India has recorded 4, 10, 000 active cases at present in India with a death toll of 4, 40, 533 since the outbreak of the pandemic. As per NCRB (2018), Indian prisons have a population of 4, 66, 084 prisoners and it has been confirmed that this contagious disease breeds and spreads in overcrowded space, which is not wellventilated, and which lacks proper sanitation. In such situation the overcrowded prisons of India are also being vulnerable for both prisoners and prison staf

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