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Amid mounting criticism over functioning of jails in Punjab for the past three weeks after gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is one of the main accused in Sidhu Moosewala murder case, appeared in two back-to-back TV interviews from inside jail, Punjab government has transferred Additional Director General of Police (Jails) B Chandra Sekhar, replacing him with […]
F rail young men chained to sickbeds at Thyolo District Hospital personify surging malnutrition feared to have claimed a life at Bvumbwe Prison last week. The development coincides with a Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) probe into claims that inmates on anti-retroviral therapy at Zomba Central Prison in the old capital are surviving on their
TWO convicted prisoners, together serving sentences of more than six decades, will return to the High Court for a review of their sentences after a judge held that the delay by the prison authorities in reviewing their prison terms was unconstitutional.
Yellow Ribbon Project awareness to extend to youth groups – Prof Prasad
The 55-page report, “A Nightmare for Everyone: The Health Care Crisis in Pakistan’s Prisons,” documents widespread deficiencies in prison health care in Pakistan and the consequences for a total prison population of more than 88,000 people. Pakistan has one of the world’s most overcrowded prison systems, with cells designed for a maximum of 3 people holding up to 15. Severe overcrowding has compounded existing health care deficiencies, leaving inmates vulnerable to communicable diseases and unable to get medicines and treatment for even basic health needs, as well as emergencies.