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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Trials Should Be Taken Up, Concluded Speedily: Supreme Court
Jails are overcrowded and their living conditions appalling and the courts should ensure that trials, especially in cases where special laws enact stringent provisions, are taken up and concluded speedily, the Supreme Court has said.
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Indian-Origin Singapore Officer Alerts Tenant About Inspection, Jailed
An Indian-origin Singaporean, who was working as an inspection officer with a public housing authority, was on Monday sentenced to 25 days in prison for alerting an Indian tenant about impending inspections to check overcrowding in his flat.
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62 Inmates Dead In Ecuador Prison Riots
At least 62 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.
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Tihar Releases 400 Prisoners To Decongest Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Tihar Jail authority has released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.
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Overcrowding In Jails Related To Courts' Performance, Will Pass Order: Top Court
Overcrowding in jails is connected to "performance of courts", the Supreme Court observed Wednesday and said it will pass directions to deal with the issue affecting 1,341 prisons in the country which house 4.68 lakh inmates as against the sanctioned strength of 3.83 lakh.
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Overcrowding Continues In Jails, Situation Worst In UP: Government Data
The problem of overcrowding in jails across the country continues to persist, reveal the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on prisons in India.
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Centre To Spend Rs 1,800 Crore On 199 New Prisons Across Country
The Centre is contemplating a mega plan to set up 199 new jails across the country to counter rising criminal activities and radicalization of inmates due to overcrowding in jails. To set up the new jails, the government is planning to invest Rs 1800 crore.
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Nirav Modi Spends Holi In "Overcrowded" UK Jail With Over 1,430 Prisoners
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges amounting to $2 billion, spent Holi behind bars in one of England's most overcrowded jails on Thursday, a day after a UK judge rejected his bail application.
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Prisoners Have Rights, Can't Be Kept In Jail Like "Animals": Top Court
The Supreme Court today said it would constitute a committee under the chairmanship of its retired judge to look into problems in jails, including overcrowding, and suggest measures to deal with it.
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Indian Prisons In Focus Ahead Of Vijay Mallya's Extradition Hearing In UK
Violence and overcrowding in Indian jails and the adequate provision of medical assistance to inmates came into focus on Tuesday during an extradition appeal involving alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla in the High Court in London.
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"Can't Keep Prisoners Like Animals": Supreme Court On Overcrowding In Jails
Prisoners "cannot be kept in jail like animals", a shocked Supreme Court said after it was informed that many of the over 1,300 prisons across the country were overcrowded, even to the extent of more than 600 per cent.
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Outcry Grows Over Venezuela Jail Riot, 68 Prisoners Killed
Anguished relatives of some 68 people killed in a riot and fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station demanded explanations on Thursday while rights groups and opposition politicians blamed leftist President Nicolas Maduro for overcrowding in the country's notoriously violent jails.
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On Overcrowded Jails, Top Court Says Prisoners Can't Be Kept Like Animals
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to over-crowded jails in the country and said that "prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jail like animals".
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60 Per Cent Overcrowding In Uttar Pradesh Jails, Reveals RTI
Uttar Pradesh prisons are massively overcrowded, holding 60 per cent more than the permissible capacity of inmates, an RTI response has revealed. In a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application, prison officials have informed that there were around 93,301 persons in Uttar Pradesh jails, while the official capacity is 58,111 persons.
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Paraguay's Largest Prison Set On Fire, Inmates Take Guards, Visitors Hostage
Hundreds of inmates rioted on Tuesday and took dozens of hostages at the overcrowded Tacumbu prison, the largest in Paraguay, according to authorities and AFP journalists at the scene.
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Trials Should Be Taken Up, Concluded Speedily: Supreme Court
Jails are overcrowded and their living conditions appalling and the courts should ensure that trials, especially in cases where special laws enact stringent provisions, are taken up and concluded speedily, the Supreme Court has said.
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Indian-Origin Singapore Officer Alerts Tenant About Inspection, Jailed
An Indian-origin Singaporean, who was working as an inspection officer with a public housing authority, was on Monday sentenced to 25 days in prison for alerting an Indian tenant about impending inspections to check overcrowding in his flat.
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62 Inmates Dead In Ecuador Prison Riots
At least 62 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.
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Tihar Releases 400 Prisoners To Decongest Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Tihar Jail authority has released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.
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Overcrowding In Jails Related To Courts' Performance, Will Pass Order: Top Court
Overcrowding in jails is connected to "performance of courts", the Supreme Court observed Wednesday and said it will pass directions to deal with the issue affecting 1,341 prisons in the country which house 4.68 lakh inmates as against the sanctioned strength of 3.83 lakh.
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Overcrowding Continues In Jails, Situation Worst In UP: Government Data
The problem of overcrowding in jails across the country continues to persist, reveal the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on prisons in India.
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Centre To Spend Rs 1,800 Crore On 199 New Prisons Across Country
The Centre is contemplating a mega plan to set up 199 new jails across the country to counter rising criminal activities and radicalization of inmates due to overcrowding in jails. To set up the new jails, the government is planning to invest Rs 1800 crore.
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Nirav Modi Spends Holi In "Overcrowded" UK Jail With Over 1,430 Prisoners
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges amounting to $2 billion, spent Holi behind bars in one of England's most overcrowded jails on Thursday, a day after a UK judge rejected his bail application.
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Prisoners Have Rights, Can't Be Kept In Jail Like "Animals": Top Court
The Supreme Court today said it would constitute a committee under the chairmanship of its retired judge to look into problems in jails, including overcrowding, and suggest measures to deal with it.
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Indian Prisons In Focus Ahead Of Vijay Mallya's Extradition Hearing In UK
Violence and overcrowding in Indian jails and the adequate provision of medical assistance to inmates came into focus on Tuesday during an extradition appeal involving alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla in the High Court in London.
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"Can't Keep Prisoners Like Animals": Supreme Court On Overcrowding In Jails
Prisoners "cannot be kept in jail like animals", a shocked Supreme Court said after it was informed that many of the over 1,300 prisons across the country were overcrowded, even to the extent of more than 600 per cent.
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Outcry Grows Over Venezuela Jail Riot, 68 Prisoners Killed
Anguished relatives of some 68 people killed in a riot and fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station demanded explanations on Thursday while rights groups and opposition politicians blamed leftist President Nicolas Maduro for overcrowding in the country's notoriously violent jails.
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On Overcrowded Jails, Top Court Says Prisoners Can't Be Kept Like Animals
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took strong exception to over-crowded jails in the country and said that "prisoners also have human rights and they cannot be kept in jail like animals".
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60 Per Cent Overcrowding In Uttar Pradesh Jails, Reveals RTI
Uttar Pradesh prisons are massively overcrowded, holding 60 per cent more than the permissible capacity of inmates, an RTI response has revealed. In a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application, prison officials have informed that there were around 93,301 persons in Uttar Pradesh jails, while the official capacity is 58,111 persons.
