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Indian prisons

  • UP, Bihar and Maharashtra account for 42% of all undertrial prisoners, says study

    UP, Bihar and Maharashtra account for 42% of all undertrial prisoners, says study

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 16, 2025 · 11:29 am
  • Why are inmates unable to access basic facilities in Indian prisons?

    Why are inmates unable to access basic facilities in Indian prisons?

    Vijayta Lalwani
    · Nov 13, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • Seven in 10 Indian prisoners are awaiting trial –  one in three jail inmates is Dalit or Adivasi

    Seven in 10 Indian prisoners are awaiting trial – one in three jail inmates is Dalit or Adivasi

    Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
    · Sep 09, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • What the Crime Records Bureau’s data says about conditions in India’s prisons (and what it doesn’t)

    What the Crime Records Bureau’s data says about conditions in India’s prisons (and what it doesn’t)

    Nishant Gokhale
    · May 21, 2019 · 08:00 am