Discrimination In Prisons

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders.

The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.

The family of jailed Indian- American fashion designer Anand Jon on Monday sought the government's intervention to bring him back to India and maintained that he was a victim of "racial discrimination" Jon is currently serving a 59 year prison term in California on charges of sexual abuse.

A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast. A court statement said that Judge Monica Camargo converted the sentence against Mayara Petruso to community service and a fine of about $250.

Six years after he was denied a job as a prison guard in California because he refused to shave off his beard, an Indian-American Sikh has been made a correctional officer at a California jail. He's also won $295,000 in damages.

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders.

The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and there is no discrimination in access to goods and services.

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and 11 states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, on a PIL alleging that the prison manuals of these states encourage caste-based discrimination in jails.

The family of jailed Indian- American fashion designer Anand Jon on Monday sought the government's intervention to bring him back to India and maintained that he was a victim of "racial discrimination" Jon is currently serving a 59 year prison term in California on charges of sexual abuse.

A federal judge has sentenced a former law student to 17 months in prison for using Twitter to incite prejudice and discrimination against people from Brazil's impoverished northeast. A court statement said that Judge Monica Camargo converted the sentence against Mayara Petruso to community service and a fine of about $250.

Six years after he was denied a job as a prison guard in California because he refused to shave off his beard, an Indian-American Sikh has been made a correctional officer at a California jail. He's also won $295,000 in damages.