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Jail inmates will leave prison to work outside in the morning and return by evening to support their families; Jharkhand starts open jail reformJharkhand will allow selected jail inmates to leave prison in the morning, work outside and return by evening under a new open and semi-ope...- Furlough should not be a free passGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh received his seventeenth furlough after a 2017 rape conviction. He has spent 435 days outside prison since his sent...
- Music behind the bars: Songs of love and longing find an audience behind walls of Meerut prisonMeerut district jail's internal radio station, Radio Parvaaz, offers inmates daily song requests and entertainment. Inmates submit song req...
- Employee lost job over pending criminal case; SC awards Rs 5 lakh compensation for wrongful terminationEmployee to get Rs 5 lakh compensation after proving employer terminated him due to pendency of criminal cases; SC order explained. Know ho...
- In 1818, British prisons adopted William Cubitt's treadmill as a tool of hard labor. 208 years later, the machine is a fitness staple, but its modern medical and exercise history evolved separately from the original punishment deviceThe treadmill has an unsettling place in the history of exercise: its story includes Victorian prisons, forced labor, physiological researc...
- In 1960s, a New Jersey prisoner began studying law to fight his own drug conviction. Decades later, he became a New York judge despite criminal recordWalter Strauss was sentenced to prison in New Jersey in the 1960s after a drug conviction, but his time behind bars set him on an unexpecte...
- Russia frees ailing ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detentionFormer U.S. Marine Robert Gilman was freed from Russian custody after President Putin approved his pardon. Gilman, who was jailed since 202...
- Sri Lanka deploys troops after prison riotSri Lanka deployed hundreds of troops and elite commandos on Sunday to contain riots at an overcrowded prison in which an inmate was killed...
- Japan closed a century-old prison in 2017; its cellblocks have now become a luxury hotel where guests pay to sleep behind the original wallsHOSHINOYA Nara Prison, previously the Nara Juvenile Prison in Japan, has transformed into a luxury hotel that embraces and preserves its hi...
- Mehbooba Mufti announces protest on seventh anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, apologizes for Jantar Mantar remarkThe PDP will protest on August 5, demanding Article 370 and 35A restoration. The party also seeks the release of all political prisoners an...
- Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet approves Rs 7,834 crore for 4 major schemes; 20% reservation for retired Agniveers in state policeArunachal Pradesh's Cabinet approved Rs 7,834 crore for four comprehensive schemes. This investment will improve roads and rural connectivi...
- Parliamentary panel to examine cases of domestic violence and remediesA parliamentary committee will delve into critical issues affecting women, including domestic violence, trafficking, and the welfare of fem...
- Sean Combs 2028 Release Update: US rapper turns legal student in prison, lawyer says ‘he's become like a paralegal’Sean Combs 2028 release update: Sean "Diddy" Combs is reportedly deeply involved in his legal appeal from FCI Fort Dix, with his lawyer sta...
- Hyderabad’s new 'feel the jail experience' lets people live like prisoners for 24 hours: Eat jail food and sleep in prison cellsHyderabad has launched the Telangana Prisons Museum and 'Jail Anubhavam' program, offering citizens a simulated prison experience. This ini...
- 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...
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs requests transfer to New Jersey federal prisonSean "Diddy" Combs requests transfer to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey to access drug treatment programs. The music mogul, sentenced to over fo...
- Union Budget 2025: Centre proposes Rs 300 crore for prison modernisation; revises it to Rs 75 croreThe Centre has proposed a Rs 300 crore budget for prison modernization in the upcoming financial year. This allocation will support the dev...
- Establishing open prisons can be solution to decongest jails: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court suggested establishing open jails as a solution to prison overcrowding and prisoner rehabilitation. Open prisons allow co...
- 3.15 lakh or 65.90% prison inmates from SC, ST, OBC categories: Govt dataOf the total 4,78,600 prison inmates in the country, 3,15,409 or 65.90 per cent belong to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Ot...
- 4,18,536 prisoners lodged in different jails in the countryThere 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...
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