Home Committee expresses concern over overcrowded women jails

Feb 14, 2022

New Delhi [India], February 14 : Several members of parliament have expressed concern at the condition of women prisoners lodged in different jails across...

Most pregnancies in West Bengal prisons happened outside jails: Amicus Curiae informs SC

Feb 14, 2024

In the last four years in the jails in West Bengal, around 62 children were born and most of the women prisoners were already...

AP govt to release 55 women serving life terms

Nov 07, 2020

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], November 7 : Andhra Pradesh government has decided to release 55 women prisoners serving life terms in different jails across...

CISF to takeover security of Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu this week

Oct 18, 2023

Srinagar and Kot Bhalwal jails of Jammu and Kashmir are very sensitive. Several dreaded terrorists and notorious criminals are lodged in these jails. There...

Punjab: 6 prisons converted into special jails amid COVID-19 situation

Aug 01, 2020

Chandigarh [India], Aug 1 : The Punjab government converted six jails into special jails for new inmates in order to deal with any situation...

Pakistan's prison report highlights massive scale of mistreatment of women in jails: US-based NGO

Sep 07, 2020

New York [US], September 07 : Pakistan's Human Rights Ministry report highlighted the poor conditions of women in prisons as well as the massive...