No correctional services in TS jails
2 years, 10 months ago

No correctional services in TS jails

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Though the name of the department is ‘prisons and correctional services’, the convicts lodged in prisons across the state do not seem to have the least inclination to correct themselves, if the rising number of repeat offenders is anything to go by. In another case, the Hyderabad police nabbed Chidirika Aravind, who was arrested and jailed several times as he has been actively committing house burglaries since 2017 during every bail. After his last arrest in February 2020 by the LB Nagar police and post his release in July 2020, he worked with several companies in the service industries and from October 2021 till January 13, he committed burglaries in the limits of SR Nagar and Sanathnagar police stations and stole a bike from Madhapur. Meanwhile, former director general of prisons, Vinoy Kumar Singh, said, “Incidentally, the prisons department in Telangana lacks a government appointed psychologist or counsellor.” When asked about the rise of repeat offenders, the current incharge of Telangana State Prisons and Correctional center, Jitender IPS said, "Yes, some exceptions will always be there.

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Telangana Prisons DG asks officials to equip with new legal frameworks
1 week, 6 days ago

Telangana Prisons DG asks officials to equip with new legal frameworks

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Prisons and Correctional Services, Director-General, Dr. Soumya Mishra, stressed the importance of adopting new legal frameworks and asked the prison officials to be well-equipped with implementing them effectively. She was speaking at the training session on “Sensitization of prison officials regarding New Criminal Laws - 2023 on prison-related matters” on Tuesday at the State Institute of Correctional Administration, …

213 convicts including 35 women released from Telangana prisons after getting remission
5 months, 2 weeks ago

213 convicts including 35 women released from Telangana prisons after getting remission

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday granted premature release of as many as 213 convicts including 35 women, who have been languishing in various prisons in Telangana for a long duration. Of the 213 convicts, as many as 61 were released from Cherlapally prison, while 35 from special prison for women in Hyderabad and 31 from Prisoners Agricultural Colony, Cherlapally. …

Andhra Pradesh Prisons Dept. sets up incubation centres to help freed inmates get back on their feet
10 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Prisons Dept. sets up incubation centres to help freed inmates get back on their feet

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh Prisons Department has set up Social Incubation Centres for inmates of 14 prisons across the State, including Visakhapatnam Central Jail, to help inmates adjust to life outside prison once their jail term comes to an end. In the case of Visakhapatnam Central Jail, about 100 inmates out of 1,800 inmates, mostly aged below 30, have so far …

CAG report: Shortage of beds, sanctioned medical posts in Telangana prison hospitals
3 years, 8 months ago

CAG report: Shortage of beds, sanctioned medical posts in Telangana prison hospitals

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: There is no sanctioned post of chief medical officer in the prison hospitals in the state, according to the latest Comptroller Auditor General of India report. Scrutiny of manpower requirements in 12 prisons, including three central prisons, seven district jails, one women prison and one prisoners’ agricultural colony revealed shortages in key posts. However, these facilities were not available …

Telangana panel wracks brains on which convicts to free on Independence Day
4 years, 4 months ago

Telangana panel wracks brains on which convicts to free on Independence Day

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Case 1: Some 15 years ago, a young man who married the love of his life, who belongs to another religion, was stabbed to death by family members of the girl's family. More than three weeks after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao took a decision to release convicts on Independence Day, the committee formed to finalise the list of …

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