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Prisoner Rights

  • Open-air prisons are a humane solution to overcrowded jails – so why doesn’t India use them more?

    Open-air prisons are a humane solution to overcrowded jails – so why doesn’t India use them more?

    Vineet Bhalla
    · Dec 21, 2024 · 08:00 am
  • In Argentina prisons, rugby tackles to help convicts turn their lives around

    In Argentina prisons, rugby tackles to help convicts turn their lives around

    Lorena Vicenty, The Human Journalism Network
    · Jul 06, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • How an Uruguayan organisation supports families who have relatives in jail

    How an Uruguayan organisation supports families who have relatives in jail

    Natalia Uval y Marina Santin, The Human Journalism Network
    · Jun 01, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • Undertrials cannot be held in jails indefinitely, says Bombay High Court

    Undertrials cannot be held in jails indefinitely, says Bombay High Court

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 01, 2023 · 01:27 pm
  • Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail

    Punished without trial: How India’s political prisoners are being denied basic rights in jail

    Umang Poddar
    · Aug 09, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Kerala Maoist Konnath Muralidharan’s kin,  activists say he’s being denied medical care in Pune jail

    Kerala Maoist Konnath Muralidharan’s kin, activists say he’s being denied medical care in Pune jail

    TA Ameerudheen
    · Jun 26, 2018 · 07:30 am