Advocate Shishir Monir filed the writ petition with the virtual bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan.
Monir said they sought implementation of the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure health safety of jail inmates.
According to recent media reports, country’s 68 prisons are holding a total of 85,000 prisoners against their capacity for 41,244 , Shishir said.
Maintaining social distancing is impossible in such situation, he added.
Secretaries toHome Ministry, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, Inspector General of Police and IG of Prisons were made respondents to the writ.
Advocate Shishir sent them a legal notice in this regard earlier on May 14 and filed the writ after getting no response.
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