Lucknow: Jail inmates in Uttar Pradesh can now meet their family members after a gap of almost six months when meetings were prohibited on account of the second wave of the pandemic. The visitors are required to come with a recent negative RT-PCR test report for Covid-19. About 300 visitors met inmates in various Uttar Pradesh jails on Monday. The state prison department has permitted the meeting from Monday across the state.

As per a statement issued by the prison department, more than 600 people reached various jails on Monday in order to meet their relatives or family members lodged in jails. However, only those having negative RT-PCR Covid-19 report, tested within 72 hours, were allowed to meet the inmates. The others were permitted to use the intercom to interact with their family members from behind bars.

The maximum number of visitors was reported from the Lucknow jail where close to 80 people were allowed to meet inmates followed by Mainpuri, Moradabad and Agra where 50, 40 and 28 visitors met inmates respectively. The prison department has made arrangements for proper sanitization of the visitor's meeting area. s per the prison department directive, only two visitors are allowed to meet the inmate at a time. The department has also fixed the visiting hours till 2 p.m. on weekdays. According to officials, of the total 14 lakh inmates in the jails, nearly 92,000 inmates have been vaccinated. Of these, near;u 20,000 inmates have been given both the doses of the vaccines.

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