Tag: Prisoners

Yogi Govt in UP focusing on honing skills of prisoners

A total of 376 prisoners received training in 12 trades in five district jails in the Ayodhya zone. In this, 155 prisoners were trained in District Jail Barabanki, 84 in Gonda, 30 in Bahraich, 93 in Ambedkar Nagar, and 14 in Ayodhya.

May 31, 2023

SC orders all prisoners released on Covid-19 parole to surrender within 15 days

The Supreme Court on Friday said that all prisoners, released on emergency parole by the state high-powered committees constituted on its order during the Covid pandemic, will have to surrender within 15 days.

March 24, 2023

CCTV cameras to keep a close watch on prisoners in UP jails

DG, Jail, Anand Kumar on Tuesday said that the entire exercise would be completed by the end of February this year.

January 17, 2023

Now, all inmates of Delhi prisons to get hot water, prisoners above 65 to be given mattresses, Delhi LG instructs officials

LG Saxena issued instructions to DG (Prison) and the Pr. Secretary (Home), to immediately make hot water available to all inmates.

January 9, 2023

UP Govt may reward well-behaved prisoners with early release from jail

According to DIG, Prisons, AK Singh, a report has been requested on the obstacles being faced by undertrial inmates serving sentences of less than seven years who have pleaded mercy.

January 7, 2023

India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners, fishermen in their custody

The external affairs ministry also said Pakistan has been requested to ensure the safety, security and welfare of all Indian and believed-to-be Indian civilian prisoners and fishermen, pending their release and repatriation to India.

January 1, 2023

Hamas vows to reach prisoners’ swap deal with Israel

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has vowed to reach a prisoners' swap deal with Israel to release the Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.

October 18, 2022

51 prisoners to be released on Independence Day in Rajasthan

The batch of pardoned inmates included 36 those who completed 2/3rd term, 5 male prisoners who completed 60 years of age, and 10 others who are financially weak but completed term but unable to pay fine in cash.

August 12, 2022

Online trial of inmates at Kolkata correctional home

According to sources in the state correctional services, a nodal officer has already been appointed to conduct the trial through direct link to the court from the online correctional facility. The nodal officer will coordinate with the judiciary, the Centre and the state.

January 18, 2022

Orissa HC directs the district courts to consider prisoners’ release on PR bond for decongestion of jails

One of the suggestions made by the experts for reducing the overcrowding in jails is that UTPs arrested for offences where the maximum sentence is 7 years or less, should be forthwith released on PR Bond, when unable to fulfill the monetary or ‘property’ bail condition, the HC bench observed.

December 26, 2021

Israeli forces capture 2 more escaped Palestinian prisoners

The police identified one of the men as Zakaria Zubeidi, a resident of the West Bank city of Jenin and high-profile militant leader of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising of 2000-2005

September 12, 2021

Israeli police launch manhunt after 6 prisoners break out

“This is a great heroic act, which will cause a severe shock to the Israeli security system and will constitute a severe blow to the army and the entire system in Israel,” said Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad.

September 6, 2021

Bangladesh repatriates three Indians

Manik Debnath, 30, Md Tajubuddin, 40 and Master Akel, 17, were in jail custody at Dinajpur, Panchagar, and Kishor Unnayan Kendra Jashar. All of them had been arrested by the Bangladesh Border Guard for crossing the border without valid documents.

July 15, 2021

Myanmar’s military junta releases 2,200 prisoners

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a human rights group, said that more than 4,000 political prisoners remain in detention

July 1, 2021

Supreme Court orders not to release all the prisoners due to COVID-19

The plea had contended despite HPC orders, many continue to languish in jails in Maharashtra.

September 22, 2020

Covid-19 : Punjab to release up to 4000 under trial prisoners

Disclosing this on Tuesday, the jail minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that this exercise is being undertaken considering the relaxations in lockdown restrictions, increase in number of new inmates owing to spiralling of crime rate, regarding which the recommendations were made by the high powered committee on the orders of Supreme Court.

August 12, 2020

Covid-19: Over 11,500 prisoners released in Punjab

Detailed instructions have already been issued to all the prison officials to avoid going to places other than their own homes while on leave, and in case of exigencies, they have to inform the head of the jail.

July 21, 2020