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Uttar Pradesh jails witnessed 419 inmate deaths in 2025, with overcrowding cited as a major concern. Recent incidents, including alleged torture and illness-related fatalities, have drawn attention. Student activist Vineet Chaprana highlighted negligence and lack of medical care as probable causes, noting overcrowded facilities in several districts and vowing to approach the Human Rights Commission.

Jail inmates across Uttar Pradesh have achieved outstanding results in the UP Board 2026 examinations. Class X saw a 98.53% pass rate with many districts reporting perfect scores. The Class XII exams also showed strong performance with an 84.44% pass rate.

In a bid to enable a turnaround for people serving jail time, especially those detained on charges of automobile theft, the mathura jail administration has roped in an NGO to train these undertrials in automobile repair to support their long-term rehabilitation and integration, officials said on Tuesday.

A 38-year-old man was shot dead in an Aligarh hospital by a PAC jawan and an accomplice, allegedly over a five-year-long love affair. The victim, Vedpal Singh, had reportedly tried to disrupt the woman's arranged marriage, leading to threats and his eventual death. The woman's father, a UP Police constable, has been arrested.

At least 32 inmates of mathura jail, including Popular Front of India’s student wing national general secretary Rauf Sharif, were on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19.

A 26-year-old undertrial Nigerian lodged in mathura jail for the last one year died during treatment at the district hospital on Wednesday morning.

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan was admitted to the isolation ward of Mathura district jail hospital on Friday, five days after he was tested positive for Covid-19 -- second time in a month. He was also discharged from AIIMS, Delhi and brought back to the prison on Friday night. Kappan has been lodged in mathura jail since October 5 last year over charges of sedition and UAPA. He was shifted to AIIMS on April 30 for “better treatment” on the direction of the Supreme Court on April 28.

A 25-year-old HIV+ undertrial prisoner, who was lodged in mathura jail six months ago in a case of attempt to murder, died on Friday morning.

A 56-year-old undertrial, Hari Singh, lodged at mathura jail hanged himself on Monday. Singh, a resident of Baldev area in Mathura, was in jail since May 23 last year under the Dowry Act. His wife and son are also lodged in the same jail, the authorities said.

Mathura prison authorities organized a cricket tournament called Jail Premier League, inspired by the IPL, to improve inmates' well-being. Eight teams from different barracks competed in league matches and semi-finals. The Knight Riders won the final against the Capitals. Kaushal received Player of the Match and Series awards, while Pankaj and Bhura earned the purple and orange caps, respectively

Journalist Siddique Kappan, who is lodged in UP’s mathura jail since October last year, tested positive for Covid-19 and collapsed in the bathroom of his cell. He was taken to a private hospital in the city on Wednesday. On Thursday, Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) approached the Supreme Court for urgent hearing of his bail application along with a request to move the Delhi-based journalist to AIIMS or Safdarjung hospital in Delhi.

Agra IG Sunil Gupta ordered the suspension of 10 policemen, including an inspector, who failed to save the prisoner injured in gang-war inside the mathura jail

mathura jail is all set to start production of polythene based Improvised Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kit, developed by IIT Kanpur researchers, for use of their staff and sanitation workers at the forefront of corona battle.

mathura jail inmates have been on a hunger strike for the past 48 hours to protest against the alleged preferential treatment extended to Rajesh Sharma alias Taunta by the prison staff. Taunta has been accused of murdering former DSP’s son Brijesh Mavi.

Two inmates suffered injuries after being reportedly attacked by another inmate with a knife in the Mathura district jail on Tuesday. A FIR has been registered against the accused inmate on charges of attempt to murder.

Journalist Siddique Kappan remained incarcerated in Mathura prison on Thursday, over 24 hours after the Supreme Court directed the Uttar Pradesh government to shift him to a Delhi hospital for treatment “at the earliest”.

Journalist Siddique Kappan, who is lodged in UP’s mathura jail since October last year, tested positive for Covid-19 and collapsed in the bathroom of his cell.

The Uttar Pradesh police on late Thursday night slapped the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Gorakhpur paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan, hours before he was expected to walk free from the mathura jail, four days after he was granted bail by Aligarh’s chief judicial magistrate.

A 26-year-old undertrial Nigerian, lodged in mathura jail for the past one year, died on Wednesday morning, during treatment at the district hospital.

Four officials, including head warder of the Mathura district jail in Uttar Pradesh, were suspended after three undertrial prisoners aged between 18 and 21 years jumped over the prison wall and escaped on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday