{
  "id": 3335468,
  "title": "MP’s New Prison Law Stuck For Over 2 Years As Rules Await Approval; Sweeping Jail Reforms Remain On Hold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/mps-new-prison-law-stuck-for-over-2-years-as-rules-await-approval",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T19:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mps-new-prison-law-stuck-for-over-2-years-as-rules-await-approval-sweeping-jail-reforms-remain-on-hold"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A revolutionary piece of legislation, aimed at a root-and-branch transformation of the prison system of the state, has been hanging fire for more than two years. Madhya Pradesh Sudharatmak Sevayein Evam Bandigrah Adhiniyam, 2024, was passed by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in July 2024 and received the Governor's consent on August 6, 2024. The new Act seeks to change the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}