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Proposal to Maha govt seeks additional barracks in Pune's Yerawada jail
Updated On: 12 January, 2023 12:24 PM IST | Pune | PTI
As of November 2022, the Yerawada jail had 6,854 inmates against its capacity of 2,449, according to the prisons department data.
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Maharashtra Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) Amitabh Gupta has said a proposal has been sent to the state government to set up additional barracks in Pune`s Yerawada Central Jail to tackle the issue of overcrowding in the facility, which has inmates nearly three times of its capacity.
As of November 2022, the Yerawada jail had 6,854 inmates against its capacity of 2,449, according to the prisons department data.
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