Nawalparasi
jail facing challenges due to overcrowding (kh
17/03/2023)
Taplejung
district prison houses six times prisoners against
capacity (kh 22/02/2023) [This
is a serious violation of basic human rights!]
Central
Jail grappling without space (kh 02/01/2023)
Birgunj
Prison lacks treatment facility for inmates : The law
says any prison with over 500 inmates must have a
hospital, and one with fewer than 500 a health post.
This prison of over 1,200 inmates has neither, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 31/12/2022)
PVWC
organizes cooking training for women inmates, detainees
(kh 30/11/2022)
Health
workers being trained to carry out mental health
screening of prisoners : Around 40 percent of the nearly
27,000 inmates suffer from mental health problems,
according to official estimates, by Arjun Poudel (kp
26/11/2022)
Achham
prisoners eager to cast ballot but only a few are
registered voters : There are a total of 82 inmates in
the Mangalsen-based district prison, but only seven are
in the voter roll, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
07/11/2022)
Prisoners
in Chitwan forced to live under Tarpaulin as their
number is three times more than actual capacity of
prison (rep 13/10/2022)
Carpet
industry set up in Kavrepalanchok prison (kh
19/09/2022)
Protect
Inmates’ Rights In Times Of COVID-19 (rn 11/09/2022)
Daily
allowance of inmates to go up by 33 per cent (ht
04/08/2022)
Proposed
law to provide special care for female inmates (ht
02/08/2022)
Government
told to implement prison law (ht 24/07/2022)
Inmates
deprived of basic facilities in overcrowded Morang
Prison : The prison is accommodating inmates more than
three times its capacity, by Binod Bhandari (kp
18/07/2022)
Collection
of national identity card details in prisons
(rep 09/07/2022)
Lesson
learned from Rolpa incident: ID card with a
photo for prisoners a must (rep 06/07/2022)
The
woman who gives a new lease of life to children
of the incarcerated : In the last two decades,
Indira Ranamagar’s organisation PA Nepal has
provided more than 2,000 children of
incarcerated parents with a safe environment to
grow up in, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
05/07/2022)
Supreme
Court orders government to make arrangements for
prisoners to vote : The order says those doing time
should be allowed to vote for the proportional
representation system (kp 27/06/2022)
Banke
prison overcrowded (kh 25/06/2022)
Prisoners,
detainees still face humanitarian problems (ht
03/04/2022)
Open
prison rule : Those who have been convicted of heinous
crimes by the court of law should not be sent to the
open prison (ht 11/02/2022)
High
vigilance in prison as COVID-19 infection rises (rep
24/01/2022)
Dilapidated
Salyan Prison overcrowded with inmates : The
stone-and-mud building with four rooms shelters 129
inmates, including 22 women and three of their children,
by Biplab Mahrajan (kp 08/01/2022)
Juvenile
justice in shoddy state (ht 26/12/2021), Juvenile
justice : The overcrowded correction homes pose a
problem at a time physical distancing is necessary to
keep the coronavirus at bay (ht 27/12/2021)
Banke
Prison Over-Crowded, by Siraj Khan (rn 25/12/2021)
Central
Jail To Be Partially Relocated In Nuwakot Within Three
Months, by Mahima Devkota (rn 18/12/2021)
Naikes
running Gaur Prison : Security guards and naikes are
tormenting inmates at Gaur Prison (ht 03/12/2021)
Inmate
commits suicide inside prison (rep 17/11/2021)
PMIS
implemented in prisons across the country (ht
13/11/2021)
Inmates
Clash At Biratnagar Prison, Six Injured, by Gokul
Parajuli (rn 09/11/2021)
Overcrowded
Prison Poses COVID-19 Risks (rn 16/09/2021), Overcrowded
district jail at risk of infectious diseases (rep
16/09/2021)
All
inmates at oldest central prison vaccinated against
COVID-19 (kh 25/08/2021)
rowded
jails, new inmates raise Covid-19 risks, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 17/08/2021)
Tanahun
jailbirds deprived of treatment (ht 10/08/2021)
355
jailbirds from Bhimphedi prison test coronavirus
positive (kh 30/07/2021)
430
jailbirds granted amnesty on Republic Day (ht
30/05/2021)
Siraha
prison to quarantine new inmates for 15 days (ht
06/05/2021)
Virus
spreads among jailbirds in Bajura (ht 04/05/2021)
Parliamentary
committee endorses report recommending reproductive
right to women inmates (rep 16/04/2021)
Kanchanpur
prison houses over four times more prisoners (kh
15/04/2021)
Prisoners
forgotten in COVID-19 pandemic, as crisis grows in
detention facilities (rep 18/03/2021)
Lamjung
jail bursting at the seams, inmates rue poor hygiene
(ht 22/02/2021)
DoPM
urged to improve prison conditions (ht 04/02/2021)
Library
for inmates set up in Chitwan prison (rep
13/01/2021)
Prison
infrastructure construction gains pace (ht
08/01/2021)
More
foreigners ending up in Nepali prisons (ht
28/12/2020)
Inmates
being mistreated in Gaur prison (ht 23/12/2020)
Inmates
facing hard time in Rautahat prison (ht 09/11/2020)
More
fugitives getting caught across country amid the
pandemic : With loss of jobs abroad, they have been
returning home only for police to catch them. But this
has added to the burden of overstretched prison system,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2020)
Crowded
prisons have raised Covid-19 risk among inmates, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2020)
Prisons
at high risk of coronavirus infection: NHRC (kh
04/10/2020)
Drinking
water, power shortage hit Jumla jailbirds (ht
01/10/2020)
507
Inmates Contract COVID-19 At Siraha Prison (rn
23/09/2020), Govt
urged to implement apex court’s order on jailbirds
(ht 23/09/2020)
231
prisoners infected with COVID-19, five die (kh
13/09/2020)
59
inmates in Siraha prison test positive for COVID-19
(kh 10/09/2020), Implement
corrective measures for prisoners: SC (ht
11/09/2020), COVID-19
confirmed after death of four inmates of Central Prison
(kh 11/09/2020)
Saptari
District Prison at high risk of coronavirus (ht
07/09/2020), 138
inmates infected by COVID-19, five die (rep
07/09/2020)
Govt
urged to save lives of jailbirds amid COVID-19 (ht
27/08/2020), Four
inmates die at Central Jail, one tests positive for
COVID-19 : Source claims that a few more inmates at the
jail are ill (rep 01/09/2020)
Infection
fears in overcrowded jails after man catches Covid-19
while in detention, by Anup Ojha (kp 18/08/2020)
Four
inmates test positive for COVID-19 in Jhumka Prison
(rep 15/08/2020)
Mental
health patient spends more than three years in jail
without trial (ht 02/08/2020)
Government
to strictly enforce provisions related to open prision
(ht 31/07/2020)
Lawmakers
point out flaws in Prison Bill-2020: Say it fails to
incorporate provision on counselling, deploying female
cops inside prisons (ht 30/07/2020)
Ensure
safer custody: Recent deaths expose cracks in Nepal's
criminal investigation and prison management system
(kp 03/07/2020)
Suicide
by youth in police custody raises concern over mental
health of inmates: Restrictions on visits by family
members could exacerbate problems faced by those behind
bars, psychiatrists say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
02/07/2020)
Rise
in Covid-19 cases across the country prompts concern
over already crowded prisons: Hundreds of new inmates
have entered prisons since the lockdown began on March
24, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 08/06/2020)
Inmates
at risk of contracting coronavirus in Kathmandu valley,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 26/05/2020
Inmates
section at Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, all
empty for the first time in 65 years (rep
01/05/2020)
SC
orders govt to fully implement sentence determination
Act (rep 30/04/2020)
More
than 400 prisoners released from across the country to
prevent outbreak of Covid-19: Over half of those
released were serving their time in juvenile correction
homes: Court had ordered government to free jailbirds
sentenced up to a year for minor crimes, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 22/04/2020)
421
prisoners from across the country released amid
coronavirus scare (ht 18/04/2020)
SC
seeks govt explanation over its delay to release
detainees involved in petty crimes (rep 17/04/2020)
385
pardoned prisoners walk free (ht 10/04/2020)
Govt
Releases 78 Inmates Amid COVID-19 Fears, by
Purushottam P. Khatri (rn 28/03/2020), Serial
killer Sobhraj in sentence waiver list (ht
29/03/2020), COVID-19
fears: 21 inmates released from Siraha jail (kh
29/03/2020) [The Siraha prison
still exceeds the prison capacity by three and a half
times!]
Govt
doing its bit to prevent COVID-19 outbreak in prisons
(ht 25/03/2020)
In
Butwal, juvenile delinquents are compelled to stay at a
crowded correctional facility without proper means: As a
result of the overcrowding, many suffer from
skin-related diseases, by Amrita Anmol (kp
22/03/2020)
Govt
prepares to reduce number of prisoners and detainees
amid virus scare: The Office of the Attorney General has
requested the Supreme Court’s Full Bench to make
necessary changes to the existing legal provisions to
reduce the possibility of outbreaks in overcrowded
prisons and detention centres, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 20/03/2020), Convicts
sentenced to less than year to be freed on bail or
without bail (rep 20/03/2020), Pardon,
suspend or rebate jail sentence: OAG directs Nepal
Police (ht 22/03/2020)
New
bill empowers jailer to enforce code of ethics in prison
(ht 20/02/2020)
Inmates
of Tanahun District Prison worry as demand for
traditional wicker stools declines: The price of wicker
stools made by inmates is steeper than the ones
available in the market, say buyers, by Samjhana
Rasaili (kp 19/02/2020)
Jails
in Karnali Province overcrowded, by Ganesh Bishu
(rep 16/02/2020)
All
10 prisons in Gandaki Province in dismal state,
lawmakers find: A committee comprising members of the
provincial assembly suggests immediate reforms, by
Pratikshya Kafle (kp 13/02/2020)
Udayapur
prison bursting at the seams (ht 18/01/2020)
Nepalgunj
prison inmates end agitation following agreement (ht
03/01/2020)
New
bill ensures reproductive rights of inmates (kp
26/12/2019)
Female
jailbirds stage protest (ht 21/12/2019), Probe
into Naike starts, two inmates transferred (ht
22/12/2019)
Jailbirds
reeling under drinking water, sanitation woes in Syangja
(ht 17/12/2019)
Prison
capacity increased to 15,466: Jails across Nepal are
cramped with over 23, (ht 16/12/2019)
Banke
District Prison in sorry state (ht 06/12/2019)
Overcrowded
Rolpa District Prison in dilapidated condition: There
have been numerous attempts to demolish the old prison
and construct a new one, but lack of appropriate land
plot has put the plan on hold, say prison officials,
by Kashiram Dangi (kp 19/11/2019)
Bhimphedi
inmates excited about a new library inside the prison:
The setting up of the new library has not only excited
voracious readers but also worked for the benefit of
inmates who are pursuing education, by Pratap Bista
(kp 16/11/2019)
Bill
seeks to transfer mgm't of prisons to provinces, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 09/11/2019)
Communicable
disease a real hazard for jail inmates: Home ministry
report (rep 07/11/2019)
Nepalgunj
prison inmates complain of misconduct: The inmates have
submitted a demand note to the local administration
accusing the jailer of bribery, by Madhu Shahi (kp
02/11/2019)
Kanchanpur
Prison houses three times more jailbirds than capacity
(ht 18/10/2019)
Siraha
jail crammed with inmates (rep 14/09/2019)
Behind
bars : Inmates at the central jail weave and spin,
by Urza Acharya (rep 13/09/2019)
Inmates
kept in custody in Humla and Mugu for lack of prisons:
The accused, remanded into custody, have to stay in
police custody until the court’s final hearing, by
Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 12/09/2019)
Video
conference facility built in Central Jail but it has not
come into operation yet: The facility will be used only
for court hearings, and not for inmates to video chat
with family members, authorities say, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 08/09/2019)
Rautahat
prison bursting at the seams (ht 21/08/2019)
Overcrowding
of Saptari Prison puts inmates at risk of contagious
diseases: Six inmates have died in the Rajbiraj-based
prison in the last one and a half years, prison
officials say, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 16/08/2019)
Round-the-clock
surveillance of inmates (ht 25/07/2019)
Overcrowding
of inmates inside Taplejung’s district prison: The
prison currently holds five times its capacity for
inmates, by Ananda Gautam (kp 18/07/2019)
Teachers
and officials of prison schools call for better study
environment, by Arjun Poudel (kp 16/07/2019)
Waterlogging
in district prison (rep 16/07/2019)
Two
out of three prisoners who made a daring escape from
Bungamati prison have been caught, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 12/07/2019)
Chances
of tuberculosis spread high in prisons, officials say:
Both infected and healthy inmates at the Central Jail
live at close quarters, even though doctors recommend
treating TB patients in isolation, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 10/06/2019)
President
grants amnesty to 434 jailbirds on Republic Day (ht
30/05/2019)
Probe
committee formed to inspect mismanagement in Dhading
District Jail, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 23/05/2019)
Prisoners
in Nepal are living under ‘inhumane conditions’, Office
of the Auditor General says: Monitoring teams have found
overcrowded prisons where lack of access to clean water,
proper food and health care continues to plague
prisoners, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 15/05/2019), Silent
screams: Overcrowding and inhumane conditions are the
hallmarks of Nepali prisons (kp 16/05/2019)
Community
Police Partnership Programme launched in Rautahat: The
drive aims to tackle child marriage and dowry practices,
by Shiva Puri (kp 15/05/2019)
Jailbirds
on war path (ht 13/05/2019)
Government
urged to improve state of jails (ht 15/04/2019)
Inmates
in Birgunj prison subjected to torture, extortion,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 10/04/2019)
CM
Shahi launches ‘Books in Prison’ drive (ht
07/04/2019)
DoPM
installs CCTVs to boost security in jails (ht
21/02/2019)
Birgunj
inmates deprived of proper treatment, care, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 17/02/2019)
Six
teenagers escape detention centre, by Krishna Prasad
Dhakal (ht 13/02/2019) [72
persons living in 3 roome?!]
27
inmates die in six months (rep 13/02/2019)
Prisoners
to be engaged in public work (ht 04/01/2019)
An
exemplary prison of Dailekh (rep 26/01/2019)
‘Open
prison’ concept to be implemented soon (ht
19/01/2019)
Jhumka
prison installs 28 CCTV cameras to monitor inmates,
by Amar Khadka (rep 16/12/2018)
Winter
diseases stalk packed Mahottari prison (kp
03/12/2018)
Ramp-up
support to Nepalis in jail abroad (rep 05/11/2018)
New
home for Central Jail inmates, by Krishna Thapa (kp
03/11/2018)
nmates’
children arrive at prison for Dashain, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 16/10/2018)
Health
vulnerability of those barred: Widespread gender
discrimination and social stigma isolate female
prisoners, by Sanju Maharjan and Riya Talitha Samuel
(kp 29/08/2018)
165-year-old
prison holds inmates three times its capacity, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 25/08/2018)
Improve
prison conditions: OAG (ht 22/08/2018)
Overcrowding
increases security threat at Banke jail (ht
11/08/2018)
Time
to reform prisons as correctional homes: Mahara (kp
05/08/2018)
Central
jail to boost CCTV surveillance (kp 29/07/2018)
Police
detention center in Dharan is overcrowded (rep
14/07/2018)
Jailbirds
to get Rs 60 daily allowance: Some 19,000 inmates are
living in 74 prisons across the country (ht
31/05/2018)
Inmates
to be ensured right to procreate, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 27/03/2018)
Government
to improve prison conditions (ht 21/03/2018)
Chitwan
transfers inmates to Bhimphedi prison (ht
16/03/2018)
Sending
investors to prison, by Anil Chitrakar (nt
16/03/2018)
Kavre
jail prisoners demand transfer of their 'leaders',
by Madhusudan Guragain (rep 06/03/2018)
Population
of foreign inmates on the rise (ht 22/02/2018)
Psycho-social
centre to open at Nakhkhu jail (kp 30/01/2018)
Jailbird
escapes from Dillibazar prison (ht 20/01/2018)
Jailbirds
prone to mental health problems (ht 13/01/2018)
Shortage
of drinking water hits Jumla prison: Inmates suffering
from water-borne diseases, by DB Buda (rep 02/01/2018)
NHRC
paints bleak picture of prison conditions: Many of the
prisons damaged in the 2015 earthquake have yet to be
reconstructed (ht 28/12/2017)
Central
Jail needs overhaul: Probe panels (kp 27/12/2017)
Waste
management a serious problem in jails of eastern region,
by Amar Khadka (rep 21/12/2017)
Kavre
district prison bursting at the seams (ht
05/11/2017)
Infection
spreading unchecked in congested Morang jail: Two dies
and 36 infected (rep 26/10/2017)
MoHA
asks DoPM to lay groundwork for allowing inmates to work
outside prison (ht 30/08/2017)
When
jail helps change lives, by Amar Khadka (rep
04/08/2017)
700
inmates crammed in Nepalgunj prison meant for 300,
by Arjun Oli (rep 03/08/2017)
Kaski
jail
inmates’ condition miserable (ht 08/07/2017)
Govt
plans
overhaul of prisons: There are 74 prisons housing over
19,000 inmates, including 1,000 foreigners, in 72
districts (ht 03/07/2017), Prison
management:
There is a need of overhauling the prison management
which can be achieved if the government takes up this
issue seriously (ht 04/07/2017)
More
is
needed: Prisoners should be treated as humanely as
possible according to widely accepted standards (ht
22/05/2017)
DoPM
building
17 prisons with support from ADB (ht 21/05/2017)
Dolakha
prison
overcrowded (ht 17/04/2017)
Bill
moots
open prison for inmates with good conduct (ht
26/03/2017)
Prisoners
deprived
of human rights: NHRC (ht 25/03/2017)
Female
inmates
victims of ‘misbehaviour’ (ht 22/02/2017)
Innocent
victims: Kids growing up in jail as parents serve terms,
by Shankar Shrestha (rep 18/02/2017)
Overcrowded
Birgunj jail raises safety concerns (rep 14/02/2017)
‘Inmates
living
in poor conditions’ (kp 31/01/2017)
New
bill proposes open jail, by Ashok Dahal (rep
19/01/2017)
Psychiatric
hospital to be built in Nakhu Jail (rep 07/01/2017)
984
foreigners
doing time in Nepali jails (ht 21/12/2016)
Elderly
inmates pose burden for prison management: 308
sexagenarian inmates in prisons, by Kamal Pariyar
(rep 08/12/2016)
Eastern
regional
prison: Jhumka inmates lack access to health care,
by Bedraj Paudel (kp 04/12/2016)
Inmates
use
weaving skills to make money (ht 21/11/2016)
Jailbirds
deprived
of medical care (ht 19/10/2016)
Ilam
jailbirds’
kids deprived of education (ht 16/10/2016)
Children
of inmate mothers deprived of education, by Daman
Rai (rep 13/09/2016)
Hike
in
priosoner allowances: SC directive brings relief to
inmates (kp 14/08/2016)
Unable
to post bail, many languish in prison, by Gyanu
Sapkota (rep 13/08/2016)
New
law
requires prison staff to behave with inmates, visitors
(ht 07/08/2016)
Khotang
prison,
inmates at high risk of landslip (ht 02/08/2016)
Nepalgunj
prison
overcrowded (ht 31/07/2016)
Regional
prison
bursting at the seams (ht 10/07/2016)
President
grants
amnesty to 887 jailbirds on Republic Day (ht
29/05/2016)
Jailbirds
reeling
under water crunch (ht 07/05/2016)
Govt
indifferent
to inmates’ plight, by Tika R. Pradhans (ht
26/03/2016)
Prisons
across
country being upgraded (ht 10/03/2016)
Seven-month-old
languishing
in police custody with mother (ht 20/02/2016)
Cases
to
be filed against inmates fleeing prison (ht
20/02/2016)
Young
mother
in prison with two daughters, by Aash Gurung (kp
11/02/2016)
Inmates
‘happy’
at Bhimphedi, by Pratap Bista (kp 07/02/2016)
Depression
seen
among prisoners (kp 29/01/2016)
NHRC,
Nepal
Police discuss custody management (ht 21/01/2016)
Majority
of
inmates have developed mental problems, by Kishan
Sangeet Nepali (rep 18/01/2016)
850
foreign
criminals doing time in Nepail jails (ht 30/09/2016)
House
panel
calls for making prisons human-friendly (ht
23/09/2015), Locked
up
The government needs to fulfil the basic needs of the
prisoners (kp 25/09/2015)
Sobhraj
files
writ demanding hike in prison food allowance (ht
15/09/2015), SC
show
cause notice over Sobhraj’s writ petition to hike daily,
dietary allowance (ht 16/09/2015)
Prison,
detention
centres of Chitwan in sorry state (ht 05/08/2015)
Jailbirds
constructing
prison house (ht 15/07/2015)
NHRC
urges
govt to improve prison facilities (rep 13/07/2015)
‘Open
prison’,
‘rehabilitation house’ concepts to be implemented: Will
ease pressure on inmates in jails which have capacity of
10,434 but are crammed with 16,000 (ht 09/07/2015)
House
of
horrors: Sixteen prisoners were killed and 93 others
injured when section of central jail in Kathmandu
collapsed, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 18/06/2015)
Rs
50
million to repair,rebuild jail infrastructure (ht
13/06/2015)
193
fled
jailbirds listed as fugitives: Had run away from prisons
after the quake hit the nation (ht 31/05/2015)
541
jailbirds
to walk free on Republic Day (ht 29/05/2015)
No
general
amnesty to jailbirds, says home secy (ht 24/05/2015) [But you are responsible for their
safety!], No
amnesty
plan for inmates: Govt; Forty prisons across the country
were destroyed in the earthquakes, forcing hundreds of
inmates out in the open (kp 24/05/2015), Govt
urged
to protect lives of jailbirds (ht 25/05/2015), Kaski
jail
inmates spending sleepless nights after quake (ht
28/05/2015)
366
inmates
in tremor-Hit Palpa prison, by Madhav Aryal (kp
23/05/2015)
Precarious
buildings
make jailbirds jittery: Inmates say old structures on the
verge of collapse (ht)
General
amnesty
sought for jailbirds (ht 21/05/2015)
Jailbirds
at
risk as prison building develops cracks, by Janak
Nepal (kp 18/05/2015)
Amnesty
likely
for some jailbirds in post-disaster situation (ht
18/05/2015)
French
national
doing time in Nakkhu Jail found hanging (ht
24/04/2015)
NHRC
seeks
more allowance for jailbirds across the nation (ht
16/04/2015)
Unconscious
inmate
dies in Bharatpur jail (kp 05/04/2015)
Kaiali
prison
jailbirds facing problems (ht 28/02/2015)
Prisons
in
East turning into ‘torture chambers’, by Awadhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 23/02/2015)
Crowded
jails
pose security threat (ht 27/01/2015)
Ghorahi
prison
crammed with 170 jailbirds (ht 11/01/2015)
Prison
inmates
forced to sleep in plastic sheds, by Durgalal KC (kp
08/01/2015) |