With an aim to help the inmates transform their lives by overcoming addiction, Amritsar Central Jail has undertaken activities like Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) and skill development

Three undertrial prisoners escaped from the high-security Amritsar Central Jail by scaling the boundary walls, prompting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to order a review and revamp of prison security across the state.

A 64-year-old Pakistani woman, who served her 10-year prison term in Amritsar Central Jail for drug trafficking, returned to Pakistan yesterday via the Attari-Wagah border.

Narcotics, used syringes and mobile phones were seized by police during raids carried out at central jails in Gurdaspur and Amritsar today.

The 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was today shifted to Amritsar Central Jail from Delhi's Tihar Jail after being brought by road from the national capital amidst tight police security.

Twelve mobile phones and several intoxicants were seized from prisoners today during day-long searches in Amritsar Central Jail.       A team comprising five Magistrates, ten senior police officers, including DCP Amar Singh Chahal, and 400 policemen conducted the searches.       The raid w...