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Centre amends prison manuals to prohibit caste discrimination in jails
Scroll Staff
· Jan 02, 2025 · 11:36 am
Supreme Court strikes down rules promoting caste-based allocation of work in jails
Scroll Staff
· Oct 03, 2024 · 05:02 pm
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· Sep 13, 2022 · 04:07 pm
Children of women prisoners in India struggle to get proper food and education despite guidelines
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· Jul 23, 2020 · 11:03 pm
Nurturing cows lessens criminal mindsets of prisoners, claims Mohan Bhagwat
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· Dec 08, 2019 · 01:41 pm
Sold as a humane alternative to jail, ankle bracelets are driving US defendants into debt
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· Jul 15, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Should life in prison be worse than outside, on principle?
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Death behind bars: 1,700 died in overcrowded Indian prisons in 2014
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