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29-Apr-2024

Demands for prison reforms continue as SC pulls up States for failing to follow its directives on prison reforms and providing inadequate data on prison infrastructure Justice Kohli observed that dingy and overcrowded prisons make prisoners more ill, and living in such conditions is not the idea of punishment

27-Oct-2023

Wings of religious unity spread inside the walls of Barabanki prison Is it possible to change the dynamics of a prison through religious harmony? Barabanki jail sets a benchmark for such ideals!

14-Aug-2023

क्या भारत में ‘खुली जेल’ से व्यक्तिगत आजादी मज़बूत होगी? भारत में कैसी है बिना दीवारों और बिना सलाखों की जेल की तस्वीर?

22-Jun-2023

Who are the acclaimed ‘BK-16’? Five years have passed, and human rights defenders (HRDs) and their families continue to await justice

30-Nov-2022

SC once again seeks DLSA intervention to ensure that under trials unable to provide surety are released from prison Inactive DLSAs and overall bureaucratic lethargy result in under trials languishing in jails

05-Oct-2022

Are women entitled to special provisions in prison? The Model Prison Manual needs to be followed in letter and spirit

22-Jul-2022

Democracy can never be a police state: Supreme Court SC had issued guidelines to curb unnecessary Arrest and Remand; CJI had also lamented hasty arrests, difficulty in obtaining bail, and prolonged incarceration of undertrials

03-Aug-2021

Prison Watch: Rajasthan HC directs prisons to educate inmates about their rights Court wants provisions of parole to be displayed prominently

12-May-2021

CJP’s petition to release Hany Babu for eye treatment: Sign Now! The professor is suffering from a severe eye infection, and could lose vision in one eye

21-Jan-2021

A prison without bars or walls Are Open Prisons the correctional and reformatory facilities India needs?

09-Nov-2019

India Justice Report 2019 highlights country’s failing criminal justice system India’s per capita spending of Rs 0.75 per annum on legal aid matches the less than Rs 100 per prisoner each day: India Justice Report, 2019

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