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Press evaluation:
Background:

Jails in the east have turned into hell: Prisons chock-full of inmates; Summer takes a toll on jailbirds, by Somnath Bastola (ht 04/05/2012)

Need for ‘open prison’ stressed (ht 04/05/2012)

Panel for shifting Central Jail: Bidur Municipality appropriate site (ht 03/05/2012)

Prisoners sans health care, by Biplav Maharjan (kp 22/04/2012)

Prisoners go hungry as Jhapa jail fails to provide rice; telephone also not working (nn 19/04/2012)

All 74 prisons overcrowded (ht 04/04/2012)

Prison reforms: Panel suggests infrastructure expansion, by Pranab Kharel (kp 08/03/2012), Inmates suffer as crammed cells lack basic facilities, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/03/2012)

Tension runs high in Birgunj jail (ht 25/02/2012)

Gachhadar checks out security at Dilli Bazaar Prison: Meets convicted former ministers Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta,Chiranjivi Wagle inside jail (ht 24/02/2012)

Prison cloth mill barely afloat on lama orders, by Arjun Poudel (rep 14/02/2012)

Higher education eludes central jail inmates, by Arjun Poudel (rep 06/02/2012)

Panchthar jail inmates on hunger strike (ht 02/02/2012)

Central Jail school has 100 percent success rate, by Arjun Poudel (rep 14/01/2012)

40 inmates share a room for 5, by Raju Adhikari (rep 04/01/2012)

Prisons spread into tents, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 18/12/2011)

Winter takes toll on Damauli jail inmates: Space constraint, lack of facilities make life difficult (ht 16/12/2011)

Five inmates injured in prison brawl, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel and Chandni Hamal (rep 07/12/2011), Jailor, SP, others suspended over attack on inmates (rep 07/12/2011), Inmates attack Tarun Dal leader in Chitwan prison: NC youth wing’s district president in critical condition; Congress cries foul; cadres hit streets, vandalise vehicles, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 07/12/2011), Uproar in parliament; district police chief, jailor suspended (kp 07/12/2011), Jailbirds clash, five injured: Condition of two said to be critical; Govt begins probe (ht 07/12/2011), Six more suspended over Chitwan jail clash (nn 07/12/2011), Chitwan CDO suspended, by Chandni Hamal (rep 08/12/2011), Police probe jail attack; acting CDO suspended, by Narayan Sharma (kp 08/12/2011), Chitwan prison assault: Tarun Dal district president Poudel succumbs to injuries; NC cadres shut down Chitwan (nn 17/12/2011), Tarun Dal bandh ends at 4 pm (nn 17/12/2011), NC forms five-member committee to probe Tarun Dal Chitwan president's death (nn 17/12/2011)

Dozen inmates injured in brawl, by Chandni Hamal (rep 01/12/2011)

Nepalgunj jail overcrowded, by Dinesh Gautam (rep 12/10/2011)

Kavre district jail overcrowded (ht 09/10/2011)

Growing up behind bars: Pushpa Basnet has devoted her life to helping children who are in prison for their parents' crime (ht 09/09/2011)

SC against bar on conjugal rights of prison inmates (ht 06/09/2011)

Tanahun jail in viral fever grip, by Purna BK (kp 21/07/2011)

Govt bid to boost CA members dwell on peace process prison security: Moots ‘open jail’ plan (ht 17/07/2011)

Prisoners suffering from TB, HIV demand treatment facility inside jail (nn 14/07/2011)

Prisoners break Surkhet jail (ht 13/07/2011)

Reform prisons (rep 23/05/2011)

Inmates in trouble as Prison Hospital lacks fund, by Arjun Poudel (rep 22/05/2011)

Inmates on hunger strike in Lamjung (ht 13/05/2011)

Hell in a cell for jailbirds: Kailali prison bursting at its seams (ht 24/04/2011)

Allow jailed couples to live together, apex court orders (kp 12/04/2011), Ensure jailbirds’
conjugal right: SC
(ht 12/04/2011)

Security lapse resurfaces in central jail : Convict shows clean pair of heels (kp 29/03/2011), Police still in the dark about Pakistani convict’s whereabouts (ht 31/03/2011)

House committee directs govt to work out strategy to improve prison security (nn 14/03/2011)

Chakre in maximum security confinement: Panel to probe security lapses in jails (ht 25/02/2011)

Bajura, Bajhang prisons in need of repair (ht 20/02/2011)

Fat cat jailbirds rule the roost! Inmate held with Rs 2 million (kp 14/02/2011)

High risk of HIV infections in prisoners: Study (nn 13/02/2011)

Jail turns into battlefield (kp 21/01/2011), Inmates turn foes in Dilli Bazaar jail: Run riot in wee hours; Seven hurt, five critically (ht 21/01/2011), 11 Dilli Bazaar inmates moved to district jails (ht 22/01/2011)

Where good night’s sleep is a luxury: Inmates doing time in Sankhuwasabha jail facing problems galore (ht 29/11/2010)

Budget crunch hits jailbirds hard (kp 14/11/2010), Budget blues: Jailbirds bearing brunt of food crunch; Morang prison buying food on credit (ht 14/11/2010)

Sindhuli inmates spending sleepless nights (ht 13/11/2010)

Eastern regional prison facing cash crunch (ht 01/11/2010)

Cell phone jammers installed in prisons (ht 30/10/2010)

Dashain brings good news for 305 inmates (ht 07/10/2010)

Foreign factor in Nepali jails on rise: Drug traffickers alone constitute 50 percent, by Binod Ghimire and Nirjana Sharma (kp 03/10/2010)

Where prisoners are never on time (kp 26/09/2010)

Inmates pour out their woes (ht 04/09/2010)

Juvenile correction centre hits a snag (kp 30/08/2010)

Prisons bursting at seams (kp 21/08/2010)

Prisons to have cell phone jammers: To prevent inmates from executing crimes from jail (ht 19/08/2010)

Inmates taken ill en masse in Rajbiraj jail (ht 28/07/2010), 82 inmates of Saptari jail fall sick (nn 31/07/2010)

Mahottari jail on verge of collapse (ht 25/07/2010)

Prison bursts at seams (kp 22/07/2010)

Morang prison under viral influenza grip 253 inmates taken ill (ht 20/07/2010)

Jailhouse liaisons: Should prisoners be allowed to have sex or be forced to abstain as their punishment?, by Dhruba Nepal (kp 29/06/2010), A Honeymoon Suite For Jailbirds?, by Suniva Shrestha (rn 30/06/2010), Love behind bars: The desire to have a child in prison does not trump the child’s rights (kp 02/07/2010)

Prisoners overcrowded in Kapilvastu (rn 11/05/2010)

Inmates protest for drinking water (ht 15/04/2010)

Prison inmate shot dead while escaping (nn 09/04/2010)

Facing the Iron Gate behind bars (kp 28/03/2010)

Jail security for Nat'l TV chief upped (ht 08/03/2010)

Inmate transfer comes for a price (kp 07/03/2010)

Inmates clamour for right to talk to kin (kp 05/03/2010)

Unruly jailbirds to be transferred (ht 25/02/2010)

Jail turns into drug hub, inmates suffer, by Somnath Banstola (ht 24/02/2010)

Kapilvastu prison crowded (rn 28/01/2010)

Jailbirds face water shortage (ht 15/01/2010)

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