The alarming reality of Indian prisons lies in their overcrowding, with 75% of inmates being undertrials. This scenario highlights the pressing need for judicial reforms. Against this backdrop, the recent…
It has to be stated before stating anything else that the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, logical and latest judgment titled Thakan…
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has directed all states and union territories to immediately amend prison rules to stop caste-based discrimination and segregation of labor in prisons. The…
The term `Concentration Camps’ was used to describe the notorious prisons run by the Nazis in the 1930-40 period in Dachau, Buchenwald, Auschwitz and other places in Germany, and occupied …
An appeal for initiating action to set up a legal service authority to reach out to undertrials and secure access for them to legal assistance for enabling them to get…
On March 03, 2021, The New Indian Express carried a news headline: ‘Falsely accused of rape, UP man freed after spending 20 years in jail’ - a very good news…
The debate about the prison system is nothing new. There are thousands of articles, studies and papers related to this particular subject. The central aim of this article is to…
To Shri Naveen Pattnaik, The Chief Minister, Odisha SUB: PRISONERS AND PRISON CONDITIONS IN ODISHA - AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CHIEF MINISTER Sir, We, in Jan Adhikar…
If you know Dr. Kafeel Khan then chances are, you have read the letter that he allegedly wrote to his family from Mathura district jail where he is currently locked…
I won’t be wrong if I comment that our Indian Jails have been a haven or a temporary home to many of the guilty, under trials and also to those,…
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