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India: Telangana province offers its jails on rent

NEW DELHI, July 29 (APD)—Telangana province is offering its prisons for rent to other provinces whose prisons are overcrowded. According to reports, the rent of the jail cells will be Rs 10,000 (around 155 USD) a month for each prisoner.

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India: Telangana province offers its jails on rent

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,July29(APD)—Telanganaprovinceisofferingitsprisonsforrenttootherprovinceswhoseprisonsareovercrowded.Accordingtoreports,therento

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Brazil to build 30 jails in one year to tackle prison crisis

Brazil aims to build nearly 30 prisons over the next year to ease chronic overcrowding in its penitentiary system as part of a package of emergency measures to tackle a wave of deadly prison riots, according to President Michel Temer.

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Sri Lanka committed to make prisons system more humane

​Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it was committed to make the prisons system more humane and effective by adhering to the UN international standards.

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Pakistani PM approves anti-terror rapid response force

Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday approved establishment of rapid response forces at the federal and provincial levels to quickly respond to any terror incident.

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Iraq's al-Qaida claims responsibility for attacks on prisons

Al-Qaida militant group in Iraq on Tuesday claimed responsibility for recent coordinated attacks on two prisons near the capital Baghdad, the group said in a statement posted on an Islamist website.