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Aug 22, 2022 · Over-crowding, inhuman conditions, abysmal health facilities, rampant corruption, and sodomy belong to the long list of maladies that infest the Mumbai Central Jail popularly known as the...
At Arthur Road jail, which was built in 1925 as a stone and concrete structure over six acres in Byculla, Barrack No.12 offered the greatest luxury that one can find in Mumbai: space.
Oct 25, 2023 · One of the most affected prisons due to overcrowding is the Mumbai Central Prison, popularly known as the Arthur Road jail. In a recent submission made by prison authorities to the court, officials said that the jail has the capacity to house 999 prisoners but it has over 3,700 prisoners at present.
Sep 17, 2020 · The Mumbai Central Prison, better known as Arthur Road jail, has been at the centre of the extradition proceedings of fugitive diamond merchant, Nirav Modi before a UK court. During the proceedings earlier this month, Nirav Modi ’s lawyers called it an “old-fashioned sweatbox”.
Jul 19, 2021 · EIGHT NEW barracks will be soon added to 1926 built Arthur Road Jail, which can house 200 more inmates up from its original capacity of 804. The jail currently houses 2,900 inmates. For years, the prison authorities have been under criticism for overcrowding in the jail.
Superintendent of Police for Arthur Road Jail, NB Vyachal, has been transferred and will take charge as the Superintendent of Ratnagiri Central Jail on Saturday. Vyachal has been replaced by...
Oct 19, 2022 12:38 AM IST. Mumbai: Prisoners of some eminence – mainly political and economic offenders – will soon be granted upgraded living quarters at the Arthur Road Jail. Nine new cells...
Jun 2, 2021 · There are 2,500 undertrial prisoners (UPs) lodged at the Arthur road jail. The jail had first reported Covid cases among inmates and prison staff when the lockdown was enforced last year.
Arthur Road prison. The State on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that COVID-19 infected inmates at the Arthur Road prison are getting cured due to unceasing efforts of the Prisons...
May 27, 2020 · The Arthur Road jail authorities heaved a sigh of relief now. Out of 158 prisoners who were found Coronavirus positive in the first week of May, 120 o
