Bogota [Colombia], June 28 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 49 inmates died and 30 were injured after a fire broke out during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the country's prison agency said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Administration of Tihar Jail in New Delhi are now changing prison cells of notorious gangsters more frequently in "routine transfers".
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 26 (ANI): Kerala Police on Saturday initiated the department level enquiry against three cops for allegedly allowing the Student's Federation of India (SFI) workers to felicitate its State Secretary, PM Arsho before going to prison in Kochi district.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 25 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based man was sentenced to three years of imprisonment after he was convicted of domestic violence and attempting to murder his wife on Friday.
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): The United States has released a man who is believed to be one of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, following negotiations with Washington.
Yangon [Myanmar], June 23 (ANI): Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison and is being kept in solitary confinement, according to a junta spokesperson on Thursday.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): As many as 12 prisoners of the Agra central jail have passed the annual class 10th and 12th Uttar Pradesh board exam in the recently announced exam results, as per a jail official.
New Delhi [India] June 22 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday sought prosecution of 'conman' Sukesh Chandrashekhar for perjury and opposed his plea before the Supreme Court to transfer him and his wife from Tihar Jail to any other prison outside Delhi on the ground of a threat
Muzaffarabad [PoK], June 19 (ANI): Six policemen and two prisoners were injured on Saturday in a clash after the administration launched a search operation in Central Jail on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): A number of murder prisoners have moved the Supreme Court challenging a notification issued by the Maharashtra government directing all prisoners, who were released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to report back to jails for serving the remaining part
London [UK], June 18 (ANI): The UK on Friday (local time) approved WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the US where he faces espionage charges.
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The Central government has decided to release special category prisoners across the country in three phases under 'Special Remission' scheme as part of celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav-- a series of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India'