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Japan introduces tough penalty for cyberbullying

The revised legislation now imposes fines of up to 300,000 yen ($2,200) or a year in prison

California governor denies parole to Robert F Kennedy's assassin Sirhan, says 'he'll remain in prison'

Robert Kennedy, the US senator from New York, was shot moments after he claimed victory in California's pivotal Democratic presidential primary in 1968

Ecuador prison violence: 116 dead, nearly 80 hurt as inmates clash

The violence at Guayaquil prison complex is the latest in a series of bloody prison clashes that have claimed the lives of nearly 200 inmates in Ecuador so far this year

Dawood aide Tarique Parveen arrested in extortion case involving Param Bir Singh

Tarique Abdul Karim Merchanta alias Tarique Parveen (55), who was already in jail in another case, was wanted in the case registered with the Thane Nagar police station

SC to hear next week UP's plea against high court granting anticipatory bail to 'conman' over fear of contracting COVID

The Allahabad High Court had said that the apprehension of an accused being infected with COVID-19 before and after his arrest and the possibility of his spreading it to others and vice versa can be considered to be a valid ground for granting anticipatory bail

Prison cell in Punjab's Faridkot where Jawaharlal Nehru was briefly lodged in 1923 collapses due to heavy rains

One wall and the roof of the historical 240 square-feet jail room, in which Nehru, K Santhanam and AT Gidwani were kept on 22 September, 1923, collapsed on Wednesday following heavy rains, Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police Rajbachan Singh Sandhu said.

Supreme Court constitutes three-member committee to look into jail reforms across country

A bench headed by Justice MB Lokur said the panel will look into the issues including over-crowding in prisons. The Supreme court on 27 August had reserved its order on the issue of constituting a committee to deal with issues pertaining to jails and suggest reforms for prisons across the country.

Supreme Court to set up committee headed by ex-judge on prison reform; focus to be on imprisoned mothers, their children

The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would set up a committee headed by one of its retired judges to look into various problems in prisons across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.

Maharashtra to build new prison in Mumbai; decks cleared to acquire 52,000 sq mt plot at Mankhurd suburb

Maharashtra government will get 52,000 sq mt plot at Mandale village near Mankhurd next month for the construction of the new prison

Prison riot in Brazil kills 9, injures 14; over 100 inmates escape after rival gangs engage in violence and start fires

Inmates from rival gangs battled at a prison in Goias state on Monday, leaving nine dead and 14 injured, authorities said.