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Iran temporarily frees 100,000 prisoners to limit spread of Coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tehran[Iran], Mar 29 (Sputnik/ANI): A total of 100,000 inmates have been temporarily freed from Iranian prisons as of Sunday to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, a judiciary spokesman has said.
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COVID-19: Lucknow Jail releases 38 prisoners on 8-week parole
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Thirty-eight prisoners were released on 8-week parole from Lucknow Jail on Sunday as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus.
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PM Modi lauds spirit of COVID-19 survivors, urges them to share their succ
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that people should not think of COVID-19 quarantine facilities as a prison and spoke with two survivors of the infection during his radio show 'Mann Ki Baat' to establish that it was curable.
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COVID-19 : Tihar Jail releases 356 prisoners on 45-day interim bail
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): As many as 356 prisoners were released on 45-day interim bail while 63 have been released on emergency parole of eight weeks, as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus, Tihar Jail officials said on Saturday.
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Combating Corona: UP to release 11,000 prisoners to decongest prisons
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh is set to release around 11,000 prisoners due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis that India is grappling with.
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Sindh Human Rights body expresses concern over status of prisoners amid CO
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar 28 (ANI): The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has expressed grave concern over the status of prisoners locked in jails across the country.
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COVID-19: 15 prisoners to be released on parole in Chamoli district
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus pandemic, 15 prisoners from Parsadi jail in Chamoli district will be released on parole for 6 months.
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Four prisoners escape from Ludhiana Central Jail
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Four prisoners jumped over the wall and escaped from the Central Jail in Ludhiana on Saturday, officials said.
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COVID-19: Punjab to give parole to 6000 prisoners from jails to decongest
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): To decongest prisons in wake of COVID-19, Punjab is giving parole to 6000 prisoners from jails across the state, these are prisoners who were sentenced to less than seven years in prison, said Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Punjab Jail Minister on Thurs
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Christian Michel approaches Delhi HC seeking bail, cites risk of contactin
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Agusta Westland VVIP chopper scam case, on Thursday approached Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in the view of the spread of coronavirus in prison.
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Pristyn Care pledges solidarity; launches #MakeSpaceForSafety to encourage
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 26 (ANI/PRNewswire): With the rising number of coronavirus cases in India, there has been an explosion of conversations related to Covid-19, largely centered on how to treat, contain and suppress it.
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To stop spread of COVID-19 in jails, Haryana decides to release prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): In a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus in jails, the Haryana government has decided to release convicted prisoners with up to seven years of sentence on parole or bail.
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