New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought a major overhaul of India’s prison system from a gender perspective. It has recommended the creation of a ‘National Commission for Prisons’. The Commission has also proposed wide-ranging legal and administrative reforms to improve the lives of women prisoners, pregnant inmates, children living in prisons and transgender detainees. The recommendations are part of the Commission’s Law Review 2025–26 Report on Laws Relat…
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Kochi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the state government’s decision to enhance the wages paid to convicted prisoners.A Division Bench, comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice V.M. Syam Kumar, rejected the petition filed by advocate A. K. Gopi, which questioned the legality of the government’s executive order dated January 9.The order revised daily wages for prison labour from the earlier range of Rs 63 – Rs 168 to between R…