Inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison pass the time reading books. (Bangkok Post file photo) A total of 2,835 inmates at two main prisons in Bangkok - the Bangkok Remand Prison and Central Women's Correctional Institution - have been found to be infected with Covid-19, Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan said on Wednesday. Mr Aryut revealed the figures after democracy activist Panusya Sithijirawattanakul posted on her Facebook page after being released on bail that she was infected with the virus during her stay in detention. Ms Panusya was released on May 6 after being detained for 59 days at the Central Women's Correctional Institution.