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  Punjab: Ludhiana Jail Superintendent seriously injured in violent clash between rival inmate groups

  India | December 17, 2025 8:00 IST

  According to the police, the two groups, comprising 10 and seven inmates respectively, attacked each other using pieces of bricks placed on the boundary wall.

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  Punjab: Two inmates die by suicide in Hoshiarpur jail

  India | December 22, 2023 15:46 IST

  Punjab news: Titu was booked for rape and kidnapping and also under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in August. Chand was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in October month.

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  Uttar Pradesh: 12 prisoners lodged in Agra's central jail pass board exams

  India | June 19, 2022 21:36 IST

  The results for Class 10th and Class 12th UP board exams were declared by Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) on Saturday.

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  UP jail inmates hold officials captive, set part of prison on fire over undertrial's death

  India | November 07, 2021 14:59 IST

  The prisoners went berserk on Sunday morning as they pelted stones, set a part of the prison on fire and attacked the jail officials.

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  7 prisoners escape from Arunachal jail by throwing chilli powder at guards

  Crime | July 13, 2021 9:39 IST

  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.

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  4 COVID-positive jail inmates run away from hospital; 3 held again

  India | December 28, 2020 8:12 IST

  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.

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  191 UP jail inmates test COVID-19 positive

  India | August 11, 2020 9:33 IST

  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.    

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  38 positive for coronavirus in New York jails, including Rikers

  World | March 22, 2020 13:57 IST

  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.

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  Delhi jail inmate hides blade in tummy, leaves officials clueless

  India | October 03, 2019 10:56 IST

  The matter came to light on Tuesday when an undertrial inmate named Sunil alias "Chooha", a resident of Trilokpuri, returned to the jail after appearing in a court hearing.

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  UP govt transfers 21 jailors after video showing inmates brandishing weapons at Unnao prison goes viral

  India | June 28, 2019 7:39 IST

  A video showing Unnao jail inmates flaunting a pistol and consuming liquor had gone viral on Thursday. Other than the transfer of 21 jail officials, action will also be initiated against 4 jail officials on grounds of laxity and dereliction of duty. A show-cause notice has been issued to the jail superintendent and the jailor.

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  Tihar Jail launches health drive for inmates

  India | February 08, 2015 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: They may be in jail but their health care is as important as any other person. This seems to be the message of Tihar Jail authorities who have launched a major drive to

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  Punjab & Haryana HC allows prisoners to have sex with their partners

  India | January 07, 2015 9:29 IST

  Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed an order allowing jail inmates to have sex with their partners as long as they are married and want to have a child.The court's direction, which