Tag: Prison

Rajasthan: SC judges on visit to open prison

Justice MB Lokur cleared the decks to set up an open prison in each district in 2018.

January 27, 2023

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more years in prison, totaling 20 years

She, along with former President U Win Myint and former Union Minister of Union Government Office, U Min Thu, was found guilty of electoral fraud, said the information team on Saturday.

September 4, 2022

51 killed in Colombian prison riot fire

According to Castellanos, no convicts fled during the disturbance that was started by an altercation between some of the detainees.

June 29, 2022

After being sentenced to prison for a year, Sidhu seeks more time to surrender

On Thursday, the top court sentenced Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a 1988 road rage case, saying victims of crime are humiliated when the offender is let off with a relatively minor punishment.

May 20, 2022

Israeli army arrests last 2 of 6 Palestinian prison escapees

The Israeli military said the two men surrendered in Jenin, their hometown in the occupied West Bank, after they were surrounded at a hideout that had been located with the help of “accurate intelligence.”

September 19, 2021

Samsung heir set free on parole after seven months in prison

Some activists strongly complained about early release, which they said showed excessive leniency toward him for his corruption

August 13, 2021

Former South African President Jacob Zuma starts his prison sentence

On June 29, he was sentenced by a South African court for failing to provide evidence at an inquiry into corruption during his nine years in power.

July 9, 2021

Russia sentences former US marine to 16 years in prison for espionage

Paul Whelan, 50, has been held in a Moscow jail since his arrest in December 2018 and his trial was held behind closed doors because of the accusations of seeking to obtain state secrets.

June 15, 2020

Journalist Maria Ressa critical of Philippine President faces up to 6 years in prison

The award-winning former CNN journalist faces up to six years behind bars in the culmination of a case that has drawn international concern.

June 15, 2020

To decongest Delhi jails, prisoners aged above 60 to get emergency parole

If an inmate has been convicted for less than five years and has already completed three months in jail, he or she is eligible for the emergency parole, the circular stated.

May 24, 2020

Jailed Saudi princess fears contracting coronavirus in prison

Princess Basmah suffers from numerous health issues including osteoporosis and severe gastrointestinal problems, according to her medical records.

May 5, 2020

Convicted in sexual assault cases, Harvey Weinstein tests positive for COVID-19 in prison

As of Monday, the virus has killed 417 people in the US out of more than 35,224 cases

March 23, 2020

16 killed in prison riots in Mexico

Local police soon intervened and managed to control the situation later in the afternoon, said the state public security department.

January 1, 2020

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘could die in prison’, say 60 doctors

The 48-year-old Australian is fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could sentence him to 175 years in a US prison.

November 25, 2019

Pakistani court sentences Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in corruption case

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Monday handed a seven-year jail term in a graft case by an accountability court in Islamabad while acquitting him in another.

December 24, 2018

Prison is no ‘bar’ for him to grow

A 27-year-old convict in Kanda jail near Shimla compiles 'Competition Companion', a magazine for job seekers in HP.

October 3, 2018

Lalu Yadav sentenced to 14 years in prison, fined Rs 60 lakh

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Saturday sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined around Rs 60 lakh in connection with the fourth fodder scam case. Initial reports had suggested that he was sentenced to seven years and fined Rs 30 lakh. On Monday, 19 March, Lalu was sentenced in...

March 24, 2018