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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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  Released during pandemic, UP prisoners asked to return to jail

  India | December 01, 2020 10:13 IST

  Meanwhile, eight of the 15 prisoners, who had been released on parole from Pilibhit district jail on April 29, following the state government's orders, have gone missing and did not return to jail.

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  Neil Nitin Mukesh: We must do 'Jail 2'

  Celebrities | November 06, 2020 22:35 IST

  Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh says his 2009 prison drama, Jail, is the only project where he used the method acting approach.

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  Breaking: Rhea Chakraborty released from Byculla jail after a month

  Entertainment | October 07, 2020 17:56 IST

  Mumbai: Actor Rhea Chakraborty released from Byculla jail after a month. She was granted bail by Bombay High Court in a drug-related case filed against her by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

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  Over 44 per cent jail inmates test COVID-19 positive in Guwahati

  India | July 24, 2020 8:30 IST

  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.

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  Prisoner escapes from MP's Bhind hospital

  News | June 08, 2020 8:24 IST

  A prisoner escaped from a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on June 7.

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  Delhi: 15 inmates, one staff test coronavirus positive in Rohini's Jail

  India | May 16, 2020 14:54 IST

  Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, 15 inmates and one official tested positive for coronavirus in Rohini jail. The jail authorities had conducted the COVID-19 test of 19 inmates who had shared barracks with a coronavirus positive inmate.

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  Delhi: Rohini Jail's inmate tests coronavirus positive; 20 others including 5 staff quarantined

  India | May 14, 2020 11:31 IST

  An inmate of Rohini Jail in Delhi has tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. According to Delhi Prisons DG Sandeep Goel, this is the first case of an inmate at a Delhi prison testing positive. Goel said: “The inmate was admitted at Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital for an intestine surgery on May 10. He was tested for the virus there."

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  Here's what's being done to prevent Covid-19 outbreak in Delhi prisons

  India | May 11, 2020 16:31 IST

  It is possible for ordinary citizens to practice social distancing but it's hard to enforce such measures in jails. Indian jails are overcrowded already

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  Singapore court jails Indian-origin man for abusing police

  World | May 06, 2020 12:11 IST

  An Indian-origin man in Singapore was on Wednesday sentenced to seven months in prison for verbally abusing police and safe-distancing enforcement officers who were urging compliance with the COVID-19 measures. Ravi Sinathamby Subramaniam, 53, pleaded guilty to two charges of verbally abusing police and health officers, and a third charge of threatening to "break" the faces of three health officers.

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  Punjab jails to get live wire fencing, AI-enabled CCTV systems

  India | February 20, 2020 21:37 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved a series of measures to make jails more secure, including AI-enabled CCTV systems, live wire fencing and creation of a separate prison intelligence wing.

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  Deaths of two inmates rock Delhi prisons

  India | November 15, 2019 13:41 IST

  Now the question arises -- 'What's wrong with the high-budget Delhi prisons that have far better facilities as compared to other jails across the country?'.

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  Man jailed for seven years for raping woman in UP's Muzaffarnagar

  Crime | November 14, 2019 19:53 IST

  The judge of the fast track court, Ankur Sharma, also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the accused after holding him guilty under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code

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  Chidambaram lost weight despite getting home-cooked food inside jail

  India | October 18, 2019 22:06 IST

  Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's counsel in the Supreme Court on Friday again told the court that the ex-minister has lost weight inside Tihar Jail.  

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  Muslim inmates of Gwalior jail take to Bhagwad Gita

  India | October 09, 2019 10:45 IST

  Akeel says that all religions preach good things. He has been reading books in jail and being a Muslim, his preference has been the books concerning his religion. But, now he has come across the Gita and will read it. He says that he will try to understand the teachings and accept them if he likes them.

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  Punjab prison where Jawaharlal Nehru was lodged in 1923 collapses in incessant rains

  India | July 18, 2019 17:02 IST

  One wall and the roof of the historical 240 square-ft jail room in which Nehru, K Santhanam and A T Gidwani were kept on September 22, 1923 collapsed on Wednesday following heavy rains, Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police Rajbachan Singh Sandhu said.

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  Pak judge 'blackmailed' into issuing verdict against Nawaz Sharif: Maryam Nawaz

  India | July 07, 2019 22:19 IST

  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz has released a video clip purportedly showing an accountability court judge allegedly confessing that he was "blackmailed and forced" to convict former premier Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case.

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  2 inmates escape from jail; 1 'run over' by train

  India | July 07, 2019 18:10 IST

  Two prisoners escaped from the Etawah district jail in Uttar Pradesh by climbing the boundary wall early Sunday, with police saying one of them died after he was apparently run over by a train.

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  1 dead in Ludhiana jail clash; inmates post live videos on FB

  India | June 27, 2019 20:28 IST

  The inmates even made video clips of the incident on their cellphones and posted them live on Facebook.

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  VIDEO: Inmates in Unnao jail seen brandishing weapons and drinking liquor

  June 27, 2019 13:40 IST

  State Minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Thursday said that the government will take strict action against the inmates who are breaking rules inside the Unnao jail.