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COVID-19 cases in prisons rises to 717; 35 new cases reported on Tuesday (24)
November 24, 2020
He said the number increased following the detection of COVID-19 cases from the Women’s Ward at the Welikada Prison.
MPs call for prison reforms to prevent virus spread
October 20, 2020
TWO MPs in Penang will raise the need for prison reforms to prevent Covid-19 spreading like wildfire in overcrowded prison conditions.
Gov’t to release more eligible inmates to decongest jails
October 2, 2020
According to presidential spokesman Harry Roque, authorities have continued to review the prison records of persons deprived of liberty if eligible for release on pardon, parole, and other grounds.
Justice Minister proposes releasing chronically ill inmates to reduce prison overcrowding
October 2, 2020
In an effort to reduce overcrowding in Thailand prisons, the Justice Ministry is looking into allowing chronically ill inmates to be released on a royal pardon. There’s also talk of shortening sentences for those incarcerated on drug charges, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
COVID-19: Timely support to prisons continues across Bangladesh
October 1, 2020
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh continues to work with the Prisons Directorate to strengthen and consolidate the support to prisons in view of COVID-19.
Pekanbaru Women’s Prison ‘Overwhelmed’ as 28 Inmates Contracted Covid-19
October 1, 2020
The Women’s Prison Class IIA in Pekanbaru, Riau, is “overwhelmed” as 28 inmates tested positive for Covid-19. The prison lacks the required facility to isolate the female prisoners with Covid-19 from the rest of the inmates.
Coronavirus spreading in jails
September 29, 2020
With coronavirus cases on the rise in Uttar Pradesh, The initiative taken in the last one week to extend immediate medical help to the inmates lodged in jails across the state has revealed that 1,200 prisoners have contracted coronavirus though majority of them are asymptomatic.
UP Govt Orders Aggressive COVID-19 Testing In Prisons Amid Rise In Cases
September 29, 2020
The Prisons Department of the Uttar Pradesh government has asked all District Magistrates (DMs), Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) of the state to go in for aggressive COVID-19 testing and take necessary precautionary measures amid rising of cases in the prisons.
EMCO at Tawau Prison extended
September 28, 2020
“The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) at Tawau Prison and its Taman Ehsan Prison Quarters in Sabah has been extended for 14 days from Sept 26 to Oct 9.”
COA chides BuCor for delay in procurement of much-needed medicines for PDLs
September 28, 2020
Convicted persons denied of liberty (PDLs) at the National Bilibid Prison and the Correctional Institution for Women, state-run prison that reported deaths due to COVID-19
Baitadi jail facing challenges due to overcrowding
September 28, 2020
District Jail, Baitadi has been facing problems in the management since it has been housing more than twice the number of jailbirds to its capacity.
As Covid-19 cases breach the 2,000-mark in prisons across Maharashtra, lawyers to press for changes in high-power panel’s guidelines
September 27, 2020
As the number of Covid-19 cases in jails across the state has breached the 2,000-mark, advocates who have filed various petitions in the Bombay high court (HC), seeking emergency bail or parole for inmates
Nearly 1,200 inmates infected in 71 jails in UP, says DG Prison
September 27, 2020
There are 1,200 active Covid-19 cases, as of now, in 71 jail across Uttar Pradesh.
47 inmates n East Java prison hospitalized due to covid-19
September 26, 2020
Sidoarjo, E Java (ANTARA) – Some 47 inmates of the Surabaya class I correctional facility in East Java’s Sidoarjo District were immediately moved to isolation and treatment rooms after contracting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection.
COVID-19: Parole extended for 3900 MP jail inmates
September 25, 2020
Bhopal, Sep 25 (PTI) Parole granted to 3900-odd inmates of Madhya Pradesh jails in view of the coronavirus outbreak has been extended by 60 days and they are now expected to be back in their cells only by November-end, a senior official said on Friday.
Five Luksar jail inmates donate plasma for Covid treatment
September 23, 2020
Five inmates from Luksar jail, who had recovered from Covid-19, donated their plasma on Tuesday to help other patients recover from the infection.
351 jails infected with COVID-19, infections in prisons rising fast: National Campaign Against Torture
September 16, 2020
New Delhi: The National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT), a rights group based in New Delhi, in its report titled ‘The Status Of COVID-19 In Indian Prisons’, stated that out of the 1,350 jails in India, COVID-19 infections have been reported from at least 351 jails in 25 out of total 36 States or Union Territories of the country as of 31 August 2020.
Emergency parole of prisoners in Maharashtra will be automatically extended: Bombay HC
September 16, 2020
Prisoners released on emergency parole from jails in Maharashtra will continue to enjoy the leave as long as the notification, issued by Maharashtra government on May 8 for decongesting prisons in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, is in force.
Maharashtra: Families of Prison Inmates with Co-morbidities and Age Issues Worried, Only Those Without Serious Offences Released
September 16, 2020
Activists have been demanding the release of prisoners on health grounds. So far, six inmates have died of COVID-19 in prisons across state and 1,772 prisoners have tested positive out of total 11,267 tests conducted as per the Prison Department data.
38 inmates, 2 jail personnel contract COVID
September 16, 2020
Thirty-eight inmates and two jail personnel – a custodian and a nurse – of the Iloilo City District Jail – Male Dormitory in Barangay Ungka, Jaro district tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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