Prisoners In India
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Maharashtra Jails To Use Drones To Prevent Fights Among Inmates
Authorities at Maharashtra's Nashik jail have started using drones to keep a check on prisoners and prevent fights among them.
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Pakistani Intruder Sent Back After 10 Years In Indian Jail
A Pakistani national, who had illegally entered India, was repatriated through the Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday after he completed his 10-yearjail term.
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Centre To Spend Rs 1,800 Crore On 199 New Prisons Across Country
The Centre is contemplating a mega plan to set up 199 new jails across the country to counter rising criminal activities and radicalization of inmates due to overcrowding in jails. To set up the new jails, the government is planning to invest Rs 1800 crore.
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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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With Mothers Imprisoned, Nearly 2,000 Children Had To Stay With Them In Jail In 2015
At the end of 2015, 17,834 women were in Indian prisons, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of these, 66% were undertrials, 32% were convicts and 1% were detenues and other prisoners, the data show. Foreign inmates accounted for 1.1% (199) of India’s women prisoners. Between 2011 and 2015, the number of women impriso...
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Supreme Court slams Centre over Pak prisoners
The government today came in for severe criticism from the Supreme Court for keeping the foreign nationals, especially Pakistanis, in jail even after completion of sentence. The court termed it as "infraction of human rights of the worst order."
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India releases 85 Pakistani prisoners
In a goodwill gesture on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, India has announced the release of 85 Pakistani prisoners, most of them fishermen lodged in various jails in the country."On September 9, orders have been issued releasing 58 fishermen lodged in Gujarat jails, subject to issue of travel documents by Pakistan authorities," a statement released by the ...
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Maharashtra Jails To Use Drones To Prevent Fights Among Inmates
Authorities at Maharashtra's Nashik jail have started using drones to keep a check on prisoners and prevent fights among them.
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Pakistani Intruder Sent Back After 10 Years In Indian Jail
A Pakistani national, who had illegally entered India, was repatriated through the Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday after he completed his 10-yearjail term.
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Centre To Spend Rs 1,800 Crore On 199 New Prisons Across Country
The Centre is contemplating a mega plan to set up 199 new jails across the country to counter rising criminal activities and radicalization of inmates due to overcrowding in jails. To set up the new jails, the government is planning to invest Rs 1800 crore.
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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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With Mothers Imprisoned, Nearly 2,000 Children Had To Stay With Them In Jail In 2015
At the end of 2015, 17,834 women were in Indian prisons, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Of these, 66% were undertrials, 32% were convicts and 1% were detenues and other prisoners, the data show. Foreign inmates accounted for 1.1% (199) of India’s women prisoners. Between 2011 and 2015, the number of women impriso...
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Supreme Court slams Centre over Pak prisoners
The government today came in for severe criticism from the Supreme Court for keeping the foreign nationals, especially Pakistanis, in jail even after completion of sentence. The court termed it as "infraction of human rights of the worst order."
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India releases 85 Pakistani prisoners
In a goodwill gesture on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, India has announced the release of 85 Pakistani prisoners, most of them fishermen lodged in various jails in the country."On September 9, orders have been issued releasing 58 fishermen lodged in Gujarat jails, subject to issue of travel documents by Pakistan authorities," a statement released by the ...
