Protect prisoners from Covid-19
A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government authorities concerned to take necessary steps to protect 89,000 prisoners and the prison staff from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Advocate Shishir Manir submitted the petition as a public interest litigation to the High Court, requesting it to order authorities to take measures to maintain social distancing among prisoners and prison staff and other health guidelines.
He prayed to the High Court to direct the inspector general of prisons to submit a report to the court on the preparedness and steps taken in order to protect prisoners and staff across the country.
Some 23 prison guards and two inmates have tested positive for coronavirus, and a prisoner in Sylhet Central Prison has died, Manir said in the petition.
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