Tag: Prisoners

500 prisoners shifted out from Eastern UP as heavy rains flood jails

The jail is located near Ganga and borders Bihar, where 29 people have been killed after incessant rain in many parts of the state, including capital Patna.

September 30, 2019

Two cops shot dead, other two injured as prisoners make escape in UP

Three under-trial criminals threw chilli powder into the eyes of the constables accompanying them, snatched their guns and opened fire.

July 18, 2019

Over 50 women inmates of Mumbai jail suffer ‘food poisoning’, hospitalised

According to reports, the number of inmates taken ill varies between 50 and 80.

July 20, 2018

Medical conduit

It isn’t exactly “breaking news” to be informed that jails in West Bengal, or indeed anywhere else in India, are cesspools of corruption. So when the minister for correctional administration uses a hackneyed expression ~ “just the tip of the iceberg” ~ in response to the arrest of a doctor of Alipore Central Correctional Home, …

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June 13, 2018

Did not pay North Koreans for release of prisoners: Trump

The United States did not pay any money to the North Koreans for the release of its citizens held as a prisoners, President Donald Trump said as he slammed the previous Obama administration for paying $1.8 billion in cash after the Iranian nuclear deal.

May 11, 2018

Patna prison-break throws light on snoring inspectors

An “ingenious” move by cops to arrange time for sound sleep has landed them in troubles. As they lay enjoying sound sleep after locking the room with handcuffs with prisoners inside, the criminals fled the scene after breaking open the window panes, prompting departmental action against the sleep-loving cops. As per reports, the under-trial prisoners …

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April 26, 2018

India notes Pakistan’s positive response to prisoners’ exchange proposal

Amid the deep chill in ties between India and Pakistan, a ray of hope appeared on Wednesday when New Delhi said it noted Pakistan’s positive response to a proposal on exchange of elderly, women, children and mentally unsound prisoners in each other’s custody. In response to a query, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said …

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March 8, 2018

Pakistan didn’t hand over any prisoners: Afghanistan

The Afghan government on Wednesday rejected reports that Pakistan handed over 27 Taliban and Haqqani network prisoners to Afghanistan last year. “Pakistan has not handed over any members of these groups,” an official source was quoted as saying by TOLO News. This comes after a spokesman for Pakistan’s Foreign Office Mohammad Faisal claimed on Tuesday …

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January 31, 2018

Prisoners should be allowed conjugal rights: Madras HC

In a historical verdict, the Madras High Court on Thursday said the prisoners should not be denied their conjugal rights. “Conjugal visits of the spouse of the prisoners should be allowed,” said a bench of justices S Vimala and T Krishnavalli. The judgment was described as ‘historical’ and ‘landmark’ by clinical sexologists and psychologists who …

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January 28, 2018

Delhi govt increases remission for prisoners by one month

The Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has increased remission of imprisonment. A government official said that prisoners undergoing sentence of 10 years and above will now get remission of three months, which was earlier 60 days. The government remission to prisoners lodged in various jails, including Tihar prisons, is granted on the occasion of Republic …

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January 24, 2018

India, Pak exchange lists of nuke installations, prisoners

India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged the lists of nuclear installations and prisoners in each other’s custody even as New Delhi reiterated its demand for consular access to former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been awarded death sentence by a military court in the neighbouring country. The lists were exchanged by the two sides through …

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January 1, 2018

3 prisoners escape from Mathura jail

Three prisoners escaped from the high-security Mathura jail in Uttar Pradesh early on Monday, police said. Security has been beefed up. One of the accomplices got injured as he fell down trying to scale the boundary wall, a police officer said. The prison inmates, who escaped around 2 a.m. on New Year day were housed …

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January 1, 2018

93 prisoners set free in UP on Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday released 93 prisoners from various jails of the state on the 93rd birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. “It was decided to set free 93 prisoners convicted in different cases on the 93rd birthday of the former prime minister. These prisoners have completed their …

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December 25, 2017

Houthis killed 200 prisoners, spread across Sanaa

The Houthi militia killed 200 people who were taken prisoners during an attack that killed former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Arab media reported on Tuesday. The Houthis ambushed the homes of Saleh’s relatives and killed a few of his supporters and leading figures in his General People’s Congress (GPC) Party, Al Arabiya reported. This …

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December 5, 2017

A hope behind the bars!

A ray of hope behind the bars! A documentary by an independent film maker from Himachal Pradesh traces the ‘present’ of prisoners, for whom ‘reforms’ have brought some light at the end of the tunnel. “They are living in different world. For how long? Many of them don’t know exactly. We have tried to document …

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September 6, 2017

India to release 11 Pakistan prisoners today in ‘goodwill gesture’

In what can be called as a 'goodwill gesture', India will on Monday release 11 prisoners, days after PM Narendra Modi's casual meeting with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Astana on the sideline of the SCO summit. The move comes at a time when the two nations are fighting a legal battle at the …

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June 12, 2017

Peace activists among 250 Myanmar prisoners granted pardon

Myanmar granted amnesty to more than 250 prisoners ahead of peace talks being held on Wednesday with ethnic rebel groups, including two activists sentenced to hard labour for their work promoting interfaith peace. The president's office announced late Tuesday it would release 186 Myanmar nationals and 73 foreigners as a gesture of goodwill. Among them were activists …

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May 24, 2017