Prisons on alert with rising COVID-19 cases, mulaqat stopped The prisoners who tested positive in Rajahmundry and Kurnool prisons were admitted to government hospitals and treated separately. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: With 30 prisoners at Rajahmundry Central Prison, and another seven at Kurnool district jail testing positive for Covid-19 over the past week, Prisons and Correctional Services director general (DG) Mohammad Ahsan Reza on Wednesday sounded an alert, and instructed all jail superintendents and officials to strictly implement safety protocols. DG Reza said mulaqat of the inmates with their family members has been stopped in the wake of two recent incidents when a large number of inmates got infected with coronavirus. The prisoners are allowed to talk to their family members over phone three times a week.