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How the pandemic has affected India’s overcrowded prisons
May 28, 2020
Three remand prisoners in Kerala’s sub-jails tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Their test results have jolted the state’s law enforcement machinery, which has shut down three police stations, sent 150 persons into quarantine, and is now scrambling to test new entrants to its correctional centres.
Crowded prisons will set free 10,000 inmates
May 27, 2020
Close to 10,000 prisoners will be freed as part of the country’s anti-prison overcrowding campaign, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng announced on Wednesday.
Правозащитники предлагают объявить амнистию из-за пандемии коронавируса
May 27, 2020
26 апреля у осуждённой, отбывающей наказание в женской колонии ЛA-155/4 в селе Жаугашты Алматинской области был обнаружен коронавирус. Ранее сообщалось, что двое подозреваемых в СИЗО заболели COVID-19.
Thai embassy helps prisons prevent coronavirus spread
May 27, 2020
The Thai embassy, in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross of Cambodia, yesterday donated large quantities of sanitation supplies to the Directorate General of Prisons in a bid to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus among inmates.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra: Over 18,000 inmates to be released to ensure social distancing
May 27, 2020
If any prisoner tests positive for Covid-19, then it is the responsibility of the civic authorities and the collector to deal with the issue, the prisoner authorities told the Bombay High Court on Monday.
COVID-19 cases in prisons jump to 194; 161 are inmates
May 27, 2020
The number of COVID-19 infections at the Bureau of Corrections rose to 194, and 161 of these are convicts in the bureau’s overcrowded facilities, the Department of Justice reported on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Taliban prisoners freed as Afghans hope for truce extension
May 26, 2020
Afghan authorities freed hundreds of Taliban prisoners on Tuesday as they tried to persuade the militants to extend a three-day ceasefire marking the holy Eid festival.
Covid-19: All 20 jail cases traced to asymptomatic officers
May 26, 2020
Till Monday evening, the three jailcomplexes, which together house a total of 14,000 prisoners and around 1800 jail officers, had reported 20 positive cases among prisoners and jail officials.
Indian Jails Are A Massive Breeding Ground Of Coronavirus!
May 26, 2020
Every human deserves respect and treatment in the case of the pandemic. The country cannot discriminate against people on the basis of the crimes they committed years ago of which they haven’t even been convicted yet. Even when we talk about the prisoners who have been convicted, they do not deserve to die in their own cells in isolation as the basic rights of being a prisoner are being violated.
COVID-19: ICRC expands material support to prisons in West Java and Banten
May 26, 2020
Ramping up its response to COVID-19, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in coordination with the Directorate General of Prisons of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, finished today the distribution of hygiene and protection material in 45 places of detention in West Java and Banten provinces, military detention centres in Jakarta, West and East Java, and military hospital in Jakarta and West Java.
Indonesia’s unconscionable prisoner policy
May 26, 2020
” The United Nations is right: It’s impossible to practice physical distancing and self-isolation in an overcrowded prison. We therefore applaud the decision by Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly to release almost 40,000 prisoners at risk from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Inmates at risk of contracting coronavirus in Kathmandu valley
May 26, 2020
About a month ago on April 22, two nurses working in the country’s largest prison at Sundhara tested positive for COVID -19 under the rapid diagnostic test. The test result sent a wave of panic among the 25,087 jailbirds, including 773 juveniles and additional 773 infants living with their parents inside a total of 72 prisons and eight juvenile correction homes across the country.
517 prisoners in BJMP facilities positive for coronavirus
May 26, 2020
There are now 517 prisoners detained in Bureau of Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities who are positive for coronavirus, according to Malacañang’s weekly report to Congress.
COVID-19: At Least Three Die in Maharashtra Prisons
May 26, 2020
At least three incarcerated persons have died of COVID-19 in three prisons of Maharashtra.
Group calls for transparency in jail reports as coronavirus hits Philippine prisons
May 25, 2020
Government agencies should provide detailed reports on jail conditions as the coronavirus disease 2019 hits the country’s overcrowded prison facilities, an organization said Monday.
4 more jail guards, an inmate test Covid-19 positive
May 23, 2020
Coronavirus infections are on the rise in prisons as four more jail guards and one inmate tested positive in last 24 hours in the country.
Covid-19 infections surpass 300 in Pakistan prison
May 23, 2020
Despite jail authorities speaking of taking adequate measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the total number of virus-infected inmates at Karachi Central Jail has soared past 300, sources at the prison total The Express Tribune on Saturday.
Wear mask, gloves while making arrest: Rajasthan govt Covid-19 SOP for cops
May 21, 2020
Rajasthan on Wednesday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for policing amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, including mandatory wearing of face masks and hand gloves for police personnel, and also following a set of preventive measures while arresting criminals.
Authorities in Nepal Continue to Imprison Pastor Who Prayed Against COVID-19
May 21, 2020
In late March, Kaski District Police in Nepal arrested Pastor Keshav Acharya, age 32, for praying against the COVID-19 virus in a video that was widely circulated on social media. Police officials used the video as evidence to claim the pastor had spread false information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 200 prisoners test positive for coronavirus at Karachi Central Jail
May 19, 2020
More than 200 prisoners have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus at Karachi Central Jail, the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) said in a statement released Tuesday, bumping up the total number of infected inmates across the country to 353.
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