Overcrowding Prisons
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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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On Overcrowded Jails, Top Court Says Prisoners Can't Be Kept Like Animals
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to over-crowded jails in the country and said that "prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jail like animals".
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France Plans Prison Expansion To Tackle Overcrowding, Islamist Radicalisation
France unveiled plans on Thursday to build 33 new jails and renovate older ones in a bid to ease chronic overcrowding that justice officials say breeds conditions for Islamist radicalisation of prisoners.
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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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On Overcrowded Jails, Top Court Says Prisoners Can't Be Kept Like Animals
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to over-crowded jails in the country and said that "prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jail like animals".
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France Plans Prison Expansion To Tackle Overcrowding, Islamist Radicalisation
France unveiled plans on Thursday to build 33 new jails and renovate older ones in a bid to ease chronic overcrowding that justice officials say breeds conditions for Islamist radicalisation of prisoners.
