prisoners

In order to prevent the ...

The Delhi High Court has...

On a plea alleging that ...

Over the detention of a ...

Justice Sanjay Kishan Ka...

The National Human Right...

Has the time come for the Supreme Court to suo motu articulate a cogent protection regime for the rights of those in prison or other forms of custodial confinement?

The National Human Right...

Abysmally low wages for prisoners has put a question mark on prison reforms. Recommendations of the All India Jail Reforms Committee have only partially been implemented by states.

The Supreme Court had directed that all convicts and undertrials, released during the Covid-19 pandemic to decongest jails, should surrender within a fortnight. The top court also dismissed an application filed by a convict for considering the parole granted during the pandemic as part of his actual sentence since it was involuntary