The Byculla Women’s prison and Arthur Road jail on Friday completed the first dose of vaccination to all 3,500 prisoners lodged in the two Mumbai jails
MUMBAI: The Byculla Women’s prison and Arthur Road jail on Friday completed the first dose of vaccination to all 3,500 prisoners lodged in the two Mumbai jails.
As many as 250 women inmates were vaccinated in the third round on Friday. The vaccination special camp was organised in a joint venture by the state prison department and Project Mumbai, a city-based NGO.
“Besides vaccinating 250 women inmates of the Byculla Women’s prison on Friday, 20 jail staffers and 75 male inmates (from Byculla men’s prison and some from the Arthur Road jail) were also vaccinated. The women who got vaccination included three foreign nationals as well,” said Shishir Joshi, CEO and founder of Project Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: Security has been beefed up at all the 22 temporary prisons (and five Covid centres for prisoners) in the state after three prisoners, who were arrested for theft and assault, attempted to cut window grill and flee from a temporary prison in Byculla where they were being treated for Covid.
The jail administration has stopped admitting new inmates directly into the jail because of the surge in Covid cases during this second wave. When an accused is sent by the court to jail, he/she is first taken to a temporary prison and tested. Once the result is negative, the prisoner is sent to regular jail. However, if a prisoner tests positive, he/she is treated at the temporary prison before being shifted to regular jail.
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Mumbai: Security has been beefed up at all the
22 temporary prisons (and five Covid centres for prisoners) in the state after three prisoners, who were arrested for theft and assault, attempted to cut window grill and flee from a temporary
prison in Byculla where they were being treated for Covid.
The jail administration has stopped admitting
new inmates directly into the jail because of the surge in Covid cases during this second wave. When an accused is sent by the court to jail, he/she is first taken to a temporary prison and tested. Once the result is negative, the prisoner is sent to a regular jail. However, if a prisoner tests positive, he/she is treated at the temporary prison before being shifted to a regular jail.
Byculla: Plan of inmates trying to escape from quarantine center fails; three held
The three inmates were counseled about the threat the jail authorities are taking after they are tested positive
Inmate at the quarantine centre in Byculla alerted the police staff with a letter informing about the plan of three inmates to flee. The jail authorities have registered a case against the three inmates at Byculla police station and shifted them to a high security room in the quarantine centre. The three inmates were counseled about the threat the jail authorities are taking after they are tested positive.
Around 38 inmates from Arthur Road i.e Mumbai Central jail along with 39 women inmates from Byculla jail were kept at ES Patanwala Urdu School at Byculla, a temporary COVID care and quarantine centre, that has been created to accommodate inmates from the Mumbai womenâs prison and Arthur Road prison. All the inmates tested positive were kept inside the quarantine centre for treatm