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AAP govt approves high-end tech reforms, forms panel to suggest best jamme
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The security at Delhi's Jails is set to get tightened after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gave approval for high-end tech reforms in Delhi prisons. The Kejriwal Government will be implementing the best technology available in the world to completely ban mobile operation in Delhi jails," a
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Pakistan releases 2 Indian prisoners, 700 still in jail
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to Protocol Officer Arun Pal, prisoner Raju entered Pakistan by mistake, five years ago and the second prisoner Gembra Ram has spent around two and a half years in prison in Pakistan.
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More than 1,000 women imprisoned in Afghanistan: Directorate of Prisons Af
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mohammad Yusuf Mistari, the director of prison affairs, said: "Currently, there are 14,000 prisoners and more than 1000 of them are women".
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Plea challenges sections relating to solitary confinement of prisoners; De
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central Government on a plea seeking direction to declare sections related to the separate and solitary confinement of prison inmates as ultra vires being in violation of their rights under several articles of the Constitution of India.
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'Phone-free Tihar' target for 2023, says DG Prisons
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Tihar DG Sanjay Beniwal said that the staff will be more vigilant and proactive, from now onwards, to stop the use of mobile phones.
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3 Afghan refugees died in Pakistan's prisons in last three months
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The consulate said that more than 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are in prisons in Pakistan.
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Uttar Pradesh: Prisons Minister Suresh Rahi escapes unhurt after car colli
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Minister of Prisons Suresh Rahi met with an accident after his car collided with a tractor-trolley, police informed on Monday.
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Uyghur camps in Xinjiang converted into formal prisons, detainees given le
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to Foreign Affairs, many detainees have been transferred from camps to factories in Xinjiang or elsewhere in the country. Some Uyghur families abroad report that their relatives are back home but under house arrest.
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Detail probe underway into threat call to Gadkari: Karnataka Home Minister
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
To prevent illegal use of mobile phones in state prisons the minister said that sophisticated portable jammers that can block 5G signals will be installed at all prisons across the state within three months.
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MP: Lokayukta books former DG Prisons, his mother-in-law in disproportiona
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Lokayaukta Police of Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against former Director General (DG) of Jails, Sanjay Chaudhary and his mother-in-law, in the disproportionate assets case.
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Keep jail inmates inclined towards propagating radicalization ideology in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a direction to the prison administration of all states and the Union Territories (UTs) to pay special attention to ensuring that "inmates inclined towards propagating the ideology of radicalization and those who have the propensity and potential t
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Now, all inmates of Delhi prisons to get hot water, prisoners above 65 to
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena has issued instructions to DG (Prison) and the Pr. Secretary (Home) to immediately make hot water available to all inmates in Delhi prisons and to provide a mattress to prisoners above 65 years of age.
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