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Indian Jail Opens Private Outsourcing Program

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor

Indian Jail Opens Private Outsourcing Program by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Authorities at the Cherlapally Central Jail, a 2,100-bed facility near Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, announced in May 2010 that they will open an outsourcing unit. [See: PLN, July 2010, p.32]. The program …

Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions

Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Malicious Prosecution, Evidence, DNA Testing/Samples, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Crime, Statistics/Trends, Databases, Conspiracy, Staffing, Jury Instructions, Expert Witnesses, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Failure to Train/Supervise

Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …

Prison-based Call Centers Open in Austria, India

Article • July 15, 2010 • from PLN July, 2010

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries

Prison-based Call Centers Open in Austria, India by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In an attempt to bridge a budget shortfall, the Austrian Justice Ministry has set up call centers in prisons and con-tracted them out to private companies that might otherwise outsource the work overseas. The move has prompted …

Plight of Undertrial Prisoners in India

Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997

Filed under: Voting, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Prisoners-International

Plight of Undertrial Prisoners in India by Sankar Sen In India there are 85 central prisons, 252 district prisons, 14 women's prisons, and about 547 sub-jails. The exact number of prisoners in the country is not known. At the end of 1993, according to one estimate, there were about 200,000 …

Indian Journalist/Ex-Prisoner Denied Travel

Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prisoners-International, Media

Indian Journalist/Ex-Prisoner Denied Travel by M.N. Ravunni is the secretary of the Central Propaganda Committee of the Communist Party of Kerala in India. He is also the chief editor of the magazine Munnanipo-rali. In July, 1995, Mr. Ravunni applied for a passport to visit other countries, including the U.S. and …

Pendam v. State of Maharashtra, India, Judgment, Emergency Parole, 2021

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Filed under: Parole

Pendam v. State of Maharashtra, India, Judgment, Emergency Parole, 2021 1 Judgment wp537.21.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 537/2021 Hanuman Anandrao Pendam, Convict No. C/8026, Aged 33 years, Occ. Nil, Confined at Central Prison, Nagpur …. PETITIONER(S) // VERSUS // …