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Jail authorities introduce 'Freedom Prison Bazaar' for inmates
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30 (ANI): In an initiative to make prisoners self-employed, jail authorities of Coimbatore Central Prison on Thursday introduced a 'Freedom Prison Bazaar' where products manufactured and food prepared by inmates are purchased by the visitors.
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India frees 19 Pakistani prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], May 15 (ANI): 19 Pakistani prisoners returned home from the Attari-Wagah border after being released by Indian authorities on Tuesday.
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Nalanda: 8 people arrested after four children escape from juvenile rehabi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Nalanda (Bihar) [India], May 14 (ANI): Eight people were arrested for negligence of duty after four child prisoners escaped by cutting the rods of the window of a juvenile rehabilitation home in Deepnagar, Nalanda district on Monday.
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Hundreds of inmates escape after riots break out in Indonesian prison
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 11 (ANI): Hundreds of prisoners escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island after rioting and fire broke out on Saturday morning at the detention centre.
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PIL in SC seeks direction to protect dignity of Under Trial Prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction for framing guidelines to protect the dignity and respect of the Under Trial Prisoners (UTPs).
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Madurai Central Prison inmates stage protest, accuse police of harassing t
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): Around 50 remand inmates of Madurai Central Prison on Tuesday staged a protest against the raids and searches conducted by police inside the jail premises.
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1971 war: PM Modi slams Congress for missing 'golden opportunity' to solve
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Barmer (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the Congress party for missing a "golden opportunity" of solving Jammu and Kashmir issue by letting off 90,000 prisoners of war and the land of Pakistan due to "international pressure" during the 1
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SC agrees to hear PIL backing prisoners' right to vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, April 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court (SC) has agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a provision of the Representation of People Act, which deprives prisoners their right to vote.
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Bihar: Woman prisoner alleges sexual harassment by jail superintendent
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Apr 14 (ANI): A woman prisoner at Muzaffarpur's Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central Jail has alleged Jail Superintendent Rajiv Kumar Singh, a woman police personnel and a few prisoners of sexually harassing her and her daughter.
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7,000 Tihar inmates given counselling by mental health experts
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): In a bid to check on mental and behavioural disorders among inmates lodged in the Tihar Prison Complex, the Delhi Prison Administration has provided counselling to as many as 7,000 inmates.
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Pakistan releases 100 Indian prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday released 100 Indian prisoners out of 360 upon the completion of their sentences.
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Pakistan to release 360 Indian prisoners in April
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 5 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday announced that it will be releasing 360 Indian prisoners upon completion of their sentences, starting Monday (April 8).
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