The jail had only 19 cases of prisoners infected with coronavirus and no jail staff was affected by the deadly disease. Prison officers said the coronavirus infection has spread swiftly as the administration was trying to create isolation spaces inside the country’s most populated prison complex. Currently, the jail has over 20,000 prisoners, double its capacity of a little over 10,000.

 

A prison officer who did not wish to be named said, “Three prisoners were critical and had to be admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital; 32 prisoners have been admitted as a precautionary measure at two different hospitals; 17 others are in self isolation in the jail. The seven jail employees are isolating outside.”