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overcrowding in jails

A bench of Justices MB Lokur and Deepak Gupta also warned the Directors General of Police (Prisons) of all states and UTs of contempt notice for non-compliance of its earlier orders with regard to submitting a plan of action to deal with issue of overcrowding prisons. (Photo: File)

Can’t keep prisoners like animals: SC on overcrowding in jails

SC said it was informed that there were several jails where overcrowding is well above 150 pc and in one case it is as high as 609 pc.

30 Mar 2018 8:39 PM


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