Covid spreads in Sindh’s jails
Prisons limit inmates' family visits to once in 10 days as cases quadruple
As the pandemic surges across the country, the number of active coronavirus cases in Sindh's prisons has risen from 31 to 112 in a span of 10 days. Given the rise in cases, jail administrations in the province have decided to restrict family visits for inmates to once in 10 days.
Earlier, prisoners were allowed to meet their families twice a week.
The new round of Covid-19 screening among inmates was initiated on the directives of Sindh Prisons IG Qazi Nazeer Ahmed. Despite strict implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of the virus, several more positive cases were detected across the provincial jails.