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Additional CCTV cameras to be set up in TN prisons

Tamil Nadu Government today proposed to equip Central prisons in the state with additional CCTV came...

Sugar buying fraud found in Russia`s prisons

Russian investigators have uncovered new fraud schemes inside the country`s prison system involving ...

Anna Hazare`s painting by Tihar inmate fetches Rs 20,000

An oil painting of Anna Hazare by an inmate of India`s largest prison Tihar earned him Rs 20,000 in ...

‘North Korea prison camps like Holocaust in progress’

North Korea’s prison camps are a closed-off world of death, torture and forced labour where babies a...

Delhi gang-rape accused shifted to high-security cells in Tihar Jail

The authorities at Tihar Jail in Delhi shifted five of the six men, who were arrested for the gang-r...

Saudi Arabia to open human rights offices in prisons

Saudi Arabia has plans to set up offices for the National Human Rights Society in five prisons.

Nepal`s jails in shambles

The number of inmates in the 74 prisons exceeds the total capacity by more than double on an average...

Govt`s prerogative to release convicts serving life term: HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that it is a prerogative of the government to order release of...

Furlough or Parole? Maha govt told to clear its po

Bombay HC asked Maha govt to clarify on its February notification on amendment to Prisons Rules (Fur...

Jails during Mayawati regime not safe: Bhaiyaa

Jails would be made safe and incidents like murder and suicide would not be allowed during the Samaj...

Two inmates to work at Tihar Haat from this week

Tihar Prisons will now allow two convicts to work outside the jail premises from this week.

Numbers soar in Tihar, 1500 more lodged in 2011

The number of prisoners in South Asia`s largest prison Tihar Jail has limbed to 12,000 with 1,500 mo...

China scraps homosexuality ban in prisons

Prisons in Beijing have also banned officials from ordering inmates to squat with both hands crossed...

NATO suspends transfers to some Afghan prisons

Afghanistan`s prisons are over-crowded and beset by a range of problems, including inmate violence.

Libyan rebels free 10,000 from Gaddafi prisons

Muammar Gaddafi`s regime sought to break the uprising by locking up thousands of people.

Teaching jihad in Indonesian prisons

A sweeping crackdown on terrorism in the past decade has spawned a new problem in Indonesia.

Over 800 inmates escape Tunisian prisons

Tunisian islamists are calling for the resignation of Tunisia`s Minister of religious Affairs.

Al Qaeda militants among fugitives who fled Egypt prisons

Qaeda`s Iraq-based arm calls on Muslims to free prisoners from Egypt jails.

Over 760 Pakistanis currently detained in Indian prisons: Qureshi

Around 1,786 Pakistanis are imprisoned in 14 countries for various crimes.

Around 40 Uzbeks died of torture in prisons: Rights group

In 2009, a respected rights group registered 20 prison deaths by torture.

Chile`s prisons are like garbage cans: Official

Chile`s jails house much more inmates than infrastructure designed to hold.

At least 835 await execution in Iraqi prisons

More than 800 people in Iraq are on death row awaiting execution, said Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad...

Delhi Police chief to move out; DG Prisons tipped to be new CP

Yudhbir Singh Dadwal is all set to move out as Commissioner of Delhi Police and will take over as ...

Mobiles, narcotics found in prisons in UP

Narcotics, mobile phones and blades were recovered during raids carried out by police and district...

Special US prisons unconstitutional: Lawsuit

US prison units specially designed to muzzle communications by inmates considered extremist are unco...

Muslim gangs imposing sharia law in British prisons

Radical Muslim gangs are imposing a form of sharia law inside some of Britain`s prisons, a BBC inves...

HC summons IG Prisons on denial of canteen food to inmates

The Bombay High Court today observed that the denial of canteen food to prisoners is "inhuman" and ...

HC summons IG Prisons on denial of canteen food to inmates

The Bombay High Court today while observing that denial of canteen food to prisoners is "inhuman",...

Lithuanian security approved CIA prisons: Panel

Lithuania`s intelligence agency helped the CIA to set up secret prisons in the Baltic country, but i...

Terrorists promoting jihad out of UK prisons

Al Qaeda men are promoting `jihad` from inside the jails in Britain by smuggling out propaganda for ...

Communist Cuba gives green light for religion in prisons

President Raul Castro`s government has given a green light for religious services to be held in comm...

Iraq ministry bombers `recently freed by US`

The suicide bombers who killed 95 people in devastating attacks at Iraqi government ministries on Au...

Opposition party leader claims sexual abuse in Iranian prisons

The head of the Iranian opposition party Etemad Melli claimed on Sunday on his party`s website that ...

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