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  Over 60 inmates at Delhi's three prisons undergoing treatment for Covid-19

  India | April 14, 2021 17:42 IST

  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.

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  Over 1,800 inmates escape Nigeria prison after gunmen attack

  World | April 06, 2021 7:38 IST

  The coordinated attacks come less than two weeks after another wave of violence in Southeastern Nigeria, when at least a dozen security officers were killed during attacks on four police stations, military checkpoints and prison vehicles.

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  Ecuador: Prison riots leave 62 dead

  World | February 24, 2021 10:53 IST

  Sixty-two inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities in Ecuador as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt, authorities said Tuesday.

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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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  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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  Gujarat: 13 prisoners escape Dahod prison amid lockdown

  Crime | May 01, 2020 11:57 IST

  The escape of prisoners from Dahod jail is relevant at the time of lockdown, when strict orders have been issued to not venture on the streets. The case has raised several questions on the presence of police force outside the jail premises. 

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  Mandoli jail warden arrested for smuggling drugs inside prison

  India | December 24, 2019 8:59 IST

  A 30-year-old warden from Mandoli Jail was arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs inside the prison, police said on Monday. The accused, Jitender, was working at the prison since October last year and he was arrested on Saturday, they said. He was carrying contraband weighing 25 grams inside his car while entering the jail on Friday night, they added.

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  Provide inmates with items permissible under prison rules, nothing extra: HC to prison officials

  India | December 06, 2019 19:48 IST

  The court disposed of the PIL after the prison authorities, represented by Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, told the bench that none of the items in the ASJ's report were provided specially to the Chandras as such things were available to all the inmates.

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  Hyderabad vet gangrape: Police asked to ensure time-bound probe; DGP holds review of case progress

  India | December 02, 2019 12:36 IST

  Four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 on charges of raping and killing the woman and had been sent to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday.

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  Party in the jail: Murder convict celebrates birthday with cake, mutton in Bihar prison

  India | September 01, 2019 22:16 IST

  Seven prison officials were suspended in connection with the hosting of the party by Pintu Tiwari who is serving life sentence for murdering two engineers in Darbhanga.

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  57 prisoners killed by inmates in Brazil's Altamira jail, 16 decapitated

  World | July 30, 2019 6:44 IST

  Para state prison authorities a fight erupted around 7 a.m., between the Rio de Janeiro-based Comando Vermelho and a local criminal group known as Comando Classe A.

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  High security cell kept ready in Mumbai prison for Nirav Modi

  India | June 11, 2019 17:28 IST

  Authorities at the Arthur Road jail here have kept 'barrack no. 12' ready if fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi is extradited from the UK in connection with the USD 2 billion PNB fraud and money laundering case, a Home department official said Tuesday.

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  400 inmates escape prison in Libyan capital Tripoli

  World | September 03, 2018 9:37 IST

  Ain Zara since Monday has been witnessing violent clashes between the government forces and the so-called seventh brigade militias from the nearby city of Tarhuna.

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  Mumbai: 81 women inmates of Byculla jail hospitalised, food poisoning suspected

  India | July 20, 2018 20:01 IST

  In a suspected case of food poisoning, at least 81 inmates of Byculla women's prison were admitted to the J J Hospital in Mumbai on Friday after they complained of nausea, vomiting and loose motions, hospital sources said.

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  'Good days will come': Rape-convict Asaram in viral audio clip

  India | April 28, 2018 14:31 IST

  India TV has accessed five of the audio tapes of Asaram's sermons where is sounds confident of his release.

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  Fodder scam verdict: Lalu Yadav, Jagannath Mishra sentenced to 5 years in jail in third case

  India | January 24, 2018 15:24 IST

  A special CBI court on Wednesday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years imprisonment in the third fodder scam case.

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  China sentences 'Vulgar Butcher' activist to 8 years' prison

  World | December 26, 2017 14:58 IST

  The Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People's Court handed down the sentence after finding activist Wu Gan guilty of subverting state power. Wu will appeal the sentence, his lawyer Ge Yongxi said.

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  In clear defiance of rules, Sasikala met 28 people in a month inside prison: Report

  Politics | April 06, 2017 12:48 IST

  Lodged inside the Bengaluru prison, Sasikala has met 28 visitors on 14 occasions in 31 days in the central prison, in defiance of all rules prescribed under law.

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  Sasikala seeks better facilities in jail; asks for table fan, mattress and cot

  Politics | February 23, 2017 9:41 IST

  With her chief ministerial ambitions being crushed by the Supreme Court, jailed AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala is now seeking better facilities at Bangaluru jail in view of her age and poor health.

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  Brazil prison riot leads to death of over 50

  World | January 02, 2017 22:21 IST

  More than 50 people were killed in a bloody prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, a Brazilian security official told the Globo TV network today. Sergio Fontes, the head of security for