Vol – XLVIII No. 19, May 11, 2013 | Rebecca Gonsalvez and Vijay Hiremath EPW There is justifiable anguish over the killing of Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail but what about the thousands of deaths in police and judicial custody in India? Torture… Continue Reading →
Maharashtra CIC asks authorities to publish info of under trials who completed 50% of their maximum prison term Thousands of under trials, who have completed 50% of their maximum prison term, would get a major relief thanks to the activism… Continue Reading →
We examine the impact of America’s high incarceration rate on its penal system and on poor and minority communities. Inside Story Americas Last Modified: 20 Feb 2013 09:52 There are more prisoners in the US than any other nation in the world…. Continue Reading →
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its anguish over the plight of undertrials and violation of their fundamental rights after they are thrown into prisons that are already “bursting at their seams”. “The laxity with which we throw citizens… Continue Reading →
January 15, 2013, By Michael Edison Hayden, Wall street journal, India Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A man peeked through an opening of a door to a prison ward at the Tihar jail, New Delhi, April 26, 2012. This week, India… Continue Reading →
Jan 6, 2013, Deccan Herald The rage of the ‘invisible masses,’ is a thread binding all democratic protests and people’s movements across the state. Be it in Konkan or Vidarbha or the deep dry jungles of Gadchiroli, the cries of… Continue Reading →
Jailed lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh (in an undated photo) began her hunger strike on October 31. TEXT SIZE By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda November 06, 2012 Sources in Tehran say that eight female inmates in Evin prisonhave stopped their hunger strike and… Continue Reading →
Published: Sunday, Oct 28, 2012, 8:15 IST DNA Special By Yogesh Pawar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Indian techie Bhavesh Parmar’s return has highlighted the plight of Indian prisoners in Pakistan. But there are also 10,646 other Indians who’ve shared a… Continue Reading →
channel4 David Cameron rules out giving prisoners the vote despite the advice of his chief law officer in the face of pressure from the European court of human rights. In response to a question from Labour MP Derek Twigg, the… Continue Reading →
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