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Actor Sandeepa Virk Recalls Spending Four Months In Tihar Jail: 'Film Industry Unfollowed Me, I Prayed For Death'
Sandeepa Virk spent over four months in custody in connection with alleged proceeds of crime amounting to approximately Rs 6 crore
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Congress Flags Overcrowding In Chhattisgarh Jails After 66 Prisoner Deaths In A Year
The Question Hour of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly turned into a tense confrontation over the death of 66 prisoners inside the state's jails between January 2025 and January 2026.
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Luigi Mangione, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Sam Bankman-Fried To Share Hellish Brooklyn Jail
Metropolitan Detention Center is fabled for its difficult conditions and is notorious even among wardens. It is depicted as one of the most "troubled" facilities in the Bureau of Prisons, with issues ranging from overcrowding, violence and more.
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British Policing Minister's Bag Stolen At A Police Conference In Warwickshire
The UK's police and crime minister Dame Diana Johnson had her purse stolen at an annual conference for senior police officers.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Nirav Modi Transferred To Privately-Run Prison In London
Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to stand trial on fraud and money laundering charges, has been transferred out of one of the largest and most overcrowded prisons in the UK to a privately-run facility in London.
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President Murmu Draws Attention To Overcrowded Prisons On Constitution Day
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said the legislature, the executive and the judiciary need to have "one thinking" for the country and its people.
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Ecuador To Pardon Thousands Of Inmates After 118 Die In Worst-Ever Prison Riot
Ecuador is planning to pardon up to 2,000 inmates in order to relieve overcrowding at its detention centers after 118 inmates died and a further 79 were injured in the country's worst-ever prison riot earlier this week, an official said on Friday.
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Indian-Origin Singapore Officer Alerts Tenant About Inspection, Jailed
An Indian-origin Singaporean, who was working as an inspection officer with a public housing authority, was on Monday sentenced to 25 days in prison for alerting an Indian tenant about impending inspections to check overcrowding in his flat.
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Actor Sandeepa Virk Recalls Spending Four Months In Tihar Jail: 'Film Industry Unfollowed Me, I Prayed For Death'
Sandeepa Virk spent over four months in custody in connection with alleged proceeds of crime amounting to approximately Rs 6 crore
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Congress Flags Overcrowding In Chhattisgarh Jails After 66 Prisoner Deaths In A Year
The Question Hour of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly turned into a tense confrontation over the death of 66 prisoners inside the state's jails between January 2025 and January 2026.
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Luigi Mangione, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Sam Bankman-Fried To Share Hellish Brooklyn Jail
Metropolitan Detention Center is fabled for its difficult conditions and is notorious even among wardens. It is depicted as one of the most "troubled" facilities in the Bureau of Prisons, with issues ranging from overcrowding, violence and more.
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British Policing Minister's Bag Stolen At A Police Conference In Warwickshire
The UK's police and crime minister Dame Diana Johnson had her purse stolen at an annual conference for senior police officers.
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UK Prisons Full: Judges Ordered to Delay Sentencing, Criminals May Be Released Early
The judge emphasized that their "greatest concern" revolved around defendants convicted of rape being allowed to remain on bail rather than being swiftly jailed.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Nirav Modi Transferred To Privately-Run Prison In London
Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to stand trial on fraud and money laundering charges, has been transferred out of one of the largest and most overcrowded prisons in the UK to a privately-run facility in London.
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President Murmu Draws Attention To Overcrowded Prisons On Constitution Day
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said the legislature, the executive and the judiciary need to have "one thinking" for the country and its people.
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Ecuador To Pardon Thousands Of Inmates After 118 Die In Worst-Ever Prison Riot
Ecuador is planning to pardon up to 2,000 inmates in order to relieve overcrowding at its detention centers after 118 inmates died and a further 79 were injured in the country's worst-ever prison riot earlier this week, an official said on Friday.
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Indian-Origin Singapore Officer Alerts Tenant About Inspection, Jailed
An Indian-origin Singaporean, who was working as an inspection officer with a public housing authority, was on Monday sentenced to 25 days in prison for alerting an Indian tenant about impending inspections to check overcrowding in his flat.
