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Opinion: Supreme Court order to delete caste references in prison data will not end discrimination

The landmark ruling strikes the right note but echoes the political rhetoric of privileged castes that erasing records equals erasing casteism.

Shrutika Pandey
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Siddharth Lamba
· Oct 10, 2024 · 07:30 am

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The Tehuelches team made up of prisoners is a result of a social reintegration programme aimed at reducing the tendency of convicts to commit similar offences.

Lorena Vicenty, The Human Journalism Network
· Jul 06, 2024 · 11:30 am

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.

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Opinion: Supreme Court order to delete caste references in prison data will not end discrimination

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