The United States is accelerating research into psychedelic drugs for mental illness. This shift prompts India to re-evaluate its own drug ...

A Brazilian prison reform initiative allows inmates to reduce sentences by reading and reflecting on books. Actor R Madhavan highlighted th...

Canada's federal government is raising immigration fees starting December 1, 2025. This impacts applications for returning to Canada, tempo...

Canada permitted entry to over 17,600 individuals with criminal records in the last decade. Immigration authorities approved nearly 70 perc...

The Centre has proposed a Rs 300 crore budget for prison modernization in the upcoming financial year. This allocation will support the dev...

Canada is increasing application and processing fees for temporary resident applications like visitor visas, work permits, and study permit...

President Joe Biden used clemency powers to pardon 3 individuals who have served prison time. He also commuted the sentence of another 75 i...

It is the duty of courts to take into consideration not only crime but also the criminal, his state of mind and his socio-economic conditio...

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the Delhi Police to submit a report on the measures taken by them in...

The Union Cabinet today okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, which proposes a punishme...

Bill makes a distinction between beggary and syndicated or organised beggary, and says forcing any child or destitute into begging is a cri...

Labour Ministry announced a slew of measures including hike in financial assistance package for freed bonded labours and introduced stringe...

As many as 1200 slum units were removed in the drive with the railways saying it was carried out after three notices, the first one with th...

There were a total of 4,18,536, inmates lodged in the jails in the country as against the capacity of 3,56,361 prisoners, by the end of Dec...

The Gujarat government today alleged that Congress is spreading lies on the issue of construction of gates of Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam.

Gujarat Congress today alleged that Modi has been spreading lies and unnecessarily blaming the Centre for not constructing gates at the Sar...

Court feels that there is immense need for a rehabilitation policy for such people who had faced incarceration in jail and trial in court.