Imprisoned and Unsafe: Prisoners and the Pandemic.
Mumbai City,
Maharashtra,
India
Publisher
People’s Union of Civil Liberties
2020
English
194p.
Abstract
On 11th August, 2020 the Times of India reported that on 9th August 8 prison staff in Taloja prison, Navi Mumbai had tested positive. As of 1st August, 19 prisons in the state reported 1029 Covid-19 cases, which included 769 inmates and 260 jail staff. The news about spread of Covid-19 in the country’s prisons is not surprising.