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Delhi crime files: Half the prison cells are filled with youth aged 21–30; Is the capital losing its future behind bars?Delhi Crime: Nearly 50% of Delhi's 18,969 prisoners are between 21 and 30 years old, with over 55% under 30. Poverty, unemployment, and the...
700 inmates get job in hotel industry, 1200 more to get employed soon: Tihar prisons chiefReplying to a question over jail reforms during his tenure in Tihar, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said, "We have started skill...
Terror-mafia nexus: Incarcerated terrorists & gangsters united behind bars, shows NIA probeThe management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the state governments. Several instances of lapses by jail ...
Delhi prisons order shock batons, pepper spray to control brawls between inmatesThe announcement comes after the prison department received criticism over the killing of gangster Sunil Balyan, alias Tillu Tajpuriya, ins...
Weeks after Tillu Tajpuriya killing, 80 more jail officials in Delhi transferredEighty officials of Delhi Prisons, including five deputy superintendents, have been transferred within Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini jail compl...
66 inmates, 48 staffers of three Delhi jails test positive for CovidAccording to data shared by the jail authorities, 66 inmates -- 42 in Tihar and 24 in Mandoli jail -- had tested positive for COVID-19 till...
52 jail inmates, 7 staffers under treatment for COVID in DelhiAccording to the data shared by officials, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi prisons till Tuesday stands at 59, including seven ...
Delhi prison department asks 3,600 staff to enrol for COVID-19 vaccine shot"We appreciate the dedication and hard work done by jail officials and security forces who all were at a high risk for catching COVID-19 du...
No cultural celebrations inside Delhi jails this Diwali owing to COVID-19 restrictionsThe Delhi Prisons comprises of Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli jails. Diwali, a festival of lights, will be celebrated on Saturday. "This year, d...
Delhi's COVID-19 tally nears 60,000-mark; Authorities start work on robust contact tracingIt was the third day on the trot that over 3,000 fresh cases have been reported. On Saturday, Delhi had witnessed 3,630 cases, the highest ...
COVID-19 outbreak in Jaipur jail worries authorities; thousands of prisoners released on bail or parole across IndiaThe release of prisoners as a precautionary measure from the last week of March followed a direction by the Supreme Court, and more jail in...
Smuggled mobile phones ringing in trouble at Tihar JailTotal 330 mobile phones have been recovered in the last one month in Tihar jail.
Women inmates in jail: Concerned HC asks DSLSA to take stepsThe court said panel lawyers of DSLSA shall prepare appropriate applications for bail for all the 105 undertrial prisoners and file the sam...
Delhi jails 'grossly' overcrowded, prisoners double than capacity: CAGThe report also brought to the notice the poor medical facilities in the jails in Delhi as over 93,224 patients had to be referred to outsi...
Tihar jail lacks scanners & jammers, faces 30% security staff crunchAuthorities of Central Jail have mentioned the need to increase patrolling by local police to reduce attempts to throw things inside the ja...
Subrata Roy to sleep on the floor at Tihar, eat jail foodSubrata Roy, who was sent in judicial custody for a week in Delhi by the Supreme Court today, will be kept in high-security Tihar prison.
- Tihar Jail: What's behind the walls
It is not just a place where criminals, petty and hardened, are held. And it is not just another jail. Tihar Jail is now positioned as a co...
- 'Tihar Jail' cookies and cakes in Mother Dairy outlets?
Encouraged by the response to its in-house products, Tihar Jail authorities are planning to start sale of their factory items at Mother Dai...