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Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic
Loaded on May 1, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
COVID-19,
Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
Location:
Maharashtra.
by Jo Ellen Nott
Nagpur, an educational and cultural center of nearly three million located at the geographical center of India, made judicial headlines on March 16, 2022, when the local bench of the Bombay High Court held Superintendent of Central Prison Nagpur Anupkumar M. Kumre guilty of …
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