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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicIndian prisoners

Topic: Indian prisoners

Indian prisons suffer from a crisis of compassion. Those caged aren’t guilty, just unprotected

Manoj Kumar Jha -
In his book, 'In Praise of Coalition Politics', Manoj Kumar Jha interrogates the state of Indian democracy through political and personal essays.

Centre’s scheme for poor prisoners has few takers, only 8 states sought financial aid in past 2 yrs

Bhadra Sinha -
According to an affidavit filed before SC, the ministry of home affairs has earmarked an annual budgetary grant of Rs 20 cr for 3 financial years from 2023-24 to 2025-26 for the scheme.

A Delhi doctor is the ‘Tihar specialist’. Extracts phones, drugs & blades from inmates’ bodies

+TFP Soumya Pillai -
Dr Ashok Dalal, a gastroenterologist at GB Pant Hospital, is the go-to expert for removing contraband lodged in the bodies of Tihar prisoners. Many patients are ‘professional’ mules.

You Know I Can’t Say More—letters from the death row humanises prisoners in an exhibition

Antara Baruah -
The letters are part of a new online exhibition curated by Project 39A and ReFrame. It is an attempt to bridge some of the differences between ‘ordinary people’ and ‘prisoners’.

India seeks repatriation of 42 civilian prisoners, 266 fishermen from Pakistan’s custody

PTI -
India also shared lists of 343 civilian prisoners & 74 fishermen in its custody, who are Pakistani or are believed to be Pakistani.

No skills, no jobs, just stigma—What do Indian prisoners do after they get out?

Praharshi Saxena -
Despite serving time, ex-convicts struggle with rehabilitation. Here’s how we can change that

Jai Bhim is a ‘reality show’ about caste. It deserves a place in school curriculums

Jyotika Kalra -
Jai Bhim should also be shown in police training cells to educate officers about the consequences of physically and mentally torturing the prisoners.

Irregular meetings with mom, bullying: Grim findings of NCPCR survey on women prisoners’ kids

Sravasti Dasgupta -
Survey was conducted across eight jails & 15 childcare institutions in Bihar, Maharashtra, UP, Andhra. Visits to prisons & childcare institutions were made between August 2019 & January 2020.

How chanting Ram and Bhagavad Gita gifted by a Sufi dacoit helped a Chambal bandit in prison

Jahnavi Misra -
In ‘The Punished’, Jahnavi Misra explores nineteen stories of men and women facing death row in India, and how they navigate the justice system.

New book reveals the complex lives of death row inmates and their families

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins, ‘The Punished’ by Jahnavi Misra will be released on 4 February on ThePrint's SoftCover.
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Opinion

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Shabnoor Rahman -
Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

Saksham Thakur -
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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