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The majority of prisoners are housed in a jail from their home state. Around 91.1% of prisoners belonged to the state in which the prison is located, while 7.5% hailed from other states, and 1.5% were foreign citizens. The number of foreign prisoners in India was 6,370 as on 31 December 2016, a decrease of 5.4% from the previous year.
In his book "Handbook of the Manufactures and Arts of the Punjab," Baden Henry Powell refers to many textile products produced in rural cottage and jail industries in the Punjab region. [8] Different State Gazetteers of India cite the production of various goods in the jail industry within their respective states. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The state [22] also has 5 district jails, 33 sub-jails, a women's jail, a borstal school, 1 open jail and 4 special jails. Telangana State Prisons Department introduced the Video Linkage System between prisons and courts for the first time in the country, which enabled the delivery of speedy justice to prisoners under trial.
The Special Sub Jail in Kozhikode, established in 1861, is the oldest jail in Kerala. Central Prison Kannur, the second oldest jail and the first Central Jail in the state, was established in 1869. With the formation of the Kerala state, various jails and establishments came under the purview of the Jail Department.
Tihar Prisons, popularly known as Tihar Jail, is a prison complexes in India and one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. It has 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. It has 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres.
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A man plays a game in the Brothers in Arms cell block, a new veteran-focused program, at the Harris County Joint Processing Center, part of the county jail system, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in ...
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