District Jails News Today

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently registered a suo moto PIL to explore the possibilities with regard to implementation of open jails and to ascertain whether the same would be feasible in the...

Earlier, five prisoners including dreaded criminal Amit Saha were granted special remission and released from the central jail in West Tripura in two phases.

A retail outlet vending various products made by jail inmates at a very affordable price was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Minister for Law, Courts, Prisons and Correctional Services S. Reghupathy on Friday here.Branded as 'Freedom', the new Prison ...

IG hopeful move will streamline, expedite remission process

Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Nov 2: As the authorities today informed that the Jail Manual and Training Manual have been notified, the High Court today sought updated status of the directions passed by the Supreme Court with regard to conditions of jail inmates and the facilities provided to them in jails. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice V C Koul directed the Home Department and the Director General Prisons J&K to file the updated status report [&hell...

Procedural formalities being completed since March 2020 State Coordinator, DM Deptt pass buck on each other Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 7: There is no major headway on making vital public buildings of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir earthquake resistant under National Seismic Risk Mitigation Programme (NSRMP) as the procedural formalities are being completed since March 2020. Moreover, nobody in the administration is in a position to specify the time-frame within which the w...