NO +VE CASE AMONG 3,628 PRISONERS IN UT

JAMMU: There is no case of Covid-19 among the 3,628 prisoners lodged in 14 jails across Jammu and Kashmir, director general of prisons VK Singh said on Tuesday, attributing it to the prevention measures taken by officials.

He said currently, 150 new prisoners are undergoing mandatory 14-day quarantine within jail premises. None of them have tested positive for coronavirus, Singh said.

“We have no case of Covid-19 among prisoners as well as jail staff and we are hopeful there will be none in the future given the preventive measures taken by the department,” he told reporters at the Jammu District Jail.

Inmates are contacting their relatives through the prison inmate calling system under which two pre-verified numbers of each prisoner is loaded in the calling machine, he said. PTI