Tag Archives : Prison

Dr. Binayak Sen, one of the brilliant doctors who chose to serve tribal people in remote areas of Chhattisgarh instead of a lucrative medical career has had to pay very heavy price for sympathizing with the downtrodden. The human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen was arrested two years ago and implicated with charges by the state government of Chhattisgarh [...]

Prison movies always leave people with a sick feeling of thrill, mixture of fear and the desire to experience life inside a prison. Committing a serious crime may not be such a good idea to get this kinky kick but perhaps help is on the way for lost souls who have considered doing this. The Prison Service at U.K. gets rid of 50,000 mattresses a year [...]

Finally there is the prospect that the prison at Guantanamo should be closed, but it will not be an easy task. The transition team of president-elect, Barack Obama, began to discuss what should be done, although he emphasized that no decision has been made. But this problem is more complicated than it sounds. There are legal and practical difficulties. [...]

Prison guards have to encounter a number of threats everyday right from dangerous prisoners to psychotic under trials. Sometimes, these prisoners may lock up others and take some of them hostage or threaten to blow up the building! In such a case, robots would come to rescue, as California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation found out. The [...]