PRISON MANUALS

Maharashtra's prisons are undergoing substantial upgrades aimed at improving living conditions for inmates. This initiative includes replacing non-functional black and white TVs with modern color television sets connected to dish cables, providing i...

The AAP asserts that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is governing from Tihar jail. However, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal emphasized that inmates can only sign legal documents and personal complaints during judicial custody, emphasizing t...

Technically, Kejriwal can continue as CM till he is convicted in a case. However, there are other practicalities in administering a state from custody or jail. The jail manual lays down specifically that an undertrial is allowed meetings only twice ...

The Union Home Ministry has urged states and Union Territories to stop segregating prisoners based on caste and religion and stop assigning duties like managing prison kitchens, as the Supreme Court observed in January. The move follows clashes betw...

Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former prime minister and ex-foreign minister of Pakistan, are serving their 10-year jail terms in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail. They are high-profile prisoners and will perform their prison labour inside the compoun...

Navalny aides have been preparing for his expected transfer to a "special regime" colony, the harshest grade in Russia's prison system, after he was sentenced in August to an additional 19 years in prison on top of 11-1/2 years he was already servin...

The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms in India has highlighted the "pitiful state of affairs" in the country's prisons, emphasizing that overcrowding can be addressed through speedy trial. The committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge ...

The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and given the same rights and facilities as other inmates. The committee, led by former judge Justice Amitava Roy, has suggested that ...

​​In 1994, the court found Mohan guilty of leading a mob and lynching Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah. Mohan subsequently facilitated his wife from jail, to stand for elections as a Congress and SP candidate in the 2010 assembly and 2014 ...

Prisoners over the age of 70 or suffering from serious diseases should be prioritised and action taken to ensure their release within two months, said a government spokesperson. However, the government has advised caution in this regard and directed...

A source said Sisodia brought a copy of the Bhagavad Gita along with him. Other items allowed by the court are yet to be received from his home. Sisodia also received some extra clothes on Tuesday, the source said. On Monday night, he was given basi...

"After the prison manual, we are now going to bring the Model Prisons Act, which will bring about necessary changes in the law in force since the British era. Right now, we are holding extensive discussions with states and I am sure that it will be ...

Under the new system, dishes like 'kheer' and 'seviyan' will also be made in the jail during the major festivals. During Ramzan, arrangements will be made for dates and fruits for Muslim prisoners, the minister added.

Deputy Inspector General of Prisons Administration and Reforms Lucknow Shailendra Kumar suspended the deputy jailor with immediate effect on Tuesday evening and attached him to Prison Training Institute, Lucknow.

The Ministry has suggested a regular inspection of the prisons. The order also stressed on the need to take appropriate measures to strengthen security arrangements and implement effective administration in prisons.

The Enforcement Director had made a startling revelation in November last year that it had unearthed a "secret underground office" in Tihar which was being operated by erstwhile Unitech founder Ramesh Chandra and visited by his sons Sanjay and Ajay ...

Of 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 Other Backward Class categories, according to government data presented in Parliament on Wednesday.

​Prasad, who is serving jail term in connection with the multi-crore rupee fodder scam is presently staying at Ranchi- based Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS)

Swamy had said he needs a straw and sipper as he has trouble eating and drinking because his hands shake due to the Parkinson's disease; his lawyers said jail authorities had confiscated a set he already had.