Tending to his ailing mother should be a grave enough reason for Manu Sharma to seek parole, considering instances where prisoners have sought temporary release for as mundane a reason as repairing a house or ploughing their field and sowing crops.Under Section 3 of the Temporary Release Act, 1988, the State Government has the authority to release prisoners temporarily on some basic grounds as stated...
|
altogether a different day from the daily routine life for 34 prisoners of the Baripada Circle Jail when they visited the ''Jagadhatri Mela'' at Bhanjpur.The prisoners paid an obeisance to Maa Jagadhatri, relished the ''prasad'' (divine offerings) and enjoyed the melody performances for sometime. They then walked back to the Circle Jail yesterday.Senior Superintendent Circle Jail Dharanidhar Das today...
|
Tajikistan announces amnesty for 10,000 prisoners < ');" class="size11 blue"> Rate, Nov 4 (IANS) Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has signed an amnesty, granting freedom to some 10,000 prisoners, officials said Wednesday.The amnesty was passed to mark the 15th anniversary of Tajikistan's constitution Nov 6, the country's presidential news service said.The prisoners were held for minor crimes and...
|
India!Confirming this, jail superintendent Gursharan Singh Sidhu said the women prisoners would be shifted from old to new barrack later this month as sewerage, water and power connections were to be installed in the new building and these would be in place in a week.Actually, a new barrack for women prisoners was required as according to jail sources, usually more than three times its capacity of...
|
undertrial prisoner Ratnesh Kumar Singh alias Sonu dodged the police and escaped from Chhapra court premises here today.According to police the prisoner was brought to the court. While being escorted back to the divisional jail the prisoner fled.The prisoner hailing from Hariharpur Bhusao village of Baniapur was facing trial in connection with cases related to dacoity and loot....
|
October 6, BHP Billiton and the South Australian Department for Correctional Services announced a new agreement allowing the company to employ prisoners from Port Augusta at Olympic Dam — the world’s biggest uranium mine.The move raises big questions about the rights of prisoners and the broader rights of workers in Australia. It also raises questions about the character of Australian prisons. Prison...
|
CHENNAI: Steaming hot upma or pongal,sambhar rice with vegetables, boiled peanuts, dal with ghee and roasted chicken.This is not the menu card of a south Indian restaurant, but food served toinmates of various prisons in Tamil Nadu.No wonder, a jail stint inthe state leaves prisoners with an expanded waistline or even a pot-belly,contrary to the general perception that jailbirds look haggard oremaciated.Nearly...
|
under trial prisoner died following illness in this district's Susner sub-jail, official sources said today.Sub-divisional Officer (Revenue) Rekha Rathore said the prisoner Kishan (33) complained of severe chest pain yesterday and was rushed to government hospital where doctor declared him 'brought dead'. She said the prisoner had most probably died of cardiac arrest.Additional collector ordered a...
|
moving of problem prisoners ahead of security audits has happened at a third London jailBrixton prison, from which dangerous inamets were 'ghosted' away. Photograph: Martin GodwinDangerous prisoners were removed from one of Britain's biggest jails just before an internal security audit, raising fears that the practice of "ghosting" inmates around the prison system may be more widespread than was acknowledged.A...
|
Coimbatore: The renovated sub jail at Udhagamandalam is to be re-opened very shortly as the works are nearing completion, Deputy Inspector-General of Prison, Coimbatore Range, P. Govindarajan said on Tuesday.that for taking up renovation works and construction of a compound wall after the existing one collapsed, the sub jail remained closed for almost four years. All the remand and undertrial prisoners...
|
