The Ministry of Home Affairs has advised jail authorities to produce short films on the lives of reformed prisoner. Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images In a bid to promote rehabilitation of prisoners by showcasing success stories in correctional services, the Ministry of Home Affairs has advised jail authorities to produce short … Read more
22 Pakistan nationals imprisoned in India were repatriated via the Attari-Wagah border, on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Government has repatriated 22 Pakistani prisoners, who had completed their sentences, via the Attari-Wagah border, officials said. They were handed over to the Pakistani Rangers at the border’s Joint Check Post (JCP) by Border Security … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. FIle | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court has issued a slew of directions to ensure that undertrial prisoners who have got bail, but are too poor to furnish surety and bail bonds, are released within seven days. The apex court has … Read more
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
Helen Goss calls for more help for children like Anna, 9, who is ill two years after catching Covid. Source link
People in prison were three times more likely to die than others from the virus. Source link
New Delhi: The state legal services authority (DSLSA) on Wednesday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea seeking extension of emergency parole of prisoners who are above the age of 65 and prone to COVID-19 infection due to some ailments and medical conditions. DSLSA member secretary Kanwaljeet Arora told a bench of Chief Justice … Read more
CHANDIGARH: Prisoners who were released on parole in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic will be sent back to jails again in Punjab, subject to a negative test report, officials said on Sunday. “In the light of substantial downward trend in cases of COVID in Punjab, the high powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court of … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Nov 29, 2020) Letters from wife? Rejected. Sipper for Parkinson’s patient? Court hearing awaited. Warm clothes to deal with the capital’s chilly temperatures? Allowed but after a long wait. Many political prisoners in Maharashtra and Delhi has been struggling for access to basic necessities these last few months. Often, … Read more
Chennai: The Madras High Court has said that police officials (escorts) demanding or accepting money from prisoners on parole or their family members amounts to bribery punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act. A Division Bench of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice V M Velumani, on Thursday while granting parole of 10 days to a … Read more