271 phone jammers, 2,800 CCTV cameras installed in Uttar Pradesh s 24 jails: Officials
During the Covid-19 pandemic, around 2.25 lakh inmates were tested and adequate care of 12,500 infected inmates was taken, he added.
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LUCKNOW: In a bid to stop prisoners from using mobile phones to further their criminal activities, the Uttar Pradesh government has installed 271 jammers in 24 jails of the state, an official said on Wednesday.
The state government has also installed over 2,800 CCTV cameras in those jails to keep an eye over jail inmates activities, UP s Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said in a statement.