AI use in Mozambique jails spawns new hope in TB fight – ET HealthWorld

AI use in Mozambique jails spawns new hope in TB fight – ET HealthWorld

Maputo: A programme using artificial intelligence to test inmates in a high security Mozambican jail for tuberculosis has spawned hope that the new tech can help eradicate the disease. Teeming prisons are a hotbed of TB, the world’s second deadliest communicable disease after COVID, according to the World Health Organisation. Mozambique, a country of 32 … Read more

Gujarat police conduct raids at 17 jails in State to check illegal activities; 1,700 cops involved in operation

Gujarat police conduct raids at 17 jails in State to check illegal activities; 1,700 cops involved in operation

File image of Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad, one of the facilities where the raid was being conducted. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat police are conducting raids across 17 jails in the State to check if any illegal activities are taking place there and also to ensure that the inmates are getting facilities they are … Read more

Gulf accounts for more than half of Indian convicts in foreign jails; 116 female prisoners in 19 countries

Gulf accounts for more than half of Indian convicts in foreign jails; 116 female prisoners in 19 countries

Gulf countries account for more than half of the Indian prisoners including undertrials and convicts lodged in foreign jails. According to data available with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as many as 8,441 Indians including women are lodged in foreign jails in 69 countries in connection with various offences ranging from murder to domestic … Read more