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Bureau of Corrections The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has warned inmates in all its prison facilities that they will face stiff sanctions if caught in possession of contrabands. It issued the warning after it conducted a search operation at Building 9 of the maximum security compound at
Bureau of Corrections Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra on Thursday, June 3, assured that necessary steps will be taken following the riot last June 1 at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one prisoner died. Guevarra said he has yet to receive the report from the Bu
AMARAVATI: Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice Arup Kumar Goswami took into consideration the recent resolutions of a High Power Committee (HPC) over the conditions in the state jails and release of undertrial prisoners in the wake of the coronavirus spreading among prisoners there. The Supreme Court (SC) ordered the constitution of an HPC in each state
âBuzz of a Mosquito⦠But With the Sound of Griefâ: The Lives of Indiaâs Women Prisoners When Indian women go to prison, they mostly go to a prison inside a prison. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Women08/Mar/2021 This article, part of the series âBarredâThe Prisons Projectâ, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. New Delhi/Nagpur: To fit 45 women in a room so small that it needs only one bulb and a fan, says Aparajita Bose, the authorities at Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata came up with a plan: measure the womenâ...
Raj govt amends prison norms to omit caste-based labour assignment India Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 17:16 [IST] Jaipur, Feb 16: Rajasthan government made three amendments to Prison Rules to omit caste-based labour assignment in jails. This comes after High Court took suo motu cognizance of media report on caste practices in prisons. Representational Image In Rule 67 on "Cooking of Food" that had eligibility criterion of "Brahmin/high-caste Hindu" inmate, new line on no selection based on caste/religion has been inducted. Similarly, part of a section dealing with 'Restriction on the ...