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PUNE: The state prisons department on Saturday suspended superintendent of Alibaug district jail Ambadas Patil after he was indicted in a departmental inquiry for allowing Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami to use his cell phone on the night of November 5, 2020.
Additional director-general (prisons) Sunil Ramanand told TOI, “An inquiry by Arthur Road central jail superintendent revealed that Patil unlawfully gave his phone to Goswami when he was at the makeshift quarantine centre at Alibaug civic school for communication with an outsider.”
Ramanand said, “The inquiry officer relied on the statement of a jail guard, who had seen Patil handing over his phone to Goswami, for communicating with an outsider for more than two minutes. Patil’s call data records and personal details of the caller show that a call was made from his phone late that night.”
Maharashtra launches jail tourism initiative from Pune s Yerawada jail ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 21:23 IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 26 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday launched a jail tourism initiative of the state government from Pune s Yerawada prison, in a move to help students learn about historical experiences.
The initiative was launched via an online event. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other top officials were physically present at the Yerawada jail.
During the launch event, Uddhav Thackeray spoke about several freedom fighters who spent a jail term in the Yerwada jail in Pune.
He also remembered the day when he used to visit the jail with his mother when his father late Balasaheb Thackeray was imprisoned here.
‘Five acres not enough’ Home department
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Dec 27, 2020, 06:00 IST
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Home department needs an additional five acres for jail coming up in Mankhurd; it will replace the one at Arthur Road.
The five-acre plot allotted for a new jail at Turbhe Mandale is not large enough to house 5,000 prisoners, the home department has said. It wants an additional five acres.
Additional Director General of Police (Jails) Sunil Ramanand, who heads the jails department, said, “When we drew up our plans, we realised that the five-acre space is limited and we need five more acres so that we can build a large jail for undertrials keeping in mind the crime rate in Mumbai. We want to construct a jail for 5,000 inmates. There is enough land at Turbhe Mandale, and the government is considering our demand.’’
Post unlockdown: Prison population increases to 31,000 in Maharashtra
While at one point during the lockdown, the inmate population had reduced to nearly 24,000 a little over its official capacity of 23,217 nearly half of the state’s prisons are overcrowded again, some housing inmates more than double their capacities. December 16, 2020 12:24:41 am
New arrests due to increase in crimes and denial of bail citing the unlockdown are factors leading to congestion in jails, even as the danger of the pandemic still looms. (Representational)
Even as apprehensions of a second wave of Covid-19 remain, prisons in the state have become congested again with the current population nearing 31,000. While at one point during the lockdown, the inmate population had reduced to nearly 24,000 a little over its official capacity of 23,217 nearly half of the state’s prisons are overcrowded again, some housing inmates more than double their capacities.