This Is The Salary Of UK Prisoners, More Than Teachers: Shocking Big Paychecks

24 Nov 2024

In a surprising divergence, prisoners in low-security jails in the United Kingdom earn higher salaries than the officers guarding them and several professionals in civil society, including midwives, psychotherapists, and biochemists. This report by The Telegraph has argued for debates on income inequality and the broader implications of rehabilitation programmes...

Former Prisoners Standing for the Nation: Over 3800 Convicts Recruited by Ukrainian Authorities to Fight Against Russia

22 Jul 2024

Last year, Volodymyr Prysiazhniuk had a quarrel with his father-in-law, Yuriy, while both were drunk. Prysiazhniuk, who had consumed a litre of beer, punched Yuriy twice in the head, causing the older man to fall and die. In court, Prysiazhniuk admitted his guilt, stated he had called an ambulance and...

Bangladesh Protesting Students Set Prisoners Free Before Setting Prison on Fire

20 Jul 2024

Student protesters in Narsingdi district, central Bangladesh, freed 'hundreds' of inmates from a local jail on Friday before setting the prison on fire, according to local police sources. A police officer, speaking anonymously to AFP, confirmed the jailbreak and fire but did not specify the exact number of escaped inmates,...

Two prisoners killed, two injured in clash at Sangrur jail in Punjab

20 Apr 2024

Two inmates were killed and two others were injured in a clash that broke out among prisoners in Punjab's Sangrur jail late on Friday night, police said. According to officials, the condition of the two inmates injured in the fight was said to be critical, and they have been referred...

Mumbai: Air hostess murder accused dies by suicide inside police lock-up

08 Sep 2023

According to police, the culprit apprehended in connection with the death of an air hostess in Mumbai committed suicide by hanging himself in the jail at Andheri station on Thursday. The deceased's name, according to the police, is Vikram. On Monday, Vikram, a cleaning staff member at the housing society,...

Special scheme to provide financial support to poor prisoners: Home Ministry

07 Apr 2023

The Centre announced on Friday that it has decided to launch a special scheme called 'Support for Poor Prisoners' to provide financial support to poor people languishing in jails who are unable to afford the penalty or the bail amount. "It envisages the provision of required financial support to poor...

India, Pak swap prisoners , nuclear facilities lists

01 Jan 2023

Despite their bilateral relations being at an all-time low, India and Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations that cannot be struck in the case of hostilities on Sunday, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1992. The two sides also exchanged lists of the inmates imprisoned in each other's jails,...

Overcrowding of prisoners in Tihar Jail, PIL moved to Delhi HC

08 Nov 2022

A Public Interest Litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court in relation to the overcrowding of prisoners in the Tihar Prison Complex, Delhi. The complaint claimed that Tihar Jail had more detainees than it could actually house in each barrack and that there had been a significant increase...

Four prisoners were lynched in Meghalaya after breaking out of the prison

12 Sep 2022

In the West Jaitia Hills district, residents of Shangpurng village lynched four out of six prisoners who escaped from Jowai District Jail in Meghalaya. One of the six murder-accused named "I Love You" was also lynched by the mob. According to J K Marak, Inspector General of Prisons, the lynching...