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Nashik Central Prison reinstates 'Galabhet' program, allowing inmate famil
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Nashik Central Prison has reintroduced its 'Galabhet' program, enabling families to reunite with their incarcerated loved ones.
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State of emergency declared in Israeli prison over missing bars
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the Israeli Prison Service, the missing bars were one of three layers, and that the other two layers were intact. The IPS added that there was no evidence of cutting or displacement. The discovery was made during a routine inspection.
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Saddam, wanted criminal of Atiq Ahmed gang kept in high-security barrack:
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Giving information Senior Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Bareilly, Vipin Kumar Mishra said, "Wanted criminal Saddam has been kept in high-security barrack. A policeman has been deployed with him, to keep a check. His main demand was that he be kept in a barrack. We have given specific ins
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'Ganja', cell phones among contraband most frequently smuggled into prison
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
'Ganja' and cell phones are the common contraband items that are most frequently smuggled into the prisons among others, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs raised alarm in its recent report.
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Bombay HC grants 28 days of furlough to gangster Arun Gawli
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted 28 days of furlough to gangster Arun Gawli, who is being lodged in the Nagpur prison in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's judicial remand in Cipher case extended till Oct 10
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the vice chairman, had their judicial detention in the cipher case extended by a special court on Tuesday by 14 days now, reported Dawn.
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Venezuela takes prison control of gang-run jail
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
After regaining control of a jail run by the dreaded criminal organisation in the northern state of Aragua, Venezuela claims to have dismantled the Tren de Aragua gang, Al Jazeera reported.
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Pakistan court allows remission to prisoners convicted in drug cases befor
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The ruling came during the hearing of three petitions filed by convicts who challenged the withholding of remissions to them by the authorities of respective prisons in the light of amendments made in the Control of Narcotics Substance Act (CNSA), 1997, last year.
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Chinese court sentences Uyghur folklorist Rahile Dawut to life imprisonmen
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Rahile Dawut had appealed against the subsequent conviction. However, his appeal was apparently rejected and it remains unclear on when she was sentenced to life in prison.
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Andhra: Security tightened at Rajahmundry central jail ahead of Chandrabab
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Security arrangements have been tightened outside the Rajahmundry Central Prison where former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu is lodged in connection with the alleged skill development scam.
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States should lay thrust on "women-only prison and women-only staff”, reco
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that all state governments should have a motto of "women-only prison and women-only staff” to ensure that the fundamental and basic human rights of women prisoners are not violated
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Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs recommends MHA to give clear defin
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The committee's recommendation comes in its 245th report on the subject ‘Prison - Conditions, Infrastructure and Reforms’. The report was summitted in both the Houses of Parliament (the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha) on Thursday.
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