The Supreme Court has condemned caste-based discrimination in prisons, ordering immediate revisions to state prison manuals and mandating equal treatment and fair work distribution for all inmates.
Open jails are facilities where inmates enjoy various freedoms. They are given the chance to leave the prison, spend time with their families, and engage in work. Here’s an overview of open jails.
Complex discussions for over a year resulted in the largest prisoner exchange between the West and Russia since the Cold War, involving 24 prisoners. There have been four high-profile swaps between the US and Russia before, including 14 prisoners in a 2010 deal.
The US negotiated a prisoner exchange deal, the largest in the post-Cold War period, with Russia in secrecy for over a year that involved 24 prisoners. Of these are eight Russians sent back to Russia, including convicted Vadim Krasikov imprisoned in Germany.
According to Flightradar24, a Russian government plane, previously used in a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia, flew from Moscow to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave bordering Poland and Lithuania, before returning to Moscow.
“The police were ordered to use all legal means at their disposal to enforce the curfew and apprehend all offenders,” said a statement from Finance Minister Patrick Boivert, who is serving as acting prime minister.
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Bihar: The former MP is currently out on parole for 15 days and will return to jail in Bihar's Saharsa after the end of his parole tomorrow (April 25).
Myanmar Junta will also release British ambassador Vicky Bowman, Australian economics adviser Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota to mark the national day.
Russia-Ukraine news: The attack with HIMARS multiple rocket launchers on the prison in Olenivka, in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, also injured 75 Ukrainian POWs, said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.
As Afghanistan stares at an uncertain future, world leaders, political commentators and foreign affairs experts have joined the international chorus denouncing the US policy in Afghanistan, under which a 20-year military deployment suddenly came to a chaotic end on Sunday.
The wall of barrack number 6 caved in around 5.10 am at Bhind district jail injuring 22 prisoners.
It is the endeavour of his govt to take concrete steps to maintain a healthy environment in the jails, he said, suggesting officials to make arrangements for the placement of the prisoners who complete their sentence to help them earn their livelihood.
Jail authorities have conducted special camps in association with local bodies to inoculate prisoners and prison staff following the Covid protocol.
UP prisons have so far released 10,123 under trials and convicts on bail and parole in compliance with the Supreme Court directives.
The Kerala government has granted a fund of Rs 20 lakh as financial assistance for the education of children of jail inmates. A total of Rs 15 lakh has been sanctioned for the assistance of their basic education and Rs 5 lakh as the aid for their professional studies, state Social Justice Minister KK Shylaja said on Saturday.
Two undertrial prisoners, who had tested positive for COVID-19, escaped from a temporary jail set up by Yerawada Central Prison in Pune early morning on Saturday, jail officials informed. Both inmates were kept into a quarantine facility of the jail.
The Maharashtra government on Friday scrapped the pension scheme for the prisoners booked under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the 1975-1977 Emergency in the country.
Fifty prisoners of the Akola district jail and 28 other people here in Maharashtra tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, health authorities said.
Two prisoners who recently tested positive for coronavirus escaped from a COVID care centre in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, a prison officialsaid on Monday.
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