<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh has more than 1.12 lakh inmates in 71 prisons of the state which is almost 25 percent of the total prison population in the country.</span><br />''<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Yet there is not a single casualty of prisoners from coronavirus till date and less than 2 percent of jail inmates and staff are now infected with the virus.<br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In an Exclusive interview with AIR, Director General Prisons Anand Kumar informed that a unique system of buffer zone of temporary jails has been created to stop the spread of the disease.</span><br />''<br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, under the buffer system every new inmate is put into temporary jails and only after coming negative in 2 tests he gets entry in the regular jail, Director General Prisons Anand Kumar told Air that the system has been appreciated widely and other states are also thinking to follow it.<br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Anand Kumar said that growing phenomena of depression due to the pandemic is a new challenge and to cope up with it, many interactive activities have also started for jail inmates.<br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than 30 lakh masks were prepared by jail inmates in Uttar Pradesh which is also a record and jail inmates who have recovered from the disease are now going to donate their plasma to save the life of others. </span><br />''