Open jails are a great idea, but why do we not want more of them?
Only 4 of the 63 open jails in the country accept women.
Apr 18, 2018, 19:11 PM IST
SC for CAG audit of expenses incurred on inmates by states
There is a "huge discrepancy" in expenses incurred on jail inmates by various states, the Supreme Court has said and asked the Home Ministry to come out with a scheme to audit spendings by prisons with CAG's assistance.
Feb 22, 2017, 20:37 PM IST
'Prison department should be renamed as correctional services'
The 5th National Conference of Heads of Prisons of States and UTs on Prison Reforms began in New Delhi on Thursday.
Sep 30, 2016, 17:28 PM IST
SC to hear matter of improving current state of prisons, inmates today
Since 2013, the Supreme Court has been hearing a suo motu case involving inhuman conditions in 1,382 prisons in India.
Sep 06, 2016, 09:16 AM IST
Strikes on Syria displaced camp 'likely a war crime': UN
Air strikes on a camp for displaced people in Syria's Idlib province were almost certainly not accidental and likely amounted to a war crime, the UN rights chief said on Friday.
May 06, 2016, 23:48 PM IST
Wow! Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in African prisons – Watch
African giant pouched rats to carry out the mass screenings for TB in prisons.
Mar 31, 2016, 21:27 PM IST
