-The Telegraph Guwahati: The National NGO Child Rights Coalition (NNCRC), an umbrella organisation of NGOs working for children, has urged the Assam government to protect the rights of children living in Prisons or detention camps for illegal immigrants. These children live in Prison because that is where their parents live and they have nowhere else to go. The appeal came just days after a four-member team of the NNCRC found seven children, including...
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In UP's overcrowded jails, 60% inmates are undertrials -Neha Shukla
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Jails may not be meant for comfortable stay, but Prisons in UP could well put a can of sardines to shame. There are 81,027 Prisoners lodged in UP jails against the actual total capacity of 48,298 Prisoners that these jails are meant to accommodate. What makes these overcrowded jails a case fit for human rights violation is the fact that more than half of the Prisoners in...
More »In India, Maharashtra tops list of women arrested for crime -V Narayan
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Maharashtra has witnessed more women being arrested in criminal cases from 2010 to 2012 than any other Indian state. Statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that 90,884 women were arrested for offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) during the three-year period. This was about 58% more than the 57,406 arrests in Andhra Pradesh and 84% more than the 49,333 arrests in Madhya...
More »Kerala's Prison rehab plan is a money-spinner, inmates dish up delectable fare -PK Krishnakumar
-The Economic Times KOCHI: If you want a good cook, go to a Prison in Kerala. Yes, jails are sprouting culinary talent, and tasty, healthy and affordable food prepared by the inmates has become a big hit. People are gobbling up chapatis, curries, idlis, banana chips, laddus and cakes made by convicts at half the market price; and next month its popularity will acquire divine proportions as devotees at the Sabarimala temple...
More »India has 414 death row convicts: National Crime Records Bureau -Ch Sushil Rao
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: There are as many as 414 death row convicts in jails across the country. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has reported that there as are many as 106 death penalty convicts are in jails in Uttar Pradesh. Those on the death row in other states include 63 in Karnataka, 51 in Maharashtra, 42 in Bihar, 27 in Delhi, 19 in Gujarat, 16 in Punjab, 14...
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