The petitioner, in his plea, said certain provisions of the Prisons Act provide for punishments like whipping, restriction of food, penal diet is against the Constitution of India...
The plea says solitary confinement is a 'measure of extreme brutality and depravity', is 'dehumanising' and destroys any hope of reformation and rehabilitation...
British court sentenced a 19 year old man for 11 years in prison for his videos promoting extremism, with the racist online material linked to have influenced two shootings in New York and Colorado...
Bombay High Court refused to stay its order granting the former Maharashtra home minister bail in a corruption case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation...
Restriction on the rights of prisoners is problematic as it violates their fundamental rights, goes against the reformation theory, and erodes the basic fabric of democracy...