Nepal
Asia
Material conditions
Nepal
The prison is accommodating inmates more than three times its capacity.
Source — The Kathmandu Post
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Asia
Facilities
Nepal
The construction of buildings for the Central Jail in Nuwakot is picking pace, says the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to the MoHA annual report of fiscal 2019- 20, approximately 65 per cent work on construction of prison infrastructure has been completed. It informed that the construction wor…
Source — The Himalayan Times
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Asia
Overcrowding
Nepal
Inmates at Udayapur District Prison are facing a hard time as it houses four times more number of inmates than its capacity.
Source — The Himalayan Times
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Asia
Overcrowding
Nepal
Banke District Prison in Nepalgunj sub-metropolis is in a sorry state for want of sound management and amenities.
The physical infrastructure of the prison which was established in 1943, leaves much to be desired. The buildings and the walls of the prison are very old and the environment of the pri…
Source — The Himalayan Times
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Nepal: the challenges of achieving justice
Analysis
Report
Asia
Justice
Torture
Nepal
For the first time in more than ten years, our correspondent in Nepal, Advocacy Forum (AF), is not in a position to conduct an assessment of whether the overall situation in regard of torture in police custody, during the last year, has improved or deteriorated.
This is due to a lack of cooperation…
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Nepal: women in jail
News
Women
Asia
Nepal
A woman from Palpa is currently serving her term at the Central Jail in Sundhara, Kathmandu for killing her own child. She is mentally disturbed.
“She had beaten her child for playing with water. How could a mother kill her own child? Fate locked her up,” said a fellow inmate at the jail.
“I myself…
Source — South Asia Check
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Asia
Protest
Nepal
At least seven inmates were injured in a clash that broke out between two groups at the District Prison in Dailekh on Saturday morning.
Source — Kathmandu Post
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Asia
Justice
Nepal
A parliamentary panel is close to finalizing a bill on sentencing, which envisions an open jail system for the first time in the country.
Source — My Republica
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