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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif continues to have AC, heater, TV in prison: report

On Thursday, the former prime minister is permitted to meet party leaders and family members at the prison, the report...

11 Aug 2019 1:29 PM IST

Thirteen of the federal governments 146 prisons are privately run. Together, those 13 housed 22,600 inmates as of December 2015, down from about 40,000 in 2014. (Photo: Representational Image)

Srinagar: Phones found in prison

The National Investigation Agency, which is probing several terror and militancy related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.

13 March 2018 2:01 AM IST

Senior prison authorities and officers from Nagpada police station are examining the jail premises.

Wait, men at wreck in prisons

The Indian prison system comprehensively ignores the human rights of prisoners, deeming these to be non-existent.

20 Aug 2017 2:34 AM IST

A man from Bihar has been languishing in a jail in Saudi Arabia for over 15 years as his family is unable to pay a punishment sum of over Rs 1 crore. (Representational image)

Indian man sentenced for 6 months in Singapore prison

The Indian-origin man also tried to assault Staff Sergeant Lionel Tan Wei Ming's face but was stopped.

12 Aug 2017 10:19 AM IST

It was the latest deadly riot in Mexicos chronically overcrowded prisons, where corruption abounds, inmates often have de facto control, and contraband weapons and drugs are rife. (Photo: AP)

Gang fight in Mexican prison kills 28 inmates

Officials initially gave a death toll of five and indicated the riot was limited to the maximum-security wing.

7 July 2017 1:58 PM IST

Anders Behring Breivik raises his right hand at the start of his appeal case in Borgarting Court of Appeal at Telemark prison in Skien. (Photo: AP)

Breivik trying to spread his ideology from prison: Attorney General

Breivik has considered the possibility of using national-socialist dating adverts as a means of spreading his ideology.

12 Jan 2017 3:45 PM IST

The report comes amid rife speculations that Sasikala is receiving VIP treatment at the Parappana Agrahara central prison. (Photo: File)

Privileged prisoners

India may need honest officials more than an ancient cellular Andaman jail or an Alcatraz Island to rein in the...

19 July 2017 12:54 AM IST

Kanupriya Mehta is working for the betterment of children of prisoners.

Kids for whom prison is home

From counselling to skill development, a Charitable Trust is helping children of prisoners live a better life.

10 Jan 2017 12:17 AM IST

A still from French rapper Elams music video that was filmed inside a jail. (Photo: AFP )

Rapper ruffles many with jailhouse rap

The video from Elams, a rapper from Marseilles, shows convicts in a prison in southern France.

9 Jan 2017 1:18 AM IST

AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala. (Photo: PTI)

Extra 13 month jail term for Sasikala if Rs 10 crore not paid

AIADMK leader not getting special treatment in jail: Cops

22 Feb 2017 6:26 AM IST

The Fresno Bee reports police arrested 27-year-old Corey Hughes on Thursday at a home in Stockton. (Photo: AP)

Cops nab escaped inmate with face tattoo after weeks on run

Officers set up a perimeter and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

23 Dec 2017 12:54 PM IST

Crown Resorts employee Jiang Ling, rear center, and other employee wearing face mask, arrive at the Baoshan District Peoples Court to attend their trial in Shanghai, China. (Photo: AP)

China court sentences 16 Australian Crown Resorts staff to prison

Casino gambling, the marketing of casinos and organizing overseas gambling trips involving 10 or more people are illegal...

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST