MUMBAI : The Maharashtra government, on Tuesday, decided to release almost 50% of the people lodged in various jails in the state to stem transmission of covid-19 virus among jail inmates.
Anil Deshmukh, Maharashtra home minister said on Tuesday that among all the jails in Maharashtra, Arthur Road jail in Byculla, Mumbai, has recorded at least 185 positive cases, which includes jail officers.
They are undergoing medical treatment, said Deshmukh. “But to ensure that such kind of spreading of covid-19 pandemic does not occur in any jail, the government of Maharashtra has decided today that out of the 35,000 people inside various jails in the state, around 17,000 will be released on a temporary parole.