[ad_1] A United Nations human rights group is touring Los Angeles county jails on Friday, bringing international scrutiny to a detention system criticized for overcrowding, mistreatment and abuse of people with mental illnesses, and conditions described by civil rights groups as “barbaric”. A panel of experts appointed by the UNContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Thiruvananthapuram: An order by the Kerala Jails Department stopping all religious discourses in the jails for the benefit of the prisoners has drawn the ire of a Christian group. The order, issued a few days back, said there will be no more permission granted to conduct religiousContinue Reading
[ad_1] Gandhinagar: In the wake of recovery of mobile phones from some jails during a recent search operation in Gujarat, the state government on Wednesday informed the Legislative Assembly that it has now decided to install more powerful jammers that can block even 5G mobile signals. In a mega overnightContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Centre and the states on Tuesday to take effective steps to “unclutter” jails as it would eventually lead to the cleansing of the criminal justice system. “Everybody talks about the cluttering of jails in the country and the people from socially weakerContinue Reading
[ad_1] Guwahati: As the crackdown on child marriage continued in Assam, the police are now setting up additional prison facilities to house the accused, with two such arrangements in Goalpara and Cachar districts already in the offing. While accused from different districts have already been moved to the facility inContinue Reading