The Government considers release of prisoners usually on three occasions, including Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanthi by grant of Special Remission through the powers vested in the Governor under Article 161 of the Constitution of India.
These prisoners, who are serving varying sentences, having successfully completed their education with the BRAOU turn undergraduates and postgraduates.
A parliamentary panel has observed that overcrowding in jails and delayed justice have become a pressing concern, leading to a series of consequences for both the prisoners and the criminal justice system as a whole.
Hyderabad: A total of 282 prisoners, including 261 men and 21 women, who successfully completed their courses will receive their degrees as they graduate during the 24th convocation ceremony of Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) scheduled on Saturday. These prisoners are from Central Prison Cherlapally, Central Prison Warangal and Central Prison Chanchalguda in Telangana, […]
Kothagudem: There were about 3.30 lakh under-trial prisoners in jails across the country, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has informed a Right to Information (RTI) activist in the district. The Ministry, in a recent reply to the activist and an NGO, Youth for Anti-Corruption member, Nallapu Manideep’s query, said that of the 15,98,218 under-trial […]
Referring to a judgement, the top court asked authorities not to arrest mechanically in cases where the maximum sentence is up to seven years of jail term.
The bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) taken up suo motu (on its own) on containing the spread of COVID-19 in prisons across Maharashtra.
"Our evidence shows clear and demonstrable benefits from the presence of green space for prisoners in all categories of prison," said lead researcher Dominique Moran from the University of Birmingham.
The court also said that the order would also be applicable to 356 prisoners who were granted bail by the high court and they would have to surrender before the jail authorities on November 13.