<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, as many as 11,000 prisoners, whose sentence period is less than seven years, will be released on parole. <br />''<br />''State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that there are some 60 prisons in the state, where this decision will be implemented. Deshmukh has asked for the release these pridoners on emergency parole or furlough to reduce overcrowding in prisons and reduce risk of the spread of Corona virus.</span><br />