Grave lapses in Kannur Central Jail escape confirmed by DIG report, highlighting failures in surveillance and staffing.

As of July 27, 2025, Kerala’s prisons are housing 10,054 inmates, well above the sanctioned capacity of 7,828.

Deputy prison officer of Kerala’s Kottarakkara special sub jail I Abdul Sathar was suspended pending inquiry over an ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: While the state government has launched a probe by a two-member special team to check security lapses in ...

KOLLAM: An official with the Kottarakkara Special Sub-Jail was suspended on Sunday for negative comments following the ...

Thiruvananthapuram: In a dramatic fallout of the recent jailbreak by rape-and-murder convict Govindachamy from Kannur Central ...

The Kerala Home Department suspended Deputy Prison Officer Abdul Sathar I, citing gross indiscipline due to his public ...

Thiruvananthapuram, The Kerala Home Department on Sunday suspended a senior prison officer citing gross indiscipline over some of his revelations in connection with a notorious convict, who escaped ...

Footage reveals the meticulous escape of Govindachamy from Kannur Jail, involving cutting cell bars and scaling walls. His ...

Around 9 am, locals came to know that a man without an arm was seen suspiciously on the road in Talap, Kannur, and called out ...

Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has ordered a comprehensive and independent inqu ...

Kerala’s prisons housed 10,271 inmates as of March 31, 2024, far exceeding the sanctioned capacity of around 8,000 and reflecting an overcrowding rate of approximately 128 per cent, which raises ...