The prisoners went berserk on Sunday morning as they pelted stones, set a part of the prison on fire and attacked the jail officials.
NHRC, India Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging increasing incidents of violence among inmates in Tihar Jail of Delhi.
Seven undertrial prisoners (UTPs) escaped from a jail in Arunachal Pradesh by throwing chilli and pepper powder and salt at the guards manning the jail.
Over 60 inmates and 11 staff members in the three prison complexes of Delhi are presently undergoing treatment for COVID-19, officials said on Wednesday.
Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait demanded COVID-19 vaccine jab for protesting farmers and jail inmates.
Rajasthan's Jaipur prison opened a petrol pump that is being operated by jail inmates. This initiative is providing opportunity to prisoners to earn money. The revenue generated through the petrol pump will also be used for infrastructure development of prison.
Four COVID-positive jail inmates, who were taken to a hospital for treatment, ran away on Sunday evening in this Uttar Pradesh district but the police managed to nab three of them.
As coronavirus related death toll surges in Texas, inmates of the El Paso county jail are helping bodies to move into morgues until Texas National Guard members are able to help for the cause.
Hundreds of jail inmates including women celebrated Chhath puja in Muzaffarpur's Central Jail. The celebration was held with the active support of the jail authorities.
At least 191 inmates at the Basti district jail in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The latest figure took the overall tally of COVID-19 infected inmates in jails across the state to 1,379.
The Gauhati High Court has ordered the Assam government to provide the best treatment to prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 after suo motu cognisance of the rising number of cases inside the jails. Total 535 inmates have been infected by coronavirus in 10 jails across the state, and of the highest 435 were from Guwahati, Assam Inspector General of Prisons Dasarath Das said.
The Goa government has started testing all the inmates of the central jail at Colvale for COVID-19, after a jailor was found infected, a senior healthofficial has said. State Health Secretary Nila Mohanan said that the testing of all the inmates of the jail began from Friday.
In a humane gesture, the Tamil Nadu Prison Department procured a number of mobile phones to facilitate video calls between jail inmates and their families amid a lockdown forced due to coronavirus crisis in the country.
Twenty inmates of Baghpat jail, who have been showing symptoms akin to coronavirus infection, have been quarantined on Monday.
New York City was hit by the nation’s largest coronavirus jail outbreak to date this week, with at least 38 people testing positive at the notorious Rikers Island complex and nearby facilities — more than half of them incarcerated men, the board that oversees the city’s jail system said Saturday.
Amid growing cases of novel coronavirus disease in India, the demand of masks has also been increased.
In an effort to make the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district plastic-free, around 150 inmates of two correctional homes in the city have made eco-friendly bags for distribution among the pilgrims, an official said.
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