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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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ByMateen HafeezMateen Hafeez / Updated: May 3, 2021, 13:15 IST
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.
Apr 22, 2021, 14:01 PM IST
Mumbai: Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea and 39 other inmates of the Byculla prison here have tested positive for coronavirus and shifted to a quarantine centre.
These 40 inmates were found positive for coronavirus after they were subjected to Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), news agency PTI reported an official saying. Most of the 40 inmates are asymptomatic. They were shifted to the isolation centre of the prison at Patankar School in Byculla in Central Mumbai as a precautionary measure, he said.
The RAT was performed on Sunday as one of the women prisoners was found infected and shifted to the COVID centre at St George Hospital in South Mumbai, the official said.
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