thursday said that jailed minister Satyendar Jain has been abusing them and threatening them...

COVID vaccines prior to infection reduce transmission of Omicron

A study in California prisons found recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but Infection risk...

Death toll from Mexican prison attack rises to 17

The Mexican jail attack left 17 dead, 14 injured and 25 escaped inmates, including Ernesto Alfredo Pinon De la Cruz,...

Delhi:NHRC issues notice in sexual assault case of woman prisoner

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi and the...