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38 prisoners released from Lucknow Jail for 8 weeks as preventive measures
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): 38 prisoners were released on Sunday from Lucknow Jail for 8 weeks as a preventive measure against the spread of novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Iran temporarily frees 100,000 prisoners to limit spread of Coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 months 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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COVID-19 : Tihar Jail releases 356 prisoners on 45-day interim bail
Updated : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 months 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 : 5 years, 11 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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To stop spread of COVID-19 in jails, Haryana decides to release prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 11 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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COVID-19: Plea filed in SC seeking implementation of order concerning rele
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) has approached the Supreme Court for compliance of its recent order in which it had asked the state governments to release undertrial prisoners who are facing charges attracting less than seven years im
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COVID-19: Calcutta HC directs constitution of 3-member panel to examine ba
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Calcutta High Court, while hearing a PIL on overcrowding in jails, on Tuesday ordered to constitute a 3-member committee to examine how many prisoners can be released on bail and how many can get parole amid a growing coronavirus threat.
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