India
Capital city — New Delhi
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
India: death in prison increased by 5.49 % in 2017 against 2015
The number of unnatural deaths in prisons has increased by 15.7 per cent from 115 in 2015 to 133 in 2017.
Source — India Today
India : central prison to get its own radio station soon
The foundation has installed the equipment and connected them with 24 speakers in every nook and corner of the prison.
India: an oasis of knowledge within Tihar prison walls
From computer applications to English, inmates are learning and imparting new skills to each other at an institute opened recently on jail premises
Source — The Hindu
India: human rights panel finds 91 prisoners with broken bones in Chennai prison
National human rights commission has ordered Rs 3 lakh compensation to one such victim and initiate criminal action on responsible officers.
Source — New India Express
India: overcrowding, inadequate staff and lack of menstrual products in Haryana prisons: study
Undignified body searches, absence of proper health and hygiene facilities for female prisoners, inadequate staff, overcrowding and racism are some of the issues afflicting prisons in Haryana, a study…
Source — The Wire
India: inmates, police clash in Ludhiana Central Jail
A violent clash broke out between inmates and police officers at Punjab’s Ludhiana Central Jail on Thursday, leaving one inmate dead and five injured. Around half a dozen police personnel also sustained…
Source — The Hindu
India: Amnesty International highlights human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir
The Amnesty International said on Wednesday that the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) circumvents the criminal justice system in the Indian-occupied Kashmir to undermine accountability, transparency…
Source — GEO TV
India: Inmates climb atop Madurai Central Prison building to stage stir
According to prison officials, the prisoners climbed atop block-3 building using the windows after strict checking to curb ganja smuggling was enforced.
Source — The New Indian Express
India: should 400,000 prisoners get to vote in the 2019 election?
India’s preparing to vote again. Some 900 million of its 1.3 billion people are expected to exercise their franchise over April and May.
Amidst this massive celebration of democracy, a small but significant…
Source — Quartz
India: overcrowding prisons a violation of human rights, says Supreme Court
Source – The Hindu
There are several prisons where the overcrowding is well beyond 100% and in some cases it exceeds 150%.
India: women denied jail benefits HC asks why
Source - The Hindu
Why are women prisoners in Tihar Jail being denied the benefit of semi-open and open prisons, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the jail authorities.
India: bail must not just be for rich
Source - Bangkok Post
No one should be jailed simply because they are poor. That was the rationale brought up by a recent online campaign calling for changes to the existing bail process.
