Hoshiarpur, April 4 Punjab Jails Minister Ravjot Singh reviewed the functioning of the state prisons department on Saturday and called for stronger measures to curb illegal activities in prisons while chairing a meeting of jail superintendents at the District Administrative Complex here.Senior...
New Delhi, March 25 As many as 458 prisoners have benefited so far under the Centre's 'Support to Poor Prisoners' scheme, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.This information was provided in response to a question by TMC MP Saket Gokhale, who asked whether the government could...
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New Delhi, February 26 In an effort to ensure that open prisons function as meaningful and effective institutions of reformation and rehabilitation, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed all states and Union territories to develop a time-bound protocol for filling existing vacancies in Open...