The Maharashtra jails after the third wave of COVID-19 have reported 291 positive cases of inmates. Apart from this, as many as 57 prison staff had tested positive for the coronavirus across the jails in the state. Sources from the prison department claim most of the inmates tested positive. Are the inmates who are newcomers sent in judicial custody by the court. Before entering the jail they went through a test and accordingly after being tested positive are quarantined at the temporary prison or at civic hospital in the district. As per the data provided by the prison department, the 291 pos…
