Hindustan Times via Getty Images Arthur Road Jail. As many as 77 inmates and 26 staff members from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai have tested positive for the highly infectious disease, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday. Deshmukh also said that there are about 2,800 inmates in the Arthur Road jail, but The Indian Express pointed out that the capacity of the jail is about 800. Even before the Supreme Court order in March about decongesting prisons, the Arthur Road jail administration had written to a local court about the matter. Out of the 5,105 inmates, 582 were released from Arthur Road jail.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2020 14:26 UTC