Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): The United States imposed visa restrictions on eight officials from Cuba, for attempts to silence the voices of the people through repression, unjust detentions, and harsh prison sentences, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (local time).
Birmingham [UK], January 4 (ANI): Pakistan-origin British national and drug dealer Aqib Ali has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by Birmingham Crown Court for "operating a county lines network of drugs" in Birmingham and Warwickshire.
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Two inmates and six staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in different jails of Tihar, said prison officials on Monday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 1 (ANI): Taliban rubbished US claims over releasing the Islamic State - Khorasan "(ISIS-K) affiliate" who carried out a suicide attack on Kabul International Airport that killed nearly 200 people including US marines and said it is impossible as the timeframe bet
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.
Tbilisi [Georgia], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been relocated from a hospital in the city of Gori to a prison in the city of Rustavi, Ukrainian lawmaker Yelyzaveta Yasko, who is in a romantic relationship with him, said.
Washington [US] December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell faces decades in prison after a New York jury found her guilty on five of six charges related to sex trafficking of underage girls, the New York Times reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): Pakistan as it contemplates comprehensive prison reforms implementation has to deal with the structural problems of the criminal justice system.
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Embassy in Washington responded to the call of the US to release Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed from Russian prisons by reminding them that both Americans were arrested for committing serious crimes, unlike Russians, who are often detained
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): A biometric verification drive was conducted by Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) in Delhi's Prisons Department in the last week of November.
Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Five under-trial prisoners died in different jails under Delhi's Tihar jail in the past eight days, as per jail sources.
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 22 (ANI): An exclusive radio system for prisoners named 'Radio Ujala Punjab' was inaugurated at the Central Jail in Ludhiana by Praveen Kumar Sinha, IPS, ADGP Prisons, Punjab.