Punjab has introduced a mobile app to facilitate prisoner visits across its jails, including Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. The app allows visitors to book appointments in advance, reducing wait times and improving scheduling efficiency. It is available for download on the Google Play Store. Officials have issued instructions to all jail superintendents across Punjab to […]
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Punjab Prisons Overcrowded Beyond Limit, Says Hamid Mir
Breathing space has run out in Punjab’s jails, as the province has broken all previous records of overcrowding. According to senior journalist Hamid Mir’s post on X (formerly Twitter), Punjab has 45 prisons with a total capacity of 38,000 inmates — but the number of prisoners has now exceeded 70,000. سانس لینا بھی مشکل ۔پنجاب […]
Thailand races to roll out coronavirus jabs to prisoners
Barefoot Thai prisoners rolled up their sleeves to get coronavirus jabs into tattooed arms Friday, as the kingdom seeks to tackle a mass infection outbreak in its overcrowded jails. Authorities have been trying to contain a recent virus surge in the penal system, where some inmates have less space to sleep than the inside of a coffin. […]
Overcrowding in Prisons: Pakistan vs Others
“Convince people they are merely animals and you can treat them accordingly” – Dean Cavanagh in The Secret Life of the Novel The popular saying mentioned above was made in relation to the elite promoting Darwinism. The elite have always sprung as the prioritized class, swaying their way out despite all the allegations. If one […]
Rights groups urge F1 and FIA to take a stance in Bahrain
Human rights groups called on Wednesday for Formula One and its governing body, the FIA, to seek the immediate release of a jailed female activist and blogger ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) were among 15 signatories to a letter […]