Rapper Tory Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was attacked around 7.20 am. in a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, according to an email from state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Pedro Calderon Michel stated in a report by The Associated Press. According to Associated Press, Michel did not … Read more
The Maharashtra Assembly on Friday (December 20, 2024) passed a Bill seeking to reform the prison system in the State. Also read: Comment |The long fight for accessibility, dignity in Indian prisons The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024, is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023, sent by the Centre to the States, … Read more
Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade and to inviting dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted on Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. The court also convicted the 50 other defendants, most of them on … Read more
File picture of actor Allu Arjun greeting fans in Hyderabad before his arrest on December 13, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP Actor Allu Arjun was freed and moved out of the Chanchalguda jail at 6.35 a.m. on Saturday (December 14, 2024), a few hours after the Telangana High Court granted him bail for four weeks. … Read more
Cheshire Constabulary Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life terms Lucy Letby has been interviewed by police in prison under caution as part of ongoing investigations into more baby deaths, Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed. The force said it had “recently” spoken to the former neonatal nurse over deaths and non-fatal collapses at the Countess of Chester … Read more
The story so far: The Supreme Court on October 3 declared that caste-based division of labour in prisons is “unconstitutional” marking a significant milestone in addressing institutional biases entrenched in India’s correctional system. Accordingly, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud struck down several provisions in State prison manuals that reinforced … Read more
Getty Images Ambulance crews are wasting “significant” amounts of time being called out unnecessarily to prisons across England, the health safety watchdog has said. One NHS trust told investigators it dealt with 5,000 calls to 999 from prison staff across its region in 2023. Overall the research found that almost three in four calls from … Read more
H.D. Revanna | Photo Credit: File Photo H.D. Revanna, former Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) MLA, who was arrested in connection with an alleged abduction case on May 4 by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing alleged multiple instances of sex abuse by his son and “absconding” Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, was granted bail on … Read more
Manjeswaram MLA A.K.M. Ashraf was on Tuesday sentenced to one year in prison and fined ₹10,000 by the Kasaragod Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on the charge of assaulting an official. The incident took place in January 2010. The court also found three others, Bashir Kanila, Abdullah Kaja, and Abdul Khader, all associated with the … Read more
