It's safer in jail: 21 prisoners in UP don't want parole amid Covid pandemic

21 inmates in nine prisons of Uttar Pradesh have written to authorities saying they don't want parole as staying incarcerated is 'safer and healthier' for them during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Most people would do anything to get out of jail. But that's not the case with 21 inmates in nine prisons of Uttar Pradesh who have written to authorities saying they don't want parole as staying incarcerated is 'safer and healthier' for them during the Covid-19 pandemic. Parole is a temporary suspension of prison sentence. The inmates who have made such a request are lodged in nine jails of the state, including in Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Meerut, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur and Lucknow, Director General of Jail Administration Anand Kumar told PTI on Sunday. The reason is that if they get 90-day parole, then this will get added to the punishment term, he said.