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Senior official claims Sasikala paid bribe to get VIP treatment in jail
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 (ANI): Amid the speculations of former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary V. Sasikala getting VIP treatment in Parappana Agrahara central prison where she is lodged in a corruption case, a report by the Deputy Inspector G
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MHA sends prison reforms advisory to states and Union Territories
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 08 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday advised prison in-charges of all states and Union Territories (UT) about resolutions adopted by 5th National Conference of Heads of Prisons of States and UTs on prison reforms.
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British prisons seeing record levels of suicides, violence: Ministry of Ju
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 3 (ANI): A report released by United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice has revealed that suicides, assaults and self-inflicted harm in British prisons have all reached new record levels with 354 deaths being reported behind bars in England and Wales last year, including 11
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Trump administration calls for review on use of CIA 'black site'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington(D.C.)[US], Jan. 26(ANI): An executive order drafted by the Donald Trump administration called for a policy review that could authorize the CIA to reopen "black site" prisons overseas and potentially restart an interrogation program that was dismantled in 2009 after using
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Gujarat: NHRC issues notice over victimization of Dalit prisoners in Amrel
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Saurashtra [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Inspector General (Prisons), Gujarat over victimization of Dalit prisoners by upper castes inmates in Amreli district jail.
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Sindh Govt.'s Rs 1.5 billion high-security prison project yet to take
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec. 26 (ANI): Sindh Government's Rs1.5 billion project to build a high-security prison for those convicted or being tried in high-profile terrorism cases has still not been started due to the delay in transfer of the land acquired for it to the prisons department.
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Need to bring prison reforms in context of women inmates: NCW chief
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 30 (ANI): Delivering the valedictory address at the two-day Fifth National Conference of Heads of Prisons of States and Union Territories on Prison Reforms, National Commission of Women (NCW) Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Friday said the Commission will share
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National conference on 'prison reforms' to be held today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): A two-day national conference on prison reforms will be held in New Delhi today, where heads of prisons of states and union territories will take part.
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SC to hear matter of improving current state of prisons, inmates today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the matter related to improve the living conditions of inmates in jails across the country, which include overcrowding, delay in trial, custodial deaths, inadequacy of staff, insubstantial food and inadequate clothing a
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U.S. prisons increase, even after crimes decline: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug. 22 (ANI): A new study suggests that the U.S. prison population continued to rise even after the crime rate began declining in the mid-1990s because judges were faced with more repeat offenders.
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