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Read a book and cut 4 days from jail sentence: Actor Madhavan shares a fascinating prison reform rule where inmates get second chancesA Brazilian prison reform initiative allows inmates to reduce sentences by reading and reflecting on books. Actor R Madhavan highlighted th...15 Apr, 2026, 03.19 PM IST- Disqualified MP Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti moves Delhi HC in cheating caseDisqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and three-year jail...07 Apr, 2026, 02.35 PM IST
- Immigrants in US less likely to be victims of crime, more likely to report incidentsA recent Cato Institute study reveals that immigrants in the US are significantly less likely to be victims of violent crime compared to na...27 Aug, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
- NAIDOC week turns 50; here's what it is, why it's celebrated, and what’s happening in 2025Perth will be the main city for NAIDOC Week in 2025. The week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. The the...03 Jul, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
- Delhi's prisons severely overcrowded, 91% inmates undertrials: StudyDelhi's prisons are severely overcrowded, with undertrial inmates constituting 91% of the incarcerated population, as per the India Justice...15 Apr, 2025, 07.14 PM IST
- No, immigrants don't commit more crimes, like Trump keeps suggestingA new Migration Policy Institute report debunks myths about immigration and crime, showing immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than...21 Oct, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
- Over 9,600 children jailed in adult prisons between January 2016 and December 2021: StudyA study by legal rights body iProbono reveals that over 9,600 children were wrongly held in adult prisons in India from 2016 to 2021. The s...13 May, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
- Trump says migrants are fueling violent crime. Here is what the research showsFormer President Donald Trump is using rhetoric linking immigrants in the U.S. illegally to violent crime in his campaign for the presidenc...12 Apr, 2024, 08.56 AM IST
- Citing health care, incarceration, Democrat Stacey Abrams says Georgia is worst state to live inThe Democratic gubernatorial candidate-in-waiting declared that Georgia is the worst state to live in due to various social factors, in try...24 May, 2022, 08.54 PM IST
- Telangana joins an exclusive clubIndia never has a shortage of prisoners so the news that Telangana is going to join this select Scandinavian club by also shutting down fiv...05 Feb, 2018, 10.55 PM IST
- With Netherlands having more cells than convicts, jail tourism could be the answerThere are instances of penitentiaries being turned into hotels, museums — like the Cellular Jail in the Andamans and Alcatraz in San Franci...16 Feb, 2017, 01.31 AM IST
- Racial bias may influence sentencing in US courts: StudyResearchers explored if, how and when race factors in criminal sentencing by analysing more than 17,000 decisions from South Carolina in th...29 Feb, 2016, 06.18 PM IST
- 'Trumbo' review: Manages to evoke pathosOver two hours long, the film would also do better if it was pared down and stepped away from pontificating to storytelling.15 Feb, 2016, 10.39 AM IST
- America safer because of police officers: President Barack ObamaUS President Barack Obama has said that law enforcement officials often get "scapegoated" for failures of society and criminal justice syst...28 Oct, 2015, 11.57 AM IST
- Sushilkumar Shinde for exploring alternative modes of punishmentSushilkumar Shinde favoured exploring alternative modes of punishment to convicts as sending accused to jail have many adverse effects.24 Sep, 2013, 02.54 PM IST
- Back to the PastMotives and rationales that lie behind the original actions can, through the karmic use of justice can ultimately extinguish problematic be...16 Jul, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Economic costs of mental illnessPsychiatric illnesses have turned deflators of our economy, pulling down the GDP by 2-3 % per annum.01 Jun, 2010, 05.03 AM IST
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