Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Jails

India: Data show Muslims disproportionately in jail relative to their population

The percentage of the prisoner points to the high disproportionate presence of Muslims in Assam’s jail as the share of Muslim population in the state is pegged at 34 %.

One in three people globally imprisoned without trial: Report

One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a new study published on Friday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Prisoners amid pandemic

As per the report by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Maharashtra, almost all the prisons across the country have welcomed the virus, ultimately leading the virus to affect the prisoners as well as the staff.

Kashmir: 97 prisoners, many undertrials tested positive for COVID-19

Human rights activists and politicians in Kashmir have accused the Narendra Modi Government of being "vengeful" as Covid-19 is surging in prisons in Kashmir, with many imprisoned without charge or trial testing positive, despite in other states prisoners released en mass to reduce the spread in overcrowded jails.

Don’t kill Varavara Rao in jail, wife and daughters of 79 year old poet urge

Wife and daughters of Telugu poet and activist Pendyala Varavara Rao, who is currently in Navi Mumbai’s Taloja jail in the Bhima Koregaon case, told media his life is in danger and appealed the Centre and the Maharashtra government to provide him with immediate medical care.

I keep thinking about jail a lot: 15-year old Kashmiri boy who spent 72 days in jail

SHOPIAN, Kashmir — Umer Bashir Naikoo’s legs hurt. For nearly three months, the 15-year-old boy was locked inside a small jail cell — a thousand miles from where he lives in south Kashmir.