Prison Reform
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100 Indians died in police custody in 2017, yet nobody has been convicted
Custodial deaths increased by 9% in one year from 2016, as per NCRB data.
Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com
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Former Arsenal chief wants to use the power of football to stop prisoners from re-offending
David Dein, who was responsible for bringing Arsene Wenger to the Premier League, is convinced the sport can have a positive impact on prisoners.
AFP
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US: Donald Trump meets reality TV star Kim Kardashian West to discuss prison reform
Kardashian West reportedly asked the president to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence for a drug offence.
Scroll Staff
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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‘Rahul Gandhi has power of truth’: Opposition alleges vendetta after conviction in defamation case
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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Madras High Court allows convict serving life imprisonment 2-week leave for conjugal visit
The bench cited a resolution passed by the Centre describing conjugal visits as a right and not a privilege.
Scroll Staff
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Prisons in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Odisha see a wave of hunger strikes
Since January 26, close to 500 prisoners in the jails of Jharkhand, Nagpur and Odisha have been on hunger strikes to highlight gaps in India's criminal justice system
Aarefa Johari