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Prisons, and their administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison manuals of the respective state governments.
Central Prison, Shivamogga Women Central Prison, Shivamogga Karnataka has 105 prisons including 9 Central Prisons, 21 district prisons, 30 taluk jails, 44 revenue taluk jails [ 11 ] (sub-jails), 1 borstal school, 1 open jail, 2 special jails and 1 other jail (Juvenile Jail).
The Cellular Jail, also known as 'Kālā Pānī' (Hindi: ۘकाला पानी, transl. 'Black Water'), was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The prison was used by the colonial government of India for the purpose of exiling criminals and political prisoners.
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws.. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest of ca
Tihar Prisons, popularly known as Tihar Jail, is a prison complex in India and one of the largest complex of prisons in India. It has 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. [2] [3] Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons
The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...
The World Prison Brief (WPB) site does not list an incarceration rate for the United Kingdom as a whole, that includes all its territories, and other subnational areas, etc.: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, British Virgin Islands. They are listed ...
Prisoners of Indian nationality sentenced to life imprisonment. For prisoners held by India that were sentenced to life imprisonment, ...