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27 prison inmates, district jail superintendent found Covid positive in UP

The superintendent of district jail and 27 inmates were found Covid-19 positive, taking the total number of prisoners and staffers suffering from the disease to 390

1,043 inmates, 302 jail staff test positive for coronavirus in Maha prisons

A total of 10,480 inmates have been released from jails across Maharashtra to reduce crowding inside jails

Five deaths in police custody every day over 10 years, but few convictions

Torture in police custody is "routine" in India, experts say, and is mostly used to coerce suspects to give up information and build evidence during an investigation

Maharashtra coronavirus update: Cases rise across prisons; tally at 763

Prisons across Maharashtra reported a total of 763 Covid-19 cases till date. The figure includes 596 inmates and 167 jail staff, informed the Maharashtra Prison Department

Pak court says jail overcrowding unconstitutional, lets inmates sue govt

Most of the victims of the deteriorating criminal justice system are those who belong to economically and socially marginalized sections of the society

Four pillars of Indian justice system miss one major force- Women

The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the police 10 per cent of prison staff

52 inmates killed in Brazil prison riot, 16 of them decapitated: Official

Fighting broke out in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center at around 7:00 am (1000 GMT), an official from the Para state government's penitentiary department told AFP

Underlying MP jailbreak: 34% prison positions vacant nationwide

Capacity of Indian jails is 366,781, but there are 419,623 inmates in these jails-which means jails are 114% over capacity