MHA finalises Model Prisons Act, 2023 to replace Prisons Act, 1894
The new Act provides for use of technology like video conferencing, and can serve as a guiding document for States for adoption in their jurisdiction.
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The new Act provides for use of technology like video conferencing, and can serve as a guiding document for States for adoption in their jurisdiction.
New Delhi: A new ‘Model Prisons Act 2023’ that will replace the 130-year-old pre-independence era law has been prepared by the Centre to address lacunae in the existing law and focus more on reformation and rehabilitation of inmates, the Union home ministry said on Friday. Among the salient features of the model Act are provisions of punishment for prisoners and jail
In India, prisons and the ‘persons detained therein’ are a State subject. The Home Ministry said the Model Prisons Act, 2023 may serve as a guiding document for states for adoption in their jurisdiction.
Police said that the two inmates, aged 16 and 19, escaped by scaling the compound wall
Convicted of daylight lynching of Krishnaiah, Anand Mohan’s premature release is a blow to the IAS officer’s family, to justice and a slap to civil servants There can be nothing more heinous than the lynching of a public servant on duty, by a rowdy mob, in broad daylight, in a public place.