COVID positive prisoner flees hospital by dodging guards in Gwalior
News | July 08, 2020 14:50 ISTA prisoner of Gwalior Central Jail escaped from the hospital by dodging guard.
A prisoner of Gwalior Central Jail escaped from the hospital by dodging guard.
Fifty prisoners of the Akola district jail and 28 other people here in Maharashtra tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, health authorities said.
Two prisoners who recently tested positive for coronavirus escaped from a COVID care centre in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, a prison officialsaid on Monday.
A prisoner escaped from a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on June 7.
With Coronavirus showing no signs of receding in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to extend by another eight weeks, the parole of 2,257 convicts, sentenced to seven years or less and also those awaiting trial entailing less than seven-year imprisonment.
A circular issued earlier this week stated that the convicts in this age group are more susceptible to COVID-19 and the emergency parole will be given to decongest the jails, officials said on Saturday.
An undertrial prisoner at Tihar Jail has accused the prison staff of “using him” to the pass around mobile phones to other inmates. The prison officials, however, refuted the allegation.
The release of prisoners as a precautionary measure from the last week of March followed a direction by the Supreme Court, and more jail inmates are expected to come out in the next few days.
17000 prisoners to be released from jails in Maharashtra in view of Corona crisis. Out of this, 50% of the prisoners will be temporarily released.
As many as 77 inmates and 26 officials from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai have contracted coronavirus, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said. According to reports, most of them are asymptomatic.
As many as 77 inmates and 26 officials from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai have contracted coronavirus, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said. According to reports, most of them are asymptomatic.
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.
Karnataka jail authorities till date have released 1,112 prisoners on interim bail and parole for decongesting prisons in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
More than 500 inmates in five jails in western Uttar Pradesh have contributed Rs 2.3 lakh towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the care of the corona patients.
Around 400 Pakistani prisoners have been released from jails across the United Arab Emirates in view of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 28 lives and infected over 4,900 people in the Gulf kingdom so far.
Supreme Court today turned down the please seeking directions for the release of prisoners from jail who are above the age of 50 years as well as those who are suffering from ailments and pre-existing medical conditions. This plea was made keeping in mind the desperate situation faced by the world keeping in mind the coronavirus outbreak.
After the directive of the Apex Court to decongest prisons in the wake of the Covid-19 virus outbreak
The inmates of a Jaipur prison are giving a helping hand to the country as the nation came to standstill after imposition of coronavirus lockdown.
Only those prisoners who are serving less than 7 years of prison sentence are going to be released from prison.
The home ministry said a large number of prisons and courts in the country have a facility for video-conferencing for production of prisoners in courts. This includes the traditional video-conference setup (point-to-point) connected to designated places in court complexes and the "Vidyo" system set-up -- established under the e-Courts project, which is an internet-based software solution for a video-conference between courts and prisons.
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