Prisoners to be held in police cells to deal with overcrowding / Prisoners to earn their freedom with new 'carrot and stick' approach / Early release of hundreds of prisoners begins / Several states barring nonprofit network from sending free books to prisoners / Prisoners being sent back to jail 'because it's the easiest thing to do' / Prisoners on planes: Thousands of inmates flown commercially and privately in past five years / Prisoners should be allowed to enjoy daylight: Justice Musarrat Hilali / Relief to undertrial prisoners: Centre writes to states to enact Section 479 of BNSS / HC raises concern over terminally ill prisoners in state / Russia, US maintain interaction on prisoner swaps