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Lack of aftercare homes: Out on bail or upon release, abandoned...
Several prisoners are abandoned by their families for various reasons, and facing similar challenges.
Torture of life convict: Vellore Prison DIG, 13 officials booked
8 Sept 2024 3:33 PMThe 31-year-old convict was also forced to do household chores and was later accused of theft
Madras HC orders action against jail officials for exploitation of...
6 Sept 2024 4:35 PMA report filed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vellore revealed a shocking issue of jail authorities illegally making convicted prisoners do chores...
Prison authorities must protect the rights of prisoners: Madras HC
5 Sept 2024 8:26 AMThe authorities should follow the Tamil Nadu Suspension of Sentence Rules of 1982 to avoid unnecessary delays while disposing of the ordinary leave...
Tamil Nadu govt issued orders to release 12 lifers
6 Feb 2024 5:30 PMThe state government would make efforts to release 700 life-term convicts serving long-time imprisonment in the state prisons on goodwill and...
Video call booth, more talk time for prisoners
14 Dec 2023 1:30 AMAs per the plan, the department is planning to purchase and install as many as 54 telephone booths with accessories in all central prisons, Borstal...
Woman alleges torture of hubby in Vellore prison; DIG to investigate
20 Aug 2023 12:00 AMThe litigant said that the prison officials demanded money from her husband and issued threats of foisting false cases.
Being illegally detained at Vellore prison: Nalini
13 Dec 2019 2:09 PMNalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Madras High Court, alleging illegal detention at Vellore prison...