Pinjra Tod Activists Natasha Narwal And Devangna Kalita Walk Out Of Tihar Jail
The three activists were released from Tihar jail after one year. They were arrested in May 2020 in connection with the Northeast Delhi riots.
Tihar Jail
Black Warrant Takes Us Inside Asia’s Largest Prison: An Excerpt
Read an excerpt from Black Warrant, the most intimate and raw account of India’s judicial and criminal justice system.
Seven Days Deadline For Nirbhaya Convicts To File Mercy Plea: Tihar Jail
It is informed that all legal remedies in your case… as available in the Constitution of India have been exhausted except the provision of filing of mercy petition, states the notice by Tihar Jail.
Fear Of Ghosts Looms Large Over Tihar Jail’s Women Inmates
“Some woman prisoners might have committed suicide earlier inside the jail due to which they are hearing these alarming cries,” some people said.
Now Women Inmates In Tihar Jail Can Get Open Access Facility
Very few would know what goes behind the bars in Delhi’s infamous Tihar jail. What seems like regular from outside is far from that in reality. An outsider would believe that everyone in jail gets equal treatment and distribution of work. But is it so? In reality, women prisoners were actually fighting their own battle. Till […]
Why Delay In Nirbhaya Convicts’ Hanging? DCW Asks Tihar Jail
This December, it will be five years since the brutal gangrape and death of Jyoti Singh aka Nirbhaya. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has therefore written to the Tihar Jail authorities and the DCP, South District, about the delay in hanging of the convicts. The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of the convicts six months ago. […]
Tihar Men’s Jail Gets Its First Woman Superintendent
They say it’s a man’s world but some gutsy women challenge that trend. Meet Anju Mangla, who took charge of the high-security men’s prison in Tihar jail. She has become the first woman superintendent. Earlier, there have been two women — Kiran Bedi and Vimla Mehra, who have served as DG of Tihar — but […]
