Low occupancy in jails: Govt urged to shut down 6 prisons | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The state prison directorate has submitted a proposal to the govt recommending the closure of six jails due to consistently low occupancy rates. The plan involves merging these correctional facilities More...
Govt to recruit 10k personnel for police, prisons & fire services | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced plans to recruit for 10,000 positions in the home department and 5,000 home guards to address vacancies and bolster the state’s policing More...
Supreme Court asks states/UTs to report statistics on vacant posts in prisons
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked state governments to submit statistics on vacant posts of prison staff, observing that the vacancies in jails do not augur well for prisoners, particularly when More...
Revolutionary Menstrual Care Initiative for Women Inmates: Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines in Prisons | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: To improve the quality of life for female inmates within the high walls of jails, the state prison directorate has decided to install sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators More...
Orissa High Court Considers Expanding Open Prisons for Rehabilitation | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: The Orissa high court has initiated suo motu proceedings to examine the possibility of establishing more open prisons across the state, expanding beyond the existing Biju Patnaik open air ashram in More...
Bengaluru prisons radicalisation case: NIA brings back Lashkar terrorist from Rwanda
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), along with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has brought back Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Salman Khan, involved in the radicalisation and recruitment conspiracy More...