Prison officials in Padang City, Indonesia have organised a programme where inmates in local prisons can video call their relatives in order a curb the spread of COVID-19.

Footage shows one relative talk through video chat to a prisoner through a laptop.

The Head of the Guidance Division for class II-A inmates in Padang said: "This is done for the sake of the inmates' human rights to meet their families."

He explained that the laptop is set up in the prison office and visitors are limited to 15-minute slots with their loved ones who are behind bars.

In order to break the chain of the spread of covid-19, prison officials in Padang City, Indonesia provide online services for the families of prisoners who want to visit their families who are currently serving prison sentences.

bayu, the head of the guidance division for class II-A prison inmates in Padang, said that "this is done for the sake of the inmates' human rights to meet their families, they can still be obtained, the officers prepare a laptop in front of the prison office and a laptop in the prison which is welcomed by the internet and video calls. using via whatshap ".

bayu added that "the length of interaction between the family and the prisoners is limited to 15 minutes".