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UP prisons to be known as "Reform Homes": CM Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while reviewing the condition of prisons in a high-level meeting on Thursday, gave important guidelines towards prison reform. He expressed the need to establish prisons as 'Sudhaar Grah' (Reform Homes) and issued instructions regarding the prepa
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Afghanistan embassy in Islamabad urges Pak government to stop arrest of re
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
274 Afghans are detained in Sindh state prisons, according to Abdul Jabar Takhari, the general consul of Afghanistan in Karachi, who also indicated that efforts are being undertaken to liberate them.
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Plight of women in Pak prisons 'A Nightmare for Everyone': HRW Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Pakistani prisons are one of the most overcrowded ones in the world, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, prison cells that were designed for a maximum of three people were reportedly holding up to 15 inmates on average.
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Pakistan: Govt panel rejects allegations of sexual assault of women in Pun
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters outside Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, SSP Investigations Lahore Anoosh Masood and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Rafia Haider said they "strongly" rejected PTI's claims.
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Pakistan: Woman prisoner burnt after fellow inmate throws hot tea, food on
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The incident was confirmed by a senior official of the Punjab Prisons Department who said the condition of the woman prisoner, identified as Asma, was stable. He said the prisoner was immediately shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where she underwent a minor surgery.
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SC transfers plea against shifting of detenues out of J-K jails to HC
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, a plea against shifting of J&K prisoners to jails in other states apart from union territory prisons.
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Centre finalises comprehensive 'Model Prisons Act, 2023', revising colonia
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Revising the 130-years-old colonial-era outdated Prison Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has finalised a comprehensive 'Model Prisons Act, 2023', which may serve as a guiding document for the states and for adoption in their jurisdiction.
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Death in Tihar Jail: NHRC issues notices to Delhi Chief Secretary, Directo
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued notices to the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Director General of Prisons over the alleged killing of an under-trial prisoner by other inmates in Tihar jail.
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Over 200 Afghan migrants return to Afghanistan from Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to reports by the head of Spin Boldak refugee department, some 24 families, including 55 people have been released from Karachi prisons, which includes 24 children.
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"He is innocent": Anand Mohan's wife thanks Bihar CM as former MP walks fr
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh's wife on Thursday welcomed the amendment of the Bihar Prisons manual which necessitated the release of his husband convicted in a murder case and thanked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the move.
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Drones with night vision cameras to keep an eye on Maharashtra prisons
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A decision in this regard has been taken up by the Maharashtra State Prisons Department, according to which the project will be implemented in 12 major prisons of the state in the first phase.
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1,768 convicts, undertrial prisoners return to Delhi jails after COVID par
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After Supreme Court's order, 1,768 prisoners including undertrials and convicts who were on parole since COViD pandemic, have surrendered at various jails in the national capital so far, said Delhi Prisons.
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