Prison Conditions

Despite campaign, India saw number of prisoners increase in 2022

A majority of the inmates are undertrial and largely from oppressed caste groups, a trend that has held for several years.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· Dec 15, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Women prisoners’ access to basic facilities worse than men, says SC panel

Only 18% of female prisoners get exclusive women’s prison facilities, a report by the Justice Amitava Roy Committee said.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 06, 2023 · 10:22 am
SC directs convicts, undertrials released during Covid-19 pandemic to surrender in 15 days

In March 2020, the court had asked all states to release a section of prisoners to decongest jails in order to prevent the spread of the virus.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 24, 2023 · 08:36 pm

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