In the Mangaluru District Prison, the new facility has so far been used 104 times The e-mulakat facility wherein prison inmates are allowed to speak with visitors through video call has generated good response in prisons in Mangaluru, Bengaluru and Mysuru, while it is yet to catch up in prisons in Kalaburagi, Shivamogga, Belagavi and Vijayapura districts. Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Department introduced e-mulakat in prisons across the State on December 2, 2020. This facility is among other services available through the e-prisons project adopted by the department in nine Central Prisons, 21 district prisons, 27 sub jails, the open air jail in Koramangala [Bengaluru] and the special sub jail in KGF.