Psi 2019 27 08 2020

Prison Statistics India
2019
National Crime Records Bureau

(Ministry of Home Affairs)
Government of India
National Highway – 8, Mahipalpur,
New Delhi - 110 037.
Published By :
National Crime Records Bureau

(Ministry of Home Affairs)
Government of India
National Highway – 8, Mahipalpur,
New Delhi - 110 037.
Phone : 011-26782253
Email : prison@ncrb.nic.in
Website : http://ncrb.gov.in

CONTENTS
Chapter
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CONTENTS i-v
DISCLAIMER & LIMITATIONS vi
METHODOLOGY vii-viii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix-xxiv
Chapter-1 Prisons – Types and Occupancy 1 – 18
1.1 Types of Jails in the Country 19
1.2 Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails 20
1.3 Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate 21-23
1.4 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails 24
1.5 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails 25
1.6 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails 26
1.7 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails 27
1.8 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools 28
1.9 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails 29
1.10 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails 30
1.11 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails 31
Chapter-2 Prisoners – Types and Demography 33 – 44
2.1 Types of Prison Inmates 45-46
2.2 Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates 47
2.3 Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails (Sex-wise) 48-49
2.4 Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails (Sex-wise) 50-51
2.5 Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails (Sex-wise) 52-53
2.6 Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails 54
2.7 Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools (Sex-wise) 55-56
2.8 Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails (Sex-wise) 57-58
2.9 Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails (Sex-wise) 59-60
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2.10A Education Profile of Convicts 61
2.10B Domicile of Convicts 62
2.10C Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019 63
2.10D Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019 64
2.11A Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners 65
2.11B Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners 66
2.11C Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 67
2.11D Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 68
2.12A Education Profile of Detenues 69
2.12B Domicile of Detenues 70
2.12C Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019 71
2.12D Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019 72
2.13A Education Profile of Other Prisoners 73
2.13B Domicile of Other Prisoners 74
2.13C Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 75
2.13D Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 76
2.14 Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts 77
2.15 Age-group wise Percentage Share of Undertrials to Total Undertrials 78
2.16 Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails 79
2.17 Number of Women Prisoners with Children 80
2.18 Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group 81
2.19 Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age Group 81
2.20 Inmates admitted during the year 82
Chapter-3 Indian Prisoners 83 – 89
3.1 Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) 90-91
3.2 Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 92-93
3.3 Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 94-95

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3.4 Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 96-97
3.5 Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 98-99
Chapter-4 Foreign Prisoners 101 – 108
4.1 Foreign Inmates 109
4.2 Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails 110-111
4.3 Foreign Convicts by Nationality 112-114
4.4 Foreign Undertrials by Nationality 115-117
Chapter-5 Prisoners - Offence wise 119 – 130
5.1 Convicts by Type of Offences under IPC 131-134
5.2 Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws 135-138
5.3 Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under IPC 139-142
5.4 Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws 143-146
5.5 Incidence of Recidivism 147
Chapter-6 Prisoners - Sentences and Incarceration 149 – 153
6.1A Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence 154-155
6.1B Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence 156-157
6.2 Details of Death Sentence 158

Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine
6.3 159-160
Amount after Completion of their Sentence
6.4 Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement 161-162
6.5 Percentage of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement 163
Chapter-7 Prisoners - Releases, Transfers and Movements 165 – 169
7.1 Convicts Released 170
7.2 Persons Released on Parole, Parole Absconders / Arrests 171
7.3 Undertrials Released / Transferred 172
7.4 Status of Undertrial Inmates under Section 436A of Cr.P.C. 173
7.5 Detenues Released 174
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7.6 Movement of inmates outside the jail premises 175
7.7 Types of Inmates Suffering from Mental Illness 176
Chapter-8 Deaths and Illness in Prisons 177 – 182
8.1 Deaths of inmates in Prisons 183
8.2 Natural Deaths 184
8.3 Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) 185-186
8.4 Un-natural Deaths of prisoners 187
8.5 Mode of Suicide by Prison Inmates 188
8.6 Mode of Murder of Prisoners by Inmates in Jails 189
8.7 Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails 190
Chapter-9 Jail Breaks, Escapes & Firing in Prisons 191 – 193
9.1 Details of Escapees 194
9.2 Incidence of Jail breaks, Group clashes and Firing in jail 195
9.3 Incidence of deaths and injuries in clashes in jails 196
Chapter-10 Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners 197 – 222
10.1 Details of Educational facilities for prisoners 223
10.2 Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings Under Vocational Course 224
10.3 Value of Goods Produced by Inmates 225
10.4 Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners 226
10.5 NGOs working for the Welfare of Prisoners 227
10.6 Number of complaints received by NHRC & SHRC and their disposals 228
Chapter-11 Prisons Staff – Strength and Training 229 – 233
11.1 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff 234
11.2 Number of Inmates Per Staff 235
11.3 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff 236-243
11.4 Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff 244-245
Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher/Specialised/Re-orientation

11.5 246
Courses)
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Chapter-12 Prison - Budget and Infrastructure 247 – 253
Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2017-18, 2018-19 &
12.1 254
2019-20 and Percentage Variation in 2019-20 over 2018-19
Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year

12.2 255
2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20
12.3 Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2019-2020 256
12.4 Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2019-2020 257
12.5 State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed 258
12.6 Number of Jails Renovated/Expanded 259
12.7 Details of Quarters Available to Prison Officials 260
12.8 Details of Vehicles Available in Jails 261
12.9 Details of Electronic Equipments Used in Prisons 262
12.10 Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility 263-264
Glossary
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DISCLAIMER
The information published in this report has been

obtained from all States/UTs Prison Headquarters.
NCRB has only compiled and collated the data and
presented it in the form of this report. NCRB shall
not be responsible for authenticity of information.
Any discrepancy observed in this report, however,
may be brought to the notice of the Bureau.
LIMITATIONS
Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for

the year 2018 & 2019, data furnished for 2017 has
been used to arrive at national level figures.
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Methodology

Methodology for Data Collection & Publication
A. Data Collection and Compilation Process
I. Data for the publication refers to the calendar year i.e. 1st January to
31st December 2019.
II. The data collection process including clarifications from States/UTs Prison
Department was started in January, 2020 and continued till 10th July, 2020.
A.1 Action by States/UTs Prisons Department

I. The annual States/UTs data for “Prison Statistics India” is furnished by the
Prison Department of all 36 States/UTs as per the NCRB prescribed
proformae through an Application developed by NCRB.
II. A training is conducted every year for the functional officials / dealing hands
of all States/UTs Prison Departments to explain various issues of data
reporting/data quality including entry of data in input tables.
III. The consolidation of State level data is done by Prison Department of the
concerned State/UT and the consolidated data is shared with NCRB.
IV. First level data validation is done at the Prison(s) level during the data
capturing process itself through the validation checks provided in the NCRB
software Application. However, this is done where prison is equipped with
computers and related infrastructure.
V. Second level data validation is done at the time of consolidation by the
State/UT Prison Department through the NCRB’s Application.
VI. Data received at NCRB are scrutinized for any discrepancy. If any
discrepancy noticed, the same is communicated to the respective State/UT
for clarification, verification and rectification.
VII. Amendments received, if any, in the data are incorporated in the database
by NCRB.
A. 2 Compilation at NCRB
I. After receiving the final data from all States/UTs, all India data is generated
by NCRB.
II. The national level tables for the “Prison Statistics India” are generated
through the Application software and cross checked for data discrepancies,
if any.
III. Other than the tables published in the report, some additional tables are
prepared and made available on NCRB website. Details of these additional
tables are given in Para-B.
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B. List of Additional Tables of Prison Statistics India-2019 on NCRB Portal
No. Table Name

1. State/UT-wise Number of Jails (2017-2019)*
2. Capacity, Inmate Population & Occupancy Rate of Jails (2017-2019)*
3. State/UT-wise Types of Prison Inmates (2017-2019)*
State/UT-wise Distribution of Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on
4.
31st December 2019
State/UT-wise Distribution of Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on
5.
31st December 2019
6. Number of Women Prisoners with Children Admitted during 2019
7. State/UT-wise Types of Indian National Prisoners (2017-2019)*
8. State/UT-wise Types of Foreign National Prisoners (2017-2019)*
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Convicts to Total Foreigners
9.
Convicted by Age-groups as on 31st December 2019
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreigner Under trials in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as
10.
on 31st December 2019
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Under trials to Total Foreigners
11.
Under trials by Age-groups as on 31st December 2019
Distribution of Foreigner Detenues in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as on
12.
31st December 2019
Age-group wise Percentage of Foreign Detenues to Total Foreign Detenues as on 31st
13.
December 2019
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreign Others in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as on
14.
31st December 2019
15. State/UT-wise Convicts Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2017-2019)*
16. State/UT-wise Undertrials Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2017-2019)*
State/UT-wise Convicts Confined for Capital Punishment & Life Imprisonment (2017-
17.
2019)*
18. State/UT-wise Convicts and Undertrials Released during 2017-2019
19. State/UT-wise Deaths of Prisoners during 2017-2019
20. State/UT-wise Jail Breaks, Clashes and Firing in Jail reported during 2017-2019
State/UT-wise Complaints Received from National Human Rights Commission
21. (NHRC) & State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and their disposal during 2017-
2019
22. State/UT-wise Strength of Prison Officials (2017-2019)*
23. State/UT-wise No. of Jail Inspections by Different Visitors during 2019
24. Jail Details as on 31st December 2019
25. Crime Committed by Prison Staff against Prisoners during the year 2019
st
* Figures as on 31 December of the respective year
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Executive
Summary

Prison Statistics India–2019
Executive Summary
Prisons – Types & Occupancy

No. of Actual Capacity No. of Prisoners at Occupancy Rate at
Year
Prisons of Prisons the end of the year the end of the year
2017 1,361 3,91,574 4,50,696 115.1%
2018# 1,339 3,96,223 4,66,084 117.6%
2019# 1,350 4,03,739 4,78,600 118.5%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018 & 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been
used.
Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
1. The total number of prisons at national level has increased from 1,339 in 2018
to 1,350 in 2019, having increased by 0.82%.
2. The 1,350 prisons in the country consist of 617 Sub Jails, 410 District Jails,
144 Central Jails, 86 Open Jails, 41 Special Jails, 31 Women Jails, 19 Borstal
School and 2 Other than the above Jails.
3. The highest number of jails was reported in Rajasthan (144) followed by Tamil
Nadu (141), Madhya Pradesh (131), Andhra Pradesh (106), Karnataka (104)
and Odisha (91). These Six (6) States together cover 53.11 % of total jails in
the country as on 31st December, 2019.
4. Delhi has reported the highest number of Central jails (14) in the country.
States/UTs like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, A & N Island, D & N Haveli,
Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep have no central Jail as on 31st December,
2019.
5. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of District jails (62).
States/UTs like Goa, Chandigarh, D & N Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi,
Lakshadweep and Puducherry have no District Jail as on 31st December,
2019.
6. Tamil Nadu has reported highest number of Sub-jails (96). States/UTs like
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Chandigarh and Delhi have no sub-jail in their States/UTs, as on
31st December, 2019.
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7. Only 15 States/UTs were having Women Jails (31 Women Jails) with a total
capacity of 6,511 in India. These States/UTs (number of Jails, Inmates
Capacity) are – Rajasthan (7) (1048), Tamil Nadu (5) (2018), Kerala (3) (232),
Andhra Pradesh (2) (280), Bihar (2) (152), Gujarat (2) (410), Delhi (2) (648),
Karnataka(1) (100), Maharashtra(1) (262), Mizoram (1) (90), Odisha(1) (55),
Punjab(1) (320), Telangana(1) (250), Uttar Pradesh(1) (420) and West
Bengal(1) (226) and The rest of 21 States/ UTs have no separate Women Jail
as on 31st December, 2019.
8. The actual capacity of prisons has increased from 3,96,223 in 2018 to
4,03,739 in 2019 (as on 31st December of each year), having increased by
1.90%. Number of prisoners lodged in various jails has increased from
4,66,084 in 2018 to 4,78,600 in 2019 (as on 31st December of each year),
having increased by 2.69% during the period.
9. Out of the total capacity 4,03,739 in 1,350 prisons in 2019, the Central Jails of
the country were having the highest capacity of inmates (1,77,618) followed
by the District Jails (capacity of 1,58,986 inmates) and the Sub Jails (capacity
of 45,071 inmates). Among the other types of jails, Special Jails, Open Jails
and Women Jails were having a capacity of 7,262, 6,113 and 6,511 inmates
respectively as on 31st December, 2019. The highest number of inmates
were lodged in Central Jails (2,20,021) followed by District Jails (2,06,217)
and Sub Jails (38,030) as on 31st December, 2019. The number of inmates in
Women Jails were 3,652.
10. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest capacity in their jails (capacity of
60,340 inmates in 72 jails contributing 14.95% of total capacity) followed by
Bihar (capacity of 42,222 inmates in 59 Jails contributing 10.46% of total
capacity) and Madhya Pradesh (capacity of 28,718 inmates in 131 jails
contributing 7.1% of total capacity).
11. Out of the 4,78,600 prisoners, 4,58,687 were male prisoners and 19,913 were
female prisoners.
12. The occupancy rate has increased from 117.6% in 2018 to 118.5% in 2019
(as on 31st December of each year).
13. The highest occupancy rate was in District Jails (129.7%) followed by Central
Jails (123.9%) and Sub Jails (84.4%). The occupancy rate in Women Jails
was 56.1% as on 31st December, 2019.
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14. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of prisoners (1,01,297) in its
jails contributing 21.2% followed by Madhya Pradesh (44,603), Bihar (39,814),
Maharashtra (36,798), Punjab (24,174) and West Bengal (23,092) as on 31st
December, 2019. These States together are contributing around 56.4% of
total prisoners in the country.
15. Delhi has reported the highest occupancy rate (174.9%) followed by Uttar
Pradesh (167.9%) and Uttarakhand (159.0%) as on 31st December, 2019.
16. The capacity in 31 Women Jails was 6,511 with the actual number of women
prisoners in these Women Jails was 3,652 (Occupancy Rate: 56.1%).The
capacity of Women Inmates in other types of Jail (i.e. except Women Jails)
was 21,192 with the actual number of women inmates in these jails was
16,261 (Occupancy Rate: 76.7%) as on 31st December, 2019.
17. Uttarakhand has reported the highest female occupancy rate (170.1%)
followed by Chhattisgarh (136.1%) and Uttar Pradesh (127.3%). However, the
highest number of female inmates were confined in the Jails of Uttar Pradesh
(4,174) followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,758) and Maharashtra (1,569).
Prisoners – Types & Demography

No. of No. of Undertrial No of No. of Other Total No. of
Year
Convicts* Prisoners* Detenues* Inmates* Prisoners*
2017 1,39,149 3,08,718 2,136 693 4,50,696
2018# 1,39,488 3,23,537 2,384 675 4,66,084
2019# 1,44,125 3,30,487 3,223 765 4,78,600
used.
* Figures are as on 31st December of each year
1. During the year 2019, a total of 18,86,092 inmates were admitted in various
jails of the country.
2. A total of (4,78,600) prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 were confined in
various jails across the country. The number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
and Detenues were reported as 1,44,125, 3,30,487 and 3,223 respectively
accounting for 30.11%, 69.05% and 0.67% respectively at the end of 2019.
Other prisoners accounted for 0.2% (765 prisoners) of total prisoners.
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3. Convicted Prisoners
a. The number of convicted prisoners has increased from 1,39,488 in
2018 to 1,44,125 in 2019 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 3.32% during the period.
b. Out of total 1,44,125 convicts, the highest number of convicted
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails (66.2%, 95,470 convicts)
followed by District Jails (27.0%, 38,846 convicts) and Open Jails
(3.0%, 4,288 convicts) as on 31st December,2019.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the maximum number of convicts (19.2%,
27,612 convicts) in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (14.1%,
20,253 convicts) and Maharashtra (6.3%, 9,096 convicts) at the end of
2019.
d. Among the 1,44,125 convicts, 325 were civil convicts.
4. Undertrial Prisoners
a. The number of undertrial prisoners has increased from 3,23,537 in
2018 to 3,30,487 in 2019 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 2.15% during this period.
b. Among the 3,30,487 undertrial prisoners, the highest number of
undertrial prisoners was lodged in District Jails(50.5%, 1,66,917
undertrials) followed by Central Jails(36.7%, 1,21,342 undertrials) and
Sub Jails(10.6%, 35,059 undertrials) as on 31st December, 2019.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the maximum number of undertrials
(22.2%, 73,418 undertrials) in the country followed by Bihar (9.5%,
31,275 undertrials) and Maharashtra (8.3%, 27,557 undertrials) at the
end of 2019.
d. Among the 3,30,487 undertrial prisoners, only 91 were civil inmates.
5. Detenues
a. The number of detenues has increased from 2,384 in 2018 to 3,223 in
2019 (as on 31st December of each year), having increased by 35.19%
during this period.
b. Among the 3,223 detenues, the highest number of detenues were
lodged in Central Jails (81.4%, 2,622 detenues) followed by District
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Jails (9.9%, 318 detenues) and Special Jails (6.1%, 196 detenues)
as on 31st December,2019.
c. Tamil Nadu has reported the maximum number of detenues (38.5%,
1,240) in the country followed by Gujarat (21.7%, 698) and Jammu &
Kashmir (12.5%, 404) at the end of 2019.
6. Women Prisoners with Children
a. There were 1,543 women prisoners with 1,779 children as on 31st
December, 2019.
b. Among these women prisoners, 1,212 women prisoners were
undertrial prisoners who were accompanied by 1,409 children and 325
convicted prisoners who were accompanied by 363 children.
7. Age-group of the Prisoners
a. As on 31st December, 2019 the maximum number of inmates
(2,07,942 inmates, 43.4%) were belonging to the age group 18- 30
years followed by the age group 30- 50 years (2,07,104 inmates,
43.3%).
b. 63,336 inmates (13.2%) were belonging to the age group above 50
years.
c. 218 inmates belonged to the age group of 16-18 years.
8. Education
a. Among the 4,78,600 prisoners, literacy profile of 1,98,872 (41.6%)
prisoners was Below Class X, 1,03,036 (21.5%) prisoners were Class
X & above but below Graduation, 30,201 (6.3%) prisoners were having
a Degree, 8,085 (1.7%) prisoners were Post Graduates and 5,677
(1.2%) prisoners were Technical Diploma/Degree holders.
b. A total of 1,32,729 (27.7%) prisoners were Illiterate.
9. Domicile of Origin of Prisoners
a. Among the 4,78,600 prisoners as on 31st December, 2019, around
90.8% (4,34,564 inmates) of prisoners belonged to the State followed
by prisoners belonging to the Other States (8.0%, 38,428 inmates) and
prisoners belonging to the Other Country (1.2%, 5,608 inmates).
b. Among the 1,44,125 convicts, 92.4% convicts (1,33,228 inmates)
belonged to the State while 6.1% (8,726 inmates) and 1.5% (2,171
inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country respectively.
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c. Haryana has reported the most number of other State domicile convicts
(15.5%, 1,353 convicts) followed by Delhi (9.8%, 855 convicts) and
Maharashtra (9.2%, 800 convicts) as on 31st December, 2019.
d. Among the 3,30,487 undertrial prisoners, 90.2% (2,98,208 inmates)
belonged to the State while 8.9% (29,300 inmates) and 0.9% (2,979
inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country respectively.
e. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of undertrial prisoners of
other states (16.0%, 4,675 inmates) followed by Uttar Pradesh (11.8%,
3,470 inmates) and Delhi (11.8%, 3,453 inmates) at the end of 2019.
Foreign Prisoners
No. of Prisoners at No. of Foreign Share of Foreign
Year
the end of the year Prisoners Prisoners
2017 4,50,696 4,917 1.1%
2018# 4,66,084 5,168 1.1%
2019# 4,78,600 5,608 1.2%
used.
1. The number of prisoners of foreign nationality (as on 31st December of each

year) has increased from 5,168 in 2018 to 5,608 in 2019, having increased by
8.51% during this period.
2. The percentage share of foreign prisoners out of total prisoners has increased
from 1.1% in 2018 to 1.2% in 2019 (as on 31st December of each year).
3. Among 5,608 prisoners of foreign nationality at the end of 2019, 4,776 were
Males and 832 were females.
4. Among these foreign national prisoners, 38.7% (2,171 inmates) were
Convicts, 53.1% (2,979 inmates) were Undertrials and 0.7% (40 inmates)
were Detenues.
5. Among the foreign convicts, the highest number of foreign convicts were from
Bangladesh (67.7%, 1,470 convicts) followed by Nepal (10.5%, 228 convicts)
and Myanmar (7.1%,155 convicts) at the end of 2019.
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6. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign-convicts lodged in
their jails (63.5%, 1,379) followed by Uttar Pradesh (6.5%, 142) and Delhi
(4.4%, 96) at the end of 2019.
7. Among the foreign Undertrials the highest number of foreign undertrials were
from Bangladesh (35%, 1,043 undertrial) followed by Nigeria (23%,686
undertrial) and Nepal (17.4%, 517 undertrial) at the end of 2019.
8. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign-undertrial lodged in
their jails (19.3%, 576) followed by Maharashtra (15.6%, 466) and Delhi
(12.9%, 384) at the end of 2019.
Prisoners – Type of Offences

1. Convicts
a. Among the convicts under IPC crimes (1,26,400) lodged in various jails
in the country, around 84.72% of convicts have committed Offences
affecting Human Body (1,07,080 inmates) and around 11.07% of
convicts have committed Offences against Property (13,993 inmates)
as on 31st December, 2019.
b. Among the convicts of Offences against Human Body, the highest
number of inmates were convicted for Murder (67.44%, 72,210
convicts) followed by convicts of Rape (12.57%, 13,464 convicts) and
convicts of Attempt to Murder (6.98%, 7,476 convicts) as on 31st
December, 2019.
c. Among the convicts of Offences against Women, the highest number of
inmates were convicted for Rape (64.05%, 13,464 convicts) followed
by convicts of Dowry Deaths (25.58%, 5,377 convicts) as on 31st
December, 2019.
d. Among the convicts under SLL crimes (17,400) lodged in various jails
in the country, the highest number of inmates were convicted under
Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (55.3%, 9,618 convicts)
followed by convicts of Arms/Explosive - Related Acts (11.45%, 1,993
convicts) and convicts of Foreigner & Passport - Related Acts (8.13%,
1,414 convicts) as on 31st December, 2019.
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e. Among 1,88,765 convicts who were admitted during the year 2019, the
number of habitual offenders were 6,756 (3.58% of all convicts).
2. Undertrials
a. Among the undertrial prisoners under IPC crimes (2,58,883) lodged in
various jails in the country, around 63.7% (1,64,945 inmates) of
undertrial prisoners have committed Offences affecting Human Body
followed by prisoners of Offences against Property (28.9%, 74,713
inmates) as on 31st December, 2019.
b. Among the undertrial prisoners of Offences against Women, the
highest number of inmates were undertrial for Rape (59.8%, 34,368
inmates) followed by undertrials for Dowry Death (23.1%, 13,287
inmates) at the end of 2019.
c. Among the undertrial prisoners under SLL crimes (71,513) lodged in
various jails in the country, the highest number of inmates were
undertrial under Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (58.7%,
41,985 inmates) followed by inmates undertrial under Arms/Explosive -
Related Acts (16.3%, 11,625 inmates) and inmates undertrial under
Crime Against Women - Related Acts (Dowry Prohibition Act and
Immoral Traffic (Prev.) Act) (3.7%, 2,627 inmates) at the end of 2019.
Prisoners – Sentences & Incarceration

1. Convicts
a. A total of 400 prisoners, who had been sentenced for Capital
Punishment, were lodged in various jails of the country as on 31 st
December, 2019. Out of these 400 prisoners, 121 prisoners were
sentenced for capital punishment during the year 2019.
b. Among the 1,44,125 convicted prisoners, the number of prisoners
who were sentenced to Life Imprisonment were 77,158 accounting
for 53.54% of total convicts. This is followed by 14.4% of total
convicted prisoners (20,763) who were sentenced for 10 - 13+ years
of imprisonments and 7.77% of total convicted prisoners (11,196)
who were sentenced for 7- 9+ years of imprisonments.
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2. Undertrials
a. Among 3,30,487 undertrial prisoners, around 74.08% of prisoners
were confined for a periods up to 1 year (2,44,841 prisoners), as on
31st December, 2019. Out of this, most number of undertrial
prisoners (1,22,254 prisoners) were confined for up to 3 months
accounting for 36.99% of total Undertrials. This is followed by
68,447 undertrial prisoners who were confined for 3-6 months and
54,140 undertrial prisoners who were confined for 6-12 months.
b. However, there were also 44,135 undertrial prisoners (13.35% of
total Undertrials) confined for 1 to 2 years followed by 22,451
undertrial prisoners (6.79% of total Undertrials) confined for 2 to 3
years and 14,049 undertrial prisoners (4.25% of total Undertrials)
confined for 3 to 5 years as on 31st December, 2019.
c. Also there were 5,011 undertrial prisoners (accounting for 1.52% of
total undertrial prisoners) who were confined for more than 5 years.
Prisoners – Releases, Transfers and Movements

1. Convicts
a. A total of 1,84,962 convicts were released (including 1,435 convicts
getting transferred to other States/UTs) during the year 2019.
b. Out of 1,84,962 convicts released, 56.44% of convicts (1,04,401)
were released after completion of conviction period during 2019.
c. A total of 9,233 convicts were released subsequent to the acquittal
on appeal from Higher Courts.
d. A total of 3,524 convicts were released before completion of
sentence awarded.
e. A total of 1,079 convicts were pardoned for their offence committed.
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2. Undertrials
a. A total of 15,98,218 undertrial prisoners were released during 2019,
out of which 93.79% of undertrial prisoners (14,99,028) were
released on bail.
b. A total of 61,359 undertrial prisoners were released based on
acquittal on first instance and 21,895 undertrial prisoners were
released subsequent to the acquittal on appeal.
c. 14 undertrial prisoners were extradited to foreign countries.
d. A total 635 undertrial prisoners were released under Section 436A
of CrPc during 2019.
3. Detenues
a. A total of 6,533 detenues were released during 2019 out of which
21.9% detenues (1,433) were released on completion of detention
period and 68.1% detenues (4,446) were released before
completion of detention period.
4. Movements
To Courts:
a. A total of 44,51,679 times, inmates were taken to the Courts on
legal proceedings. Among all the States/UTs, Bihar has reported
the highest number of movements of inmates to courts
(7,75,511) followed by Uttar Pradesh (4,60,866) and
Maharahstra (3,11,598) during 2019.
To Hospitals:
a. A total of 4,77,456 times, inmates were taken to the Hospitals.
Among all the States/UTs, Kerala has reported the highest
number of movements of inmates for medical assistance
(48,255) followed by Tamil Nadu (38,748) and Chhattisgarh
(37,538) during 2019.
b. There were 7,394 prisoners, who were suffering from mental
illness as on 31st December, 2019.
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Deaths and illness in Prisons
Total No. of Deaths No. of Natural No. of Un-natural
Year
in Prisons Deaths Deaths (incl. Suicide)
2017 1,671 1,494 133
2018# 1,845 1,639 149
2019# 1,775$ 1,544 165

used.
$ Rajasthan has reported that causes of 66 deaths not known.
1. Number of deaths in prisons has decreased marginally from 1,845 in 2018 to

1,775 in 2019, having decreased by 3.79%.
2. Number of deaths due to natural causes has decreased from 1,639 in 2018 to
1,544 in 2019, having decreased by 5.80%.
3. Out of 1,544 Natural Deaths furnished by the States 1,466 inmates have died
due to illness and 78 inmates have died due to ageing.
4. Out of 1,466 (West Bengal# has not provided the breakup of 93 deaths due to
illness, which is not included here) deaths due to illness, 27.7% (406) inmates
have died due to heart-diseases and 12.96% (190) inmates have died due to
lung diseases.
used.
5. Number of un-natural deaths in prisons has increased by 10.74% from 149 in

2018 to 165 in 2019.
6. Among the 165 un-natural deaths of inmates, 116 inmates have committed
suicide, 20 inmates died in accidents, 10 inmates were murdered by inmates
and 1 inmate died due to assault by outside elements during 2019. For a total
of 66 inmate deaths, cause of the death is yet to be known.
Jail Breaks, Escapees & Firing in Prisons

1. A total of 468 prisoners escaped during 2019 where 139 escapees (29.70%)
had escaped from the police custody and 329 escaped from judicial custody.
2. A total of 231 escapees were re-arrested during 2019.
3. There were 20 incidences of jail break occurred during 2019.
4. 137 instances of clashes/group clashes occurred during 2019.
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Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisons
1. A total of 1,827 convicted inmates were rehabilitated during 2019.
2. A total of 2,008 inmates were given financial assistance on their release
during 2019.
3. A total of 1,67,469 inmates were provided legal aid during 2019.
4. The number of prisoners benefitted from Elementary Education, Adult
Education, Higher Education and Computer Course were respectively 47,860,
44,438, 11,917 and 10,047 during 2019. Also 54,726 inmates were imparted
various vocational trainings by the jail-authorities during 2019.
5. A total of 1,36,074 inmates had been given medical counselling and 1,17,563
inmates had been given legal counselling by NGOs during 2019.
6. The total value of goods produced by inmates during 2019 was `846.04
Crore.
7. There were 1,658 NGOs who were working exclusively for prison reforms
during the year 2019. However, one NGO may be working in many States.
8. A total of 290 complaints were received by National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) during 2019 out of which 68.6% complaints (199) were
disposed off by them.
9. A total of 464 complaints were received by State Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) during 2019 out of which 60.1% complaints (279) were disposed.
Prison Staff - Strength & Training

1. The sanctioned strength of jail-staff was 87,599 while the actual strength was
60,787 as on 31st December, 2019. Among the jail-staffs, the sanctioned
strength of Officers (DG/Addl. DG/IG, DIG, AIG, Supdt. etc.), Jail-cadre Staff
(Head Warder, Head Matron, Warder, etc.) and Correctional Staff (Probation
Officer / Welfare Officer, Phychologist / Psychiatrist, etc.) were 7,239, 72,273
and 1,307 respectively while the actual strengths were 4,840, 51,126 and 761
respectively.
2. The sanctioned strength of Medical Staff was 3,320 while the actual strength
was 1,962 as on 31st December, 2019.
3. The actual strength of woman jail officers/staffs was 7,794 (including 254
medical staff).
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4. Out of the 60,787 jail staff, 20.64% (12,546) staff were trained under various
Refresher/Specialised/Re-orientation courses during 2019.
Prison – Budget & Infrastructure

1. The total budget for the financial year 2019-20 for all prisons in the country
was ` 6818.1 Crore. The actual expenditure was ` 5958.3 Crore which is
87.39% of total annual budget for FY 2019-20.
2. A total of ` 2060.96 Crore was spent on inmates during FY 2019-20 which is
almost 34.59% of total annual expenditure of all prisons for FY 2019-20.
3. Almost 47.9% (` 986.18 Crore) of total expenses on inmates were spent on
Food followed by 4.3% (` 89.48 Crore) on Medical matters, 1.0% (` 20.27
Crore) on welfare activities, 1.1 %(` 22.56 Crore) on Clothing and 1.2%
(` 24.20 Crore) on Vocational/ Educational trainings.
4. Among all the States/UTs, out of total expenditure, Haryana has spent the
highest share of expenditure on inmates (100.0%, ` 272.62 Crore) followed by
Andhra Pradesh (88.1%, ` 152.24 Crore) and Delhi (66.2%, ` 310.02 Crore)
during the Financial Year 2019-20.
5. Among the 1,350 prisons, 269 prisons were renovated/expanded during 2019.
6. Among the 1,350 prisons, 808 prisons were having Video Conference facility
as on 31st December 2019.
7. A total of 33,537 quarters were available against the actual staff strength of
60,787 as on 31st December, 2019.
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Map-1
PRISONER OCCUPANCY RATE
AS ON 31.12.2019
Note: Prisoner Occupancy Rate

Occupancy Rate means number of inmates staying in jails All India Average: 118.5
against the authorized capacity for 100 inmates.
Upto 60.0 (3)
Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018 60.1 to 80.0 (5)
& 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used. 80.1 to 100.0 (7)
100.1 to 120.0 (12)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 120.1 to 140.0 (1)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF Above 140.0 (8)
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Map-2
CONVICTS IN JAILS
AS ON 31.12.2019
Note: Number of Convicts

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018
& 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used. Upto 100 (4)
101 to 500 (9)
501 to 1,000 (3)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 1,001 to 5,000 (10)
5,001 to 10,000 (8)
10,001 to 15,000 (0)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF Above 15,000 (2)
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Map-3
UNDERTRIALS IN INDIA
AS ON 31.12.2019
Note: Number of Undertrials

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018
& 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used. Upto 250 (6)
251 to 1,000 (7)
1,001 to 3,000 (2)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 3,001 to 5,000 (5)
5,001 to 10,000 (4)
10,001 to 15,000 (5)
15,001 to 30,000 (5)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF Above 30,000 (2)
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Chapter 1
Prisons –
Types
and
Occupancy

Chapter – 1
Prisons – Types and Occupancy
Introduction of these institutions. This report for the

year 2019 is the twenty fifth in the series.
Prison administration is an
Prisons exist at three levels such
important component of criminal justice
as Taluk level, District level and
system. Prison institutions are known by
Zonal/Range level and Jails at these
different names in different countries like
levels are called as Sub Jail, District
‘Correctional Facilities’, ‘Detention
Jail and Central Jail respectively.
Centre’, ‘Jails’, ‘Remand Centre’ etc.
Generally, capacity in terms of
There is a paradigm shift in social view
infrastructure, available prison staffs &
point towards prisoners in last century.
powers vested in them, security, facilities
Earlier system of prison with punitive
to prisoners such as medical, educational
attitude where in inmates were forcibly
and rehabilitation etc. are progressively
confined and deprived a variety of
better from Sub jail to Central Jail.
freedom as a form of punishment has
changed with a change in social
State/UT wise Number of prisons,
perception towards prison and prisoners.
Capacity and Inmate Occupancy in the
It is now treated as correction or
Country as on 31st December, 2019
improvement facility which itself indicates
that there is more emphasis on
I. State/UT wise Number of
reformation of prisoners than to punish
Prisons:
them.
As on 31st December, 2019 there

In last few decades, prison
were 1,350 Jails in the country. State of
population has increased tremendously
Rajasthan has the highest number (144
which creates number of challenges
out of 1,350) of jails among the States/UTs
before prison administration like security
followed by Tamil Nadu (141), Madhya
& safety in prison, hygiene issues,
Pradesh (131), Andhra Pradesh (106)
overcrowding, etc. In recent years the
Karnataka (104) and Odisha (91). These
Supreme Court of India has come down
six States together covers 53.11 % of total
heavily on sub-human conditions existing
jails in the country as on 31st December,
in prisons especially on overcrowding in
2019 (Chart – 1.1). Details on number of
prisons. This report contains
jails in the States/UTs is given in Table
comprehensive information at the
1.1.
national level on majority of such aspects
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RAJASTHAN 144
TAMIL NADU 141
MADHYA PRADESH 131
ANDHRA PRADESH 106
KARNATAKA 104
ODISHA 91
UTTAR PRADESH 72
MAHARASHTRA 64
WEST BENGAL# 59
BIHAR 59
KERALA 55
TELANGANA 37
CHHATTISGARH 33
ASSAM 31
JHARKHAND 30
GUJARAT 30
PUNJAB 24
HARYANA 19
DELHI 16
JAMMU & KASHMIR 15
HIMACHAL PRADESH 14
TRIPURA 13
UTTARAKHAND 11
NAGALAND 11
MIZORAM 10
MEGHALAYA 5
MANIPUR 5
PUDUCHERRY 4 Total Number of Prisons
LAKSHADWEEP 4
A & N ISLANDS 4
1,350
SIKKIM 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2
DAMAN & DIU 1
D & N HAVELI 1
CHANDIGARH 1
GOA 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Number of Jails

* Sub jails under the control of Revenue Department is not included;
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018 & 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Number of Prisons as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT wise)
Chart – 1.1
II. State/UT wise Capacity of (24,095), Punjab (23,488), Tamil Nadu

Prisons: (23,392) and Rajasthan (22,952) as on
31st December, 2019. These seven States
As on 31st December 2019, total together have 55.78% of the total capacity
available capacity of all the prisons in the of all prisons in the country as on 31st
country is 4,03,739. Uttar Pradesh has December, 2019 (Chart – 1.2). Details on
reported the highest capacity of prisons the capacity of prisons in the States/UTs is
(60,340) followed by Bihar (42,222), given in Table 1.2.
Madhya Pradesh (28,718), Maharashtra
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UTTAR PRADESH 60340
BIHAR 42222
MADHYA PRADESH 28718
MAHARASHTRA 24095
PUNJAB 23488
TAMIL NADU 23392
RAJASTHAN 22952
WEST BENGAL# 21772
HARYANA 19306
ODISHA 19291
JHARKHAND 16795
KARNATAKA 14315
GUJARAT 13762
CHHATTISGARH 12063
DELHI 10026
ASSAM 8888
ANDHRA PRADESH 8789
TELANGANA 7785
KERALA 6841
UTTARAKHAND 3540
JAMMU & KASHMIR 2910
TRIPURA 2174
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2146
MIZORAM 1601
NAGALAND 1450
MANIPUR 1272
CHANDIGARH 1120
MEGHALAYA 650
GOA 624
Total Capacity of Prisons
PUDUCHERRY 416 4,03,739
A & N ISLANDS 309
SIKKIM 260
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 233
D & N HAVELI 70
LAKSHADWEEP 64
DAMAN & DIU 60
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000
Number of Jails

Capacity of Prisons as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 1.2
III. States/ UTs wise Inmates Maharashtra (36,798), Punjab (24,174)

Population in Prison: and West Bengal (23,092). These six
States together contributes 56.37%
A total of 4,78,600 prisoners as on (2,69,778 inmates) of total inmates lodged
31st December, 2019 were confined in in various Jails as on 31st December, 2019
various jails across the country. Uttar (Chart – 1.3). State/ UT wise details on
Pradesh has lodged highest number of inmate population in prisons is given in
Inmates (1,01,297) followed by Madhya Table 1.2.
Pradesh (44,603), Bihar (39,814),
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UTTAR PRADESH 101297
BIHAR 39814
MAHARASHTRA 36798
PUNJAB 24174
WEST BENGAL# 23092
RAJASTHAN 21599
HARYANA 20423
JHARKHAND 18654
CHHATTISGARH 18112
ODISHA 17563
DELHI 17534
GUJARAT 15089
TAMIL NADU 14707
KARNATAKA 14515
ASSAM 9226
ANDHRA PRADESH 7579
KERALA 7499
TELANGANA 6717
UTTARAKHAND 5629
MIZORAM 1698
TRIPURA 1103
MEGHALAYA 1023
CHANDIGARH 984
MANIPUR 876
GOA 518
NAGALAND 446
SIKKIM 400 Total Inmate Population
PUDUCHERRY 263 4,78,600
A & N ISLANDS 244
DAMAN & DIU 62
D & N HAVELI 46
LAKSHADWEEP 4
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Inmates in Number

Inmate Population in Prisons as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 1.3
IV. State/UT wise Prison prison inmates. Overcrowding results in

Occupancy Rate as on poor hygiene, lack of sleep etc. Keeping in
st
31 December, 2019 view the human rights of the prisoners, it is
essential that they are given reasonable
Overcrowding refers to the situation space and facilities in jails.
in which more inmates are staying than the
sanctioned strength. In recent years, it is Occupancy rate is defined as
one of the biggest problems faced by number of inmates staying in jails against
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the authorized capacity for 100 inmates. In Manipur(68.9%), Dadra & Nagar Haveli
other words, if occupancy rate of any jail is (65.7%), Puducherry (63.2%), Tamil
100, it means the number inmates are as Nadu (62.9%), Tripura (50.7%),
per authorized capacity of the jail. Nagaland (30.8%) and Lakshadweep
Overcrowding in jail means occupancy (6.3%), though on the other dates of the
rate is more than 100. year the occupancy could have been
higher or lower also.
NCRB is collecting data on
occupancy of jail as on 31st December Among the States, Uttar Pradesh
2019 which may not be true reflection of has reported the highest overcrowding
occupancy for the whole year, as it may (167.9%) followed by Uttarakhand
vary on day to day basis. (159.0%), Meghalaya (157.4%), Madhya
Pradesh (155.3%),Sikkim (153.8%),
It is evident from the information Maharashtra (152.7%) and Chhattisgarh
made available by States/UTs regarding (150.1%) and Among Union Territories,
population of inmates in various prisons as Delhi has reported the highest
on 31st December, 2019 (Table 1.2) that overcrowding (174.9%) (Chart 1.4).
the prison population was manageable at Occupancy rate in various Jails as on 31st
the end of the year 2019 (as on 31st December, 2019 in respect of States/UTs
December, 2019) in 10 States and 5 UTs is presented in Table 1.2.
as the occupancy rate in these
States/UTs remained less than 100%
[Map-1]. These States and UTs are
Bihar (94.3%), Rajasthan (94.1%),
Odisha (91.0%), Chandigarh (87.9%),
Telangana (86.3%), Andhra
Pradesh(86.2%), Goa (83.0%), Andaman
& Nicobar Islands (79.0%),
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DELHI 174.9
UTTAR PRADESH 167.9
UTTARAKHAND 159.0
MEGHALAYA 157.4
MADHYA PRADESH 155.3
SIKKIM 153.8
MAHARASHTRA 152.7
CHHATTISGARH 150.1
JAMMU & KASHMIR 126.8
JHARKHAND 111.1
HIMACHAL PRADESH 110.6
GUJARAT 109.6
KERALA 109.6
WEST BENGAL# 106.1
MIZORAM 106.1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 106.0
HARYANA 105.8
ASSAM 103.8
DAMAN & DIU 103.3
PUNJAB 102.9
KARNATAKA 101.4
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
BIHAR 94.3 All Prisons: 118.5
RAJASTHAN 94.1
ODISHA 91.0
CHANDIGARH 87.9
TELANGANA 86.3
ANDHRA PRADESH 86.2
GOA 83.0
A & N ISLANDS 79.0
MANIPUR 68.9
D & N HAVELI 65.7 Occupancy Rate
PUDUCHERRY 63.2
TAMIL NADU 62.9
TRIPURA 50.7
NAGALAND 30.8
LAKSHADWEEP 6.3
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0

Prisons Occupancy Rate in States/UTs as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 1.4
State/UT wise Distribution of Different Prison Establishments in different
Types of prisons, their Capacity, States/UTs comprise several tiers of jails.
Inmates Population and Occupancy
Rate in the Country as on The various type of Jail institutions
st
31 December, 2019 which are in existence in the States/UTs
are Central jails, District jails and Sub
Types of Prisons jails. The other types of jail establishments
Prison and its administration is a are women jails, borstal schools, open jails
State Subject as it is listed in List II in and special jails.
Schedule VII of the Constitution of India.
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I. Central Jail (144) even at lower formation. These States
are Tamil Nadu (96), Andhra Pradesh
The criteria for a jail to be (91), Madhya Pradesh (73), Odisha (73),
categorised as a central jail differs from Karnataka (72), Rajasthan (60), West
State to State. However, the common Bengal (31) and Telangana (20) while 9
feature observed in all the States/UTs that States/UTs have no sub-jails (namely
the prisoners sentenced to imprisonment Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana,
for a longer period (more than 2 years) are Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
confined in the Central Jails, which have Chandigarh and Delhi) (Table 1.1).
larger capacity (more than 1,000 inmates)
in comparison to other jails. These jails IV. Open Jail (86)
also have rehabilitation capacities.
Open jails are special Jails that
Delhi had the highest number of 14 exclusively confines only convicted
central jails followed by Madhya Pradesh prisoners. Convict Prisoners with good
(11), Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan & behaviour, satisfying certain norms
Tamil Nadu (9 each) and Bihar, Karnataka, prescribed in the prison rules are lodged in
West Bengal (8 each). Arunachal Pradesh, open prisons. Minimum security is kept in
Meghalaya, A & N Island, D & N Haveli, such prisons and prisoners are engaged in
Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep have no agricultural activities.
central Jail (Table 1.1).
Only 17 States have reported about
II. District Jail (410) the functioning of open jails in their
jurisdiction. Amongst these States,
District jails (capacity for around Rajasthan has reported the highest
500 inmates) serve as the main prisons in number of 39 open jails followed by
some of the States/UTs. State of Uttar Maharashtra (19), Madhya Pradesh(6),
Pradesh has the highest number of district Gujarat ,Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West
jails (62) followed by Madhya Pradesh Bengal (3 each) The remaining 10 States
(41), Bihar (31) and Maharashtra (28) – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
(Table 1.1). Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and
Goa, Chandigarh, D & N Haveli, Uttarakhand have one open jail each
Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and (Table 1.1).
Puducherry have no District Jail as on 31st
December, 2019(Table 1.1). The States Arunachal Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Jammu &
III. Sub Jail (617) Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttar Pradesh
Eight States have reported and all the UTs do not have any Open Jail
comparatively higher number of sub-jails in their State/UT (Table 1.1).
(capacity for around 200 inmates)
revealing a well-organized prison set-up
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V. Special Jail (41) VII. Borstal School (19)
Special jail means any prison The primary objective of borstal

provided for the confinement of a particular schools is to ensure care, welfare and
class or particular classes of prisoners & rehabilitation of young offenders in a
provides limited access with the different environment suitable for children
permission of higher authorities. Offenders and keep them away from contaminating
may include prisoners involved in terrorist atmosphere of the prison. The young
and extremists activities, inmates who offenders in conflict with law detained in
have committed serious violations of borstal schools are provided various
prison discipline, inmates showing vocational trainings. They are also given
tendencies towards violence and education with the help of trained
aggression, habitual offenders, drug teachers.
peddlers, etc.
Tamil Nadu has 12 borstal schools
Out of the 13 States/UTs having and 7 States namely, Himachal Pradesh,
Special jail, Kerala has the highest number Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab,
of special jails (15) followed by West Rajasthan & Telangana (1 each) have
Bengal (5), Telangana (4), Tamil Nadu (3), reported borstal schools in their respective
Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
Pradesh and Puducherry (2 jails each)
and Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka VIII. Other Jails (2)
and Maharashtra (1 jail each) (Table 1.1).
To cover all the jails across the
VI. Women Jail (31) country, Jails that are not covered under
the known Jail types (Central jail, District
Women jails are special Jails that Jail, Sub-jail, Women jail, Borstal school,
exclusively confines only female prisoners Open jail, Special jail) are covered under
& these Jails are called as Women Jail. the Type “Other Jails”.
Women jail may exist at sub-divisional,
district & central (Zone/Range) level. Only two States namely Kerala and
Maharashtra (1 each) have other jails in
Women jails exclusively for women their jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
prisoners exist only in 15 States/UT (Table
1.1). Rajasthan (7), having highest
number of Women Jails followed by Tamil
Nadu (5), Kerala (3), Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Gujarat and Delhi (2 each).
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mizoram,
Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal have one
women jail each.
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Number of Jails, Capacity, Inmate Table - 1.3 showing that central jail and
Population and Occupancy Rate at district jails are overcrowded and the
National level as on 31st December occupancy rate of District Jail (129.71%) is
2019 the highest among all types of Prisons
followed by central jail (123.87%). Various
Occupancy rate of various types of types of Prisons and their Occupancy
Prisons at national level is 118.5. Rate as on 31st December, 2019 are as
Occupancy rate of various types of prison under:
is presented at Chart - 1.5 (below) and
600000 140.0
129.7
123.9
118.5
120.0
500000
478600
403739 100.0
400000 84.4
77.3
80.0
70.7
300000
56.1 60.0
220021
206217
200000 177618 26.8
158986 37.0
40.0
100000
45071 20.0
38030 7262
6113 6511
1615 563
4320 5612 3652 597 151
0 0.0
All Jails Central District Sub-Jail Open Jail Special Women Borstal Other
Jail Jail Jail Jail School Jails
No. of Inmates Actual Capacity Occupancy Rate

Occupancy Rate of Various types of Prisons at National Level
as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 1.5
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LIST–1.1
Number Population
Sl. Occupancy
Type of Capacity of
No. Rate
Jails Inmates
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 CENTRAL JAIL 144 177618 220021 123.87
2 DISTRICT JAIL 410 158986 206217 129.71
3 SUB-JAIL 617 45071 38030 84.38
4 SPECIAL JAIL 41 7262 5612 77.28
5 OPEN JAIL 86 6113 4320 70.67
6 WOMEN JAIL 31 6511 3652 56.09
7 BORSTAL SCHOOL 19 1615 597 36.97
8 OTHERS 2 563 151 26.82
9 TOTAL 1350 403739 478600 118.54
Note: Figures as on 31st December 2019
I. Central Jail 31st December, 2019), 20 States and 1

A total of 2,20,021 inmate UTs have reported more than 100%
population consisting of 2,13,450 males occupancy rate. Chhattisgarh has
and 6,571 females were lodged in various reported the highest overcrowding
Central jails of the country against the total (189.38%) followed by Delhi (180.26%)
Capacity of 1,77,618 consisting of and Maharashtra (177.57%). Capacity for
1,70,863 male and 6,755 female as on 31st male and female inmates and their
December, 2019. occupancy rate in Central Jails as on 31st
December, 2019 in respect of States/UTs
Prison population in central jails are presented in Table 1.4.
were manageable at the end of the year
2019 (as on 31st December, 2019) in 7 II. District Jail
States and 2 UT as the occupancy rate in
these States/UTs remained less than A total of 2,06,217 inmate population
100%. These States and UTs are consisting of 1,97,838 males and 8,379
Telangana (99.86%), Assam (90.9%), females were lodged in various Districts
Chandigarh (87.86%), Puducherry jails of the country against the total
(87.33%), Goa (83.01%), Manipur Capacity of 1,58,986 consisting of
(84.0%), Tamil Nadu (78.44%), Tripura 1,49,616 male and 9,370 female as on 31st
(58.80%) and Nagaland (21.50%). December, 2019. The highest number of
inmates were lodged in the jails of Uttar
The Occupancy rate of Central Jail Pradesh (87,569) followed by Bihar
at National level is 123.87% which shows (21,084) and Haryana (17,043).
overcrowding in jails but overcrowding Prison population in District jails were
may differ on day to day and jail to jail manageable at the end of the year 2019
basis. At the end of the year 2019 (as on (as on 31st December, 2019) in 11
10
States/UT as the occupancy rate in these followed by Madhya Pradesh (6,622) and
States/UTs remained less than 100%. Rajasthan (3,385).
These States and UTs are Bihar
(98.09%), Karnataka (96.11%), West Prison population of Sub - jails were
Bengal (95.87%), Punjab (95.81%), manageable at the end of the year
Kerala (92.21%), A & N Islands (83.27%), 2019(as on 31st December, 2019) in 11
Andhra Pradesh (80.42%), Telangana States and 3 UTs as the occupancy rate
(76.94%), Tripura (59.46%), Tamil Nadu in these States/UTs remained less than
(56.51%) and Nagaland (37.29%). 100%.These States and UTs are
Rajasthan (86.93%), Chhattisgarh
The Occupancy rate of District Jails at (86.6%), Odisha (77.34%), Jharkhand
National level is 129.71% which shows (75.34%), Andhra Pradesh (62.98%),
overcrowding in jails but overcrowding Maharashtra (53.97%),Bihar(52.91%),
may differ on day to day and jail to jail Telangana (52.38%), Tripura (40.23%),
basis. 17 States have reported more than Karnataka (38.35%), Tamil Nadu
100% occupancy rate. The occupancy rate (36.48%), Dadar & Nagar Haveli
in these states are Uttar Pradesh (65.71%), A & N Islands(50.0%) and
(171.51%), Uttarakhand (158.39%), Lakshadweep (6.25%).
Meghalaya (157.38%), Madhya Pradesh
(152.48%), Jharkhand (143.2%), Jammu The Occupancy rate of Sub Jails at
& Kashmir (136.39%), Maharashtra National level was 84.38 which may differ
(127.27%), Himachal Pradesh (123.9%), on day to day and jail to jail basis. 11
Sikkim (122.97%), Assam (118.5%), States and UTs have reported more than
Chhattisgarh (111.59%), Odisha 100% occupancy rate. These States/UTs
(111.46%), Rajasthan (110.85%), are Uttarakhand (270.13%), Uttar Pradesh
Mizoram (110.28%), Haryana (106.48%), (184.31%), Himachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (106.01%) and (155.17%),Kerala (150.11%), Assam
Gujarat (101.33%). Capacity for male and (145.45%),West Bengal (135.54%),
female inmates and their occupancy rate Gujarat (131.68%), Madhya Pradesh
in District Jails as on 31st December, (128.76%), Jammu & Kashmir
2019 in respect of States/UTs are (118.13%),Daman & Diu (103.33%) and
presented in Table 1.5. Punjab (100.77%). Capacity for male and
female inmates and their occupancy rate
III. Sub Jail in Sub Jails as on 31st December, 2019 in
respect of States/UTs are presented in
A total of 38,030 inmate population Table 1.6.
consisting of 37,063 males and 967
females were lodged in various Sub jails of IV. Open Jail
the country against the total Capacity of A total of 4,320 inmate population
45,071 inmate consisting of 40,688 males consisting of 4,196 males and 124 females
and 4,383 females as on 31st December, were lodged in various Open jails of the
2019. The highest number of inmates country against the total Capacity of 6,113
were lodged in jails of Odisha (8,423) inmates consisting of 5,956 males and 157
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females as on 31st December, 2019. The country against the total Capacity of 6,511
highest number of inmates were lodged in inmates as on 31st December, 2019. The
jails of Maharashtra (1,650) followed by highest number of inmates were lodged in
Rajasthan (1,074) and Kerala (584). jails of Delhi (629) followed by Tamil Nadu
(551) and Maharashtra (363).
The Occupancy rate of Open Jails at
National level was 70.67% and Kerala The Occupancy rate of Women jails at
(124.79%) has reported highest National level was 56.09% and West
overcrowding in open jails followed by Bengal (142.04%) has reported highest
West Bengal (114.6%). However, overcrowding in Women jails, followed by
overcrowding may differ on day to day and Maharashtra (138.55%) and Bihar
jail to jail basis. Capacity for male and (112.5%). However, overcrowding may
female inmates and their occupancy rate differ on day to day and jail to jail basis.
in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2019 Capacity for male and female inmates and
in respect of States/UTs are presented in their occupancy rate in Women jails as on
Table 1.9. 31st December, 2019 in respect of
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.7
V. Special Jail
A total of 5,612 inmate population VII. Borstal School
consisting of 5,392 males and 220 females A total of 597 inmate population
were lodged in various Special jails of the consisting of 597 males and 0 females
country against the total Capacity of 7,262 were lodged in various Borstal schools of
inmates consisting of 6,747 males and 515 the country against the total Capacity of
females as on 31st December, 2019. The 1,615 inmates consisting of 1,603 males
highest number of inmates were lodged in and 12 females as on 31st December,
jails of Odisha (1,236) followed by Kerala 2019. The highest number of inmates
(1,200) and West Bengal (1005). were lodged in jails of Punjab (272)
followed by Tamil Nadu (212) and Kerala
The Occupancy rate of Special jails at (62).
National level was 77.28% and Jammu & The Occupancy rate of Borstal
Kashmir (154.44%) has reported highest schools at National level was 36.97% and
overcrowding in Special jails, followed by none of the States/ UTs is showing
Kerala (121.21%) and West Bengal overcrowding i.e. States/ UTs where
(117.27%). However, overcrowding may prison occupancy rate is more than 100%.
differ on day to day and jail to jail basis. However, overcrowding may differ on day
Capacity for male and female inmates and to day and jail to jail basis. Capacity for
their occupancy rate in Special jails as on male and female inmates and their
31st December, 2019 in respect of occupancy rate in Borstal schools as on
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.10. 31st December, 2019 in respect of
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.8.
VI. Women Jail
A total of 3,652 inmates population
were lodged in various Women jails of the
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Analysis & Findings: Occupancy rate in District Jails for
I. Male, Female and Overall male was the highest (132.23%) among
Occupancy Rate in Different types all types of jail, while the occupancy rate
of Prisons in India as on for female was (89.42%). The overall
31st December, 2019 occupancy rate in district jails at national
level was also the highest (129.71%)
The overall occupancy rate in all among all types of Jail.
jails at national level was 118.5% whereas
the occupancy rate for male and female
In Sub-Jails, the occupancy rate for
were 122.0% and 71.9% respectively.
male (91.09%) was much higher than that
Occupancy Rate in Central Jails at
of female (22.06%). The overall
national level for Male and Female were
occupancy rate in Sub-Jails at national
124.92% and 97.28% respectively at the
level was 84.38% . The occupancy
end of year 2019 with an overall
rate in women-jails was (56.09%) and
occupancy rate which was 123.87%.
overall occupancy rate in Open-jails was
70.67%
140.0
132.2
129.7
124.9 123.9
Male Female Overall
122.0
118.5
120.0
100.0 97.3
89.4 91.1
84.4
Occupancy Rate (in %)
79.0 79.9
80.0 77.3
70.4 70.7 71.9
60.0 56.1 56.1
42.7
40.0 37.2 37.0
26.8 26.8
22.1
20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0

0.0
Central District Sub-Jail Women Borstal Open Jail Special Others All Jails
Jail Jail Jail School Jail
Types of Jail

Male, Female and Overall Occupancy Rate of various types of Prisons
Chart – 1.6
13
II. State/UT-wise Number of Women Rajasthan (7) was having the highest
Jails and Their Occupancy Rate as number of Women Jails, however the
on 31st December, 2019 women occupancy rate in women jails in
Rajasthan is the second lowest at 33.78%.
As on 31st December, 2019 there Kerala having 3 and Andhra Pradesh,
were only 31 Women Jails in the country Bihar, Gujarat & Delhi were having 2
wherein 3,652 female inmates (18.3%) out women jails (each) respectively.
of 19,913 female inmates at national level
were lodged. 21 States/UTs were not West Bengal (142.04%) has reported
having any Women Jail separately. highest overcrowding in Women jails,
followed by Maharashtra (138.55%) and
Bihar (112.50%).
WEST BENGAL# 142.04

1
MAHARASHTRA 138.55
1
BIHAR 112.50
2
DELHI 97.07
2
TELANGANA 88.80
1
ANDHRA PRADESH 76.07

2
PUNJAB 58.75
1
UTTAR PRADESH 52.14

1
KARNATAKA 51.00
1
KERALA 48.28
3
ODISHA 47.27
1
MIZORAM 46.67
1
GUJARAT 46.34
2
RAJASTHAN 33.78
7
TAMIL NADU 27.30

5
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Occupancy Rate (in %) No. of Women Jail

Occupancy Rate of Women Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 1.7
14
III. Occupancy Rate (in %) of Female total female inmates (16,261) were lodged
Inmates in Other Jails (Except in other type of Jails.
Women Jails) as on
st
31 December, 2019 State/UT wise comparison of
occupancy rate of female inmates in jails
A total of 19,913 female inmates were (except Women Jails) is presented below
lodged in various prisons at national level showing that Uttarakhand (170.13%) has
out of which only 18.3% (3,652) female reported the highest occupancy rate
inmates were lodged in Women Jail as on followed by Uttar Pradesh (138.38%) and
31st December 2019. Around 81.7% of Chhattisgarh (136.06%).
UTTARAKHAND 170.13
UTTAR PRADESH 138.38
CHHATTISGARH 136.06
MAHARASHTRA 120.24
JHARKHAND 93.66
MIZORAM 79.89
BIHAR 76.97
PUNJAB 73.08
HARYANA 70.47
WEST BENGAL# 69.80
GOA 68.00
GUJARAT 53.13
MEGHALAYA 52.73
TELANGANA 52.47
KARNATAKA 50.18
ASSAM 44.88
CHANDIGARH 40.83
TAMIL NADU 36.23
KERALA 35.47
RAJASTHAN 33.15
ODISHA 30.37
SIKKIM 30.00
TRIPURA 29.80
DAMAN & DIU 25.00 Number of Women Prisoners in All Jails
MANIPUR 21.60
A & N ISLANDS 17.50 (except Women Jails)
PUDUCHERRY 6.67
NAGALAND 2.22 16,261
LAKSHADWEEP* 0.00
DELHI@ 0.00
D & N HAVELI 0.00
0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00 140.00 160.00 180.00
* Lakshadweep has no earmarked capacity for women inmates.
@ Delhi has no earmarked capacity for women inmates other than women jails.
Occupancy Rate (in %) of Women Inmates in All Jails (except Women Jails)
Chart – 1.8
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IV. Capacity of Prisons, Inmates period, the number of jails has a decrease
Occupancy and overall Occupancy of -2.7% (1,387 jails in 2014 to 1,350 jails
Rate of all Prisons at National in 2019). However, the capacity of inmates
Level during 2014-2019 has an increase of 13.2% (3,56,561 in
2014 to 4,03,739 in 2019). Thus, the
During the period 2014-2019 the Occupancy Rate of all the prisons at
number of Inmates has increased from national level has an increase of 0.9%
4,18,536 to 4,78,600 in 2019 showing an (117.4% in 2014 to 118.5% in 2019).
increase of 14.4%. During the same
550000 200.0
500000 478600 180.0

Capacity of Prisons & No. of Inmates
14.4%
450000 160.0
418536
403739
400000 13.2% 140.0

356561
350000 120.0
117.4 118.5
0.9%
300000 100.0
250000 80.0
200000 60.0
150000 40.0
100000 20.0
50000 0.0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
No. of Inmates 418536 419623 433003 450696 466084 478600
Capacity of Prisons 356561 366781 380876 391574 396223 403739
Occupancy Rate (in %) 117.4 114.4 113.7 115.1 117.6 118.5

Capacity of Prisons, No. of Inmates and Occupancy Rate of Prisons during 2014-2019
Chart – 1.9
16
V. Capacity, Actual Inmate inmates has increased by 21.7% in the
Population in Women Jails vis-à- same period.
vis Women Inmates in Other Jails
during 2014-2019 Capacity of women Inmates in Other
Jails (except Women Jails) has increased
Capacity of Women Jails has by 4.0% during 2014-2019, the actual
increased by 34.6% during 2014-2019 number of women inmates in these jails
(status as on 31st December of each year), has increased by 10.77% during the same
however the actual number of women period.
25000
Capacity and Acutal Number of Women Inmates
Figures in %
21192
indicates 20375 4.0%
growth
20000
percentage
during 2014-
2019. 16261
10.8%
14680
15000
10000
6511
34.6%
4837
5000
21.7% 3652
3001
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Capacity of Women Inmates
20375 20715 20871 21601 21668 21192
in Other Jails
Actual No. of Women Inmates
14680 14849 15376 15854 15999 16261
in Other Jails
Capacity of Women Jails 4837 4748 5197 5400 5593 6511
Actual No. of Women Inmates
3001 2985 3122 3019 3243 3652
in Woman Jails
Occupancy trend of Women prisoners in Women Vs Other Jail during 2014-2019

Chart – 1.10
17
VI. Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate 56.09% at national level in 2019 (as on
(in %) in Women Jails vis-à-vis 31st December). However, the occupancy
Women Inmates in Other Jails rate of women inmates in other jails
during 2014-2019 increased from 72.0% in 2014 to 76.73%
in 2019.
The occupancy rate in women jails
has decreased from 62.0% in 2014 to
80.0 80.0
Occupancy Rate of Women Inmates in Jails Except Women

76.7
70.0 72.0
70.0
60.0 62.0 60.0

Occupancy Rate in Women Jails
56.1
50.0 50.0
40.0 40.0
Jails
30.0 30.0
20.0 20.0
10.0 10.0
0.0 0.0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
62.0 62.9 60.1 55.9 58.0 56.1
Women Jails
Occupancy Rate (in %) of
Women Inmates in Other 72.0 71.7 73.7 73.4 73.8 76.7
Jails
Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate during 2014-2019

Chart – 1.11
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Table – 1.1
Types of Jails in the Country as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Central District Sub Women Borstal Open Special
Others Total
No. Jail Jail Jail Jail School Jail Jail
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 8 91 2 0 1 0 0 106
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 ASSAM 6 22 1 0 0 1 1 0 31
4 BIHAR 8 31 17 2 0 1 0 0 59
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 33
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 GUJARAT 4 11 8 2 0 3 2 0 30
8 HARYANA 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 15
11 JHARKHAND 7 15 6 0 1 1 0 0 30
12 KARNATAKA 8 21 72 1 0 1 1 0 104
13 KERALA 3 13 16 3 1 3 15 1 55
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 41 73 0 0 6 0 0 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 28 4 1 1 19 1 1 64
16 MANIPUR 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
18 MIZORAM 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
19 NAGALAND 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
20 ODISHA 5 9 73 1 0 1 2 0 91
21 PUNJAB 9 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 24
22 RAJASTHAN 9 26 60 7 1 39 2 0 144
23 SIKKIM 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 TAMIL NADU 9 13 96 5 12 3 3 0 141
25 TELANGANA 3 7 20 1 1 1 4 0 37
26 TRIPURA 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 13
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 62 2 1 0 0 2 0 72
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 11 31 1 0 3 5 0 59
TOTAL (STATES) 128 409 607 29 19 86 39 2 1319
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 16 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 31
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 410 617 31 19 86 41 2 1350
Table 1.1 – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 1.2
Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Available Capacity Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7863 926 8789 7113 466 7579 90.5 50.3 86.2
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 209 24 233 239 8 247 114.4 33.3 106.0
3 ASSAM 8204 684 8888 8919 307 9226 108.7 44.9 103.8
4 BIHAR 40572 1650 42222 38490 1324 39814 94.9 80.2 94.3
5 CHHATTISGARH 11414 649 12063 17229 883 18112 150.9 136.1 150.1
6 GOA 574 50 624 484 34 518 84.3 68.0 83.0
7 GUJARAT 12650 1112 13762 14526 563 15089 114.8 50.6 109.6
8 HARYANA 18395 911 19306 19781 642 20423 107.5 70.5 105.8
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2010 136 2146 2286 87 2373 113.7 64.0 110.6
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2772 138 2910 3563 126 3689 128.5 91.3 126.8
11 JHARKHAND 15927 868 16795 17841 813 18654 112.0 93.7 111.1
12 KARNATAKA 13099 1216 14315 13904 611 14515 106.1 50.2 101.4
13 KERALA 6437 404 6841 7326 173 7499 113.8 42.8 109.6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 26845 1873 28718 42845 1758 44603 159.6 93.9 155.3
15 MAHARASHTRA 22830 1265 24095 35229 1569 36798 154.3 124.0 152.7
16 MANIPUR 1022 250 1272 822 54 876 80.4 21.6 68.9
17 MEGHALAYA 595 55 650 994 29 1023 167.1 52.7 157.4
18 MIZORAM 1327 274 1601 1509 189 1698 113.7 69.0 106.1
19 NAGALAND 1270 180 1450 442 4 446 34.8 2.2 30.8
20 ODISHA 17389 1902 19291 16976 587 17563 97.6 30.9 91.0
21 PUNJAB 21723 1765 23488 22930 1244 24174 105.6 70.5 102.9
22 RAJASTHAN 21195 1757 22952 21010 589 21599 99.1 33.5 94.1
23 SIKKIM 220 40 260 388 12 400 176.4 30.0 153.8
24 TAMIL NADU 20844 2548 23392 13964 743 14707 67.0 29.2 62.9
25 TELANGANA 7110 675 7785 6272 445 6717 88.2 65.9 86.3
26 TRIPURA 2023 151 2174 1058 45 1103 52.3 29.8 50.7
27 UTTAR PRADESH 57062 3278 60340 97123 4174 101297 170.2 127.3 167.9
28 UTTARAKHAND 3386 154 3540 5367 262 5629 158.5 170.1 159.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 19887 1885 21772 21613 1479 23092 108.7 78.5 106.1
TOTAL (STATES) 364854 26820 391674 440243 19220 459463 120.7 71.7 117.3
30 A & N ISLANDS 269 40 309 237 7 244 88.1 17.5 79.0
31 CHANDIGARH 1000 120 1120 935 49 984 93.5 40.8 87.9
32 D & N HAVELI 60 10 70 46 0 46 76.7 0.0 65.7
33 DAMAN & DIU 40 20 60 57 5 62 142.5 25.0 103.3
34 DELHI 9378 648 10026 16905 629 17534 180.3 97.1 174.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 64 0 64 4 0 4 6.3 0.0 6.3
36 PUDUCHERRY 371 45 416 260 3 263 70.1 6.7 63.2
TOTAL (UTs) 11182 883 12065 18444 693 19137 164.9 78.5 158.6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 376036 27703 403739 458687 19913 478600 122.0 71.9 118.5
# Occupancy Rate = Inmate Population x 100
Total Capacity
Occupancy Rate <100 shows space available for inmates in prisons.
Occupancy Rate >100 shows overcrowding in prisons.
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Table – 1.3
Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate as on 31st December, 2019
State/UT Central Jail District Jail Sub Jail
Sl.
No. Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy
Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3764 4232 112.43 1711 1376 80.42 2734 1722 62.98
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 233 247 106.01 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 4000 3636 90.90 4383 5194 118.50 33 48 145.45
4 BIHAR 15636 15911 101.76 21495 21084 98.09 4835 2558 52.91
5 CHHATTISGARH 6707 12702 189.38 3088 3446 111.59 2268 1964 86.60
6 GOA 624 518 83.01 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 7865 9169 116.58 3529 3576 101.33 1168 1538 131.68
8 HARYANA 3300 3380 102.42 16006 17043 106.48 0 0 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 859 1006 117.11 975 1208 123.90 29 45 155.17
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1135 1281 112.86 1525 2080 136.39 160 189 118.13
11 JHARKHAND 10319 10809 104.75 4481 6417 143.20 1795 1354 75.43
12 KARNATAKA 8277 9889 119.48 3954 3800 96.11 1828 701 38.35
13 KERALA 2127 2906 136.62 1926 1776 92.21 473 710 150.11
14 MADHYA PRADESH 14060 23525 167.32 9425 14371 152.48 5143 6622 128.76
15 MAHARASHTRA 14491 25731 177.57 6938 8830 127.27 63 34 53.97
16 MANIPUR 1095 876 80.00 100 0 0.00 77 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 650 1023 157.38 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 480 519 108.13 1031 1137 110.28 0 0 0.00
19 NAGALAND 600 129 21.50 850 317 37.29 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 3126 3859 123.45 3543 3949 111.46 10891 8423 77.34
21 PUNJAB 17613 18847 107.01 4203 4027 95.81 777 783 100.77
22 RAJASTHAN 9284 9630 103.73 6085 6745 110.85 4124 3585 86.93
23 SIKKIM 186 309 166.13 74 91 122.97 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 14009 10989 78.44 2835 1602 56.51 3232 1179 36.48
25 TELANGANA 4196 4190 99.86 2047 1575 76.94 821 430 52.38
26 TRIPURA 1000 588 58.80 222 132 59.46 952 383 40.23
27 UTTAR PRADESH 7769 12521 161.17 51057 87569 171.51 306 564 184.31
28 UTTARAKHAND 552 627 113.59 2062 3266 158.39 626 1691 270.13
29 WEST BENGAL# 13746 14091 102.51 4289 4112 95.87 2490 3375 135.54
TOTAL (STATES) 166820 201870 121.01 158717 205993 129.79 44825 37898 84.55
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 269 224 83.27 40 20 50.00
31 CHANDIGARH 1120 984 87.86 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 70 46 65.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 60 62 103.33
34 DELHI 9378 16905 180.26 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 64 4 6.25
36 PUDUCHERRY 300 262 87.33 0 0 0.00 12 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 10798 18151 168.10 269 224 83.27 246 132 53.66
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 177618 220021 123.87 158986 206217 129.71 45071 38030 84.38
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Table – 1.3 (Continued)
State/UT Women Jail Borstal School Open Jail
Sl.
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 280 213 76.07 0 0 0.00 300 36 12.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 100 21 21.00
4 BIHAR 152 171 112.50 0 0 0.00 104 90 86.54
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 410 190 46.34 0 0 0.00 140 77 55.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0.00 100 35 35.00 100 39 39.00
12 KARNATAKA 100 51 51.00 0 0 0.00 80 33 41.25
13 KERALA 232 112 48.28 90 62 68.89 468 584 124.79
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 90 85 94.44
15 MAHARASHTRA 262 363 138.55 105 13 12.38 1962 1650 84.10
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 90 42 46.67 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 55 26 47.27 0 0 0.00 125 70 56.00
21 PUNJAB 320 188 58.75 500 272 54.40 75 57 76.00
22 RAJASTHAN 1048 354 33.78 20 2 10.00 1427 1074 75.26
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 2018 551 27.30 692 212 30.64 260 59 22.69
25 TELANGANA 250 222 88.80 93 1 1.08 150 98 65.33
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 420 219 52.14 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 300 45 15.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 226 321 142.04 0 0 0.00 164 188 114.63
TOTAL (STATES) 5863 3023 51.56 1615 597 36.97 6113 4320 70.67
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 648 629 97.07 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 648 629 97.07 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6511 3652 56.09 1615 597 36.97 6113 4320 70.67
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Table – 1.3 (Concluded)
State/UT Special Jail Other Jail Total
Sl.
(1) (2) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 8789 7579 86.23
3 ASSAM 372 327 87.90 0 0 0.00 8888 9226 103.80
4 BIHAR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 42222 39814 94.30
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 12063 18112 150.15
6 GOA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 624 518 83.01
7 GUJARAT 650 539 82.92 0 0 0.00 13762 15089 109.64
8 HARYANA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 19306 20423 105.79
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 90 139 154.44 0 0 0.00 2910 3689 126.77
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 16795 18654 111.07
12 KARNATAKA 76 41 53.95 0 0 0.00 14315 14515 101.40
13 KERALA 990 1200 121.21 535 149 27.85 6841 7499 109.62
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 28718 44603 155.31
15 MAHARASHTRA 246 175 71.14 28 2 7.14 24095 36798 152.72
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1272 876 68.87
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 650 1023 157.38
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1601 1698 106.06
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1450 446 30.76
20 ODISHA 1551 1236 79.69 0 0 0.00 19291 17563 91.04
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 23488 24174 102.92
22 RAJASTHAN 964 209 21.68 0 0 0.00 22952 21599 94.11
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 260 400 153.85
24 TAMIL NADU 346 115 33.24 0 0 0.00 23392 14707 62.87
25 TELANGANA 228 201 88.16 0 0 0.00 7785 6717 86.28
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2174 1103 50.74
27 UTTAR PRADESH 788 424 53.81 0 0 0.00 60340 101297 167.88
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3540 5629 159.01
29 WEST BENGAL# 857 1005 117.27 0 0 0.00 21772 23092 106.06
TOTAL (STATES) 7158 5611 78.39 563 151 26.82 391674 459463 117.31
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 309 244 78.96
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1120 984 87.86
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 70 46 65.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 60 62 103.33
34 DELHI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 10026 17534 174.89
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 64 4 6.25
36 PUDUCHERRY 104 1 0.96 0 0 0.00 416 263 63.22
TOTAL (UTs) 104 1 0.96 0 0 0.00 12065 19137 158.62
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 7262 5612 77.28 563 151 26.82 403739 478600 118.54
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Table – 1.4
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of
Central Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 3634 130 3764 4138 94 4232 113.87 72.31 112.43
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 6 3793 207 4000 3487 149 3636 91.93 71.98 90.90
4 BIHAR 8 15207 429 15636 15504 407 15911 101.95 94.87 101.76
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 6292 415 6707 11877 825 12702 188.76 198.80 189.38
6 GOA 1 574 50 624 484 34 518 84.32 68.00 83.01
7 GUJARAT 4 7570 295 7865 8964 205 9169 118.41 69.49 116.58
8 HARYANA 3 3184 116 3300 3296 84 3380 103.52 72.41 102.42
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 814 45 859 974 32 1006 119.66 71.11 117.11
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1100 35 1135 1257 24 1281 114.27 68.57 112.86
11 JHARKHAND 7 9837 482 10319 10325 484 10809 104.96 100.41 104.75
12 KARNATAKA 8 7722 555 8277 9490 399 9889 122.90 71.89 119.48
13 KERALA 3 2127 0 2127 2906 0 2906 136.62 0.00 136.62
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 13349 711 14060 22519 1006 23525 168.69 141.49 167.32
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 14039 452 14491 25010 721 25731 178.15 159.51 177.57
16 MANIPUR 2 845 250 1095 822 54 876 97.28 21.60 80.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 1 480 0 480 519 0 519 108.13 0.00 108.13
19 NAGALAND 1 600 0 600 129 0 129 21.50 0.00 21.50
20 ODISHA 5 2965 161 3126 3754 105 3859 126.61 65.22 123.45
21 PUNJAB 9 16406 1207 17613 18082 765 18847 110.22 63.38 107.01
22 RAJASTHAN 9 9088 196 9284 9582 48 9630 105.44 24.49 103.73
23 SIKKIM 1 165 21 186 302 7 309 183.03 33.33 166.13
24 TAMIL NADU 9 14009 0 14009 10989 0 10989 78.44 0.00 78.44
25 TELANGANA 3 4116 80 4196 4115 75 4190 99.98 93.75 99.86
26 TRIPURA 1 975 25 1000 556 32 588 57.03 128.00 58.80
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 7709 60 7769 12379 142 12521 160.58 236.67 161.17
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 552 0 552 627 0 627 113.59 0.00 113.59
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 13058 688 13746 13264 827 14091 101.58 120.20 102.51
TOTAL (STATES) 128 160210 6610 166820 195351 6519 201870 121.93 98.62 121.01
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 1 1000 120 1120 935 49 984 93.50 40.83 87.86
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 14 9378 0 9378 16905 0 16905 180.26 0.00 180.26
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 275 25 300 259 3 262 94.18 12.00 87.33
TOTAL (UTs) 16 10653 145 10798 18099 52 18151 169.90 35.86 168.10
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 170863 6755 177618 213450 6571 220021 124.92 97.28 123.87
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Table – 1.5
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Number
No. of Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
District
Jails Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 1528 183 1711 1288 88 1376 84.29 48.09 80.42
3 ASSAM 22 3926 457 4383 5049 145 5194 128.60 31.73 118.50
4 BIHAR 31 20676 819 21495 20427 657 21084 98.80 80.22 98.09
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 2973 115 3088 3388 58 3446 113.96 50.43 111.59
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 11 3289 240 3529 3488 88 3576 106.05 36.67 101.33
8 HARYANA 16 15211 795 16006 16485 558 17043 108.38 70.19 106.48
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 1422 103 1525 1978 102 2080 139.10 99.03 136.39
11 JHARKHAND 15 4258 223 4481 6138 279 6417 144.15 125.11 143.20
12 KARNATAKA 21 3566 388 3954 3655 145 3800 102.50 37.37 96.11
13 KERALA 13 1830 96 1926 1736 40 1776 94.86 41.67 92.21
14 MADHYA PRADESH 41 8697 728 9425 13658 713 14371 157.04 97.94 152.48
15 MAHARASHTRA 28 6504 434 6938 8423 407 8830 129.50 93.78 127.27
16 MANIPUR 2 100 0 100 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 5 595 55 650 994 29 1023 167.06 52.73 157.38
18 MIZORAM 8 847 184 1031 990 147 1137 116.88 79.89 110.28
19 NAGALAND 10 670 180 850 313 4 317 46.72 2.22 37.29
20 ODISHA 9 3302 241 3543 3826 123 3949 115.87 51.04 111.46
21 PUNJAB 7 3965 238 4203 3736 291 4027 94.22 122.27 95.81
22 RAJASTHAN 26 5813 272 6085 6606 139 6745 113.64 51.10 110.85
23 SIKKIM 1 55 19 74 86 5 91 156.36 26.32 122.97
24 TAMIL NADU 13 2835 0 2835 1602 0 1602 56.51 0.00 56.51
25 TELANGANA 7 1823 224 2047 1449 126 1575 79.48 56.25 76.94
26 TRIPURA 2 216 6 222 129 3 132 59.72 50.00 59.46
27 UTTAR PRADESH 62 48282 2775 51057 83769 3800 87569 173.50 136.94 171.51
28 UTTARAKHAND 7 1952 110 2062 3087 179 3266 158.15 162.73 158.39
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 3946 343 4289 3922 190 4112 99.39 55.39 95.87
TOTAL (STATES) 409 149377 9340 158717 197621 8372 205993 132.30 89.64 129.79
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 239 30 269 217 7 224 90.79 23.33 83.27
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 1 239 30 269 217 7 224 90.79 23.33 83.27
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 410 149616 9370 158986 197838 8379 206217 132.23 89.42 129.71
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Table – 1.6
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails
No. of Sub
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 91 2401 333 2734 1651 71 1722 68.76 21.32 62.98
3 ASSAM 1 25 8 33 47 1 48 188.00 12.50 145.45
4 BIHAR 17 4585 250 4835 2469 89 2558 53.85 35.60 52.91
5 CHHATTISGARH 16 2149 119 2268 1964 0 1964 91.39 0.00 86.60
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 8 1051 117 1168 1478 60 1538 140.63 51.28 131.68
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 160 0 160 189 0 189 118.13 0.00 118.13
11 JHARKHAND 6 1632 163 1795 1307 47 1354 80.09 28.83 75.43
12 KARNATAKA 72 1655 173 1828 685 16 701 41.39 9.25 38.35
13 KERALA 16 469 4 473 710 0 710 151.39 0.00 150.11
14 MADHYA PRADESH 73 4709 434 5143 6583 39 6622 139.80 8.99 128.76
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 49 14 63 34 0 34 69.39 0.00 53.97
16 MANIPUR 1 77 0 77 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 73 9485 1406 10891 8117 306 8423 85.58 21.76 77.34
21 PUNJAB 5 777 0 777 783 0 783 100.77 0.00 100.77
22 RAJASTHAN 60 3920 204 4124 3580 5 3585 91.33 2.45 86.93
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 96 2896 336 3232 1071 108 1179 36.98 32.14 36.48
25 TELANGANA 20 744 77 821 421 9 430 56.59 11.69 52.38
26 TRIPURA 10 832 120 952 373 10 383 44.83 8.33 40.23
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 283 23 306 551 13 564 194.70 56.52 184.31
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 582 44 626 1608 83 1691 276.29 188.64 270.13
29 WEST BENGAL# 31 1979 511 2490 3277 98 3375 165.59 19.18 135.54
TOTAL (STATES) 607 40486 4339 44825 36936 962 37898 91.23 22.17 84.55
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 30 10 40 20 0 20 66.67 0.00 50.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 1 60 10 70 46 0 46 76.67 0.00 65.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 1 40 20 60 57 5 62 142.50 25.00 103.33
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 4 64 0 64 4 0 4 6.25 0.00 6.25
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 8 4 12 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 10 202 44 246 127 5 132 62.87 11.36 53.66
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 617 40688 4383 45071 37063 967 38030 91.09 22.06 84.38
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Table – 1.7
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails

Number
Sl. Total Capacity of Occupancy Rate
State/UT of Women Inmate Population
No. Inmates (in %)
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 280 213 76.07
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.00
4 BIHAR 2 152 171 112.50
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2 410 190 46.34
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 100 51 51.00
13 KERALA 3 232 112 48.28
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 262 363 138.55
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 1 90 42 46.67
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 1 55 26 47.27
21 PUNJAB 1 320 188 58.75
22 RAJASTHAN 7 1048 354 33.78
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 5 2018 551 27.30
25 TELANGANA 1 250 222 88.80
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 420 219 52.14
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 226 321 142.04
TOTAL (STATES) 29 5863 3023 51.56
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 2 648 629 97.07
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 2 648 629 97.07
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 31 6511 3652 56.09
27
Table – 1.8
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools

Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of

Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of Inmates
Borstal
School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 100 35 0 35 35.00 0.00 35.00
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 KERALA 1 78 12 90 62 0 62 79.49 0.00 68.89
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 105 0 105 13 0 13 12.38 0.00 12.38
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 PUNJAB 1 500 0 500 272 0 272 54.40 0.00 54.40
22 RAJASTHAN 1 20 0 20 2 0 2 10.00 0.00 10.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 12 692 0 692 212 0 212 30.64 0.00 30.64
25 TELANGANA 1 93 0 93 1 0 1 1.08 0.00 1.08
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (STATES) 19 1603 12 1615 597 0 597 37.24 0.00 36.97
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 1603 12 1615 597 0 597 37.24 0.00 36.97
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Table – 1.9
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails
No. of Open
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 300 0 300 36 0 36 12.00 0.00 12.00
3 ASSAM 1 100 0 100 21 0 21 21.00 0.00 21.00
4 BIHAR 1 104 0 104 90 0 90 86.54 0.00 86.54
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 3 140 0 140 77 0 77 55.00 0.00 55.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 100 36 3 39 36.00 0.00 39.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 80 0 80 33 0 33 41.25 0.00 41.25
13 KERALA 3 448 20 468 569 15 584 127.01 75.00 124.79
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6 90 0 90 85 0 85 94.44 0.00 94.44
15 MAHARASHTRA 19 1862 100 1962 1587 63 1650 85.23 63.00 84.10
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 1 125 0 125 70 0 70 56.00 0.00 56.00
21 PUNJAB 1 75 0 75 57 0 57 76.00 0.00 76.00
22 RAJASTHAN 39 1390 37 1427 1031 43 1074 74.17 116.22 75.26
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 3 260 0 260 59 0 59 22.69 0.00 22.69
25 TELANGANA 1 150 0 150 98 0 98 65.33 0.00 65.33
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 300 0 300 45 0 45 15.00 0.00 15.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 164 0 164 188 0 188 114.63 0.00 114.63
TOTAL (STATES) 86 5956 157 6113 4196 124 4320 70.45 78.98 70.67
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 86 5956 157 6113 4196 124 4320 70.45 78.98 70.67
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Table – 1.10
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails
Sl. State/UT Number
No. of Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Special
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 1 360 12 372 315 12 327 87.50 100.00 87.90
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2 600 50 650 519 20 539 86.50 40.00 82.92
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 90 0 90 139 0 139 154.44 0.00 154.44
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 76 0 76 41 0 41 53.95 0.00 53.95
13 KERALA 15 950 40 990 1194 6 1200 125.68 15.00 121.21
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 243 3 246 160 15 175 65.84 500.00 71.14
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 2 1512 39 1551 1209 27 1236 79.96 69.23 79.69
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 RAJASTHAN 2 964 0 964 209 0 209 21.68 0.00 21.68
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 3 152 194 346 31 84 115 20.39 43.30 33.24
25 TELANGANA 4 184 44 228 188 13 201 102.17 29.55 88.16
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 788 0 788 424 0 424 53.81 0.00 53.81
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 5 740 117 857 962 43 1005 130.00 36.75 117.27
TOTAL (STATES) 39 6659 499 7158 5391 220 5611 80.96 44.09 78.39
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 88 16 104 1 0 1 1.14 0.00 0.96
TOTAL (UTs) 2 88 16 104 1 0 1 1.14 0.00 0.96
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 41 6747 515 7262 5392 220 5612 79.92 42.72 77.28
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Table – 1.11
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails

No. of
Other Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 KERALA 1 535 0 535 149 0 149 27.85 0.00 27.85
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 28 0 28 2 0 2 7.14 0.00 7.14
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (STATES) 2 563 0 563 151 0 151 26.82 0.00 26.82
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2 563 0 563 151 0 151 26.82 0.00 26.82
31

Chapter 2
Prisoners –
Types and
Demography

Chapter – 2
Prisoners – Types and Demography
This chapter presents statistical Share of Convicts, Undertrial Inmates,
information on different categories of Detenues and Other Inmates as on
prison inmates like convicts, under-trials, 31st December, 2019
detenues and their age & gender profiles.
Besides, details on women prison inmates A total of (4,78,600) prisoners as on
including those staying with children have 31st December, 2019 were confined in
also been presented in this chapter. various jails across the country. The
number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
Prison inmates lodged in various jails and Detenues were reported as 1,44,125,
are categorised as Convicts, Undertrials 3,30,487 and 3,223 respectively
and Detenues. A convict is a person found accounting for 30.1%, 69.1% and 0.7%
guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court respectively at the end of 2019. Other
of law and person serving a sentence in prisoners accounted for 0.2%(765
prison. An Undertrial is a person who is prisoners) of total prisoners as on 31st
currently on trial in a court of law. A December, 2019.
detenue is any person held lawfully in
custody. However, ‘Other’ category refers Only 15 states have reported lodging of
to any person other than above mentioned civil prisoners in its jails. Out of 1,44,125
categories. convicts, 325 were civil convicts and out of
3,30,487 undertrials prisoners, 91 were
civil undertrial inmates.
Detenues, 3223,
0.67% Others, 765, 0.16%
Convicts, 144125,
30.11%
Undertrials,
330487, 69.05%
Total Inmates
4,78,600
Share of Different Types of Prisoners as on 31st December 2019
Chart 2.1
33
Convicts
Uttar Pradesh has reported the most
Jail–wise & State/UT–wise Distribution number of convicts (19.2%, 27,612) in the
of Convicted Prisoners in Different country followed by Madhya Pradesh
Types of Jail as on 31st December, (14.1%, 20,253) and Maharashtra (6.3%,
2019 9,096) at the end of 2019 [Table 2.1]
[Map-2]. State/UT-wise, Sex-wise
The highest number of convicted
distribution of convicted prisoners in
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails
different types of jail is presented in
(66.2%, 95,470 convicts) out of total
Tables 2.3 - 2.9.
1,44,125 convicts followed by District
Jails(27.0%, 38,846 convicts) and Open
Jails (3.0%, 4288 convicts) as on
31 December, 2019 [Chart 2.2].
st
Women Jail, 1,346,

Special Jail, 1,098, 0.93% *Other Jails, 157,
0.76% 0.11%
Sub Jail, 2,920,

2.03%
Open Jail, 4,288,

2.98%
District Jail,
38,846, 26.95%
Central Jail,
95,470, 66.24%
Total Convicted Prisoners 1,44,125

* Other Jails include Borstal Schools, etc.
Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.2
34
Undertrials and Sub Jails(10.6%, 35,059 undertrials)
as on 31st December,2019 [Chart 2.3].
Jail-wise & State/UT–wise Distribution
of Undertrial Prisoners in Different Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Types of Jails as on 31st December, maximum number of undertrials (22.2%,
2019 73,418) in the country followed by Bihar
(9.5%, 31,275) and Maharashtra (8.3%,
The highest number of undertrial
27,557) at the end of 2019 [Map-3].
prisoners were lodged in District
State/UT-wise, Sex-wise distribution of
Jails(50.5%, 1,66,917 undertrials) out of
undertrials prisoners in different types of
total 3,30,487 undertrials followed by
jail is presented in Table 2.3 - 2.9.
Central Jails(36.7%, 1,21,342 undertrials)
Women Jail, 2246, *Other Jails, 606,

0.7% 0.2%
Special Jail, 4317,

1.3%
Sub Jail, 35059,
10.6%
Central Jail,
121342, 36.7%
District Jail,
166917, 50.5%
Total Undertrial Prisoners 3,30,487

* Other Jails include Borstal School, Open Jails, etc.
Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.3
35
Detenues detenues) as on 31st December, 2019
[Chart 2.4].
State/UT – wise Distribution of
Detenues in Different Types of Jails as Tamil Nadu has reported the most
on 31st December, 2019 number of detenues (38.5%, 1240) in the
country followed by Gujarat (21.7%, 698)
The highest number of detenues were and Jammu & Kashmir (12.5%, 404) at
lodged in Central Jails (81.4%, 2,622 the end of 2019. State/UT-wise, Sex-wise
detenues) out of total 3,223 detenues distribution of detenues prisoners in
followed by District Jails (9.9%, 318 different types of jail is presented in Table
detenues) and Special Jails (6.1%, 196 2.3-2.9.
Special Jail, 196,

6.1% *Other Jail, 27,
0.8%
Women Jail, 60,
1.9%
District Jail, 318,

9.9%
Central Jail, 2622,

81.4%
Total Detenues 3,223

* Other Jails include Borstal School, Sub Jails, etc.
Detenues in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.4
36
Other Inmates Demographic Profile (Education and
Domicile) of Prison Inmates
Distribution of Other Inmates in
Demographic profile of prison inmates
Different Jails as on 31st December,
refer to classification of inmates on the
2019
basis of their educational status and
Certain inmates who are not classified domicile status of inmates [Table 2.10A –
under Convicts, Undertrials and Table 2.13B].
Detenues, are termed as Other Inmates.
Education Profile
There were 765 other inmates lodged in
various jails of the country as on 31st I. Prison Inmates
December, 2019. The highest number of Among the 4,78,600 prisoners as on
Other category prisoners were lodged in 31st December, 2019 the highest number
Central Jails (76.7%, 587) followed by of prisoners were having education Below
District Jails (17.8%, 136) and Sub Jails Class X(41.6%, 1,98,872) followed by
(5.4%, 41). Prisoners With No Education (27.7%,
1,32,729) and prisoners with education
Class X And Above But Below
Graduation(21.5%, 1,03,036) [Chart 2.5].
Holding Tech. Post Graduate,

Degree /Diploma, 8085, 1.7%
5677, 1.2%
Graduate, 30201,
6.3% Illiterate, 132729,
27.7%
Class X & above

but below
Graduation,
103036, 21.5%
Total Inmates
Below Class X,
4,78,600
198872, 41.6%

Educational Profile of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.5
37
II. Convicts
IV. Detenues
A total of 37,054 out of 1,44,125
convicts lodged in various jails in the 805 out of 3,223 detenues were
country were reported as illiterate and illiterate and 1335 were educated below
62,557 convicts were educated below class Xth standard. These two categories
class Xth standard. These two categories accounted for 25.0% and 41.4% of total
accounted for 25.7% and 43.4% of total detenues respectively, which together
convicts (1,44,125) respectively. constitutes 66.4%(2,140 out of 3,223) of
State/UT-wise educational profile of total detenues as on 31st December,
convicts is presented in Table 2.10A. 2019.
III. Undertrials Domicile Profile
Out of 3,30,487 Undertrials lodged I. Prison Inmates

in various jails in the country, a total of
94,533 Undertrial prisoners were illiterate Among the 4,78,600 prisoners as on
and 1,34,749 were educated below class 31st December, 2019 around 90.8% of
Xth standard. These two categories have prisoners belong to the State followed by
accounted for 28.6% and 40.8% of total prisoners belonging to the Other States
Undertrial prisoners respectively which (8.0%) and prisoner belonging to the
taken together constitutes 69.4% Other Country (1.2%) [Chart – 2.6].
(2,29,282 out of 3,30,487) of the total
undertrial inmates.
Belongs to other Belongs to other

State, 38428, 8.0% Country, 5608,
1.2%
Belongs to same
Total Inmates 4,78,600
State, 434564,
90.8%

Domicile of Origin of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.6
38
II. Convicts [Chart 2.7]. Convicts of other countries
contribute 1.5% of all convicts (2,171
Among the 1,44,125 convicted-inmates
convicts out of 1,44,125) as on 31st
lodged in various jails in the country,
December, 2019. State/UT-wise domicile
1,33,228 convicted-inmates belong to the
of origin of convicts is presented in Table
respective states accounting for 92.4% of
2.10B.
all inmates followed by Convicts from
other states (6.1%, 8,726 convicts)
Belongs to Other Belongs to Other

State, 8726, (6.1%) Country, 2171,
(1.5%)
Belongs to same
State, 133228,
(92.4%)
Total Convicts
1,44,125

Domicile of Origin of Convicted Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.7
A total of 8,726 convicts has been were from the same State/UT. This is
reported as non-domicile of the State followed by undertrial prisoners of other
(Belongs to Other State) where they are States/UTs which contributed around
incarcerated. Haryana has reported the 8.9% (29300) and Undertrial prisoners of
maximum number of such convicts other countries accounted for 0.9% (2979
(15.5%, 1,353 convicts) followed by Delhi of total Undertrial prisoners as on 31st
(9.8%, 855 convicts) and Maharashtra December, 2019 (Table 2.11B).
(9.2%, 800 convicts) as on 31st
December, 2019. IV. Detenues
III. Undertrials 87.6% (2,824 out of 3,223) of

detenues belonged to the same State/UT
Around 90.2% (2,98,208 out of while only 11.1% (359) of detenues were
3,30,487) of total Undertrial prisoners belonging to the different States/UTs as
39
on 31st December, 2019. 40 detenues to age group 16-18 years as on
were belonging to other countries (Table 31st December, 2019.
2.12B).
Among the convicts, inmates
Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as belonging to the age group 30- 50 Years
on 31st December, 2019 were more (71,914) than the inmates of
any other age groups. However, in case
As on 31st December, 2019 the of undertrial prisoners, inmates belonging
maximum number of inmates (2,07,942) to the age group 18- 30 Years were the
were belonging to the age group 18-30 highest (1,61,424 Undertrial inmates)
Years followed by the age group 30-50 followed by inmates belonging to the age
Years (2,07,104). 63,336 inmates were group 30- 50 Years(1,33,348 Undertrial
belonging to the age group Above 50 inmates) and inmates of more than 50
Years. Only 218 inmates were belonging years of age (35,520) as on
31 December, 2019 [Chart 2.8].
st
250000
16-18 Years 18-30 Years
30-50 Years Above 50 Years 207104
207942
200000
161424
150000
133348
100000
71914 63336
50000 44721 35520

27482
1464 324
1473 271 378
8 195 15 0 63 218
0
Convicts Undertrial Detenues Other Inmates Total
Prisoners

Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.8
40
Women Prisoners with Children as on
31st December, 2019 Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of Women with children
There were 1,543 women (430 women with 490 children) followed
prisoners with 1,779 children as on 31st by West Bengal (147 women with 192
December, 2019. Among these women children) and Madhya Pradesh (148
prisoners, 1,212 women prisoners were women with 177 children)as on 31st
undertrial prisoners who were December, 2019, Only 10 States/UTs
accompanied by 1,409 children and 325 have no women inmates with children
convicted prisoners who were [Chart 2.10].
accompanied by 363 children [Chart 2.9]
[Table 2.17].
2000
No. of Women Prisoners No.of Children
1779
1800
1600 1543
1409
1400
1212
1200
1000
800
600
400 325 363
200
6 7
0
Convicts Undertrials Other Inmates Total

Type of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.9
41
UTTAR PRADESH 490
430
WEST BENGAL# 192
147
MADHYA PRADESH 177
148
BIHAR 159
141
JHARKHAND 115
104
MAHARASHTRA 83
72
CHHATTISGARH 58
56
RAJASTHAN 50
43
ANDHRA PRADESH 49
43
No. of Children
KARNATAKA 45
36
PUNJAB 44
42 No. of Women Inmates with Children
ASSAM 42
34
DELHI 39
37
HARYANA 36
34
GUJARAT 35
30
TELANGANA 34
31
ODISHA 28
27
MIZORAM 23
21 Total Women Inmates with Children 1,543
MANIPUR 21
18 Total Number of Children 1,779
UTTARAKHAND 15
10
TAMIL NADU 14
14
TRIPURA 10
6
JAMMU & KASHMIR 9
8
HIMACHAL PRADESH 7
7
CHANDIGARH 3
3
SIKKIM 1
1
PUDUCHERRY 0
0
LAKSHADWEEP 0
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

State/UT-wise Women Inmates with Children as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 2.10
Indian and Foreign Inmates as on female inmates, 19,081 (95.8%) were

31st December 2019 Indians and 832 (4.2%) were Foreigners
[Table 2.19].
Out of total 4,78,600 prison inmates,
4,72,992 (98.8%) inmates were Indians
and 5,608 (1.2%) inmates were
Foreigners [Table 2.18]. Out of 19,913
42
State/UT – wise Inmates Admitted Among the States/UTs, Uttar Pradesh
during 2019 has reported the highest number of
inmates (3,21,543) admitted during 2019
State/UT – wise prisoners admitted followed by Bihar (1,96,253) and Madhya
during the year in various jails of the Pradesh (1,55,029) accounting for 17.0%,
country is presented in Table 2.20. 10.4% and 8.2% respectively of total
During the year 2019, a total of 18,86,092 number of inmates at national level
inmates were admitted in various jails of [Chart 2.11].
the country.

BIHAR 196253
MAHARASHTRA 122882
RAJASTHAN 117446
WEST BENGAL# 91144
GUJARAT 86215
PUNJAB 83168
KARNATAKA 76080
TELANGANA 75308
TAMIL NADU 71880
ODISHA 69808
ANDHRA PRADESH 67029
HARYANA 62315
DELHI 57116
KERALA 46244
JHARKHAND 45937
CHHATTISGARH 45524
ASSAM 38390
UTTARAKHAND 18495
MIZORAM 6245
TRIPURA 4481
CHANDIGARH 2558
NAGALAND 2069
MEGHALAYA 2042
MANIPUR 1661
PUDUCHERRY 1397
GOA 1211
A & N ISLANDS 641 Total Inmates Admitted during 2019
SIKKIM 503 18,86,092
D & N HAVELI 203
DAMAN & DIU 189
LAKSHADWEEP 64
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000

State/UT-wise Inmates Admitted during 2019
Chart 2.11
43
Trend in Number of Convicts, in 31st December, 2019). Among the
Undertrial Inmates, Detenues and inmates, number of convicts during 2014 -
Other Inmates in 2014-2019 2019 has increased by 9.6% whereas the
number of undertrial inmates has
The number of inmates in the prisons increased by 16.8%. Also, the number of
has increased by 14.4% during 2014 to detenues has decreased by 0.4% during
2019(from 4,18,536 inmates in the same period. [Chart 2.12].
31 December, 2014 to 4,78,600 inmates
st
600000
14000
Total Inmates, Undertrial and Convicted Inmates
500000 478600
12000
14.4%
Detenues and Other Inmates

418536
400000 10000
330487
16.8% 8000
300000 282879
6000
200000
144125 4000
131517 9.6%
3237 -0.4% 3223

100000
2000
-15.3% 765
903
Year
0 0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Inmates 418536 419623 433003 450696 466084 478600
Undertrial Inmates 282879 282076 293058 308718 323537 330487
Convicts 131517 134168 135683 139149 139488 144125
Detenues 3237 2562 3089 2136 2384 3223
Other Inmates 903 817 1173 693 675 765

Trend in Number of Different Types of Prison Inmates during 2014-2019
Chart 2.12
44
Table – 2.1
Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2019

State/UT Convicts Undertrials
Sl.
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2621 167 2788 4470 299 4769
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 138 3 141 101 5 106
3 ASSAM 3001 95 3096 5918 212 6130
4 BIHAR 8176 349 8525 30300 975 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 7858 404 8262 9350 479 9829
6 GOA 139 10 149 345 24 369
7 GUJARAT 4406 186 4592 9479 320 9799
8 HARYANA 6999 237 7236 12755 405 13160
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 915 33 948 1371 54 1425
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 200 9 209 2959 116 3075
11 JHARKHAND 5614 257 5871 12203 556 12759
12 KARNATAKA 3774 223 3997 10112 388 10500
13 KERALA 3064 67 3131 4224 106 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 19464 789 20253 23189 968 24157
15 MAHARASHTRA 8726 370 9096 26358 1199 27557
16 MANIPUR 111 4 115 708 50 758
17 MEGHALAYA 158 2 160 834 27 861
18 MIZORAM 568 29 597 939 158 1097
19 NAGALAND 118 0 118 310 4 314
20 ODISHA 3598 127 3725 13343 460 13803
21 PUNJAB 7815 357 8172 15066 883 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 5997 192 6189 14981 397 15378
23 SIKKIM 142 3 145 246 9 255
24 TAMIL NADU 4058 165 4223 8703 541 9244
25 TELANGANA 1940 148 2088 4091 293 4384
26 TRIPURA 503 27 530 550 18 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 26401 1211 27612 70455 2963 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 2161 95 2256 3206 167 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 5763 490 6253 15567 911 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 134428 6049 140477 302133 12987 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 108 4 112 129 3 132
31 CHANDIGARH 388 16 404 547 33 580
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 15 1 16 42 4 46
34 DELHI 2936 108 3044 13861 521 14382
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 4 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 71 1 72 175 2 177
TOTAL (UTs) 3518 130 3648 14804 563 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 137946 6179 144125 316937 13550 330487
45
Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2019

State/UT Detenues Others Total
Sl.
(Col.5+8+
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total 11+14)
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 0 8 14 0 14 7579
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 247
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 9226
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 12 0 12 39814
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 21 0 21 18112
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 518
7 GUJARAT 641 57 698 0 0 0 15089
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 20423
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2373
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 403 1 404 1 0 1 3689
11 JHARKHAND 24 0 24 0 0 0 18654
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 6 0 6 14515
13 KERALA 31 0 31 7 0 7 7499
14 MADHYA PRADESH 51 0 51 141 1 142 44603
15 MAHARASHTRA 145 0 145 0 0 0 36798
16 MANIPUR 3 0 3 0 0 0 876
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1023
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 2 2 4 1698
19 NAGALAND 14 0 14 0 0 0 446
20 ODISHA 24 0 24 11 0 11 17563
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 49 4 53 24174
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 31 0 31 21599
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 400
24 TAMIL NADU 1203 37 1240 0 0 0 14707
25 TELANGANA 240 4 244 1 0 1 6717
26 TRIPURA 5 0 5 0 0 0 1103
27 UTTAR PRADESH 262 0 262 5 0 5 101297
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5629
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 283 78 361 23092
TOTAL (STATES) 3096 99 3195 586 85 671 459463
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 244
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 984
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
34 DELHI 14 0 14 94 0 94 17534
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 14 0 14 0 0 0 263
TOTAL (UTs) 28 0 28 94 0 94 19137
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3124 99 3223 680 85 765 478600
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Table – 2.2
Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2019

Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 36.8 62.9 0.1 0.2 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 57.1 42.9 0.0 0.0 100
3 ASSAM 33.6 66.4 0.0 0.0 100
4 BIHAR 21.4 78.6 0.0 0.0 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 45.6 54.3 0.0 0.1 100
6 GOA 28.8 71.2 0.0 0.0 100
7 GUJARAT 30.4 64.9 4.6 0.0 100
8 HARYANA 35.4 64.4 0.1 0.0 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 39.9 60.1 0.0 0.0 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5.7 83.4 11.0 0.0 100
11 JHARKHAND 31.5 68.4 0.1 0.0 100
12 KARNATAKA 27.5 72.3 0.1 0.0 100
13 KERALA 41.8 57.7 0.4 0.1 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 45.4 54.2 0.1 0.3 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 24.7 74.9 0.4 0.0 100
16 MANIPUR 13.1 86.5 0.3 0.0 100
17 MEGHALAYA 15.6 84.2 0.0 0.2 100
18 MIZORAM 35.2 64.6 0.0 0.2 100
19 NAGALAND 26.5 70.4 3.1 0.0 100
20 ODISHA 21.2 78.6 0.1 0.1 100
21 PUNJAB 33.8 66.0 0.0 0.2 100
22 RAJASTHAN 28.7 71.2 0.0 0.1 100
23 SIKKIM 36.3 63.8 0.0 0.0 100
24 TAMIL NADU 28.7 62.9 8.4 0.0 100
25 TELANGANA 31.1 65.3 3.6 0.0 100
26 TRIPURA 48.1 51.5 0.5 0.0 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 27.3 72.5 0.3 0.0 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 40.1 59.9 0.0 0.0 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 27.1 71.4 0.0 1.6 100
TOTAL (STATES) 30.6 68.6 0.7 0.1 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 45.9 54.1 0.0 0.0 100
31 CHANDIGARH 41.1 58.9 0.0 0.0 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 25.8 74.2 0.0 0.0 100
34 DELHI 17.4 82.0 0.1 0.5 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 27.4 67.3 5.3 0.0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 19.1 80.3 0.1 0.5 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 30.1 69.1 0.7 0.2 100
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Table – 2.3
(Central Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2262 10 2272 1854 84 1938
3 ASSAM 1165 48 1213 2322 101 2423
4 BIHAR 5963 142 6105 9538 265 9803
5 CHHATTISGARH 7726 402 8128 4146 423 4569
6 GOA 139 10 149 345 24 369
7 GUJARAT 3658 82 3740 4867 93 4960
8 HARYANA 1226 28 1254 2070 56 2126
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 126 2 128 826 22 848
11 JHARKHAND 5195 249 5444 5106 235 5341
12 KARNATAKA 3680 182 3862 5794 217 6011
13 KERALA 2258 0 2258 610 0 610
14 MADHYA PRADESH 15372 667 16039 7076 339 7415
15 MAHARASHTRA 6680 285 6965 18205 436 18641
16 MANIPUR 111 4 115 708 50 758
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 319 0 319 198 0 198
19 NAGALAND 48 0 48 68 0 68
20 ODISHA 1129 37 1166 2622 68 2690
21 PUNJAB 6025 202 6227 12008 559 12567
22 RAJASTHAN 4389 5 4394 5170 43 5213
23 SIKKIM 142 3 145 160 4 164
24 TAMIL NADU 3997 0 3997 5793 0 5793
25 TELANGANA 1497 45 1542 2379 30 2409
26 TRIPURA 357 26 383 196 6 202
27 UTTAR PRADESH 9677 40 9717 2592 102 2694
28 UTTARAKHAND 557 0 557 70 0 70
29 WEST BENGAL# 4948 388 5336 8033 361 8394
TOTAL (STATES) 89182 2876 92058 103194 3531 106725
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 388 16 404 547 33 580
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2936 0 2936 13861 0 13861
36 PUDUCHERRY 71 1 72 174 2 176
TOTAL (UTs) 3395 17 3412 14582 35 14617
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 92577 2893 95470 117776 3566 121342
48
Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 0 8 14 0 14 4232
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3636
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 2 0 2 15911
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 5 0 5 12702
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 518
7 GUJARAT 439 30 469 0 0 0 9169
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3380
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 304 0 304 1 0 1 1281
11 JHARKHAND 24 0 24 0 0 0 10809
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 4 0 4 9889
13 KERALA 31 0 31 7 0 7 2906
14 MADHYA PRADESH 51 0 51 20 0 20 23525
15 MAHARASHTRA 125 0 125 0 0 0 25731
16 MANIPUR 3 0 3 0 0 0 876
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 2 0 2 519
19 NAGALAND 13 0 13 0 0 0 129
20 ODISHA 2 0 2 1 0 1 3859
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 49 4 53 18847
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 22 0 22 9630
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 309
24 TAMIL NADU 1199 0 1199 0 0 0 10989
25 TELANGANA 238 0 238 1 0 1 4190
26 TRIPURA 3 0 3 0 0 0 588
27 UTTAR PRADESH 110 0 110 0 0 0 12521
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 627
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 283 78 361 14091
TOTAL (STATES) 2564 30 2594 411 82 493 201870
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 984
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 0 14 94 0 94 16905
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 14 0 14 0 0 0 262
TOTAL (UTs) 28 0 28 94 0 94 18151
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2592 30 2622 505 82 587 220021
49
Table – 2.4
(District Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 163 2 165 1125 86 1211
3 ASSAM 1717 44 1761 3332 101 3433
4 BIHAR 1972 97 2069 18444 560 19004
5 CHHATTISGARH 115 2 117 3261 56 3317
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 499 7 506 2956 80 3036
8 HARYANA 5773 209 5982 10685 349 11034
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 72 7 79 1814 94 1908
11 JHARKHAND 367 8 375 5771 271 6042
12 KARNATAKA 58 3 61 3595 142 3737
13 KERALA 78 0 78 1658 40 1698
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3447 121 3568 10119 591 10710
15 MAHARASHTRA 450 3 453 7966 404 8370
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 158 2 160 834 27 861
18 MIZORAM 249 12 261 741 133 874
19 NAGALAND 70 0 70 242 4 246
20 ODISHA 1114 35 1149 2709 88 2797
21 PUNJAB 1519 109 1628 2217 182 2399
22 RAJASTHAN 354 0 354 6244 139 6383
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 86 5 91
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1602 0 1602
25 TELANGANA 308 7 315 1139 119 1258
26 TRIPURA 65 0 65 64 3 67
27 UTTAR PRADESH 16171 946 17117 67441 2854 70295
28 UTTARAKHAND 1411 83 1494 1676 96 1772
29 WEST BENGAL# 468 23 491 3454 167 3621
TOTAL (STATES) 36999 1737 38736 160173 6630 166803
30 A & N ISLANDS 106 4 110 111 3 114
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 106 4 110 111 3 114
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 37105 1741 38846 160284 6633 166917
50
Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others
No. Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1376
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 5194
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 10 0 10 21084
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 12 0 12 3446
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 33 1 34 0 0 0 3576
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 17043
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 92 1 93 0 0 0 2080
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 6417
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 2 0 2 3800
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1776
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 92 1 93 14371
15 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 7 0 0 0 8830
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1023
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 2 2 1137
19 NAGALAND 1 0 1 0 0 0 317
20 ODISHA 1 0 1 2 0 2 3949
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 4027
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 8 0 8 6745
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1602
25 TELANGANA 2 0 2 0 0 0 1575
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 132
27 UTTAR PRADESH 152 0 152 5 0 5 87569
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 3266
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 4112
TOTAL (STATES) 316 2 318 133 3 136 205993
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 224
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 224
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 316 2 318 133 3 136 206217
51
Table – 2.5
(Sub Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 160 4 164 1491 67 1558
3 ASSAM 11 0 11 36 1 37
4 BIHAR 151 0 151 2318 89 2407
5 CHHATTISGARH 17 0 17 1943 0 1943
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 93 1 94 1385 59 1444
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 2 180 0 180
11 JHARKHAND 44 0 44 1263 47 1310
12 KARNATAKA 3 1 4 682 15 697
13 KERALA 7 0 7 703 0 703
14 MADHYA PRADESH 560 1 561 5994 38 6032
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 34 0 34
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1068 37 1105 7041 269 7310
21 PUNJAB 193 0 193 590 0 590
22 RAJASTHAN 29 0 29 3550 5 3555
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1071 108 1179
25 TELANGANA 27 0 27 394 9 403
26 TRIPURA 81 1 82 290 9 299
27 UTTAR PRADESH 129 6 135 422 7 429
28 UTTARAKHAND 148 12 160 1460 71 1531
29 WEST BENGAL# 114 0 114 3163 98 3261
TOTAL (STATES) 2839 63 2902 34046 899 34945
30 A & N ISLANDS 2 0 2 18 0 18
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 15 1 16 42 4 46
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 17 1 18 110 4 114
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2856 64 2920 34156 903 35059
52
Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others
No. Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1722
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2558
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 4 0 4 1964
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1538
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7 0 7 0 0 0 189
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1354
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 701
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 710
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 29 0 29 6622
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 1 7 0 7 8423
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 783
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 3585
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1179
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 430
26 TRIPURA 2 0 2 0 0 0 383
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 564
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1691
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 3375
TOTAL (STATES) 10 0 10 41 0 41 37898
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 132
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10 0 10 41 0 41 38030
53
Table – 2.6
(Women Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. No. State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 151 62 0 0 213
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 110 61 0 0 171
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 92 79 19 0 190
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 37 14 0 0 51
13 KERALA 52 60 0 0 112
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 18 345 0 0 363
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 17 25 0 0 42
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ORISSA 13 13 0 0 26
21 PUNJAB 46 142 0 0 188
22 RAJASTHAN 144 210 0 0 354
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 165 349 37 0 551
25 TELANGANA 96 122 4 0 222
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 219 0 0 0 219
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 78 243 0 0 321
TOTAL (STATES) 1238 1725 60 0 3023
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 108 521 0 0 629
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 108 521 0 0 629
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1346 2246 60 0 3652
54
Table – 2.7
(Borstal Schools)
Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 34 0 34
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 62 0 62
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 21 0 21 251 0 251
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 0 2 206 0 206
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 27 0 27 553 0 553
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 27 0 27 553 0 553
55
Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT
No.
Detenues Others Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 13 0 13 0 0 0 13
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 272
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 4 0 0 0 212
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 17 0 17 0 0 0 597
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 17 0 17 0 0 0 597
56
Table – 2.8
(Open Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 21 0 21 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 90 0 90 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 77 0 77 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 7 0 7 29 3 32
12 KARNATAKA 33 0 33 0 0 0
13 KERALA 569 15 584 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 1587 63 1650 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 70 0 70 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 57 0 57 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 1031 43 1074 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 59 0 59 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 98 0 98 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 45 0 45 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 188 0 188 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 4167 121 4288 29 3 32
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4167 121 4288 29 3 32
57
Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 584
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1650
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1074
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 188
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4320
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4320
58
Table – 2.9
(Special Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 87 3 90 228 9 237
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 79 4 83 271 9 280
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 139 0 139
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 41 0 41
13 KERALA 24 0 24 1170 6 1176
15 MAHARASHTRA 7 1 8 153 14 167
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 217 5 222 971 22 993
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 192 0 192 17 0 17
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 31 84 115
25 TELANGANA 9 0 9 179 13 192
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 424 0 424 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 45 1 46 917 42 959
TOTAL (STATES) 1084 14 1098 4117 199 4316
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1084 14 1098 4118 199 4317
Note: Kerala and Maharashtra reported 1 jail each under ‘Other jail’ category. In Kerala, 149 male inmates (128 convicts
+ 21 undertrials) were lodged in ‘Other jail’. In Maharashtra, only 2 male convicts were lodged in ‘Other jail’.
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Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31st December, 2019 (Sex-wise)

Sl. State/UT
No.
Detenues Others Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 327
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 169 7 176 0 0 0 539
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1200
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 175
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 20 0 20 1 0 1 1236
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 209
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 424
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 1005
TOTAL (STATES) 189 7 196 1 0 1 5611
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 189 7 196 1 0 1 5612
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Table – 2.10 A
Education Profile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019
Educational Standard
Sl. Class X & Holding
State/UT Below above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
Class X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 609 1531 323 177 82 66 2788
3 ASSAM 764 1626 630 56 10 10 3096
4 BIHAR 2666 3396 1899 487 19 58 8525
5 CHHATTISGARH 1600 4972 1174 364 33 119 8262
6 GOA 46 41 50 7 3 2 149
7 GUJARAT 1570 2005 621 268 20 108 4592
8 HARYANA 1447 2824 2495 345 54 71 7236
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 78 71 43 11 0 6 209
11 JHARKHAND 1421 2815 1205 263 107 60 5871
12 KARNATAKA 1168 1102 1202 317 160 48 3997
13 KERALA 299 1689 859 114 148 22 3131
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5094 9040 4295 1173 159 492 20253
15 MAHARASHTRA 1088 4891 2095 722 110 190 9096
16 MANIPUR 13 59 28 15 0 0 115
17 MEGHALAYA 90 62 6 2 0 0 160
18 MIZORAM 13 466 104 11 0 3 597
19 NAGALAND 20 73 19 6 0 0 118
20 ODISHA 1038 1868 657 136 13 13 3725
21 PUNJAB 2058 3116 2145 681 85 87 8172
22 RAJASTHAN 1532 2324 1437 553 130 213 6189
23 SIKKIM 33 92 17 3 0 0 145
24 TAMIL NADU 1187 1442 920 307 293 74 4223
25 TELANGANA 395 967 393 228 52 53 2088
26 TRIPURA 40 401 62 24 0 3 530
27 UTTAR PRADESH 7954 10634 6259 1964 197 604 27612
28 UTTARAKHAND 514 1028 445 193 6 70 2256
29 WEST BENGAL# 3449 1874 758 141 10 21 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 36316 60947 30487 8624 1698 2405 140477
30 A & N ISLANDS 20 77 12 2 0 1 112
31 CHANDIGARH 85 154 120 26 9 10 404
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 12 2 2 0 0 0 16
34 DELHI 615 1337 789 219 36 48 3044
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 6 40 21 3 1 1 72
TOTAL (UTs) 738 1610 944 250 46 60 3648
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 37054 62557 31431 8874 1744 2465 144125
Table 2.10A – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 B
Domicile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Domicile
No.
Belongs to other Belongs to other
Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2671 114 3 2788
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 86 55 0 141
3 ASSAM 2926 104 66 3096
4 BIHAR 8395 118 12 8525
5 CHHATTISGARH 7801 455 6 8262
6 GOA 82 57 10 149
7 GUJARAT 4179 372 41 4592
8 HARYANA 5871 1353 12 7236
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 703 190 55 948
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 173 25 11 209
11 JHARKHAND 5579 288 4 5871
12 KARNATAKA 3783 203 11 3997
13 KERALA 2863 263 5 3131
14 MADHYA PRADESH 19603 638 12 20253
15 MAHARASHTRA 8245 800 51 9096
16 MANIPUR 101 1 13 115
17 MEGHALAYA 135 15 10 160
18 MIZORAM 557 16 24 597
19 NAGALAND 107 11 0 118
20 ODISHA 3572 151 2 3725
21 PUNJAB 7345 787 40 8172
22 RAJASTHAN 5824 345 20 6189
23 SIKKIM 119 26 0 145
24 TAMIL NADU 4110 85 28 4223
25 TELANGANA 1807 273 8 2088
26 TRIPURA 493 4 33 530
27 UTTAR PRADESH 26991 479 142 27612
28 UTTARAKHAND 1914 316 26 2256
29 WEST BENGAL# 4742 132 1379 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 130777 7676 2024 140477
30 A & N ISLANDS 65 0 47 112
31 CHANDIGARH 228 172 4 404
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 7 9 0 16
34 DELHI 2093 855 96 3044
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 58 14 0 72
TOTAL (UTs) 2451 1050 147 3648
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 133228 8726 2171 144125
Table 2.10B – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 C
Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2310 323 0 119 36 2788

3 ASSAM 1729 1226 37 77 27 3096
4 BIHAR 6998 1503 8 4 12 8525
5 CHHATTISGARH 7572 272 43 291 84 8262
6 GOA 110 11 0 28 0 149
7 GUJARAT 3089 1418 39 41 5 4592
8 HARYANA 6305 508 406 14 3 7236
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 89 110 7 1 2 209
11 JHARKHAND 4279 750 14 417 411 5871
12 KARNATAKA 3135 562 15 95 190 3997
13 KERALA 1642 839 0 635 15 3131
14 MADHYA PRADESH 18042 2044 86 37 44 20253
15 MAHARASHTRA 5643 2114 119 148 1072 9096
16 MANIPUR 78 16 0 16 5 115
17 MEGHALAYA 19 9 0 129 3 160
18 MIZORAM 3 4 0 584 6 597
19 NAGALAND 13 10 0 95 0 118
20 ODISHA 3320 124 1 258 22 3725
21 PUNJAB 2388 323 4590 544 327 8172
22 RAJASTHAN 4769 1041 345 12 22 6189
23 SIKKIM 86 1 0 36 22 145
24 TAMIL NADU 3265 462 0 496 0 4223
25 TELANGANA 1285 496 17 228 62 2088
26 TRIPURA 393 72 0 42 23 530
27 UTTAR PRADESH 21341 6098 147 18 8 27612
28 UTTARAKHAND 1513 504 190 44 5 2256
29 WEST BENGAL# 3840 2369 8 24 12 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 104179 23247 6112 4479 2460 140477
30 A & N ISLANDS 61 5 0 26 20 112
31 CHANDIGARH 334 37 28 5 0 404
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 10 5 0 1 0 16
34 DELHI 2214 666 73 89 2 3044
36 PUDUCHERRY 65 2 0 5 0 72
TOTAL (UTs) 2684 715 101 126 22 3648
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 106863 23962 6213 4605 2482 144125

Table 2.10C – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 D
Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. No. State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 651 329 1286 522 2788

3 ASSAM 558 542 659 1337 3096
4 BIHAR 1372 273 4508 2372 8525
5 CHHATTISGARH 1485 2906 2930 941 8262
6 GOA 12 9 75 53 149
7 GUJARAT 951 813 1767 1061 4592
8 HARYANA 1537 141 1726 3832 7236
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 19 10 10 170 209
11 JHARKHAND 697 1985 2275 914 5871
12 KARNATAKA 740 478 1868 911 3997
13 KERALA 537 133 1650 811 3131
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5017 5303 6492 3441 20253
15 MAHARASHTRA 2056 1335 2228 3477 9096
16 MANIPUR 5 13 80 17 115
17 MEGHALAYA 12 139 2 7 160
18 MIZORAM 16 580 1 0 597
19 NAGALAND 23 95 0 0 118
20 ODISHA 1024 1145 949 607 3725
21 PUNJAB 2786 106 1444 3836 8172
22 RAJASTHAN 1309 1177 2491 1212 6189
23 SIKKIM 13 44 70 18 145
24 TAMIL NADU 967 79 2985 192 4223
25 TELANGANA 455 257 671 705 2088
26 TRIPURA 99 156 169 106 530
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6143 852 11826 8791 27612
28 UTTARAKHAND 562 229 577 888 2256
29 WEST BENGAL# 1311 305 585 4052 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 30529 19637 49440 40871 140477
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 16 95 112
31 CHANDIGARH 147 0 65 192 404
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 2 5 7 16
34 DELHI 654 58 806 1526 3044
36 PUDUCHERRY 10 0 62 0 72
TOTAL (UTs) 813 61 954 1820 3648
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 31342 19698 50394 42691 144125

Table 2.10D – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.11 A
Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1806 1712 789 266 127 69 4769
3 ASSAM 2676 2292 872 260 13 17 6130
4 BIHAR 9356 12591 7304 1698 142 184 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 2128 5558 1536 405 47 155 9829
6 GOA 150 108 107 4 0 0 369
7 GUJARAT 2184 5179 1631 442 150 213 9799
8 HARYANA 1860 5358 4866 802 117 157 13160
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 717 1102 1068 131 2 55 3075
11 JHARKHAND 2900 5775 3278 532 168 106 12759
12 KARNATAKA 2150 4785 2193 890 362 120 10500
13 KERALA 2564 954 558 182 44 28 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6074 11420 4380 1543 284 456 24157
15 MAHARASHTRA 5457 12558 6475 2010 495 562 27557
16 MANIPUR 33 487 186 43 0 9 758
17 MEGHALAYA 348 398 90 20 2 3 861
18 MIZORAM 46 861 162 16 0 12 1097
19 NAGALAND 88 161 53 12 0 0 314
20 ODISHA 3875 6949 2203 638 87 51 13803
21 PUNJAB 4219 6287 4473 695 125 150 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 3976 6177 3061 1413 276 475 15378
23 SIKKIM 8 189 55 3 0 0 255
24 TAMIL NADU 2764 3399 1816 847 316 102 9244
25 TELANGANA 1221 1442 881 457 213 170 4384
26 TRIPURA 51 424 69 21 2 1 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 23923 25702 14912 6144 727 2010 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 917 1414 762 144 15 121 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 9453 4631 1912 439 1 42 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 91176 128602 66191 20129 3740 5282 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 12 74 39 6 1 0 132
31 CHANDIGARH 106 229 173 54 7 11 580
32 D & N HAVELI 5 25 10 3 2 1 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 23 5 11 7 0 0 46
34 DELHI 3202 5750 4246 832 103 249 14382
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 63 65 11 26 3 177
TOTAL (UTs) 3357 6147 4547 913 139 264 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 94533 134749 70738 21042 3879 5546 330487
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Table – 2.11 B
Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT Belongs to other Belongs to other
No. Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3911 844 14 4769
3 ASSAM 5808 272 50 6130
4 BIHAR 30439 750 86 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 8815 1007 7 9829
6 GOA 168 144 57 369
7 GUJARAT 9061 684 54 9799
8 HARYANA 10498 2627 35 13160
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2711 320 44 3075
11 JHARKHAND 12073 684 2 12759
12 KARNATAKA 9043 1320 137 10500
13 KERALA 3964 313 53 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 22921 1220 16 24157
15 MAHARASHTRA 22416 4675 466 27557
16 MANIPUR 724 8 26 758
17 MEGHALAYA 706 113 42 861
18 MIZORAM 1054 25 18 1097
19 NAGALAND 217 97 0 314
20 ODISHA 12923 872 8 13803
21 PUNJAB 13735 2098 116 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 13763 1582 33 15378
23 SIKKIM 224 31 0 255
24 TAMIL NADU 8676 477 91 9244
25 TELANGANA 4033 286 65 4384
26 TRIPURA 485 42 41 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 69585 3470 363 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 2609 731 33 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 15484 418 576 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 287076 25512 2532 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 84 0 48 132
31 CHANDIGARH 332 234 14 580
32 D & N HAVELI 16 30 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 16 30 0 46
34 DELHI 10545 3453 384 14382
36 PUDUCHERRY 135 41 1 177
TOTAL (UTs) 11132 3788 447 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 298208 29300 2979 330487
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Table – 2.11 C
Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4081 434 1 174 79 4769
3 ASSAM 2601 2904 75 405 145 6130
4 BIHAR 26377 4758 82 15 43 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 9043 489 101 182 14 9829
6 GOA 288 36 0 45 0 369
7 GUJARAT 7028 2474 170 85 42 9799
8 HARYANA 10952 1326 823 35 24 13160
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1050 1817 174 23 11 3075
11 JHARKHAND 9419 2358 66 777 139 12759
12 KARNATAKA 7945 2045 31 357 122 10500
13 KERALA 2249 1342 0 733 6 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 20768 2947 322 59 61 24157
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - - 27557
16 MANIPUR 402 133 1 211 11 758
17 MEGHALAYA 169 75 2 615 0 861
18 MIZORAM 12 27 0 1053 5 1097
19 NAGALAND 62 18 0 234 0 314
20 ODISHA 12139 773 21 806 64 13803
21 PUNJAB 5372 586 8188 1230 573 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 11654 2798 786 35 105 15378
23 SIKKIM 171 9 0 56 19 255
24 TAMIL NADU 7247 1015 0 982 0 9244
25 TELANGANA 2794 1177 12 386 15 4384
26 TRIPURA 385 133 0 23 27 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 51126 21139 483 116 554 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 2037 1137 182 12 5 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 10315 6032 30 82 19 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 206952 58099 11599 8806 2107 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 96 10 2 14 10 132
31 CHANDIGARH 516 26 31 7 0 580
32 D & N HAVELI 40 6 0 0 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 37 9 0 0 0 46
34 DELHI 10059 3734 252 329 8 14382
36 PUDUCHERRY 151 12 0 14 0 177
TOTAL (UTs) 10899 3801 285 364 18 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 217851 61900 11884 9170 2125 330487

@ Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
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Table – 2.11 D
Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 964 773 2004 1028 4769

3 ASSAM 1009 1421 1751 1949 6130
4 BIHAR 6843 1341 15832 7259 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 1636 3471 3041 1681 9829
6 GOA 65 52 41 211 369
7 GUJARAT 1289 1468 4795 2247 9799
8 HARYANA 3566 177 3864 5553 13160
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 177 250 65 2583 3075
11 JHARKHAND 2316 3336 5011 2096 12759
12 KARNATAKA 2511 1136 5277 1576 10500
13 KERALA 862 231 2268 969 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 4885 5894 8716 4662 24157
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - 27557
16 MANIPUR 12 208 491 47 758
17 MEGHALAYA 92 624 26 119 861
18 MIZORAM 21 1057 19 0 1097
19 NAGALAND 64 225 1 24 314
20 ODISHA 4176 3720 3249 2658 13803
21 PUNJAB 6831 172 3488 5458 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 3437 2774 6374 2793 15378
23 SIKKIM 45 57 137 16 255
24 TAMIL NADU 2466 218 6399 161 9244
25 TELANGANA 823 601 1676 1284 4384
26 TRIPURA 115 95 99 259 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 17995 3945 31259 20219 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 769 275 805 1524 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 2007 878 1830 11763 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 65366 34509 108697 78991 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 5 26 101 132
31 CHANDIGARH 217 1 142 220 580
32 D & N HAVELI 3 12 7 24 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 7 8 10 21 46
34 DELHI 3654 216 4067 6445 14382
36 PUDUCHERRY 55 1 113 8 177
TOTAL (UTs) 3936 247 4365 6819 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 69302 34756 113062 85810 330487
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Table – 2.12 A
Education Profile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 147 427 74 41 2 7 698
8 HARYANA 5 10 8 3 1 0 27
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 75 128 137 34 9 21 404
11 JHARKHAND 0 11 9 4 0 0 24
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
13 KERALA 0 14 12 3 2 0 31
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8 28 11 4 0 0 51
15 MAHARASHTRA 15 85 43 1 1 0 145
16 MANIPUR 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 11 3 0 0 0 14
20 ODISHA 8 11 5 0 0 0 24
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 402 445 219 124 31 19 1240
25 TELANGANA 75 94 56 10 5 4 244
26 TRIPURA 0 4 0 1 0 0 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 48 53 98 41 1 21 262
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 800 1325 680 266 52 72 3195
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 3 6 1 0 0 14
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 7 4 0 2 0 14
TOTAL (UTs) 5 10 10 1 2 0 28
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 805 1335 690 267 54 72 3223
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Table – 2.12 B
Domicile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019
Domicile
Sl.
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 2 0 0 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 683 15 0 698
8 HARYANA 0 27 0 27
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 373 0 31 404
11 JHARKHAND 24 0 0 24
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 0 12
13 KERALA 28 3 0 31
14 MADHYA PRADESH 51 0 0 51
15 MAHARASHTRA 145 0 0 145
16 MANIPUR 3 0 0 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 14 0 0 14
20 ODISHA 24 0 0 24
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1146 94 0 1240
25 TELANGANA 213 29 2 244
26 TRIPURA 5 0 0 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 74 188 0 262
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 2806 356 33 3195
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 3 7 14
TOTAL (UTs) 18 3 7 28
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2824 359 40 3223
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Table – 2.12 C
Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 465 225 5 3 0 698
8 HARYANA 0 27 0 0 0 27
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 12 384 7 1 0 404
11 JHARKHAND 11 13 0 0 0 24
12 KARNATAKA 5 7 0 0 0 12
13 KERALA 8 15 0 8 0 31
15 MAHARASHTRA@ - - - - - 145
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 3 0 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 14 0 14
20 ODISHA 21 3 0 0 0 24
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 1 0 0 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 983 140 1 116 0 1240
25 TELANGANA 132 106 0 5 1 244
26 TRIPURA 5 0 0 0 0 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 42 220 0 0 0 262
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1737 1147 14 150 2 3195
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 8 2 0 0 14
36 PUDUCHERRY 14 0 0 0 0 14
TOTAL (UTs) 18 8 2 0 0 28
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1755 1155 16 150 2 3223
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Table – 2.12 D
Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.No. State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 1 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 140 75 346 137 698
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 27 27
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6 13 0 385 404
11 JHARKHAND 1 1 17 5 24
12 KARNATAKA 1 0 11 0 12
13 KERALA 3 4 22 2 31
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - 145
16 MANIPUR 0 3 0 0 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 14 0 0 14
20 ODISHA 6 3 10 5 24
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 349 41 839 11 1240
25 TELANGANA 44 18 73 109 244
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 5 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11 0 101 150 262
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 580 183 1435 852 3195
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 14 14
TOTAL (UTs) 5 0 9 14 28
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 585 183 1444 866 3223

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Table – 2.13 A
Education Profile of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 4 7 0 0 0 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 2 0 4 0 0 0 6
13 KERALA 3 4 0 0 0 0 7
14 MADHYA PRADESH 62 64 12 3 0 1 142
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 MIZORAM 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 8 1 1 0 1 11
21 PUNJAB 29 14 9 1 0 0 53
22 RAJASTHAN 14 10 5 2 0 0 31
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 207 71 82 1 0 0 361
TOTAL (STATES) 327 200 132 10 0 2 671
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 10 31 45 8 0 0 94
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 10 31 45 8 0 0 94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 337 231 177 18 0 2 765
73
Table – 2.13 B
Domicile of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Domicile
Sl.
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 12 0 0 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 1
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 0 6
13 KERALA 7 0 0 7
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 2 1 1 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 10 1 0 11
21 PUNJAB 0 0 53 53
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 0 0 5
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 361 361
TOTAL (STATES) 240 13 418 671
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 64 30 0 94
TOTAL (UTs) 64 30 0 94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 304 43 418 765
74
Table – 2.13 C
Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 12 0 0 0 0 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 5 1 0 0 0 6
13 KERALA 2 3 0 2 0 7
14 MADHYA PRADESH 123 17 1 0 1 142
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 2 0 0 0 2
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 3 1 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 10 0 0 0 1 11
21 PUNJAB 0 38 0 0 15 53
22 RAJASTHAN 20 8 3 0 0 31
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 50 311 0 0 0 361
TOTAL (STATES) 259 383 4 5 20 671
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 70 21 3 0 0 94
TOTAL (UTs) 70 21 3 0 0 94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 329 404 7 5 20 765

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Table – 2.13 D
Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 4 8 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 1 3 2 6
13 KERALA 0 0 4 3 7
14 MADHYA PRADESH 46 21 55 20 142
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 1 2 0 1 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 2 5 2 11
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 53 53
22 RAJASTHAN 8 4 15 4 31
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 0 1 356 361
TOTAL (STATES) 71 34 100 466 671
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 29 0 28 37 94
TOTAL (UTs) 29 0 28 37 94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 100 34 128 503 765

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Table 2.14
Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts
16 – 18 Years 18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total
Sl.
State/UT No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of %
No.
Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.0 988 35.4 1478 53.0 322 11.5 2788 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 66 46.8 65 46.1 10 7.1 141 100
3 ASSAM 5 0.2 610 19.7 1797 58.0 684 22.1 3096 100
4 BIHAR 0 0.0 2088 24.5 4551 53.4 1886 22.1 8525 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.0 3261 39.5 3924 47.5 1077 13.0 8262 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 43 28.9 91 61.1 15 10.1 149 100
7 GUJARAT 0 0.0 1890 41.2 1905 41.5 797 17.4 4592 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 2954 40.8 3418 47.2 864 11.9 7236 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 148 15.6 581 61.3 219 23.1 948 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 40 19.1 130 62.2 39 18.7 209 100
11 JHARKHAND 0 0.0 1870 31.9 2905 49.5 1096 18.7 5871 100
12 KARNATAKA 0 0.0 1472 36.8 1987 49.7 538 13.5 3997 100
13 KERALA 0 0.0 658 21.0 1522 48.6 951 30.4 3131 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 8047 39.7 9355 46.2 2851 14.1 20253 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.0 2577 28.3 5393 59.3 1126 12.4 9096 100
16 MANIPUR 0 0.0 31 27.0 61 53.0 23 20.0 115 100
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 44 27.5 93 58.1 23 14.4 160 100
18 MIZORAM 0 0.0 233 39.0 307 51.4 57 9.5 597 100
19 NAGALAND 0 0.0 41 34.7 63 53.4 14 11.9 118 100
20 ODISHA 0 0.0 1235 33.2 1970 52.9 520 14.0 3725 100
21 PUNJAB 0 0.0 3354 41.0 3651 44.7 1167 14.3 8172 100
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0.0 2042 33.0 3110 50.3 1035 16.7 6189 100
23 SIKKIM 0 0.0 24 16.6 85 58.6 36 24.8 145 100
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 1180 27.9 2232 52.9 811 19.2 4223 100
25 TELANGANA 0 0.0 643 30.8 1176 56.3 269 12.9 2088 100
26 TRIPURA 0 0.0 117 22.1 310 58.5 103 19.4 530 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 5681 20.6 13638 49.4 8293 30.0 27612 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.0 553 24.5 1153 51.1 550 24.4 2256 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0.0 1630 26.1 3084 49.3 1538 24.6 6253 100
TOTAL (STATES) 8 0.0 43520 31.0 70035 49.9 26914 19.2 140477 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 17 15.2 76 67.9 19 17.0 112 100
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 212 52.5 158 39.1 34 8.4 404 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0.0 3 18.8 12 75.0 1 6.3 16 100
34 DELHI 0 0.0 962 31.6 1579 51.9 503 16.5 3044 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 7 9.7 54 75.0 11 15.3 72 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 1201 32.9 1879 51.5 568 15.6 3648 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8 0.0 44721 31.0 71914 49.9 27482 19.1 144125 100
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Table – 2.15
Age-group wise Percentage Share of Undertrials to Total Undertrials
16 – 18 Years 18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total
Sl. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
State/UT % % % % %
No. Under Under Under Under Under
Share Share Share Share Share
trials trials trials trials trials
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.0 1976 41.4 2335 49.0 458 9.6 4769 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 61 57.5 42 39.6 3 2.8 106 100
3 ASSAM 41 0.7 2594 42.3 2692 43.9 803 13.1 6130 100
4 BIHAR 56 0.2 14608 46.7 12436 39.8 4175 13.3 31275 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.0 6221 63.3 3125 31.8 483 4.9 9829 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 138 37.4 197 53.4 34 9.2 369 100
7 GUJARAT 46 0.5 5364 54.7 3593 36.7 796 8.1 9799 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 8383 63.7 4015 30.5 762 5.8 13160 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 618 43.4 668 46.9 139 9.8 1425 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 1383 45.0 1310 42.6 382 12.4 3075 100
11 JHARKHAND 1 0.0 6672 52.3 5045 39.5 1041 8.2 12759 100
12 KARNATAKA 3 0.0 6000 57.1 3902 37.2 595 5.7 10500 100
13 KERALA 0 0.0 1683 38.9 2000 46.2 647 14.9 4330 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 13116 54.3 8898 36.8 2143 8.9 24157 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.0 12373 44.9 12928 46.9 2256 8.2 27557 100
16 MANIPUR 0 0.0 303 40.0 382 50.4 73 9.6 758 100
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 498 57.8 327 38.0 36 4.2 861 100
18 MIZORAM 0 0.0 508 46.3 509 46.4 80 7.3 1097 100
19 NAGALAND 1 0.3 150 47.8 149 47.5 14 4.5 314 100
20 ODISHA 0 0.0 7179 52.0 5427 39.3 1197 8.7 13803 100
21 PUNJAB 0 0.0 7187 45.1 6983 43.8 1779 11.2 15949 100
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0.0 7771 50.5 6242 40.6 1365 8.9 15378 100
23 SIKKIM 0 0.0 124 48.6 116 45.5 15 5.9 255 100
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 3700 40.0 4247 45.9 1297 14.0 9244 100
25 TELANGANA 0 0.0 1651 37.7 2146 49.0 587 13.4 4384 100
26 TRIPURA 1 0.2 263 46.3 260 45.8 44 7.7 568 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 33331 45.4 29601 40.3 10486 14.3 73418 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.0 1494 44.3 1478 43.8 401 11.9 3373 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 0.3 6893 41.8 6965 42.3 2574 15.6 16478 100
TOTAL (STATES) 195 0.1 152242 48.3 128018 40.6 34665 11.0 315120 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 29 22.0 89 67.4 14 10.6 132 100
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 326 56.2 227 39.1 27 4.7 580 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0.0 28 60.9 15 32.6 3 6.5 46 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0.0 14 30.4 32 69.6 0 0.0 46 100
34 DELHI 0 0.0 8679 60.3 4896 34.0 807 5.6 14382 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0.0 1 25.0 3 75.0 0 0.0 4 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 105 59.3 68 38.4 4 2.3 177 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 9182 59.8 5330 34.7 855 5.6 15367 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 195 0.1 161424 48.8 133348 40.3 35520 10.7 330487 100
78
Table – 2.16
Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. % % % %
Type Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No. Share Share Share Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 CENTRAL JAIL 2893 44.0 3566 54.3 30 0.5 82 1.2 6571
2 DISTRICT JAIL 1741 20.8 6633 79.2 2 0.0 3 0.0 8379
3 SUB-JAIL 64 6.6 903 93.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 967
4 WOMEN JAIL 1346 36.9 2246 61.5 60 1.6 0 0.0 3652
BORSTAL
5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
SCHOOL
6 OPEN JAIL 121 97.6 3 2.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 124
7 SPECIAL JAIL 14 6.4 199 90.5 7 3.2 0 0.0 220
8 OTHERS 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
9 TOTAL 6179 31.0 13550 68.0 99 0.5 85 0.4 19913

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Table – 2.17
Number of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31st December 2019
Total
No. of
No. of No. of No. of No. of
Under- Total
Convict Detenues Other Women
trial No. of
Sl. Women No. of No. of Women No. of Women No. of Prisoners
State/UT Women Children
No. Prisoners Children Children Prisoners Children Prisoners Children with
Prisoners (Col.4+6+
with with with Children
with 8+10)
Children Children Children (Col.3+5+
Children
7+9)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 9 11 34 38 0 0 0 0 43 49
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 1 1 33 41 0 0 0 0 34 42
4 BIHAR 17 18 124 141 0 0 0 0 141 159
5 CHHATTISGARH 18 18 38 40 0 0 0 0 56 58
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 3 3 25 30 2 2 0 0 30 35
8 HARYANA 13 13 21 23 0 0 0 0 34 36
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 7 7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 8 9
11 JHARKHAND 23 25 81 90 0 0 0 0 104 115
12 KARNATAKA 6 8 30 37 0 0 0 0 36 45
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 43 50 105 127 0 0 0 0 148 177
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 4 68 79 0 0 0 0 72 83
16 MANIPUR 0 0 18 21 0 0 0 0 18 21
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 3 3 18 20 0 0 0 0 21 23
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 3 3 24 25 0 0 0 0 27 28
21 PUNJAB 9 9 33 35 0 0 0 0 42 44
22 RAJASTHAN 6 8 37 42 0 0 0 0 43 50
23 SIKKIM 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
24 TAMIL NADU 3 3 11 11 0 0 0 0 14 14
25 TELANGANA 7 7 24 27 0 0 0 0 31 34
26 TRIPURA 4 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 10
27 UTTAR PRADESH 81 91 349 399 0 0 0 0 430 490
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 9 14 0 0 0 0 10 15
29 WEST BENGAL# 64 72 83 120 0 0 0 0 147 192
TOTAL (STATES) 320 358 1177 1372 6 7 0 0 1503 1737
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 5 5 32 34 0 0 0 0 37 39
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 5 5 35 37 0 0 0 0 40 42
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 325 363 1212 1409 6 7 0 0 1543 1779
80
Table – 2.18
Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years %
Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share Years Share & above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIANS
1 CONVICTS 8 0.0 43817 30.9 70936 50.0 27193 19.2 141954
2 UNDER TRIALS 194 0.1 160103 48.9 131894 40.3 35317 10.8 327508
3 DETENUES 15 0.5 1461 45.9 1438 45.2 269 8.5 3183
4 OTHERS 0 0.0 90 25.9 222 64.0 35 10.1 347
5 TOTAL (INDIANS) 217 0.0 205471 43.4 204490 43.2 62814 13.3 472992
FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 904 41.6 978 45.0 289 13.3 2171
7 UNDER TRIALS 1 0.0 1321 44.3 1454 48.8 203 6.8 2979
8 DETENUES 0 0.0 12 30.0 26 65.0 2 5.0 40
9 OTHERS 0 0.0 234 56.0 156 37.3 28 6.7 418
10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 1 0.0 2471 44.1 2614 46.6 522 9.3 5608
TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 218 0.0 207942 43.4 207104 43.3 63336 13.2 478600
FOREIGNERS)
Table – 2.19
Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age group as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years & %

Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share Years Share above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIAN
1 CONVICTS 1 0.0 1255 21.4 2994 51.0 1625 27.7 5875
2 UNDERTRIALS 5 0.0 4409 33.6 6402 48.9 2289 17.5 13105
3 DETENUES 0 0.0 21 21.4 61 62.2 16 16.3 98

4 OTHERS 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3
5 TOTAL (INDIAN) 6 0.0 5688 29.8 9457 49.6 3930 20.6 19081
FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 125 41.1 128 42.1 51 16.8 304
7 UNDERTRIALS 0 0.0 222 49.9 202 45.4 21 4.7 445
8 DETENUES 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1
9 OTHERS 0 0.0 41 50.0 35 42.7 6 7.3 82
10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 0 0.0 389 46.8 365 43.9 78 9.4 832
TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 6 0.0 6077 30.5 9822 49.3 4008 20.1 19913
FOREIGNERS)
Table 2.18 & 2.19 – Page 1 of 1
Note: The percentage shares shown against Sl.No.5,10,11 (Total) are the average percentage at All India level.
Note: Detenues includes inmates detained under preventive laws such as COFEPSAA, NDPS, NSA, PSA, PIT, NDPS,
PBMSECA etc.
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Table 2.20
Inmates admitted during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Number of inmates admitted during the year 2019
No.
Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 61954 5075 67029
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 336 11 347
3 ASSAM 36316 2074 38390
4 BIHAR 190921 5332 196253
5 CHHATTISGARH 44282 1242 45524
6 GOA 1147 64 1211
7 GUJARAT 80000 6215 86215
8 HARYANA 59924 2391 62315
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 5794 217 6011
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8517 147 8664
11 JHARKHAND 44482 1455 45937
12 KARNATAKA 72351 3729 76080
13 KERALA 45577 667 46244
14 MADHYA PRADESH 150306 4723 155029
15 MAHARASHTRA 117313 5569 122882
16 MANIPUR 1459 202 1661
17 MEGHALAYA 1976 66 2042
18 MIZORAM 5209 1036 6245
19 NAGALAND 1980 89 2069
20 ODISHA 65073 4735 69808
21 PUNJAB 78458 4710 83168
22 RAJASTHAN 114338 3108 117446
23 SIKKIM 485 18 503
24 TAMIL NADU 67127 4753 71880
25 TELANGANA 71514 3794 75308
26 TRIPURA 4309 172 4481
27 UTTAR PRADESH 311257 10286 321543
28 UTTARAKHAND 17794 701 18495
29 WEST BENGAL# 85970 5174 91144
TOTAL (STATES) 1746169 77755 1823924
30 A & N ISLANDS 629 12 641
31 CHANDIGARH 2447 111 2558
32 D & N HAVELI 200 3 203
33 DAMAN & DIU 182 7 189
34 DELHI 54955 2161 57116
35 LAKSHADWEEP 64 0 64
36 PUDUCHERRY 1367 30 1397
TOTAL (UTs) 59844 2324 62168
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1806013 80079 1886092
used.
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Chapter 3
Indian
Prisoners

Chapter – 3
Indian Prisoners
Indian Prisoners Males and 19,081 Females were

This chapter presents statistical confined in various Indian jails at the
information such as prisoner’s category, end of the year 2019. Out of the
age and gender profiles of Indian 4,72,992 Indian national prisoners,
nationals who were confined in various 1,41,954 were Convicts, 3,27,508 were
jails in the country as on 31st December, Undertrials and 3,183 were Detenues.
2019. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
number of inmates (1,00,792) followed
Share of Convicts, Undertrials, by Madhya Pradesh (44,575) and Bihar
Detenues and Other inmates as on (39,716) accounting for 21.3%, 9.4%,
31st December, 2019 8.4% of the total inmates (Chart 3.1,
Table 3.1).
A total of 4,72,992 Indian
national inmates consisting of 4,53,911
Others, 347,
Detenues, 3183, 0.07%
0.67%
Convicts, 141954,
30.01%
Total Indian Inmates

Undertrials,
4,72,992 327508, 69.24%

Share of Indian Inmates
Chart 3.1
I. Convicts has lodged the highest number of

convicted prisoners (27,470) followed
A total of 1,41,954 Indian by Madhya Pradesh (20,241) and
national inmates consisting of 1,36,079 Maharashtra (9,045) accounting for
Males and 5,875 Females were 19.4%, 14.3%, 6.4% of the total
confined in various jails in the country at convicts (Chart 3.2, Table 3.1).
the end of the year 2019. Uttar Pradesh
83
Majority of convicts were in the (43,817) and age group 50 Years &
age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years Above (19.2%) (27,193) (Chart 3.3,
(50.0%) (70,936) followed by age group Table 3.2).
18 Year – Below 30 Years (30.9%)
UTTAR PRADESH 27470

MAHARASHTRA 9045
BIHAR 8513
CHHATTISGARH 8256
PUNJAB 8132
HARYANA 7224
RAJASTHAN 6169
JHARKHAND 5867
WEST BENGAL# 4874
GUJARAT 4551
TAMIL NADU 4195
KARNATAKA 3986
ODISHA 3723
KERALA 3126
ASSAM 3030
DELHI 2948
ANDHRA PRADESH 2785
UTTARAKHAND 2230
TELANGANA 2080
MIZORAM 573
TRIPURA 497
CHANDIGARH 400
JAMMU & KASHMIR 198
MEGHALAYA 150
SIKKIM 145
Total Indian Convicts
GOA 139 1,41,954
NAGALAND 118
MANIPUR 102
PUDUCHERRY 72
A & N ISLANDS 65
DAMAN & DIU 16
LAKSHADWEEP 0
D & N HAVELI 0
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.2
84
50 Years &
Above, 27193,
19.16%
18 – 30 Years,
43817, 30.87%
30-50 Years,
70936, 49.97%
Total Indian Convicts
1,41,954
Eight (8) Indian Convicts reported under 16-18 years age group.

Age wise Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 3.3
II. Undertrials and 8.3% of the total Indian undertrials

(Chart 3.4, Table 3.1).
A total of 3,27,508 Indian
national inmates consisting of 3,14,403 Majority of Undertrials were in
Males and 13,105 Females were the age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
confined in various jails in the country at (48.9%) (1,60,103) followed by the age
the end of the year 2019. Uttar Pradesh group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years (40.3%)
has lodged the highest number of (1,31,894) and the age group 50 Years
Undertrial prisoners (73,055) followed & Above (10.8%) (35,317) (Chart 3.5,
by Bihar (31,189) and Maharashtra Table 3.3).
(27,091) accounting for 22.3%, 9.5%
85
UTTAR PRADESH 73055
BIHAR 31189
MAHARASHTRA 27091
WEST BENGAL# 15902
PUNJAB 15833
RAJASTHAN 15345
DELHI 13998
ODISHA 13795
HARYANA 13125
JHARKHAND 12757
KARNATAKA 10363
CHHATTISGARH 9822
GUJARAT 9745
TAMIL NADU 9153
ASSAM 6080
ANDHRA PRADESH 4755
TELANGANA 4319
KERALA 4277
UTTARAKHAND 3340 Total Indian Undertrials
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3031 3,27,508
MIZORAM 1079
MEGHALAYA 819
MANIPUR 732
CHANDIGARH 566
TRIPURA 527
NAGALAND 314
GOA 312
SIKKIM 255
PUDUCHERRY 176
A & N ISLANDS 84
DAMAN & DIU 46
D & N HAVELI 46
LAKSHADWEEP 4
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000

Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.4
86
50 Years & 16 –18 Years,
Above, 35317, 194, 0.06%
10.78%
18 – 30 Years,
160103, 48.89%
30-50 Years,
131894, 40.27%
Total Indian Undertrials

3,27,508

Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 3.5
III. Detenues inmates. These above three states

have contributed to 72.6% of total
A total of 3,183 Indian national Detenues (Chart 3.6, Table-3.1).
inmates consisting of 3,085 Males and
98 Females were confined in various Majority of Detenues were in the
jails in the country at the end of the year age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
2019. Tamil Nadu has lodged the (45.9%) (1,461), age group 30 years –
highest number of Detenues (1,240) Below 50 Years (45.2%) (1,438) and
followed by Gujarat (698) and Jammu & the age group 50 Years & Above (8.5%)
Kashmir (373) accounting for 39.0%, (269) (Chart 3.7, Table 3.4).
21.9% and 11.7 % of the total Detenues
87
TAMIL NADU 1240
GUJARAT 698
JAMMU & KASHMIR 373
UTTAR PRADESH 262
TELANGANA 242
MAHARASHTRA 145
MADHYA PRADESH 51
KERALA 31
HARYANA 27
ODISHA 24
JHARKHAND 24
PUDUCHERRY 14
NAGALAND 14
KARNATAKA 12 Total Indian Detenues
ANDHRA PRADESH 8 3,183
DELHI 7
TRIPURA 5
MANIPUR 3
BIHAR 2
Note: Remaining States/UTs have no Indian Detenues.
RAJASTHAN 1
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

Note: Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for the year 2018 & 2019, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 3.6
50 Years & 16 –18 Years, 15,

Above, 269, 0.47%
8.45%
18 – 30 Years,
1461, 45.90%
30-50 Years,
1438, 45.18%
Total Indian Detenues

3,183

Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2019
Chart 3.7
88
Trend in Number of Convicts, prisons has increased by 14.9% in
Undertrials, Detenues and Other 2019 over 2014 (status as on 31st
Indian Inmates during 2014-2019 December of respective years).
Among these inmates, number of
A total of 4,11,803, 4,13,003, Convicts and Undertrials have
4,26,633, 4,45,779, 4,60,916 and increased by 10.0% and 17.3%
4,72,992 Indian inmates were lodged in respectively and Detenues has
various jails of the country as on decreased by 0.7% as on 31st
31st December of 2014, 2015, 2016, December of 2019 over 2014 (Chart
2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively. The 3.8).
number of Indian inmates in the
350000 10000
UNDER TRIALS CONVICTS DETENUES OTHERS
327508 9000
17.3% 320926
300000
306468
8000
289800
279303 278281
Number of Detenues and Others

250000 7000
Number of Undertrials and Convicts
6000
200000
5000
10.0%
136922 137380 141954
150000 129022 131815 133317
4000
100000 3000
3207 3046 -0.7% 3183
2525 2000
2341
2096
50000
28.0% 1000
382 470 347
271 293 269
0 0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
UNDER TRIALS 279303 278281 289800 306468 320926 327508
CONVICTS 129022 131815 133317 136922 137380 141954
DETENUES 3207 2525 3046 2096 2341 3183
OTHERS 271 382 470 293 269 347

Trend in Number of Different Types of Indian Inmates during 2014-2019
Chart 3.8
89
Table – 3.1
Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31st December, 2019

Sl. State/UT
No
Convicts Undertrials
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2618 167 2785 4459 296 4755
3 ASSAM 2970 60 3030 5871 209 6080
4 BIHAR 8165 348 8513 30216 973 31189
5 CHHATTISGARH 7852 404 8256 9343 479 9822
6 GOA 129 10 139 292 20 312
7 GUJARAT 4366 185 4551 9426 319 9745
8 HARYANA 6987 237 7224 12723 402 13125
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 190 8 198 2916 115 3031
11 JHARKHAND 5610 257 5867 12201 556 12757
12 KARNATAKA 3767 219 3986 9997 366 10363
13 KERALA 3059 67 3126 4171 106 4277
14 MADHYA PRADESH 19453 788 20241 23176 965 24141
15 MAHARASHTRA 8680 365 9045 25996 1095 27091
16 MANIPUR 98 4 102 691 41 732
17 MEGHALAYA 149 1 150 792 27 819
18 MIZORAM 545 28 573 923 156 1079
19 NAGALAND 118 0 118 310 4 314
20 ODISHA 3596 127 3723 13336 459 13795
21 PUNJAB 7777 355 8132 14975 858 15833
22 RAJASTHAN 5977 192 6169 14950 395 15345
23 SIKKIM 142 3 145 246 9 255
24 TAMIL NADU 4030 165 4195 8622 531 9153
25 TELANGANA 1933 147 2080 4034 285 4319
26 TRIPURA 472 25 497 510 17 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 26312 1158 27470 70170 2885 73055
28 UTTARAKHAND 2135 95 2230 3175 165 3340
29 WEST BENGAL# 4570 304 4874 15096 806 15902
TOTAL (STATES) 132699 5754 138453 299996 12592 312588
30 A & N ISLANDS 61 4 65 81 3 84
31 CHANDIGARH 384 16 400 533 33 566
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 15 1 16 42 4 46
34 DELHI 2849 99 2948 13527 471 13998
36 PUDUCHERRY 71 1 72 174 2 176
TOTAL (UTs) 3380 121 3501 14407 513 14920
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 136079 5875 141954 314403 13105 327508
90
Table 3.1 (Concluded)
Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Total
No.
Detenues Others
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 0 8 14 0 14 7099 463 7562
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 8841 269 9110
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 12 0 12 38395 1321 39716
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 21 0 21 17216 883 18099
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 421 30 451
7 GUJARAT 641 57 698 0 0 0 14433 561 14994
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 19737 639 20376
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 372 1 373 0 0 0 3478 124 3602
11 JHARKHAND 24 0 24 0 0 0 17835 813 18648
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 6 0 6 13782 585 14367
13 KERALA 31 0 31 7 0 7 7268 173 7441
14 MADHYA PRADESH 51 0 51 141 1 142 42821 1754 44575
15 MAHARASHTRA 145 0 145 0 0 0 34821 1460 36281
16 MANIPUR 3 0 3 0 0 0 792 45 837
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 941 28 969
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 1 2 3 1469 186 1655
19 NAGALAND 14 0 14 0 0 0 442 4 446
20 ODISHA 24 0 24 11 0 11 16967 586 17553
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 22752 1213 23965
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 31 0 31 20959 587 21546
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 388 12 400
24 TAMIL NADU 1203 37 1240 0 0 0 13855 733 14588
25 TELANGANA 239 3 242 1 0 1 6207 435 6642
26 TRIPURA 5 0 5 0 0 0 987 42 1029
27 UTTAR PRADESH 262 0 262 5 0 5 96749 4043 100792
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5310 260 5570
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 19666 1110 20776
TOTAL (STATES) 3064 98 3162 250 3 253 436009 18447 454456
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 7 149
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 917 49 966
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 5 62
34 DELHI 7 0 7 94 0 94 16477 570 17047
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 14 0 14 0 0 0 259 3 262
TOTAL (UTs) 21 0 21 94 0 94 17902 634 18536
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3085 98 3183 344 3 347 453911 19081 472992
91
Table – 3.2
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. State/UT 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 948 38 986
3 ASSAM 4 1 5 562 21 583
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 2007 74 2081
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 3172 89 3261
6 GOA 0 0 0 43 0 43
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 1820 51 1871
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 2902 46 2948
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 37 0 37
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 1810 57 1867
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 1395 71 1466
13 KERALA 0 0 0 652 6 658
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 7818 223 8041
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 2482 75 2557
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 25 2 27
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 38 0 38
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 207 11 218
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 41 0 41
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 1210 25 1235
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 3210 128 3338
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0 2 2000 33 2033
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 24 0 24
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1151 25 1176
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 609 29 638
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 104 4 108
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 5476 178 5654
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 520 13 533
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0 1 929 35 964
TOTAL (STATES) 7 1 8 41395 1235 42630
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 8 1 9
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 208 3 211
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 3 0 3
34 DELHI 0 0 0 941 16 957
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 1167 20 1187
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 7 1 8 42562 1255 43817
92
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. State/UT 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1382 95 1477 288 34 322 2618 167 2785
3 ASSAM 1754 25 1779 650 13 663 2970 60 3030
4 BIHAR 4366 180 4546 1792 94 1886 8165 348 8513
5 CHHATTISGARH 3688 230 3918 992 85 1077 7852 404 8256
6 GOA 71 10 81 15 0 15 129 10 139
7 GUJARAT 1783 104 1887 763 30 793 4366 185 4551
8 HARYANA 3280 132 3412 805 59 864 6987 237 7224
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 119 3 122 34 5 39 190 8 198
11 JHARKHAND 2775 129 2904 1025 71 1096 5610 257 5867
12 KARNATAKA 1887 95 1982 485 53 538 3767 219 3986
13 KERALA 1479 38 1517 928 23 951 3059 67 3126
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8958 391 9349 2677 174 2851 19453 788 20241
15 MAHARASHTRA 5146 219 5365 1052 71 1123 8680 365 9045
16 MANIPUR 52 1 53 21 1 22 98 4 102
17 MEGHALAYA 88 1 89 23 0 23 149 1 150
18 MIZORAM 287 14 301 51 3 54 545 28 573
19 NAGALAND 63 0 63 14 0 14 118 0 118
20 ODISHA 1895 73 1968 491 29 520 3596 127 3723
21 PUNJAB 3474 153 3627 1093 74 1167 7777 355 8132
22 RAJASTHAN 2991 111 3102 984 48 1032 5977 192 6169
23 SIKKIM 82 3 85 36 0 36 142 3 145
24 TAMIL NADU 2120 88 2208 759 52 811 4030 165 4195
25 TELANGANA 1100 73 1173 224 45 269 1933 147 2080
26 TRIPURA 271 15 286 97 6 103 472 25 497
27 UTTAR PRADESH 13054 505 13559 7782 475 8257 26312 1158 27470
28 UTTARAKHAND 1098 55 1153 517 27 544 2135 95 2230
29 WEST BENGAL# 2378 169 2547 1262 100 1362 4570 304 4874
TOTAL (STATES) 66235 2933 69168 25062 1585 26647 132699 5754 138453
30 A & N ISLANDS 37 3 40 16 0 16 61 4 65
31 CHANDIGARH 147 10 157 29 3 32 384 16 400
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 11 1 12 1 0 1 15 1 16
34 DELHI 1458 47 1505 450 36 486 2849 99 2948
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 54 0 54 10 1 11 71 1 72
TOTAL (UTs) 1707 61 1768 506 40 546 3380 121 3501
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 67942 2994 70936 25568 1625 27193 136079 5875 141954
93
Table – 3.3
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 1885 81 1966
3 ASSAM 41 0 41 2504 65 2569
4 BIHAR 54 1 55 14230 319 14549
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 6013 205 6218
6 GOA 0 0 0 127 4 131
7 GUJARAT 46 0 46 5223 108 5331
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 8219 141 8360
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 1323 35 1358
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 6455 216 6671
12 KARNATAKA 3 0 3 5798 144 5942
13 KERALA 0 0 0 1621 36 1657
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 12763 348 13111
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 11815 320 12135
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 279 10 289
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 465 8 473
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 423 78 501
19 NAGALAND 1 0 1 149 1 150
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 7026 151 7177
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 6780 348 7128
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 7613 144 7757
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 119 5 124
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 3560 126 3686
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1542 85 1627
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 236 8 244
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 32233 931 33164
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 1423 61 1484
29 WEST BENGAL# 42 4 46 6341 261 6602
TOTAL (STATES) 189 5 194 146794 4252 151046
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 22 3 25
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 309 10 319
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 28 0 28
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 12 2 14
34 DELHI 0 0 0 8424 141 8565
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 104 1 105
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 8900 157 9057
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 189 5 194 155694 4409 160103
94
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2162 169 2331 412 46 458 4459 296 4755
3 ASSAM 2556 115 2671 770 29 799 5871 209 6080
4 BIHAR 11913 501 12414 4019 152 4171 30216 973 31189
5 CHHATTISGARH 2911 210 3121 419 64 483 9343 479 9822
6 GOA 149 16 165 16 0 16 292 20 312
7 GUJARAT 3399 182 3581 758 29 787 9426 319 9745
8 HARYANA 3808 198 4006 696 63 759 12723 402 13125
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1240 53 1293 353 27 380 2916 115 3031
11 JHARKHAND 4787 257 5044 958 83 1041 12201 556 12757
12 KARNATAKA 3650 174 3824 546 48 594 9997 366 10363
13 KERALA 1919 54 1973 631 16 647 4171 106 4277
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8426 463 8889 1987 154 2141 23176 965 24141
15 MAHARASHTRA 12042 669 12711 2139 106 2245 25996 1095 27091
16 MANIPUR 347 24 371 65 7 72 691 41 732
17 MEGHALAYA 294 17 311 33 2 35 792 27 819
18 MIZORAM 426 75 501 74 3 77 923 156 1079
19 NAGALAND 147 2 149 13 1 14 310 4 314
20 ODISHA 5189 233 5422 1121 75 1196 13336 459 13795
21 PUNJAB 6603 325 6928 1592 185 1777 14975 858 15833
22 RAJASTHAN 6033 193 6226 1304 58 1362 14950 395 15345
23 SIKKIM 112 4 116 15 0 15 246 9 255
24 TAMIL NADU 3867 317 4184 1195 88 1283 8622 531 9153
25 TELANGANA 1968 137 2105 524 63 587 4034 285 4319
26 TRIPURA 230 8 238 43 1 44 510 17 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 28176 1280 29456 9761 674 10435 70170 2885 73055
28 UTTARAKHAND 1376 82 1458 376 22 398 3175 165 3340
29 WEST BENGAL# 6344 372 6716 2369 169 2538 15096 806 15902
TOTAL (STATES) 120701 6158 126859 32312 2177 34489 299996 12592 312588
30 A & N ISLANDS 48 0 48 11 0 11 81 3 84
31 CHANDIGARH 205 15 220 19 8 27 533 33 566
32 D & N HAVELI 15 0 15 3 0 3 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 30 2 32 0 0 0 42 4 46
34 DELHI 4424 226 4650 679 104 783 13527 471 13998
35 LAKSHADWEEP 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 66 1 67 4 0 4 174 2 176
TOTAL (UTs) 4791 244 5035 716 112 828 14407 513 14920
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 125492 6402 131894 33028 2289 35317 314403 13105 327508
95
Table – 3.4
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 2 0 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 2 0 2 360 17 377
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4 0 4 188 0 188
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 13 0 13
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 14 0 14
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 0 9 36 0 36
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 3 0 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 6 0 6
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 9 0 9
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 556 1 557
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 76 3 79
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 137 0 137
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 15 0 15 1432 21 1453
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 8 0 8
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 15 0 15 1440 21 1461
96
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 8
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 256 29 285 23 11 34 641 57 698
8 HARYANA 24 0 24 3 0 3 27 0 27
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 139 1 140 41 0 41 372 1 373
11 JHARKHAND 11 0 11 0 0 0 24 0 24
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 12
13 KERALA 14 0 14 3 0 3 31 0 31
14 MADHYA PRADESH 24 0 24 0 0 0 51 0 51
15 MAHARASHTRA 100 0 100 0 0 0 145 0 145
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 8 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 14
20 ODISHA 15 0 15 0 0 0 24 0 24
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 500 31 531 147 5 152 1203 37 1240
25 TELANGANA 155 0 155 8 0 8 239 3 242
26 TRIPURA 3 0 3 2 0 2 5 0 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 99 0 99 26 0 26 262 0 262
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1364 61 1425 253 16 269 3064 98 3162
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 7 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 6 0 6 0 0 0 14 0 14
TOTAL (UTs) 13 0 13 0 0 0 21 0 21
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1377 61 1438 253 16 269 3085 98 3183
97
Table – 3.5
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 3 0 3
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 2 0 2
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 1 2 3
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 1 0 1
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 7 0 7
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 69 3 72
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 18 0 18
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 18 0 18
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 87 3 90
98
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10 0 10 1 0 1 14 0 14
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 7 0 7 12 0 12
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 0 12 4 0 4 21 0 21
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 6
13 KERALA 3 0 3 2 0 2 7 0 7
14 MADHYA PRADESH 88 0 88 6 0 6 141 1 142
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 10 0 10 0 0 0 11 0 11
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 17 0 17 7 0 7 31 0 31
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 153 0 153 28 0 28 250 3 253
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 69 0 69 7 0 7 94 0 94
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 69 0 69 7 0 7 94 0 94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 222 0 222 35 0 35 344 3 347
99

Chapter 4
Foreign
Prisoners

Chapter 4
Foreign Prisoners
Foreign Prisoners Indian jails at the end of the year 2019.

Out of the 5,608 Foreign national
This chapter presents statistical
prisoners, 2,171 were Convicts, 2,979
information such as prisoner’s
were Undertrials and 40 were
category, age and gender profiles of
Detenues. West Bengal has reported
Foreign Nationals who were confined
the highest number of inmates (2,316)
in various Indian jails as on 31st
followed by Maharashtra (517) and
December, 2019.
Uttar Pradesh (505) accounting for
Share of Foreign Inmates as on 41.3%, 9.2% and 9.0% of the total
31st December 2019 inmates. The details may be seen at
(Chart 4.1, Chart 4.2 & Table 4.1).
A total of 5,608 Foreign national
inmates consisting of 4,776 Males and
832 Females were confined in various
Others, 418,
7.45%
Detenues, 40,
0.71%
Undertrials,
Convicts, 2171, 2979, 53.12%
38.71%
Total Foreign Inmates

5,608

Share of Foreign Inmates
Chart 4.1
101
WEST BENGAL# 2316
MAHARASHTRA 517
UTTAR PRADESH 505
DELHI 487
PUNJAB 209
KARNATAKA 148
TAMIL NADU 119
ASSAM 116
Total Foreign Inmates
BIHAR 98
5,608
A & N ISLANDS 95
GUJARAT 95
JAMMU & KASHMIR 87
TELANGANA 75
TRIPURA 74
GOA 67
UTTARAKHAND 59
KERALA 58
MEGHALAYA 54
RAJASTHAN 53
HARYANA 47
MIZORAM 43
MANIPUR 39
MADHYA PRADESH 28
CHANDIGARH 18
ANDHRA PRADESH 17
CHHATTISGARH 13 No foreign inmates reported in Arunachal Pradesh,
ODISHA 10
Nagaland, Sikkim, D & N Haveli, Daman & Diu and
Lakshadweep as on 31st December 2019.
JHARKHAND 6
PUDUCHERRY 1
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.2
Share of Convicts, Undertrials, jails in the country at the end of the

Detenues and Other Inmates as on year 2019. West Bengal has lodged
31st December, 2019 the highest number of convicted
prisoners (1,379) followed by Uttar
Convicts
Pradesh (142) and Delhi (96)
A total of 2,171 Foreign national accounting for 63.5%, 6.5%, 4.4% of
convicts consisting of 1,867 Males and the total convicts. The details may be
304 Females were confined in various seen at Chart 4.3,Table 4.1.
102
WEST BENGAL# 1379
UTTAR PRADESH 142
DELHI 96
ASSAM 66
HIMACHAL PRADESH 55
MAHARASHTRA 51
A & N ISLANDS 47
GUJARAT 41
PUNJAB 40
TRIPURA 33
TAMIL NADU 28
UTTARAKHAND 26
MIZORAM 24
Total Foreign Convicts
RAJASTHAN 20
2,171
MANIPUR 13
MADHYA PRADESH 12
HARYANA 12
BIHAR 12
KARNATAKA 11
JAMMU & KASHMIR 11
MEGHALAYA 10
GOA 10
TELANGANA 8
CHHATTISGARH 6
KERALA 5
CHANDIGARH 4
JHARKHAND 4
ANDHRA PRADESH 3
ODISHA 2
0 500 1000 1500
Some States/UTs (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, D& N Haveli, Daman & Diu,
Lakshadweep and Puducherry) have reported NIL figure.
Foreign Convicts as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 4.3
103
A total of 2,171 foreign convicts Bengal (186) followed by Uttar Pradesh
consisting of Bangladeshis (1,470), (53) and Assam (35) . The details may
Nepalese (228) and Myanmar (155) be seen at Table 4.1.
were lodged in the various jails of the
country as on 31st December, 2019. Majority of convicts were in the
The details may be seen at Table 4.3. age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
(45%) (978) followed by the age group
A total of 304 female foreign 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years(41.6%) (904)
convicts were lodged in various jails of and the age group 50 Years & Above
the country as on 31st December, 2019. (13.3%) (289). The details may be
The highest number of female foreign seen at LIST-4.1.
convicts were lodged in jails of West
Bangladeshis 1470
Nepalese 228
Myanmar 155
Nigerians 125
Pakistanis 94
Africans (other than Nigerians) 21
Sri Lankan 19
Middle East Countries 6 Total Foreign Convicts

Chinese 6 2,171
South American Countries 5
South East Asian Countries 4
North American Countries (other than Canada) 2
CIS (Russian) Federation 2
Maldivians 1
New Zealanders 0
Mauritians 0
Japanese 0
Canadians 0
Australians 0
Other Foreign Nationals 33
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Foreign Convicts by Nationality
Chart 4.4
104
Under trials lodged the highest number of
Undertrial prisoners (576) followed by
A total of 2,979 Foreign national Maharashtra (466) and Delhi (384)
undertrial inmates consisting of 2,534 accounting for 19.3%, 15.6% and 12.9
Males and 445 Females were confined % of the total foreign undertrials (Chart
in various jails in the country at the end 4.5, Table 4.1).
of the year 2019. West Bengal has
WEST BENGAL# 576

MAHARASHTRA 466
DELHI 384
UTTAR PRADESH 363
KARNATAKA 137
PUNJAB 116
HIMACHAL PRADESH 99
TAMIL NADU 91
BIHAR 86
TELANGANA 65
GOA 57
GUJARAT 54
KERALA 53
ASSAM 50
A & N ISLANDS 48 Total Foreign Undertrials
JAMMU & KASHMIR 44
2,979
MEGHALAYA 42
TRIPURA 41
HARYANA 35
UTTARAKHAND 33
RAJASTHAN 33
MANIPUR 26
MIZORAM 18
MADHYA PRADESH 16
CHANDIGARH 14
ANDHRA PRADESH 14
ODISHA 8
CHHATTISGARH 7
JHARKHAND 2
PUDUCHERRY 1
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Some States/UTs (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,Sikkim, D& N Haveli, Daman & Diu and
Lakshadweep) have reported NIL figure.

Foreign Undertrials as on 31st December, 2019 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.5
105
A total of 2,979 foreign national the country as on 31st December,
undertrials consisting of Bangladeshis 2019. The details can be seen at Table
(1,043), Nigerians (686) and Nepalese 4.4.
(517) were lodged in the various jails of
Bangladeshis 1043
Nigerians 686
Nepalese 517
Myanmar 146
Africans (other than Nigerians) 129
Pakistanis 109
Sri Lankan 46
Middle East Countries 30
South American Countries 25
Chinese 13
CIS (Russian) Federation 12
South East Asian Countries 11 Total Foreign Undertrials
North American Countries (other than… 6
2,979
Australians 4
Maldivians 2
Canadians 1
New Zealanders 0
Mauritians 0
Japanese 0
Other Foreign Nationals 199
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Foreign Undertrials by Nationality
Chart 4.6
A total of 445 female foreign Majority of Undertrials were in the

Undertrials were lodged in various jails age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
of the country as on 31st December, (48.8%) (1,454) followed by the age
2019. The highest number of female group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
foreign Undertrials were lodged in jails (44.3%) (1,321) and the age group 50
of West Bengal (105) followed by Years & Above (6.8%) (203) (LIST-
Maharashtra (104) and Uttar Pradesh 4.1).
(78). The details can be seen at Table
4.1.
106
Detenues contributed to 95.0% of total Detenues.
A total of 40 Foreign national The details can be seen at Table 4.1.
detenue inmates consisting of 39 Males
Majority of Detenues were in the
and 1 Females were confined in various
age group 30 Years – Below 50 Years
jails in the country at the end of the year (65%) (26) followed by the age group
2019. Jammu & Kashmir has lodged 18 Yrs. - Below 30 Years (30%) (12)
the highest number of Detenues (31) and the age group 50 Years & Above
followed by Delhi (7) accounting for (5%) (2). The details may be seen at
77.5% & 17.5% of the total Detenues LIST-4.1.
inmates. These above two states have
LIST–4.1
Distribution of Foreign Inmates by Age-group in the Country
Sl. 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years %
Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share & above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
FOREIGNERS
1 CONVICTS 904 41.6 978 45.0 289 13.3 2171
2 UNDERTRIALS* 1321 44.3 1454 48.8 203 6.8 2979
3 DETENUES 12 30.0 26 65.0 2 5.0 40
4 OTHERS 234 56.0 156 37.3 28 6.7 418
5 TOTAL 2471 44.1 2614 46.6 522 9.3 5608
* One male foreign undertrial was reported under 16-18 years age group.
1600 1454
1400 1321
1200
978
1000 904
800
600
400 289
234 203
156
200
12 26 2 28
0
18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & above
CONVICTS UNDERTRIALS* DETENUES OTHERS

Note: One male foreign undertrial was reported under 16-18 years age-group.
Age-Group wise distribution of Foreign Inmates in the Country
Chart 4.7
107
Trend in Number of Convicts, (status as on 31st December of
Undertrials, Detenues and Others respective years). Among these
Foreign Inmates during 2014-2019 inmates, number of Convicts,
Undertrials and Others have
A total of 6,733, 6,620, 6,370,
decreased by 13.0%, 16.7% and
4,917, 5,168 and 5,608 Foreign
33.9% respectively and Detenues
inmates were lodged in various jails of
increased by 33.3% as on 31st
the country as on 31st December of
December of 2019 over 2014 (Chart
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and
4.8).
2019 respectively. The number of
Foreigner inmates in the prisons has
decreased by 16.7% during 2014-2019
Total Undertrials Convicts Detenues Others

8000
7000 6733
-16.7%
6000 5608
5000
4000 3576
2979
3000 -16.7%
2000 2495
-13.0% 2171
1000 632
-33.9% 418
30 33.3% 40
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total 6733 6620 6370 4917 5168 5608
Undertrials 3576 3795 3258 2250 2611 2979
Convicts 2495 2353 2366 2227 2108 2171
Detenues 30 37 43 40 43 40
Others 632 435 703 400 406 418

Trend of Different Types of Foreign inmates during 2014-2019
Chart 4.8
108
Table – 4.1
Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
State/UT
No. M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 3 11 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 17
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 31 35 66 47 3 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 38 116
4 BIHAR 11 1 12 84 2 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 3 98
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 0 6 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
6 GOA 10 0 10 53 4 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 4 67
7 GUJARAT 40 1 41 53 1 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 2 95
8 HARYANA 12 0 12 32 3 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 3 47
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 54 1 55 93 6 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 7 154
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 1 11 43 1 44 31 0 31 1 0 1 85 2 87
11 JHARKHAND 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
12 KARNATAKA 7 4 11 115 22 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 26 148
13 KERALA 5 0 5 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 58
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 1 12 13 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 28
15 MAHARASHTRA 46 5 51 362 104 466 0 0 0 0 0 0 408 109 517
16 MANIPUR 13 0 13 17 9 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 9 39
17 MEGHALAYA 9 1 10 42 0 42 0 0 0 2 0 2 53 1 54
18 MIZORAM 23 1 24 16 2 18 0 0 0 1 0 1 40 3 43
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 0 2 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 10
21 PUNJAB 38 2 40 91 25 116 0 0 0 49 4 53 178 31 209
22 RAJASTHAN 20 0 20 31 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 2 53
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 28 0 28 81 10 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 10 119
25 TELANGANA 7 1 8 57 8 65 1 1 2 0 0 0 65 10 75
26 TRIPURA 31 2 33 40 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 3 74
27 UTTAR PRADESH 89 53 142 285 78 363 0 0 0 0 0 0 374 131 505
28 UTTARAKHAND 26 0 26 31 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 2 59
29 WEST BENGAL# 1193 186 1379 471 105 576 0 0 0 283 78 361 1947 369 2316
TOTAL (STATES) 1729 295 2024 2137 395 2532 32 1 33 336 82 418 4234 773 5007
30 A & N ISLANDS 47 0 47 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 95
31 CHANDIGARH 4 0 4 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 18
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 87 9 96 334 50 384 7 0 7 0 0 0 428 59 487
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 138 9 147 397 50 447 7 0 7 0 0 0 542 59 601
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1867 304 2171 2534 445 2979 39 1 40 336 82 418 4776 832 5608
109
Table – 4.2
Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 12 15 27
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 6 1 7
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 18 1 19
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 6 0 6
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 3 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 5 1 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 20 0 20
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 4 0 4
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 6 0 6
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 15 0 15
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 15 1 16
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 9 0 9
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 4 0 4
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 5 0 5
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 8 1 9
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 20 0 20
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 569 97 666
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 766 124 890
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 8 0 8
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 4 1 5
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 13 1 14
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 779 125 904
110
Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Total
Sl. 30-50 Years 50 Years & Above
State/UT (All Age-Groups)
No.
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3
3 ASSAM 8 10 18 11 10 21 31 35 66
4 BIHAR 5 0 5 0 0 0 11 1 12
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 6
6 GOA 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10
7 GUJARAT 18 0 18 4 0 4 40 1 41
8 HARYANA 6 0 6 0 0 0 12 0 12
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7 1 8 0 0 0 10 1 11
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4
12 KARNATAKA 2 3 5 0 0 0 7 4 11
13 KERALA 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 6 0 0 0 11 1 12
15 MAHARASHTRA 23 5 28 3 0 3 46 5 51
16 MANIPUR 8 0 8 1 0 1 13 0 13
17 MEGHALAYA 3 1 4 0 0 0 9 1 10
18 MIZORAM 6 0 6 2 1 3 23 1 24
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
21 PUNJAB 23 1 24 0 0 0 38 2 40
22 RAJASTHAN 8 0 8 3 0 3 20 0 20
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 24 0 24 0 0 0 28 0 28
25 TELANGANA 2 1 3 0 0 0 7 1 8
26 TRIPURA 23 1 24 0 0 0 31 2 33
27 UTTAR PRADESH 51 28 79 17 19 36 89 53 142
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 6 0 6 26 0 26
29 WEST BENGAL# 465 72 537 159 17 176 1193 186 1379
TOTAL (STATES) 743 124 867 220 47 267 1729 295 2024
30 A & N ISLANDS 36 0 36 3 0 3 47 0 47
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 4
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 70 4 74 13 4 17 87 9 96
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 107 4 111 18 4 22 138 9 147
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 850 128 978 238 51 289 1867 304 2171
111
Table – 4.3
Foreign Convicts by Nationality as on 31st December, 2019
Africans CIS
S. Austr- Bangl- Canad-
States/UTs (other than Chinese (Russian) Japanese Maldivians
No. alians adeshis ians
Nigerians) Federation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3 0 21 0 1 2 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 0 1284 0 2 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 18 0 1459 0 5 2 0 1
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 3 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 3 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 21 0 1470 0 6 2 0 1
112
North
Middle American
New
S.No States/UTs Mauritians East Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians Countries
Zealanders
Countries (other than
Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 6 0 6 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 16 0 10 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 24 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 10 0 15 1
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 1 0 89 0 3 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 19 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 1 53 3 0 25 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 6 108 216 0 81 2
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 47 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 12 0 41 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 47 12 0 44 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 6 155 228 0 125 2
113
South South East
Other Foreign Total Foreign
S.No. States/UTs Pakistanis American Asian Sri Lankan
Nationals Convicts
Countries Countries
(1) (2) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 66
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 1 10
7 GUJARAT 36 0 0 0 2 41
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 12
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 0 0 0 11
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 4
12 KARNATAKA 0 1 0 0 0 11
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 5
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 13
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 10
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 24
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 PUNJAB 13 0 0 0 1 40
22 RAJASTHAN 5 2 0 0 0 20
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 18 4 28
25 TELANGANA 2 0 0 0 2 8
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 33
27 UTTAR PRADESH 15 0 0 0 7 142
29 WEST BENGAL# 5 0 0 0 2 1379
TOTAL (STATES) 81 3 0 19 23 2024
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 47
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 13 2 4 0 9 96
TOTAL (UTs) 13 2 4 0 10 147
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 94 5 4 19 33 2171
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Table – 4.4
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality as on 31st December, 2019
Africans CIS
S. Austr- Bangl- Canad-
States/UTs (other than Chinese (Russian) Japanese Maldivians
No. alians adeshis ians
Nigerians) Federation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 0 18 0 0 1 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 15 0 43 0 1 0 0 0
13 KERALA 9 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 23 0 200 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 5 0 16 1 0 1 0 2
25 TELANGANA 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 1 119 0 1 2 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 12 0 470 0 5 1 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 83 1 1021 1 13 8 0 2
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 44 3 21 0 0 4 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 46 3 22 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 129 4 1043 1 13 12 0 2
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Middle North American
New
S.No States/UTs Mauritians East Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians Countries (other
Zealanders
Countries than Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 59 0 4 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 7 0 48 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 5 0 30 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 2 7 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 15 5 32 0 17 0
13 KERALA 0 0 1 4 0 9 1
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 5 0 50 0 147 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 16 6 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 7 0 65 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 7 0 10 1
25 TELANGANA 0 2 11 2 0 27 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 1 5 188 0 20 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 10 0 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 41 9 0 23 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 25 101 470 0 508 6
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 45 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 5 0 43 0 170 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 5 45 47 0 178 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 30 146 517 0 686 6
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South South East
Other Foreign Total Foreign
S.No. States/UTs Pakistanis American Asian Sri Lankan
Nationals Undertrials
Countries Countries
(1) (2) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 2 50
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 2 86
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 57
7 GUJARAT 25 0 0 0 10 54
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 35
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 24 0 0 0 7 44
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 KARNATAKA 2 1 0 0 6 137
13 KERALA 0 0 4 2 6 53
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 10 0 2 20 466
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 26
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 42
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 18
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 1 0 0 0 8
21 PUNJAB 20 0 0 0 22 116
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 0 0 9 33
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1 0 0 37 10 91
25 TELANGANA 3 0 0 0 4 65
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 41
27 UTTAR PRADESH 13 0 0 0 11 363
29 WEST BENGAL# 2 1 0 3 9 576
TOTAL (STATES) 105 13 5 45 125 2532
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 3 48
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 14
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 12 6 1 71 384
TOTAL (UTs) 4 12 6 1 74 447
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 109 25 11 46 199 2979
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Chapter 5
Prisoners –
Offence wise

Chapter – 5
Prisoners – Offence wise
Statistical analysis on convicts & consisting of Offences affecting the

under-trial prisoners lodged in jails Human Body (1,07,080), Offences
under various crime heads of IPC and against public tranquility (341),
SLL is presented in this chapter. Offences against property (13,993),
Besides, information on prisoners Offences relating to Documents &
released during the year and inmates Property Marks (283), Offences
released on parole is also dealt in this against women (21,020) as on 31st
chapter. Offence grouping has been December, 2019. Uttar Pradesh has
done as per the chapters of IPC such reported the highest number of
as offences affecting the Human Body, convicts (25,853) followed by Madhya
against Public Tranquility, against Pradesh (18,867) and Maharashtra
Property, Documents & Property (8,248), accounting for 20.45%,
Marks etc. 14.93% and 6.53% of the total
convicted inmates lodged under
Convicts
various IPC crimes respectively. The
1. IPC Crimes details may be seen at Chart 5.1,
A total of 1,26,400 convicts were Table 5.1.
lodged in various jails of the country
Offences against
Public
Offences relating Tranquility, 341,
to Documents & Other IPC
0.3% Crimes, 4703,
Property Marks,
283, 0.2% 3.7%
Offences against
Property, 13993,
11.1%
Total Convicts under Offences

IPC Crimes affecting Human
1,26,400 Body, 107080,
84.7%

Types of IPC Offences – Convicts
Chart 5.1
119
I. Offences affecting the Human Kidnapping & Abduction (3,938),
Body Dowry Deaths (5,377), Assault on
A total of 1,07,080 convicts were women with intent to outrage her
lodged in various jails of the country Modesty (837) accounting for 67.44%,
for committing offences affecting the 6.98%, 3.53%, 12.57%, 3.68%, 5.02%
Human Body consisting of Murder and 0.78% respectively under Indian
(72,210), Attempt to Murder (7,476), Penal Code (IPC) offences as on 31st
Culpable Homicide not amounting to December, 2019 (Chart 5.2).
Murder (3,778), Rape (13,464),
C.H. not Kidnapping &

amounting to Abduction, 3938, Assault on Women with
Murder, 3778, 3.68% intent to outrage her
3.53% modesty, 837, 0.78%
Dowry Deaths,
5377, 5.02%
Attempt to Murder,
7476, 6.98%
Rape, 13464,
12.57% Murder, 72210,
67.44%
Total Convicts under Offences affecting Human Body 1,07,080

Convicts - Offences affecting the Human Body
Chart 5.2
Uttar Pradesh has reported the out of 72,210) of total such convicts
highest number of convicts (23,646) followed by Madhya Pradesh 15.04%
followed by Madhya Pradesh (16,431) (10,863 out of 72,210) and
and Chhattisgarh (7,091), accounting Chhattisgarh 7.45%(5,380 out of
for 22.08%, 15.34% and 6.62% of the 72,210) as on 31st December, 2019
total convicted inmates lodged under (Table 5.1)
Offences affecting the human body
respectively. Uttar Pradesh has also reported
the highest share of convicts under
The highest share of convicts attempt to commit murder, culpable
under murder was reported in Uttar homicide not amounting to murder,
Pradesh accounting for 22.2% (16,057 rape, kidnapping & abduction and
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Dowry Deaths accounting for 14.10% III. Offences against Property
(1,054 out of 7,476), 22.66% (856 out
A total of 13,993 convicts were
of 3,778), 16.05%(2,161 out of
13,464), 19.86%(782 out of 3,938) and
for committing offences against
49.12%(2,641 out of 5,377) of total
property consisting of Burglary (1,175),
such convicts lodged in jails in the
Thefts (4,613), Extortion (244), Arson
country respectively.
(174), Criminal Breach of Trust (373),
State/UT-wise details on Cheating (934), Dacoity (2,914), Prep.
convicts lodged under various offences and assembly for Dacoity (743) and
of IPC may be seen in Table 5.1. Robbery (2,823), accounting for
8.40%, 32.97%, 1.74%, 1.24%, 2.67%,
II. Offences against Public 6.67%, 20.82%, 5.31% and 20.17% of
Tranquility the total convicts under offences
A total of 341 convicts were lodged against property as on 31st December,
in various jails of the country for 2019 (Chart 5.3).
committing offences against Public
Tranquility (Rioting only) under Indian Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st highest number of convicts (1,655)
December, 2019. Haryana has followed by Haryana and Maharashtra
reported the highest number of (1,427 each) accounting for 11.83%
convicts (90) followed by Madhya and 10.20% each of the total convicted
Pradesh (54) and Tamil Nadu (53) inmates lodged under offences against
accounting for 26.39%, 15.84% and property crimes respectively (Table
15.54% of the total convicted inmates 5.1).
lodged under offence against Public
Tranquility respectively (Table 5.1).
Extortion, 244,
Criminal Breach of
2%
Prep and Trust, 373, 3%
Assembly of Arson, 174, 1%
Dacoity, 743, 5%
Cheating, 934, Thefts, 4613, 33%

7%
Burglary, 1175, 8%
Total Convicts under

IPC Offences against
Dacoity, 2914, Property
21% 13,993
Robbery, 2823,
20%

Convicts - IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.3
121
IV. Offences relating to for committing offences against
Documents & Property Marks women consisting of Rape (13,464),
Dowry Deaths (5,377), Assault on
A total of 283 convicts were lodged women with intent to outrage her
in various jails of the country for modesty (837), Insult to the modesty of
committing offences relating to women (164) and cruelty by husband
documents & property marks as on or relatives of husband (1,178),
31st December, 2019. Maharashtra accounting for 64.05%, 25.58%,
has reported the highest number of 3.98%, 0.78%, and 5.60% of the total
convicts (51) followed by Punjab (47) convicts under offences against
and Uttar Pradesh (35) accounting for women, at the end of 2019 (Chart
18.02%, 16.61% and 12.37% of the 5.4).
total convicted inmates lodged under
IPC offences relating to Documents & Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Property Marks respectively (Table highest number of convicts (4,957)
5.1). followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,446)
and Jharkhand (1,236) accounting for
V. Offences against women 23.58%, 16.39% and 5.88% of the
total convicted inmates lodged under
A total of 21,020 convicts were offences against women respectively
lodged in various jails of the country (Table 5.1).
Assault on Insult to the

Women with Modesty of
intent to Women (Eve-
Outrage her teasing), 164,
Modesty, 837, 0.8%
4.0%
Total Convicts under
Cruelty by Offences against Women
Husband or 21,020
Relatives of
Husband, 1178,
5.6%
Dowry Deaths,
5377, 25.6%
Rape, 13464,
64.1%

Distribution of offences against Women
Chart 5.4
122
2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) & Enforcement Acts/ Gambling Act
Crimes (203), Foreigner & Passport-related
Acts (1,414), Indian Railways/
A total of 17,400 convicts were Railways Act (495), Miscellaneous Act
lodged in various jails of the country (418) and other SLL crimes (2,187)
for committing offences under Special accounting for 2.55%, 3.61%, 11.45%,
and Local Laws such as crime against 55.28%, 1.17%, 8.13%, 2.84%, 2.40%
women (444), crime against SC/ST and 12.57% of the total convicted
(628), Arms/Explosive substances Act inmates lodged under various SLL
(1,993), Liquor & Narcotics Drugs crimes respectively. The details may
related Acts (9,618), other Regulatory be seen at Chart 5.5, Table 5.2.
Crime against
SC/ST- related Crime against Women -
Acts, 628, 4% related Acts, 444, 3%
Railways - related
Acts, 495, 3%
Foreigner &
Passport- related
Acts, 1414, 8%
Liquor &
Other SLL Narcotics Drugs-
Crimes, 2808, related Acts,
16% 9618, 55%
Arms/Explosive
related Acts,
1993, 11%
Total Convicts under SLL
17,400

Types of SLL Crimes - Convicts
Chart 5.5
I. Crime against women - 2019. Uttar Pradesh has reported the

related Acts highest number of convicts (50)
followed by Jharkhand (44) and
A total of 444 convicts were lodged Maharashtra (43) accounting for
in various jails of the country for 11.26%, 9.91% and 9.68% of the total
committing offences against women convicted inmates lodged under SLL
related acts under Special and Local which are specific to crimes against
Laws (SLL) as on 31st December, women respectively.
123
II. Crime against SC/ST - related convicts (3,513) followed by Madhya
Acts Pradesh (837) and Uttar Pradesh
(784), accounting for 36.53%, 8.70%
A total of 628 convicts were lodged and 8.15% of the total convicted
in various jails of the country for inmates lodged under SLL Crimes
committing offences against SC/ST- which are specific to Liquor &
related acts under Special and Local Narcotics Drugs related offences
Laws (SLL) as on 31st December, respectively.
2019. Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of convicts (141) V. Foreigner & Passport –
followed by Madhya Pradesh (111) related Acts
and Bihar (79), accounting for 22.45%,
17.68% and 12.58% of the total A total of 1,414 convicts were
convicted inmates lodged under SLL lodged in various jails of the country
crimes which are specific to crime for committing offences under
against SC/ST respectively. Foreigner & Passport-related acts
under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
III. Arms/Explosive – related as on 31st December, 2019. West
Acts Bengal has reported the highest
number of convicts (1,090) who were
A total of 1,993 convicts were convicted under various sections of
lodged in various jails of the country SLL followed by A&N Islands (47) and
for committing offences under Arms / Assam & Gujarat (36 each),
Explosive-related Acts under Special accounting for 77.09%, 3.32% and
and Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st 2.55% of the total convicted inmates
December, 2019. Bihar has reported lodged under SLL crimes which are
the highest number of convicts (398) specific to Foreigner & Passport
followed by Uttar Pradesh (362) and related offences respectively (Table-
Jharkhand (194), accounting for 5.2)
19.97%, 18.16% and 9.73% of the
total convicted inmates lodged under Undertrials
SLL crimes which are specific to Arms
1. IPC Crimes
/ Explosive related offences
respectively. A total of 2,58,883 Undertrial
prisoners from various States and UTs
IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs – were lodged in jails for committing
related Acts crimes under IPC, in which 1,64,945
persons were charged for offences
A total of 9,618 convicts were affecting the Human Body, 2,135
lodged in various jails of the country persons for offences against Public
for committing offences under Liquor & Tranquility, 74,713 persons for
Narcotics Drugs-related acts under offences against Property, 1,624
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on persons were charged for offences
31st December, 2019. Punjab has relating to documents & property
reported the highest number of marks and 10,163 for other IPC crimes
124
accounting for 63.71%, 0.82%, followed by Maharashtra (23,867) and
28.86%, 0.63% and 3.93% Bihar (20,117) accounting for 23.44%,
respectively as on 31 December,
st 9.22% and 7.77% of the total
2019 (Chart 5.6). Undertrial inmates lodged under IPC
crimes respectively. The details may
Uttar Pradesh has reported the be seen at Table 5.3.
highest number of Undertrials (60,686)
Undertrials
Confined for Undertrials
alleging Offences Confined for
relating to alleging Other IPC
Undertrials Documents & Crimes, 15466,
Confined for Property Marks, 6.0%
alleging Offences 1624, 0.6%
against Public
Tranquility, 2135,
0.8%
Undertrials
Confined for
alleging Offences
against Property,
74713, 28.9%
Undertrials
Confined for
alleging Offences
affecting the
Human Body,
164945, 63.7%
Total Undertrials under IPC Crimes - 2,58,883

Types of IPC Crimes – Undertrials
Chart 5.6
I. Offences affecting the Human Uttar Pradesh has reported the

Body highest number of Undertrials (41,747)
followed by Maharashtra (14,068) and
A total of 1,64,945 under trials were
Madhya Pradesh (13,891), accounting
for 25.31%, 8.53% and 8.42% of the
for committing offences affecting the
total Undertrials inmates lodged under
Human Body consisting of Murder,
Offences affecting the human body
Attempt to Murder, Culpable Homicide
under IPC crimes respectively.
not amounting to Murder, Rape,
Kidnapping & Abduction, Dowry
State/UT-wise details on
Deaths, Assault on women with intent
Undertrials lodged under various
to outrage her Modesty under Indian
offences of IPC may be seen in Table
Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
December, 2019. 5.3.
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II. Offences against Public Arson (669), Criminal Breach of Trust
Tranquility (2,266), Cheating (6,432), Dacoity
(10,061), Prep. And assembly for
A total of 2,135 Undertrials were
Dacoity (4,139), Robbery (12,473),
accounting for 7.32%, 40.96%, 3.48%,
for committing offences against public
0.90%, 3.03%, 8.61%, 13.47%, 5.54%
tranquility under Indian Penal Code
and 16.69% of the total undertrial
(IPC) as on 31st December, 2019.
inmates lodged under Indian Penal
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
Code (IPC) offences against property
number of Undertrials (379) followed
as on 31st December, 2019 (Chart
by Haryana (325) and Maharashtra
5.7).
(257) accounting for 17.75%, 15.22%
and 12.04% of the total Undertrials
Uttar Pradesh has reported the
inmates lodged under IPC crimes
highest number of Undertrials (15,490)
against Public Tranquility respectively
followed by Maharashtra (8,073) and
(Table 5.3).
Bihar (5,903) accounting for 20.73%,
10.81% and 7.90% of the total
III. Offences against Property
Undertrials inmates lodged under IPC
A total of 74,713 Undertrials were offences against property respectively.
lodged in various jails of the country State/UT-wise such details may be
for committing offences against seen in Table-5.3.
property consisting of Burglary (5,469),
Thefts (30,606), Extortion (2,598),
Extortion, 2598, 3% Criminal Breach of
Trust, 2266, 3%
Prep. And Arson, 669, 1%
Assembly for
committing
Dacoity, 4139, 6%
Burglary, 5469, 7%
Cheating, 6432, 9% Thefts, 30606, 41%
Dacoity, 10061, Robbery, 12473,

13% 17%
Total Undertrials prisoners confined for IPC Offences against Property 74,713

Undertrials – IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.7
126
IV. Offences relating to for accused of committing offences
Documents & Property Marks against women consisting of Rape
(34,368), Dowry Deaths (13,287),
Assault on women with intent to
outrage her modesty (4,486), Insult to
for committing offences relating to
the modesty of women (690) and
Documents & Property Marks under
cruelty by husband or relatives of
Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
husband (4,613), accounting for
December, 2019.
59.83%, 23.13%, 7.81%, 1.20%, and
Uttar Pradesh has reported the 8.03% of the total undertrial inmates
highest number of Undertrials (418) lodged under offences against women
followed by West Bengal (322) and at the end of 2019. (Chart 5.8, Table
Maharashtra (262) accounting for 5.3)
25.74%, 19.83% and 16.13% of the
total Undertrials inmates lodged under Uttar Pradesh has reported the
IPC offences relating to documents & highest number of Undertrials (19,022)
property marks respectively. State/UT- followed by Madhya Pradesh (4,927)
wise such details may be seen in and Maharashtra (3,772) accounting
Table-5.3. for 33.11%, 8.58% and 6.57% of the
total Undertrial inmates lodged under
V. Offences against women offences against women respectively.
A total of 57,444 Undertrials were (Table 5.3)
Assault on Women with
intent to Outrage her
Modesty, 4486, 8% Insult to the Modesty of
Women, 690, 1%
Cruelty by
Husband or
relatives of
Husband, 4613,
8%
Dowry Deaths,
Rape, 34368, 60%
13287, 23%
Total Undertrials under Offences against Women - 57,444

Distribution of Offences against Women-Under trials
Chart 5.8
127
2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) Foreigner & Passport related Acts and
Crimes 2,601 persons under Railways related
Acts, accounting for 3.67%, 4.41%,
A total of 71,513 Undertrial 16.26%, 58.71%, 3.70% and 3.64% as
prisoners from various States and UTs on 31st December, 2019 (Chart 5.9).
were lodged in jails for committing
crimes under SLL, in which 2,627 Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Persons were charged of offences highest number of Undertrials (12,730)
under women related Acts, 3,153 followed by Bihar (11,155) and Punjab
Persons for offences under SC/ST (8,310) accounting for 17.80%,
related Acts, 11,625 Persons for 15.60% and 11.62% of the total
offences under Arms/Explosive Acts, Undertrials inmates lodged under SLL
41,985 persons for offences under crimes respectively. The details can be
liquor & narcotics drugs-related Acts, seen at Table 5.4.
2,645 persons for offences under
Crime against Women- Foreigner & Passport-

related Acts, 2627, 4% related Acts, 2645, 4%
Crime against SC/ST-
related Acts, 3153, 4%
Indian Railways
Act, 2601, 4%
Other SLL
Crimes, 6877, 9%
Liquor &
Narcotics Drugs-
related Acts,
41985, 59%
Arms/Explosive-
related Acts,
11625, 16%
Total Undertrials (SLL Crime) - 71,513

Types of SLL Crimes - Undertrials
Chart 5.9
I. Crime against women - Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st

related acts December, 2019. Uttar Pradesh has
reported the highest number of
Undertrials (1,130) under various
for committing offences against sections of SLL followed by West
Bengal (236) and Bihar (192)
women related acts under Special and
128
accounting for 43.01%, 8.98% and IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
7.31% of the total Undertrial inmates related Acts
lodged under SLL crimes which are
specific to crime against Women. A total of 41,985 Undertrials
were lodged in various jails of the
II. Crime against SC/ST - related country for committing offences
acts relating to Liquor & Narcotics Drugs-
A total of 3,153 Undertrials were related acts under Special and Local
lodged in various jails of the country Laws (SLL) as on 31st December,
for committing offences against 2019. Bihar has reported the highest
SC/ST-related acts under Special and number of Undertrials (7,702) under
Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st various sections of SLL followed by
December, 2019. Uttar Pradesh has Punjab (7,624) and Uttar Pradesh
reported the highest number of (4,658) accounting for 18.34%,
Undertrials (1,092) under various 18.16% and 11.09% of total Undertrial
sections of SLL followed by Bihar inmates lodged under SLL crimes
(703) and Madhya Pradesh (284) which are specific to Liquor & Narcotic
accounting for 34.63%, 22.30% and Drugs related offences.
9.01% of the total Undertrial inmates
lodged under SLL crimes which are V. Foreigner & Passport –
specific to crime against SC/ST. related Acts
III. Arms/Explosive – related lodged in various jails of the country
Acts for committing offences relating to
A total of 11,625 Undertrials Foreigner & Passport-related acts
were lodged in various jails of the under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
country for committing offences under as on 31st December, 2019. West
Arms/ Explosive-related acts under Bengal has reported the highest
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on number of Undertrials (1,496) under
31st December, 2019. Uttar Pradesh various sections of SLL followed
has reported the highest number of by Maharashtra (319) and Uttar
Undertrials (3,223) under various Pradesh (148) accounting for 56.56%,
sections of SLL followed by Bihar 12.06% and 5.60% of total Undertrial
(1,868) and Madhya Pradesh (1,141) inmates lodged under SLL crimes
accounting for 27.72%, 16.07% and which are specific to Foreigner &
9.82% of total Undertrial inmates Passport related offences.
lodged under SLL crimes which are
specific to Arms/Explosive related State/UT-wise details on
offences. Undertrials lodged under various
offences of SLL can be seen in Table
5.4.
129
Comparison between Convicts V/s of 2,58,883 Undertrials were lodged in
Undertrials various jails of the country under
various IPC crimes and 71,513
A total of 1,26,400 convicts Undertrials were lodged under various
were lodged in various jails of the SLL crimes at the end of 31st
country under various IPC crimes and December, 2019 (Chart 5.10).
17,400 convicts were lodged under
various SLL crimes. However, a total
258883
126400
71513
17400
IPC Crime SLL Crime
Convicts Undertrials

Total Convicts and Undertrials Inmates
Chart 5.10
Incidence of Recidivism The above calculation is based on

convictions only. Repeat offenders
A total of 6,756 convicts were among Undertrials have not been
habitual offenders/recidivists which taken into account.
accounted for 3.6% of total convicts
(1,88,765) admitted during the year   
2019 (Table 5.5). States reporting
highest share of habitual offenders to
convicts admitted during 2019 were
Mizoram (45.4%), Delhi (32.4%),
Nagaland (12.2%), Meghalaya (10.7%)
and A & N Islands (9.8%).
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Table – 5.1
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Sl. State/UT Offences affecting the Human Body Total
No. Offences
Assault on
affecting
C.H. not Attempt Kidnapping Women with
Dowry the
Murder amounting to & Rape Intent to Human
Deaths
to Murder Murder Abduction Outrage her
Body
Modesty
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1771 58 18 43 46 123 21 2080
3 ASSAM 1914 187 50 118 27 246 8 2550
4 BIHAR 3907 273 570 913 347 345 28 6383
5 CHHATTISGARH 5380 232 64 294 159 933 29 7091
6 GOA 64 5 0 5 1 23 4 102
7 GUJARAT 1888 210 156 308 120 415 4 3101
8 HARYANA 3052 142 246 525 321 551 73 4910
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 89 3 0 5 7 48 0 152
11 JHARKHAND 2873 46 495 387 251 600 16 4668
12 KARNATAKA 2275 62 49 118 108 454 28 3094
13 KERALA 1546 106 9 119 48 318 8 2154
14 MADHYA PRADESH 10863 384 339 1265 577 2808 195 16431
15 MAHARASHTRA 5190 149 46 326 143 530 129 6513
16 MANIPUR 30 2 0 1 0 32 0 65
17 MEGHALAYA 47 7 0 2 3 44 0 103
18 MIZORAM 46 1 0 3 3 129 0 182
19 NAGALAND 36 1 0 4 3 19 4 67
20 ODISHA 2191 56 60 187 65 506 23 3088
21 PUNJAB 1525 208 127 423 263 493 70 3109
22 RAJASTHAN 2615 173 149 249 151 695 25 4057
23 SIKKIM 30 7 0 2 3 5 10 57
24 TAMIL NADU 1662 121 63 327 129 228 3 2533
25 TELANGANA 1287 81 34 83 36 89 9 1619
26 TRIPURA 256 10 9 9 17 117 3 421
27 UTTAR PRADESH 16057 856 2641 1054 782 2161 95 23646
28 UTTARAKHAND 1092 44 81 57 75 318 18 1685
29 WEST BENGAL# 2871 264 109 394 82 525 3 4248
TOTAL (STATES) 70924 3724 5315 7240 3793 12920 813 104729
30 A & N ISLANDS 37 3 0 1 0 7 0 48
31 CHANDIGARH 82 22 6 6 41 84 8 249
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 8 0 0 2 0 4 0 14
34 DELHI 1111 26 56 226 104 446 16 1985
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 48 3 0 1 0 3 0 55
TOTAL (UTs) 1286 54 62 236 145 544 24 2351
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 72210 3778 5377 7476 3938 13464 837 107080
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Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Offences
No. against Public Offences against Property
Tranquility
Prep. and Criminal
Riots Thefts Extortion Robbery Dacoity Assembly Breach of Cheating
for Dacoity Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 97 1 23 27 1 3 23
3 ASSAM 2 186 4 4 0 0 13 7
4 BIHAR 14 267 48 179 256 27 13 27
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 40 0 51 140 0 0 11
6 GOA 0 0 0 8 0 0 3 6
7 GUJARAT 19 49 22 122 60 40 0 12
8 HARYANA 90 365 29 290 282 136 57 76
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 JHARKHAND 1 141 28 99 241 30 29 37
12 KARNATAKA 6 67 10 65 82 19 3 11
13 KERALA 32 183 3 195 34 23 12 33
14 MADHYA PRADESH 54 227 11 388 387 127 36 134
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 601 10 225 228 77 23 99
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1
18 MIZORAM 0 124 0 0 0 0 2 2
19 NAGALAND 0 31 1 3 2 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 7 42 0 54 62 8 8 7
21 PUNJAB 14 258 15 69 97 47 71 80
22 RAJASTHAN 8 244 16 188 148 25 20 76
23 SIKKIM 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 TAMIL NADU 53 414 24 220 154 46 19 67
25 TELANGANA 0 147 0 26 57 14 0 9
26 TRIPURA 3 4 0 1 4 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6 782 14 318 256 82 16 57
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 105 0 22 22 1 9 6
29 WEST BENGAL# 9 53 4 108 129 37 9 58
TOTAL (STATES) 326 4464 240 2665 2670 740 347 844
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
31 CHANDIGARH 3 23 4 25 11 3 5 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 12 122 0 133 233 0 21 85
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 15 149 4 158 244 3 26 90
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 341 4613 244 2823 2914 743 373 934
132
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st December, 2019
Offences
Offences against relating to
Other Crime Against Women* Total
Property Total Documents &
Other
Sl. Offences Property Marks
State/UT Crime
No. against Cruelty by
Against
Property Counter- Husband or Insult to the
Arson Burglary Women
feiting Relatives of Modesty of Women
Husband
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 13 190 2 40 0 40
3 ASSAM 5 0 219 2 8 1 9
4 BIHAR 18 18 853 10 110 9 119
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 21 275 3 14 2 16
6 GOA 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 11 17 333 6 73 3 76
8 HARYANA 44 148 1427 16 42 4 46
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 3 6 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 5 610 3 125 0 125
12 KARNATAKA 4 88 349 17 105 0 105
13 KERALA 0 99 582 5 12 0 12
14 MADHYA PRADESH 16 93 1419 29 102 2 104
15 MAHARASHTRA 11 153 1427 51 37 40 77
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 8 0 1 0 1
18 MIZORAM 0 35 163 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 4 42 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 8 10 199 2 28 1 29
21 PUNJAB 15 65 717 47 47 15 62
22 RAJASTHAN 8 79 804 16 96 10 106
23 SIKKIM 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 93 1039 4 29 3 32
25 TELANGANA 0 40 293 0 19 0 19
26 TRIPURA 0 1 10 2 23 0 23
27 UTTAR PRADESH 7 123 1655 35 58 2 60
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 20 185 5 5 1 6
29 WEST BENGAL# 7 24 429 22 196 0 196
TOTAL (STATES) 171 1158 13299 277 1177 94 1271
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 2 6 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 13 88 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
34 DELHI 0 2 596 6 1 69 70
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 3 17 694 6 1 70 71
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 174 1175 13993 283 1178 164 1342
* Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
133
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Sl. Convicts of offences against women Total Convicts
State/UT Other IPC Crimes
No. (Total of column 5+8+9+23+24) (IPC Crimes)
(1) (2) (26) (27) (28)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 202 134 2446

3 ASSAM 313 75 2857
4 BIHAR 1062 84 7463
5 CHHATTISGARH 1042 222 7613
6 GOA 27 3 122
7 GUJARAT 651 147 3682
8 HARYANA 916 0 6489
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 48 12 170
11 JHARKHAND 1236 37 5444
12 KARNATAKA 636 116 3687
13 KERALA 347 73 2858
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3446 830 18867
15 MAHARASHTRA 782 178 8248
16 MANIPUR 32 2 67
17 MEGHALAYA 45 11 123
18 MIZORAM 129 12 357
19 NAGALAND 23 3 112
20 ODISHA 618 57 3382
21 PUNJAB 752 337 4286
22 RAJASTHAN 975 226 5217
23 SIKKIM 15 81 144
24 TAMIL NADU 326 2 3663
25 TELANGANA 151 31 1962
26 TRIPURA 152 20 479
27 UTTAR PRADESH 4957 451 25853
28 UTTARAKHAND 423 104 1985
29 WEST BENGAL# 833 32 4936
TOTAL (STATES) 20319 3332 123234
30 A & N ISLANDS 7 0 54
31 CHANDIGARH 98 0 340
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 5 0 15
34 DELHI 588 27 2696
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 2 61
TOTAL (UTs) 701 29 3166
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 21020 3361 126400
134
Table – 5.2
Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
Crime Against Women – Crime Against SC/ST – related
Total Crime
related Acts Acts Total Crime
Against
Sl. Against
State/UT Dowry Immoral Women – SC/ST (Prev. Protection of
No SC/ST –
Prohibition Traffic related of Atrocities) Civil Rights related Acts
Act (Prev.) Act Acts Act Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 4 7 11 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 14 4 18 79 0 79
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 9 1 10 6 1 7
8 HARYANA 3 10 13 22 1 23
11 JHARKHAND 44 0 44 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 20 17 37 30 4 34
13 KERALA 5 0 5 12 0 12
14 MADHYA PRADESH 12 0 12 111 0 111
15 MAHARASHTRA 41 2 43 17 22 39
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 1 3 0 3
21 PUNJAB 15 4 19 12 3 15
22 RAJASTHAN 29 12 41 38 8 46
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 25 16 41 54 0 54
25 TELANGANA 8 0 8 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 49 1 50 129 12 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 11 16 27 11 0 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 9 20 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 327 108 435 547 81 628
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 DELHI 5 0 5 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 8 1 9 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 335 109 444 547 81 628
135
Arms/Explosive – Total
Other
related Acts Total Liquor & Narcotics Drugs – Regulatory &
related Acts Liquor & Enforcement
Arms/
Sl. Explosive & Narcotics
State/UT Explosive Acts
No Arms Explosive Drugs –
– related Prohi-
Act Substances Excise NDPS related Gambling
Acts bition
Act Act Act Acts Act
Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 1 6 120 127 36
3 ASSAM 14 2 16 24 0 125 149 1
4 BIHAR 371 27 398 0 104 346 450 19
5 CHHATTISGARH 9 0 9 0 6 336 342 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 0
7 GUJARAT 20 2 22 42 0 106 148 4
8 HARYANA 34 0 34 0 13 456 469 5
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 1 0 0 33 33 0
11 JHARKHAND 186 8 194 0 56 85 141 0
12 KARNATAKA 8 19 27 2 0 26 28 0
13 KERALA 26 12 38 0 43 150 193 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 150 15 165 2 65 770 837 13
15 MAHARASHTRA 161 1 162 42 25 164 231 33
16 MANIPUR 1 0 1 0 0 9 9 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 93 16 122 231 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0
20 ODISHA 10 3 13 0 28 289 317 0
21 PUNJAB 148 4 152 5 101 3407 3513 29
22 RAJASTHAN 150 1 151 0 70 406 476 22
23 SIKKIM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 70 41 111 34 0 223 257 0
25 TELANGANA 3 0 3 0 1 49 50 0
26 TRIPURA 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 351 11 362 2 52 730 784 26
28 UTTARAKHAND 27 0 27 1 33 113 147 15
29 WEST BENGAL# 17 2 19 0 0 102 102 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1766 150 1916 248 621 8509 9378 203
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
31 CHANDIGARH 9 2 11 2 1 45 48 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 46 20 66 0 7 179 186 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 55 22 77 2 8 230 240 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1821 172 1993 250 629 8739 9618 203
136

Railways –
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts
Total Foreigner related Acts
Sl.
State/UT Foreign & Passport –
No Reg. of Indian Indian Railways
Exchange related Acts
Foreigners Act Passport Act Act
Regulation Act
(1) (2) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
3 ASSAM 2 34 0 36 2
4 BIHAR 0 5 0 5 76
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 36 0 36 2
8 HARYANA 1 0 0 1 1
11 JHARKHAND 3 1 0 4 32
13 KERALA 0 10 0 10 3
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 30 0 32 64
16 MANIPUR 13 0 0 13 0
18 MIZORAM 6 0 0 6 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 1
21 PUNJAB 20 6 1 27 23
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 2 29
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 5 0 6 11 11
25 TELANGANA 4 2 0 6 13
26 TRIPURA 0 29 0 29 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 1023 0 67 1090 6
TOTAL (STATES) 1111 174 81 1366 494
30 A & N ISLANDS 47 0 0 47 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (UTs) 48 0 0 48 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1159 174 81 1414 495
137
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservation Total
Terrorist & Miscell- Total
Antiquities of Foreign Prevent- Other
Sl. Essential Distruptive aneous Convicts
State/UT & Art Exchange & ion of SLL
No Commodi- Activities Acts (SLL
Treasures Prev. of Corrupt- Crimes
ties Act Act (TADA) Crimes)
Act Smuggling ion Act
Activities Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 342
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 5 5 19 239
4 BIHAR 0 0 11 0 0 11 4 1060
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 4 4 235 639
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
7 GUJARAT 0 0 1 0 23 24 587 840
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 11 11 128 685
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 39
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 427
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 1 0 15 16 112 259
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 273
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 45 45 155 1386
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 29 0 11 40 183 827
16 MANIPUR 0 0 1 0 1 2 23 48
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 37
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 240
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 341
21 PUNJAB 0 0 3 0 24 27 46 3851
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 0 33 43 144 954
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 TAMIL NADU 0 15 0 0 39 54 21 560
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 6 6 39 126
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 51
27 UTTAR PRADESH 12 0 1 0 58 71 93 1710
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 6 6 18 271
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 7 2 2 11 68 1316
TOTAL (STATES) 12 15 65 2 288 382 2118 16920
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 58
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 0 0 6 0 30 36 53 348
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 6 0 30 36 69 480
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 12 15 71 2 318 418 2187 17400
138
Table – 5.3
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on
31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Offences affecting the Human Body Total
No.
C.H. not Assault on Offences
Amoun- Attempt Kidnapping Women with affecting
Dowry the
Murder ting To & Rape intent to
Deaths Human
To Murder Abduction outrage her
Murder Modesty Body
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 452 35 74 282 162 263 50 1318
3 ASSAM 1609 254 89 553 482 563 45 3595
4 BIHAR 4949 381 1344 3626 1309 1242 239 13090
5 CHHATTISGARH 2142 138 156 1069 137 1847 284 5773
6 GOA 96 0 0 13 13 32 22 176
7 GUJARAT 2670 180 35 407 420 1347 72 5131
8 HARYANA 3697 124 364 1126 722 1077 149 7259
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1033 6 34 53 15 450 6 1597
11 JHARKHAND 3511 145 641 1113 497 1271 84 7262
12 KARNATAKA 2326 116 85 820 461 1115 207 5130
13 KERALA 366 284 8 439 140 364 100 1701
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5619 623 702 2101 901 3503 442 13891
15 MAHARASHTRA 6865 588 137 1840 1261 2701 676 14068
16 MANIPUR 96 2 1 47 5 18 10 179
17 MEGHALAYA 69 20 1 23 48 82 7 250
18 MIZORAM 27 5 0 4 8 65 2 111
19 NAGALAND 51 1 0 18 25 17 6 118
20 ODISHA 3150 100 179 1096 455 2215 139 7334
21 PUNJAB 1943 221 234 959 528 784 54 4723
22 RAJASTHAN 2914 287 331 1205 699 2276 183 7895
23 SIKKIM 19 1 0 11 4 27 8 70
24 TAMIL NADU 1925 143 81 956 437 661 17 4220
25 TELANGANA 638 82 94 308 152 218 50 1542
26 TRIPURA 75 16 8 20 14 57 8 198
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11811 2989 8040 5465 3738 8302 1402 41747
28 UTTARAKHAND 630 36 57 83 101 213 31 1151
29 WEST BENGAL# 3032 434 331 1476 744 1214 115 7346
TOTAL (STATES) 62067 7212 13026 25146 13501 32235 4420 157607
30 A & N ISLANDS 20 1 0 1 0 2 2 26
31 CHANDIGARH 83 21 0 21 36 66 6 233
32 D & N HAVELI 22 0 0 2 7 2 0 33
33 DAMAN & DIU 27 0 0 8 0 7 0 42
34 DELHI 2894 181 261 921 540 2049 57 6903
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 71 0 0 19 3 7 1 101
TOTAL (UTs) 3117 203 261 972 586 2133 66 7338
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 65184 7415 13287 26118 14087 34368 4486 164945
139
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Offences
against Public Offences against Property
Sl. Tranquility
State/UT
No. Prep. and Criminal
Extor-
Riots Thefts Robbery Dacoity Assembly Breach Cheating
tion
for Dacoity of Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 27 580 15 80 120 38 2 214

3 ASSAM 33 1104 97 182 118 8 36 35
4 BIHAR 71 2188 285 1342 1001 322 158 278
5 CHHATTISGARH 15 678 38 192 203 7 38 102
6 GOA 0 29 0 22 3 0 0 19
7 GUJARAT 187 636 44 213 193 80 256 81
8 HARYANA 325 1729 133 444 495 171 138 164
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 86 0 2 4 0 1 11
11 JHARKHAND 13 1107 177 426 428 99 80 290
12 KARNATAKA 152 1111 226 457 435 195 50 285
13 KERALA 92 423 15 171 50 25 23 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 66 1393 124 808 358 394 80 467
15 MAHARASHTRA 257 2888 154 1292 1023 568 215 1062
16 MANIPUR 0 100 13 1 0 10 9 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 138 13 44 17 5 4 15
18 MIZORAM 0 239 0 7 0 0 1 0
19 NAGALAND 1 57 34 5 0 0 3 9
20 ODISHA 94 893 32 427 650 290 135 171
21 PUNJAB 21 1112 110 185 183 169 92 212
22 RAJASTHAN 68 1468 89 505 427 105 75 291
23 SIKKIM 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 4
24 TAMIL NADU 143 1519 133 671 498 83 74 245
25 TELANGANA 13 1025 214 224 94 13 4 238
26 TRIPURA 1 62 1 5 0 0 1 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 379 5678 551 3264 1944 721 681 1286
28 UTTARAKHAND 3 772 8 76 35 4 29 52
29 WEST BENGAL# 138 841 51 441 567 821 32 106
TOTAL (STATES) 2109 27967 2563 11503 8850 4129 2223 5749
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 CHANDIGARH 0 123 0 51 15 6 9 5
32 D & N HAVELI 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 26 2484 35 907 1195 4 30 676
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 25 0 8 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 26 2639 35 970 1211 10 43 683
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2135 30606 2598 12473 10061 4139 2266 6432
140
31st December, 2019
Total Offences Offences relating to
Sl. Offences against Property against
State/UT Documents & Property Marks
No. Property
Arson Burglary Counterfeiting
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22)

3 ASSAM 20 118 1718 6
4 BIHAR 102 227 5903 68
6 GOA 0 0 73 0
7 GUJARAT 25 173 1701 104
8 HARYANA 18 221 3513 17
11 JHARKHAND 15 109 2731 49
12 KARNATAKA 17 401 3177 62
13 KERALA 12 90 909 15
15 MAHARASHTRA 60 811 8073 262
16 MANIPUR 2 8 143 0
17 MEGHALAYA 3 12 251 0
18 MIZORAM 0 31 278 1
19 NAGALAND 1 2 111 0
20 ODISHA 34 194 2826 19
21 PUNJAB 1 207 2271 35
22 RAJASTHAN 34 363 3357 86
23 SIKKIM 1 0 27 0
24 TAMIL NADU 7 340 3570 12
25 TELANGANA 20 99 1931 26
26 TRIPURA 0 2 71 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 212 1153 15490 418
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 86 2945 322
TOTAL (STATES) 663 5382 69029 1613
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 3 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 11 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 3 0
34 DELHI 1 72 5404 9
TOTAL (UTs) 6 87 5684 11
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 669 5469 74713 1624
141
31st December, 2019
Undertrials of
Other Crime Against Women* Total Other offences
Crime Against against Total Under-
Sl. Cruelty by Other IPC
State/UT Insult to the Women women trials (IPC
No. Husband or Crimes
Modesty of Col (23) + Col (Total of Crimes)
Relatives of (24) column
Women
Husband 5+8+9+23+24)
(1) (2) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 97 25 122 509 532 3150

3 ASSAM 149 2 151 848 163 5666
4 BIHAR 684 17 701 3526 284 20117
5 CHHATTISGARH 23 22 45 2332 829 8199
6 GOA 0 0 0 54 39 288
7 GUJARAT 108 0 108 1562 437 7668
8 HARYANA 106 7 113 1703 0 11227
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6 3 9 499 118 1842
11 JHARKHAND 313 7 320 2316 102 10477
12 KARNATAKA 195 17 212 1619 601 9334
13 KERALA 36 2 38 510 476 3231
14 MADHYA PRADESH 218 62 280 4927 1442 19756
15 MAHARASHTRA 178 80 258 3772 949 23867
16 MANIPUR 10 0 10 39 75 407
17 MEGHALAYA 2 0 2 92 124 627
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 67 27 417
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 23 32 262
20 ODISHA 141 2 143 2676 636 11052
21 PUNJAB 87 14 101 1173 485 7636
22 RAJASTHAN 232 12 244 3034 665 12315
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 35 61 158
24 TAMIL NADU 54 27 81 840 65 8091
25 TELANGANA 58 3 61 423 91 3664
26 TRIPURA 22 0 22 95 55 348
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1174 104 1278 19022 1374 60686
28 UTTARAKHAND 9 1 10 311 82 2297
29 WEST BENGAL# 675 5 680 2340 237 11668
TOTAL (STATES) 4581 412 4993 54674 10073 245424
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 4 6 35
31 CHANDIGARH 0 2 2 74 11 469
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 2 0 45
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 7 1 46
34 DELHI 32 276 308 2675 59 12709
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 8 13 155
TOTAL (UTs) 32 278 310 2770 90 13459
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4613 690 5303 57444 10163 258883
 As per data provided by States/UTs. * Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
142
Table – 5.4
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
Crime Against Women Crime Against SC/ST –
– related Acts Total Crime related Acts
Total Crime
Sl. Immoral Against SC/ST
State/UT Dowry Protection of Against SC/ST
No Traffic Women – (Prev. of
Prohibi- Civil Rights – related Acts
(Prev.) related Acts Atrocities)
tion Act Act
Act Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 21 32 64 0 64
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 150 42 192 686 17 703
6 GOA 0 24 24 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 16 16 99 3 102
8 HARYANA 10 10 20 46 12 58
11 JHARKHAND 155 11 166 90 0 90
12 KARNATAKA 48 18 66 164 1 165
13 KERALA 0 16 16 42 0 42
14 MADHYA PRADESH 73 0 73 284 0 284
15 MAHARASHTRA 54 136 190 22 0 22
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 8 8 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 21 31 52 90 0 90
21 PUNJAB 39 57 96 18 3 21
22 RAJASTHAN 4 4 8 180 0 180
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 13 35 48 59 15 74
25 TELANGANA 49 48 97 54 2 56
26 TRIPURA 0 2 2 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 763 367 1130 1084 8 1092
28 UTTARAKHAND 24 50 74 18 0 18
29 WEST BENGAL# 168 68 236 15 37 52
TOTAL (STATES) 1583 968 2551 3024 123 3147
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 1 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 70 5 75 4 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 70 6 76 6 0 6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1653 974 2627 3030 123 3153
143
Arms/Explosive – related Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
Acts related Acts Total Liquor &
Total Arms/
Sl. Narcotics
State/UT Explosive –
No Explosive & Drugs –
Arms related Acts Prohibi- Excise
Explosive NDPS Act related Acts
Act tion Act Act
Substances Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 33 0 33 71 116 979 1166
3 ASSAM 115 11 126 9 16 186 211
4 BIHAR 1787 81 1868 109 6869 724 7702
5 CHHATTISGARH 183 115 298 33 277 734 1044
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 48 48
7 GUJARAT 84 35 119 1117 9 388 1514
8 HARYANA 352 2 354 7 43 992 1042
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 226 0 226 0 1 869 870
11 JHARKHAND 915 199 1114 33 272 384 689
12 KARNATAKA 62 45 107 0 100 340 440
13 KERALA 59 26 85 0 255 446 701
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1108 33 1141 22 1007 1444 2473
15 MAHARASHTRA 139 4 143 251 26 947 1224
16 MANIPUR 34 5 39 0 0 168 168
17 MEGHALAYA 26 0 26 0 0 134 134
18 MIZORAM 4 10 14 303 49 300 652
19 NAGALAND 16 1 17 0 0 30 30
20 ODISHA 341 18 359 13 568 1421 2002
21 PUNJAB 171 49 220 13 680 6931 7624
22 RAJASTHAN 618 7 625 14 358 1531 1903
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
24 TAMIL NADU 143 52 195 55 26 567 648
25 TELANGANA 44 15 59 39 51 183 273
26 TRIPURA 7 0 7 0 0 159 159
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3017 206 3223 79 1325 3254 4658
28 UTTARAKHAND 218 0 218 0 263 331 594
29 WEST BENGAL# 446 18 464 2 142 2314 2458
TOTAL (STATES) 10152 932 11084 2170 12459 26341 40970
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 12 12
31 CHANDIGARH 22 0 22 1 5 80 86
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 476 35 511 0 278 632 910
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 5 8 0 0 7 7
TOTAL (UTs) 501 40 541 1 283 731 1015
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10653 972 11625 2171 12742 27072 41985
144
Other
Regulatory & Railways –
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts
Enforcement Total related Acts
Sl. Acts Foreigner &
State/UT
No Registra- Foreign Passport –
Indian
tion of Exchange related Acts Indian
Gambling Act Passport
Foreigners Regulation Railways Act
Act
Act Act
(1) (2) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
3 ASSAM 65 0 31 0 31 0
4 BIHAR 146 4 1 0 5 453
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 9
7 GUJARAT 17 10 17 9 36 41
8 HARYANA 13 2 5 0 7 22
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 4 7 9 20 0
11 JHARKHAND 74 1 1 0 2 134
12 KARNATAKA 10 98 3 3 104 14
13 KERALA 1 7 26 0 33 29
15 MAHARASHTRA 44 62 216 41 319 497
16 MANIPUR 0 18 0 0 18 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 23 0 18 41 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 10 3 0 0 3 32
21 PUNJAB 81 24 80 3 107 51
22 RAJASTHAN 59 1 0 0 1 58
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 6 35 47 0 82 55
25 TELANGANA 0 30 25 0 55 93
26 TRIPURA 0 1 23 0 24 18
27 UTTAR PRADESH 585 98 24 26 148 805
28 UTTARAKHAND 50 6 16 0 22 20
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 1357 0 139 1496 23
TOTAL (STATES) 1235 1788 528 251 2567 2583
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 48 0 0 48 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 25 2 3 30 18
TOTAL (UTs) 3 73 2 3 78 18
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1238 1861 530 254 2645 2601
145
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservati
on of Total Total
Terrorist & Other
Sl. Antiquities Foreign Miscell- Undertrials
State/UT Essential Distruptive Prevention SLL
No & Art Exchange aneous (SLL
Commodi- Activities of Corrup- Crimes
Treasures & Prev. of Acts Crimes)
ties Act Act tion Act
Act Smuggling
(TADA)
Activities
Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 3 0 17 20 177 1619
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 464
4 BIHAR 2 15 4 0 27 48 38 11155
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 106 106 103 1628
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 38 38 247 2130
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 9 9 402 1927
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 1233
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 2282
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 1 0 33 34 224 1164
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 4 4 188 1099
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 3 3 209 4331
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 0 0 0 30 32 1219 3690
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 351
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 234
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 680
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 52
20 ODISHA 0 3 0 0 21 24 179 2751
21 PUNJAB 10 0 0 0 50 60 50 8310
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 2 0 45 47 180 3061
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 97
24 TAMIL NADU 20 0 0 0 15 35 10 1153
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 29 29 58 720
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 220
27 UTTAR PRADESH 184 0 0 0 201 385 704 12730
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 0 0 0 11 13 67 1076
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 4810
TOTAL (STATES) 220 18 10 0 640 888 4580 69605
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 97
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 3 0 0 45 48 77 1673
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22
TOTAL (UTs) 0 3 0 0 46 49 122 1908
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 220 21 10 0 686 937 4702 71513
146
Table – 5.5
Incidence of Recidivism during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Number of Convicts Number of Habitual % Share of Habitual
No. Admitted During the Offenders Offenders to Convicts
year Admitted
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 15057 240 1.6
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 76 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 2456 105 4.3
4 BIHAR 5660 68 1.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 3857 12 0.3
6 GOA 145 0 0.0
7 GUJARAT 5766 0 0.0
8 HARYANA 5400 124 2.3
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 853 0 0.0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 257 0 0.0
11 JHARKHAND 4174 220 5.3
12 KARNATAKA 3698 124 3.4
13 KERALA 5431 421 7.8
14 MADHYA PRADESH 13802 29 0.2
15 MAHARASHTRA 12809 0 0.0
16 MANIPUR 62 0 0.0
17 MEGHALAYA 122 13 10.7
18 MIZORAM 1716 779 45.4
19 NAGALAND 156 19 12.2
20 ODISHA 1353 26 1.9
21 PUNJAB 7208 392 5.4
22 RAJASTHAN 13000 263 2.0
23 SIKKIM 44 0 0.0
24 TAMIL NADU 3333 25 0.8
25 TELANGANA 27591 502 1.8
26 TRIPURA 837 6 0.7
27 UTTAR PRADESH 29496 1247 4.2
28 UTTARAKHAND 3676 5 0.1
29 WEST BENGAL# 16800 991 5.9
TOTAL (STATES) 184835 5611 3.0
30 A & N ISLANDS 82 8 9.8
31 CHANDIGARH 264 11 4.2
32 D & N HAVELI 8 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 7 0 0.0
34 DELHI 3455 1120 32.4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 114 6 5.3
TOTAL (UTs) 3930 1145 29.1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 188765 6756 3.6
Note: The above calculation is based on convictions only. Repeat offenders among undertrials have not been taken into
account.
147

Chapter 6
Prisoners –
Sentences
and
Incarceration

Chapter - 6
Prisoners- Sentences and Incarceration
Introduction during the year 2019) sentenced with

capital punishment were lodged in
This chapter summarizes various jails, accounting for 0.3% of
duration of confinement of undertrial the total convicts. Maharashtra has
prisoners and, sentence details of reported the highest number of such
convicted prisoners. Most of prison convicts accounting for 13.0% (52 out
inmates in the country are Undertrials. of 400) of total convicts sentenced with
Undertrial prisoners constitute 69.1% capital punishment in the country
of total prison inmates lodged in followed by Uttar Pradesh (49, 12.3%),
various jails in the country at the end Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal
of the year 2019. (37, 9.3% each). State/UT-wise such
details may be seen in Table-6.1A &
Death Sentence 6.1B.
A total of 121 persons were II. Life Imprisonment

awarded death penalty during 2019 in
the country. Out of 121 persons 53.5% (77,158 out of
awarded with capital punishment, 27 1,44,125) of the total convicts were
persons were reported in Uttar undergoing sentence of life
Pradesh followed by Madhya Pradesh imprisonment. In 11 States and 2 UTs,
(17) and Karnataka (14). The death the share of convicts undergoing life
sentence of 68 convicts were imprisonment was more than the
commuted to life imprisonment during national average of 53.5%. These
the year 2018. Out of 68 convicts States/UTs were Daman & Diu
whose death sentence was commuted (81.3%), Chhattisgarh (70.7%), Bihar
to life imprisonment, 25.0% (17) were (67.7%), Puducherry (66.7%), Andhra
reported from Madhya Pradesh, Pradesh (66.6%), Odisha (64.0%),
followed by Maharashtra (14) (20.6%) Uttar Pradesh (63.4%), Telangana
and Rajasthan (10) (14.7%). State/UT- (63.0%), Karnataka (62.9%),
wise such details may be seen in Jharkhand (62.7%), Tripura (61.1%),
(Table-6.2). Gujarat (56.9%) and Assam (55.7%).
State/UT-wise such details may be
Convicts seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
I. Capital Punishment III. 10 years to 13+ years - Jail

Sentence
A total of 400 convicts
(including 279 persons of previous A total of 20,763 convicts were
years and 121 persons sentenced undergoing sentences for a period
149
between 10 years to 13+ years, State/UT-wise such details may be
accounting for 14.4% of the total seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
convicts. Majority of such convicts
were reported from Punjab (35.0 %) VII. 1 year to less than 2 years - Jail
followed by Himachal Pradesh (34.4%) Sentence
and Sikkim (27.6%). State/UT-wise
such details may be seen in Table- 4.4% (6,322 out of 1,44,125) of
6.1A & 6.1B. the total convicts were undergoing
sentences for the period 1 year to less
IV. 7 years to 9+ years - Jail Sentence than 2 years. The highest share of
such convicts was reported from
A total of 11,196 convicts Nagaland (14.4%) followed by
accounting for 7.8% of total convicts Mizoram (14.1%) and Tamil Nadu
were undergoing sentences of 7 years (12.4%). State/UT-wise such details
to 9+ years. The highest share of such may be seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
convicts was reported from Arunachal
Pradesh (21.3%) followed by Manipur VIII. 6 months to less than 1 year - Jail
(19.1%), Delhi (16.7%) and Nagaland Sentence
(12.7%). State/UT-wise such details
may be seen inTable-6.1A & 6.1B. 3.0% (4,375 out of 1,44,125) of
the total convicts were undergoing
V. 5 years to 6+ years - Jail Sentence sentences of six months to less than
one year. The percentage of such
A total of 9,272 convicts convicts was relatively high in Mizoram
accounting for 6.4% of total convicts (21.6%). followed by Nagaland (8.5%)
were undergoing sentences for the and Chandigarh (7.7%). State/UT-wise
period 5 years – 6+ years. The highest such details may be seen in
percentage of such convicts was Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
reported from Arunachal Pradesh
(17.0 %) followed by Sikkim (15.2%)
and West Bengal (11.9%). State/UT-
wise such details may be seen
inTable-6.1A & 6.1B.
VI. 2 years to 4+ years - Jail Sentence
A total of 8,449 convicts

accounting for 5.9% of total convicts
were undergoing sentences for the
period 2 years – 4+ years in various
jails in the country. A & N Islands has
reported highest share (50.9%) of such
convicts followed by Nagaland (18.6%)
and Arunachal Pradesh (14.2%).
150
6 Months – Less Less than 6
than 1 Year Months Capital
1 – less than 2 3.0% 4.3% Punishment
Years 0.3%
4.4%
2 – 4+ Years
5.9%
5 – 6+ Years
6.4%
Life
7 – 9+ Years Imprisonment
7.8% 53.5%
10 – 13+ Years Total Convicts

14.4%
1,44,125
Distribution of Convicts undergoing various Period of Sentences
at the end of 2019
Chart – 6.1
Convicts in Jails due to Non- Undertrials

payment of Fine Amount after
Completion of their Sentence A total of 3,30,487 undertrial
prisoners lodged in various jails in the
Convicts who are imposed to country includes 3,16,937 Males and
pay fine but who are unable to pay the 13,550 Females as on 31st December,
imposed fine amount are supposed to 2019. Uttar Pradesh (73,418) has
go for such imprisonment as directed reported maximum detention of
by Magistrates who convicted them. Undertrials followed by Bihar (31,275)
and Maharashtra (27,557) accounting
A total of 1,031 such convicts for 22.2%, 9.5% and 8.3% of total
were imprisoned at the end of the year Undertrials detained in Jails. The details
2019. State of Uttar Pradesh (192) has may be seen in (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &
reported highest numbers of such Table 6.5).
prisoners imprisoned for non-payment
of fine followed by Mizoram (114) and I. Upto 3 Months
Kerala (111). State/UT wise prisoners,
imprisoned (duration wise) for non- A total of 1,22,254 undertrial
payment of fine is presented in Table prisoners lodged in various jails in the
(6.3). country includes 1,16,729 Males and
5,525 Females as on 31st December,
2019. States/UTs who have reported
151
maximum detention of Undertrials (5,551) and Bihar (5,419) accounting for
(below 3 months) were Uttar Pradesh 21.8%, 10.3% and 10.0% of total such
(22,920) followed by Bihar (11,344) and Undertrials detained in Jails. The
Madhya Pradesh (9,388) accounting for highest percentage of undertrials
18.7%, 9.3% and 7.7% of total such prisoners within the State detained for 6
Undertrials detained in Jails. The to 12 months was reported from
highest percentage of undertrials Lakshadweep (50.0%) followed by
prisoners detained for Up-to 3 months Punjab (34.8%) and Meghalaya
was reported from Puducherry (87.0%) (22.4%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &Table
followed by Andhra Pradesh (72.4%) 6.5.).
and Kerala (70.9%) Chart 6.2, Table
6.4 & Table 6.5). IV. 1 to 2 Years
A total of 44,135 inmates were

II. 3 to 6 Months
lodged in various jails in the country
A total of 68,447 inmates were including 42,386 Males and 1,749
lodged in various jails in the country Females as on 31st December, 2019.
including 65,748 Males and 2,699 States/UT which have reported
Females as on 31st December, 2019. maximum detention of Undertrials (for a
States/UT who have reported maximum period of 1 to 2 years) were Uttar
detention of Undertrials (for a period of Pradesh (10,174) followed by
3 to 6 months) were Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra (5,153) and Madhya
(15,048) followed by Bihar (8,521) and Pradesh (3,991) accounting for 23.1%,
Madhya Pradesh (4,810) accounting for 11.7% and 9.0% of total such
22.0%, 12.4% and 7.0% of total such Undertrials detained in Jails. The
Undertrials detained in Jails. The highest percentage of undertrials
highest percentage of undertrials prisoners within the State detained for 1
prisoners within the State detained for 3 to 2 years was reported from
to 6 months was reported from A & N Chandigarh (31.4%) followed by Goa
Islands (32.6%) followed by Arunachal (29.8%) and Himachal Pradesh
Pradesh (30.2%) and Tamil Nadu (23.2%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &Table
(27.8%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 & Table 6.5).
6.5).
V. 2 to 3 Years
III. 6 to 12 Months A total of 22,451 inmates were

A total of 54,140 inmates were
including 21,535 Males and 916
Females as on 31st December, 2019.
including 52,090 Males and 2,050
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
Females as on 31st December, 2019.
number of inmates (6,752) (30.1%)
States/UTs who have reported
followed by Maharashtra (3,463)
maximum detention of Undertrials (for a
(15.4%) and Bihar (1,518) (6.8%). The
period of 6 to 12 months) were Uttar
percentage of undertrials prisoners
Pradesh (11,813) followed by Punjab
within the State detained for 2 to 3 years
152
was less than 10% of the total VII. Above 5 Years
undertrials in all the States/UTs except
Goa (13.3%), Maharashtra (12.6%) and A total of 5,011 undertrials were
Arunachal Pradesh (11.3%) (Chart 6.2, detained in jails for 5 years or more in
Table 6.4 & Table 6.5). the country including 4,881 Males and
130 Females as on 31st December,
VI. 3 to 5 Years 2019. The highest number of such
undertrials prisoners were reported from
A total of 14,049 undertrials Uttar Pradesh (2,142) accounting for
prisoners were detained for a period of 42.7% of such undertrials prisoners
3-5 years including 13,568 Males and confined for above 5 years followed by
481 Females in the country as on 31st Maharashtra (394, 7.9%) and West
December, 2019. There were 4,569 Bengal (303, 6.0%) as on 31st
(32.5%) such Undertrials prisoners in December, 2019. The highest
Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra percentage of undertrials prisoners
(1,828) (13.0%) and Bihar (949) (6.8%). within the State detained for more than
The highest percentage of undertrials five years was reported from Jammu &
prisoners within the State detained for Kashmir (6.5%) followed by Arunachal
three to five years was reported from Pradesh (4.7%) and Goa (3.0%) (Chart
Lakshadweep (25.0%) followed by 6.2, Table 6.4 & Table 6.5).
Himachal Pradesh (9.2%), and
Arunachal Pradesh (8.5%) (Chart 6.2,
Table 6.4 &Table 6.5)
3 to 5 Years
Above 5 Years
4.3%
1.5%
2 to 3 Years
6.8%
Upto 3 Months
1 to 2 Years 37.0%
13.4%
6 to 12 Months
16.4%
Total Undertrials 3 to 6 Months

3,30,487 20.7%

Distribution of Undertrials undergoing various Period of Sentences
at the end of 2019
Chart – 6.2
153
Table – 6.1 A
Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2019

+ + + +
Sl. State/UT Capital Life 10 – 13 7 –9 5– 6 2–4
No. Punishment Imprisonment Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 1858 207 75 62 85
3 ASSAM 7 1725 358 318 260 199
4 BIHAR 29 5770 1282 536 361 278
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 5845 1188 522 353 183
6 GOA 0 74 39 2 3 16
7 GUJARAT 3 2611 497 290 172 229
8 HARYANA 13 3302 1379 719 648 450
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 92 56 21 3 9
11 JHARKHAND 27 3680 1002 422 312 280
12 KARNATAKA 28 2513 455 250 139 231
13 KERALA 16 1578 196 149 163 193
14 MADHYA PRADESH 37 10256 2823 1890 1821 1350
15 MAHARASHTRA 52 4810 465 741 699 547
16 MANIPUR 2 44 20 22 6 7
17 MEGHALAYA 0 56 41 19 7 19
18 MIZORAM 0 67 83 44 37 73
19 NAGALAND 0 24 18 15 8 22
20 ODISHA 12 2384 862 176 124 98
21 PUNJAB 8 2194 2858 599 475 731
22 RAJASTHAN 18 3039 830 395 326 459
23 SIKKIM 0 41 40 18 22 19
24 TAMIL NADU 13 1392 488 394 425 552
25 TELANGANA 0 1315 109 68 70 87
26 TRIPURA 1 324 78 38 22 25
27 UTTAR PRADESH 49 17515 3739 1927 1399 1079
28 UTTARAKHAND 13 831 369 221 211 159
29 WEST BENGAL# 37 1859 521 699 745 618
TOTAL (STATES) 386 75638 20356 10658 8945 8063
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 37 10 3 2 57
31 CHANDIGARH 0 134 93 25 37 25
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 13 2 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 1288 291 507 282 301
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 48 11 3 6 3
TOTAL (UTs) 14 1520 407 538 327 386
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 400 77158 20763 11196 9272 8449

+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
154
Table – 6.1 A (Concluded)
Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT 1 – less than 2 6 Months – Less Less than 6 Total
No. Years than 1 Year Months
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 104 114 283 2788
3 ASSAM 95 45 89 3096
4 BIHAR 146 60 63 8525
6 GOA 9 6 0 149
7 GUJARAT 356 229 205 4592
8 HARYANA 299 199 227 7236
11 JHARKHAND 106 19 23 5871
12 KARNATAKA 119 119 143 3997
13 KERALA 205 187 444 3131
14 MADHYA PRADESH 940 575 561 20253
15 MAHARASHTRA 527 536 719 9096
16 MANIPUR 3 6 5 115
18 MIZORAM 84 129 80 597
19 NAGALAND 17 10 4 118
20 ODISHA 52 6 11 3725
21 PUNJAB 554 328 425 8172
22 RAJASTHAN 298 310 514 6189
23 SIKKIM 5 0 0 145
24 TAMIL NADU 525 171 263 4223
25 TELANGANA 93 107 239 2088
26 TRIPURA 11 15 16 530
27 UTTAR PRADESH 786 497 621 27612
28 UTTARAKHAND 150 117 185 2256
29 WEST BENGAL# 504 409 861 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 6111 4257 6063 140477
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 0 112

31 CHANDIGARH 42 31 17 404
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 1 0 16
34 DELHI 166 85 110 3044
TOTAL (UTs) 211 118 127 3648
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6322 4375 6190 144125

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Table – 6.1 B
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Capital Life + + + +
10 –13 7–9 5–6 2–4
No. Punish- Imprison-
Years Years Years Years
ment ment
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0.0 66.6 7.4 2.7 2.2 3.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.0 28.4 19.1 21.3 17.0 14.2
3 ASSAM 0.2 55.7 11.6 10.3 8.4 6.4
4 BIHAR 0.3 67.7 15.0 6.3 4.2 3.3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.1 70.7 14.4 6.3 4.3 2.2
6 GOA 0.0 49.7 26.2 1.3 2.0 10.7
7 GUJARAT 0.1 56.9 10.8 6.3 3.7 5.0
8 HARYANA 0.2 45.6 19.1 9.9 9.0 6.2
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0.3 42.1 34.4 6.1 5.1 4.7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4.8 44.0 26.8 10.0 1.4 4.3
11 JHARKHAND 0.5 62.7 17.1 7.2 5.3 4.8
12 KARNATAKA 0.7 62.9 11.4 6.3 3.5 5.8
13 KERALA 0.5 50.4 6.3 4.8 5.2 6.2
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0.2 50.6 13.9 9.3 9.0 6.7
15 MAHARASHTRA 0.6 52.9 5.1 8.1 7.7 6.0
16 MANIPUR 1.7 38.3 17.4 19.1 5.2 6.1
17 MEGHALAYA 0.0 35.0 25.6 11.9 4.4 11.9
18 MIZORAM 0.0 11.2 13.9 7.4 6.2 12.2
19 NAGALAND 0.0 20.3 15.3 12.7 6.8 18.6
20 ODISHA 0.3 64.0 23.1 4.7 3.3 2.6
21 PUNJAB 0.1 26.8 35.0 7.3 5.8 8.9
22 RAJASTHAN 0.3 49.1 13.4 6.4 5.3 7.4
23 SIKKIM 0.0 28.3 27.6 12.4 15.2 13.1
24 TAMIL NADU 0.3 33.0 11.6 9.3 10.1 13.1
25 TELANGANA 0.0 63.0 5.2 3.3 3.4 4.2
26 TRIPURA 0.2 61.1 14.7 7.2 4.2 4.7
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0.2 63.4 13.5 7.0 5.1 3.9
28 UTTARAKHAND 0.6 36.8 16.4 9.8 9.4 7.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0.6 29.7 8.3 11.2 11.9 9.9
TOTAL (STATES) 0.3 53.8 14.5 7.6 6.4 5.7
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 33.0 8.9 2.7 1.8 50.9
31 CHANDIGARH 0.0 33.2 23.0 6.2 9.2 6.2
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.0 81.3 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
34 DELHI 0.5 42.3 9.6 16.7 9.3 9.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 66.7 15.3 4.2 8.3 4.2
TOTAL (UTs) 0.4 41.7 11.2 14.7 9.0 10.6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0.3 53.5 14.4 7.8 6.4 5.9
+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
156
Table – 6.1 B (Concluded)
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT 6 Months - Less
1 – Less than Less than
No. than Total
2 Years 6 Months
1 Year
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3.7 4.1 10.2 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.0 0.0 0 100
3 ASSAM 3.1 1.5 2.9 100
4 BIHAR 1.7 0.7 0.7 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.9 0.5 0.5 100
6 GOA 6.0 4.0 0 100
7 GUJARAT 7.8 5.0 4.5 100
8 HARYANA 4.1 2.8 3.1 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.8 2.2 2.2 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4.8 0.0 3.8 100
11 JHARKHAND 1.8 0.3 0.4 100
12 KARNATAKA 3.0 3.0 3.6 100
13 KERALA 6.5 6.0 14.2 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 4.6 2.8 2.8 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 5.8 5.9 7.9 100
16 MANIPUR 2.6 5.2 4.3 100
17 MEGHALAYA 5.0 0.6 5.6 100
18 MIZORAM 14.1 21.6 13.4 100
19 NAGALAND 14.4 8.5 3.4 100
20 ODISHA 1.4 0.2 0.3 100
21 PUNJAB 6.8 4.0 5.2 100
22 RAJASTHAN 4.8 5.0 8.3 100
23 SIKKIM 3.4 0.0 0 100
24 TAMIL NADU 12.4 4.0 6.2 100
25 TELANGANA 4.5 5.1 11.4 100
26 TRIPURA 2.1 2.8 3 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2.8 1.8 2.2 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 6.6 5.2 8.2 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 8.1 6.5 13.8 100
TOTAL (STATES) 4.4 3.0 4.3 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 2.7 0.0 0 100
31 CHANDIGARH 10.4 7.7 4.2 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.0 6.3 0 100
34 DELHI 5.5 2.8 3.6 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 1.4 0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 5.8 3.2 3.5 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4.4 3.0 4.3 100
157
Table – 6.2
Details of Death Sentence during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Number of Number of Prisoners Whose
No. Number of Prisoners
Prisoners Awarded Sentence Commuted to Life
Executed during the
Capital Punishment Imprisonment during
Year
during the Year the Year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 ASSAM 3 0 0
4 BIHAR 9 1 0
6 GOA 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 2 4 0
8 HARYANA 0 4 0
11 JHARKHAND 8 1 0
12 KARNATAKA 14 2 0
13 KERALA 1 2 0
16 MANIPUR 1 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 3 0 0
21 PUNJAB 1 3 0
22 RAJASTHAN 11 10 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 1 0
26 TRIPURA 1 1 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 27 6 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 10 2 0
TOTAL (STATES) 121 68 0
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 121 68 0
158
TABLE – 6.3
Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine Amount
after Completion of their Sentence as on 31st December 2019
6 months & above - 1 year & above - 2 years & above -
S. Below 6 months
State/UT Below 1 year Below 2 years Below 3 years
No.
M F T M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 4 0 4 3 0 3 4 0 4 9 0 9
4 BIHAR 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 13 0 13 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 8 0 8 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 5 0 5 4 0 4 10 0 10 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 7 0 7 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 4 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 17 0 17 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 KERALA 43 5 48 30 3 33 15 4 19 9 0 9
14 MADHYA PRADESH 39 0 39 15 1 16 12 2 14 2 0 2
15 MAHARASHTRA 17 1 18 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 77 7 84 16 0 16 4 0 4 7 0 7
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 59 2 61 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
22 RAJASTHAN 18 0 18 17 0 17 7 0 7 12 0 12
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 122 3 125 38 2 40 17 0 17 5 1 6
28 UTTARAKHAND 27 3 30 3 0 3 2 0 2 7 0 7
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 1 47 8 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 544 23 567 150 6 156 77 6 83 57 2 59
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 31 1 32 5 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 33 1 34 5 0 5 6 0 6 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 577 24 601 155 6 161 83 6 89 57 2 59
159
TABLE – 6.3 (Concluded)
Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine Amount
after Completion of their Sentence as on 31st December 2019
3 years & above - Below 5
S. 5 years & above Total Convicts
State/UT years
No.
M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 11 0 11 75 0 75 106 0 106
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13
8 HARYANA 1 0 1 2 0 2 22 0 22
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 6
12 KARNATAKA 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 21
13 KERALA 1 0 1 0 1 1 98 13 111
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2 0 2 5 0 5 75 3 78
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 1 0 1 21 1 22
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
18 MIZORAM 1 0 1 2 0 2 107 7 114
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 6
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 2 67
22 RAJASTHAN 5 0 5 5 2 7 64 2 66
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 28
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 1 3 0 3 186 6 192
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 3 42
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 1 56
TOTAL (STATES) 23 0 23 95 3 98 946 40 986
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 41
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 1 45
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 23 0 23 95 3 98 990 41 1031
160
Table – 6.4
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
Sl. State/UT
No. Upto 3 Months 3 to 6 Months 6 to 12 Months 1 to 2 Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3191 264 3455 893 20 913 206 9 215 138 5 143
3 ASSAM 3827 124 3951 942 47 989 568 18 586 363 18 381
4 BIHAR 10963 381 11344 8260 261 8521 5256 163 5419 3158 96 3254
5 CHHATTISGARH 3198 160 3358 2080 88 2168 1688 79 1767 1653 96 1749
6 GOA 59 11 70 52 3 55 68 6 74 108 2 110
7 GUJARAT 3735 156 3891 1467 47 1514 1297 47 1344 1413 44 1457
8 HARYANA 5004 138 5142 2799 84 2883 2359 81 2440 1773 71 1844
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 828 15 843 438 24 462 510 17 527 529 27 556
11 JHARKHAND 3705 141 3846 2777 131 2908 2089 103 2192 1822 98 1920
12 KARNATAKA 3975 165 4140 1820 66 1886 1543 65 1608 1532 58 1590
13 KERALA 2981 87 3068 567 9 576 353 8 361 194 1 195
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8980 408 9388 4611 199 4810 3910 187 4097 3880 111 3991
15 MAHARASHTRA 7504 425 7929 4376 201 4577 4036 177 4213 4965 188 5153
16 MANIPUR 244 31 275 173 13 186 85 3 88 95 3 98
17 MEGHALAYA 294 13 307 110 8 118 192 1 193 114 0 114
18 MIZORAM 503 121 624 262 25 287 132 10 142 32 2 34
19 NAGALAND 137 1 138 68 0 68 43 1 44 43 2 45
20 ODISHA 4563 163 4726 3353 108 3461 1806 58 1864 1780 69 1849
21 PUNJAB 3626 284 3910 3347 207 3554 5344 207 5551 1961 112 2073
22 RAJASTHAN 5919 146 6065 2626 64 2690 2140 56 2196 1957 76 2033
23 SIKKIM 92 3 95 49 2 51 46 1 47 52 3 55
24 TAMIL NADU 4402 397 4799 2471 98 2569 1168 26 1194 420 14 434
25 TELANGANA 2535 227 2762 924 38 962 513 17 530 94 4 98
26 TRIPURA 343 13 356 126 2 128 58 3 61 18 0 18
27 UTTAR PRADESH 22014 906 22920 14407 641 15048 11321 492 11813 9717 457 10174
28 UTTARAKHAND 1375 68 1443 784 43 827 483 28 511 336 18 354
29 WEST BENGAL# 6495 441 6936 3174 152 3326 2458 96 2554 1504 94 1598
TOTAL (STATES) 111001 5318 116319 63174 2588 65762 49825 1966 51791 39987 1678 41665
30 A & N ISLANDS 59 2 61 43 0 43 14 0 14 6 0 6
31 CHANDIGARH 140 9 149 102 11 113 107 7 114 176 6 182
32 D & N HAVELI 19 0 19 11 0 11 3 0 3 9 0 9
33 DAMAN & DIU 25 4 29 11 0 11 3 0 3 3 0 3
34 DELHI 5332 190 5522 2400 100 2500 2129 77 2206 2200 65 2265
35 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 152 2 154 7 0 7 7 0 7 5 0 5
TOTAL (UTs) 5728 207 5935 2574 111 2685 2265 84 2349 2399 71 2470
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 116729 5525 122254 65748 2699 68447 52090 2050 54140 42386 1749 44135
161
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
Sl. State/UT 2 to 3 Years 3 to 5 Years Above 5 Years Total
No.
(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 23 1 24 18 0 18 1 0 1 4470 299 4769
3 ASSAM 124 1 125 71 4 75 23 0 23 5918 212 6130
4 BIHAR 1478 40 1518 920 29 949 265 5 270 30300 975 31275
5 CHHATTISGARH 535 34 569 151 21 172 45 1 46 9350 479 9829
6 GOA 49 0 49 0 0 0 9 2 11 345 24 369
7 GUJARAT 719 12 731 629 10 639 219 4 223 9479 320 9799
8 HARYANA 620 22 642 184 9 193 16 0 16 12755 405 13160
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 264 17 281 197 8 205 193 8 201 2959 116 3075
11 JHARKHAND 992 47 1039 600 27 627 218 9 227 12203 556 12759
12 KARNATAKA 719 20 739 402 11 413 121 3 124 10112 388 10500
13 KERALA 87 0 87 28 1 29 14 0 14 4224 106 4330
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1099 37 1136 591 26 617 118 0 118 23189 968 24157
15 MAHARASHTRA 3306 157 3463 1785 43 1828 386 8 394 26358 1199 27557
16 MANIPUR 53 0 53 41 0 41 17 0 17 708 50 758
17 MEGHALAYA 59 1 60 47 4 51 18 0 18 834 27 861
18 MIZORAM 7 0 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 939 158 1097
19 NAGALAND 11 0 11 8 0 8 0 0 0 310 4 314
20 ODISHA 822 37 859 750 19 769 269 6 275 13343 460 13803
21 PUNJAB 583 64 647 186 6 192 19 3 22 15066 883 15949
22 RAJASTHAN 1282 30 1312 801 18 819 256 7 263 14981 397 15378
23 SIKKIM 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 9 255
24 TAMIL NADU 173 0 173 58 5 63 11 1 12 8703 541 9244
25 TELANGANA 13 5 18 10 2 12 2 0 2 4091 293 4384
26 TRIPURA 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 550 18 568
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6479 273 6752 4419 150 4569 2098 44 2142 70455 2963 73418
28 UTTARAKHAND 129 10 139 81 0 81 18 0 18 3206 167 3373
29 WEST BENGAL# 936 58 994 715 52 767 285 18 303 15567 911 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 20678 866 21544 12828 452 13280 4640 119 4759 302133 12987 315120
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 3 4 1 5 0 0 0 129 3 132
31 CHANDIGARH 17 0 17 5 0 5 0 0 0 547 33 580
32 D & N HAVELI 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 46 0 46
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 4 46
34 DELHI 830 50 880 729 28 757 241 11 252 13861 521 14382
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 2 177
TOTAL (UTs) 857 50 907 740 29 769 241 11 252 14804 563 15367
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 21535 916 22451 13568 481 14049 4881 130 5011 316937 13550 330487
162
Table – 6.5
Percentage of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
Sl. State/UT Upto 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 5 Above 5
No. Total
Months Months Months Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 72.4 19.1 4.5 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 20.8 30.2 11.3 13.2 11.3 8.5 4.7 100
3 ASSAM 64.5 16.1 9.6 6.2 2.0 1.2 0.4 100
4 BIHAR 36.3 27.2 17.3 10.4 4.9 3.0 0.9 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 34.2 22.1 18.0 17.8 5.8 1.7 0.5 100
6 GOA 19.0 14.9 20.1 29.8 13.3 0.0 3.0 100
7 GUJARAT 39.7 15.5 13.7 14.9 7.5 6.5 2.3 100
8 HARYANA 39.1 21.9 18.5 14.0 4.9 1.5 0.1 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 36.2 13.5 10.4 23.2 6.5 9.2 0.9 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 27.4 15.0 17.1 18.1 9.1 6.7 6.5 100
11 JHARKHAND 30.1 22.8 17.2 15.0 8.1 4.9 1.8 100
12 KARNATAKA 39.4 18.0 15.3 15.1 7.0 3.9 1.2 100
13 KERALA 70.9 13.3 8.3 4.5 2.0 0.7 0.3 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 38.9 19.9 17.0 16.5 4.7 2.6 0.5 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 28.8 16.6 15.3 18.7 12.6 6.6 1.4 100
16 MANIPUR 36.3 24.5 11.6 12.9 7.0 5.4 2.2 100
17 MEGHALAYA 35.7 13.7 22.4 13.2 7.0 5.9 2.1 100
18 MIZORAM 56.9 26.2 12.9 3.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 100
19 NAGALAND 43.9 21.7 14.0 14.3 3.5 2.5 0.0 100
20 ODISHA 34.2 25.1 13.5 13.4 6.2 5.6 2.0 100
21 PUNJAB 24.5 22.3 34.8 13.0 4.1 1.2 0.1 100
22 RAJASTHAN 39.4 17.5 14.3 13.2 8.5 5.3 1.7 100
23 SIKKIM 37.3 20.0 18.4 21.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 100
24 TAMIL NADU 51.9 27.8 12.9 4.7 1.9 0.7 0.1 100
25 TELANGANA 63.0 21.9 12.1 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 100
26 TRIPURA 62.7 22.5 10.7 3.2 0.7 0.0 0.2 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 31.2 20.5 16.1 13.9 9.2 6.2 2.9 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 42.8 24.5 15.1 10.5 4.1 2.4 0.5 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 42.1 20.2 15.5 9.7 6.0 4.7 1.8 100
TOTAL (STATES) 36.9 20.9 16.4 13.2 6.8 4.2 1.5 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 46.2 32.6 10.6 4.5 2.3 3.8 0.0 100
31 CHANDIGARH 25.7 19.5 19.7 31.4 2.9 0.9 0.0 100
32 D & N HAVELI 41.3 23.9 6.5 19.6 6.5 2.2 0.0 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 63.0 23.9 6.5 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
34 DELHI 38.4 17.4 15.3 15.7 6.1 5.3 1.8 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 25.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 87.0 4.0 4.0 2.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 38.6 17.5 15.3 16.1 5.9 5.0 1.6 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 37.0 20.7 16.4 13.4 6.8 4.3 1.5 100
163

Chapter 7
Prisoners –
Releases,
Transfers
and
Movements

Chapter – 7
Prisoners - Releases, Transfers and Movements
Prisoners are released either on which 1,04,401 convicts were released
temporary basis or permanent basis after completion of conviction period and
during the course of sentences and 58,372 were released on bail. 3,524
prosecution. Also, Prisoners may be convicts were released prematurely and
transferred from one prison to another 9,233 prisoners were acquitted by higher
due to security reasons, to appear in trial courts on appeal (Chart 7.1). A total of
courts etc. This chapter discusses 1,079 convicts were released under
releases, transfers and movements (to pardon during 2019, maximum such
Courts, Hospital) of Prisoners. released were reported in Uttar Pradesh
Convicts (890) followed by Gujarat (126),
Rajasthan (25), Uttarakhand (16),
I. Releases Chandigarh (8), Bihar (6), Punjab (4),
During the calendar year 2019, a total Odisha (2), Himachal Pradesh & Jammu
of 1,84,962 convicts were released out of & Kashmir each (1).(Table 7.1).
Transferred to Other Releases*,

Pre-mature Other States, 7997, 4.3%
Release, 3524, 1435, 0.8%
1.9%
Released on
Appeal, 9233,
5.0%
Released on Bail,
58372, 31.6%
Released after
Completion of
Conviction Period,
Total Convicts Released 104401, 56.4%
1,84,962
* Other releases include Pardons
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Convicts during the year 2019
Chart 7.1
II. Transfers of such transfer of convicts to other

States (Table 7.1).
A total of 1,435 convicts were
transferred from one State to another
State during 2019. Haryana (269),
Telangana (202) and Andhra Pradesh
(176) have reported the highest number
165
Undertrials release under the Section 436A of CrPc
I. Releases (Undertrials who have undergone
imprisonment extending up to more than
A total of 15,98,218 Undertrials
half(1/2) of the sentence for the accused
were released during 2019 out of which
offences cumulatively are eligible for
14,99,028 released on bail (Chart 7.2). A
release on personnel bond with or
total of 61,359 Undertrials were acquitted
without sureties under this section) and
by the trial courts. States of Punjab
the States of Uttar Pradesh (1,014),
(8,116), Rajasthan (6,822), Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan (305) and Bihar (117) have
(5,535), Madhya Pradesh (4,830),
reported the major number of such
Jharkhand (4,820), Maharashtra (4,750),
undertrials who were eligible for releases
and Chhattisgarh (3,328) have reported
under this section.
the major number of such acquittals. A
total of 21,895 Undertrials were released A total of 635 (630 Males and 5
on appeal from Higher courts. A total of Females) Undertrials were released
14 undertrials were extradited during under the Section 436A of CrPc,
2019 (Table 7.3). maximum such releases were reported
by Uttar Pradesh (362) followed by
Releases under Section 436A Rajasthan (151) and Bihar (74) (Table
A total of 1,535 (1,528 Males and 7.4).
7 Females) Undertrials were eligible for
Transferred to
other States, 5728,
Released on 0.4%
Appeal, 21895, Other Releases*,
1.4% 10208, 0.6%
Acquitted, 61359,
3.8%
Released on Bail,
Total Undertrials Released 1499028, 93.8%
15,98,218

* Other releases include transferred to mental/civil hospital, extradited, etc.
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Undertrial Prisoners during 2019
Chart: 7.2
II. Transfers (918), Delhi (492) and West Bengal (384)

A total of 5,728 undertrials were have reported the highest number of
transferred from one State to another such transfer of Undertrial prisoners to
State. Uttar Pradesh (1,520), Haryana other States (Table 7.3).
166
Detenues maximum of such parole absconders
Releases were reported by Rajasthan (48) followed
During the calendar year 2019, a by Gujarat (41) and Punjab (35). A total
total of 6,533 Detenues were released of 127 such parole absconders were re-
out of which 1,433 Detenues were arrested (Table 7.2).
released after completion of detention
period, 4,446 Detenues were released Movement of inmates outside the jail
before completion of the detention period premises
imposed. A total of 158 Detenues were I. Movement of Inmates to Courts
released on bail. A total of 496 Detenues A total of 44,51,679 times inmates
were reported under ‘Other releases’ went outside the jail premises to attend
(Table 7.5). courts during the year 2019. Bihar has
Parole reported the highest number of times
During the year 2019, a total of inmates were taken to courts (7,75,511)
26,390 persons were released on parole, followed by Uttar Pradesh (4,60,866) and
maximum of such parole releases were Maharashtra (3,11,598) accounting for
reported by Punjab (7,973) followed by 17.4%, 10.4% and 7.0% of the total
Madhya Pradesh (3,663), Gujarat (2,919) number of times inmates were taken to
and Haryana (2,377). 205 prisoners courts (Chart 7.3, Table 7.6).
released on parole have absconded,
BIHAR 775511
MAHARASHTRA 311598
DELHI 307917
PUNJAB 298213
RAJASTHAN 273003
HARYANA 252041
WEST BENGAL# 251851
CHHATTISGARH 188773
KERALA 139952
GUJARAT 139638
KARNATAKA 111222
JHARKHAND 109018
TAMIL NADU 88084
ASSAM 81516
TELANGANA 80695
ODISHA 59857
UTTARAKHAND 54980
CHANDIGARH 20840
MEGHALAYA 19104
TRIPURA 12641
SIKKIM 7813
GOA 7701
PUDUCHERRY 4303
A & N ISLANDS 3413
MIZORAM 2356
NAGALAND 2302
D & N HAVELI 1124 Movement of Inmates to Courts
MANIPUR 423
44,51,679
DAMAN & DIU 152
LAKSHADWEEP 30
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000
No. of Time Inmates were taken to Courts
Movements of Inmates outside the Jails (To Courts)
Chart: 7.3
167
II. Movement of Inmates to times inmates who went outside for
Hospitals medical issues (48,255) followed by Tamil
Nadu (38,748) and Chhattisgarh (37,538)
A total of 4,77,456 times inmates accounting for 10.1%, 8.1% and 7.9% of
went outside the jail premises for medical the total such movement of inmates.
attendance purpose during the year 2019. (Chart 7.4, Table 7.6).
Kerala has reported the highest number of
KERALA 48255
TAMIL NADU 38748
CHHATTISGARH 37538
MAHARASHTRA 37281
GUJARAT 33762
WEST BENGAL# 30526
RAJASTHAN 30307
HARYANA 28689
KARNATAKA 24260
DELHI 20709
UTTAR PRADESH 15919
PUNJAB 15136
TELANGANA 14864
GOA 9465
ASSAM 8298
BIHAR 7380
ODISHA 5769
UTTARAKHAND 5305
TRIPURA 4426
JHARKHAND 2158
CHANDIGARH 1741
PUDUCHERRY 1043
SIKKIM 1042
MIZORAM 973
MEGHALAYA 961
A & N ISLANDS 823
MANIPUR 473
NAGALAND 407
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 322 Movement of Inmates for Medical Issues
D & N HAVELI 301 4,77,456
DAMAN & DIU 89
LAKSHADWEEP 13
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000

Movements of Inmates outside the Jails (For Medical Issues)
Chart: 7.4
168
Mentally ill Prisoners
A total of 7,394 inmates were reported suffering from mental illness, 50.7%
as mentally ill out of total 4,78,600 (3,748) were convicts, 48.7% (3,602)
inmates lodged in various jails in the were Undertrials and 0.2% (18) were
country as on 31st December, 2019, Detenues as on 31st December, 2019
accounting for 1.5% of total such (Chart 7.5, Table 7.7).
inmates. Out of 7,394 inmates
Others, 26, Detenues, 18,

(0.4%) (0.2%)
Undertrials, Convicts, 3748,

3602, (48.7%) (50.7%)

Inmates Suffering from Mental illness as on 31st December, 2019
Chart: 7.5
  
169
Table – 7.1
Convicts Released during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Released
Transfer
No. after Pre- Released Total
Released -red to Other
Completion mature on Pardons (Col.3 To
on Bail Other Releases
of Conviction Release Appeal 9)
States
Period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 12829 1781 150 73 0 176 0 15009
3 ASSAM 1562 756 94 249 0 4 7 2672
4 BIHAR 1055 1545 103 1173 6 3 11 3896
5 CHHATTISGARH 1438 1939 202 351 0 24 299 4253
6 GOA 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 143
7 GUJARAT 4016 1354 167 779 126 0 0 6442
8 HARYANA 852 4391 76 188 0 269 0 5776
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 65 192 8 2 1 2 8 278
11 JHARKHAND 896 1401 14 773 0 122 264 3470
12 KARNATAKA 1081 2109 139 170 0 2 0 3501
13 KERALA 3646 538 37 89 0 39 294 4643
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2754 7557 444 723 0 0 555 12033
15 MAHARASHTRA 9727 1868 343 421 0 3 3 12365
16 MANIPUR 33 0 10 0 0 0 0 43
17 MEGHALAYA 74 1 0 1 0 0 1 77
18 MIZORAM 1848 5 15 20 0 0 7 1895
19 NAGALAND 140 5 3 0 0 5 0 153
20 ODISHA 401 883 49 75 2 45 83 1538
21 PUNJAB 2797 4588 145 117 4 58 823 8532
22 RAJASTHAN 3009 6323 91 1132 25 21 983 11584
23 SIKKIM 42 8 1 10 0 0 0 61
24 TAMIL NADU 1210 1159 41 487 0 4 131 3032
25 TELANGANA 25975 1630 0 55 0 202 193 28055
26 TRIPURA 543 76 19 37 0 53 110 838
27 UTTAR PRADESH 15281 10034 867 1408 890 157 494 29131
28 UTTARAKHAND 1507 1464 5 476 16 101 21 3590
29 WEST BENGAL# 8853 5198 18 195 0 114 2614 16992
TOTAL (STATES) 102362 56912 3064 9064 1071 1406 6918 180797
30 A & N ISLANDS 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 51
31 CHANDIGARH 86 161 1 36 8 8 0 300
32 D & N HAVELI 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
33 DAMAN & DIU 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
34 DELHI 1816 1274 457 111 0 21 0 3679
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 75 22 1 22 0 0 0 120
TOTAL (UTs) 2039 1460 460 169 8 29 0 4165
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 104401 58372 3524 9233 1079 1435 6918 184962
170
Table – 7.2
Persons Released on Parole, Parole Absconders / Arrests during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT % % Parole Absconders %
Released on Parole Parole Absconders
No. share share Arrested share
M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 116 1 117 0.44 2 0 2 0.98 2 0 2 1.57
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 BIHAR 9 0 9 0.03 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 464 12 476 1.80 2 0 2 0.98 1 0 1 0.79
6 GOA 28 2 30 0.11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2848 71 2919 11.06 41 0 41 20.00 27 0 27 21.26
8 HARYANA 2307 70 2377 9.01 23 1 24 11.71 18 1 19 14.96
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 392 14 406 1.54 12 0 12 5.85 14 2 16 12.60
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 54 2 56 0.21 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 610 10 620 2.35 2 0 2 0.98 0 0 0 0.00
13 KERALA 1085 9 1094 4.15 7 0 7 3.41 4 0 4 3.15
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3610 53 3663 13.88 11 0 11 5.37 2 0 2 1.57
15 MAHARASHTRA 651 15 666 2.52 6 0 6 2.93 19 0 19 14.96
16 MANIPUR 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 8 0 8 0.03 2 0 2 0.98 3 0 3 2.36
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 62 2 64 0.24 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
21 PUNJAB 7621 352 7973 30.21 33 2 35 17.07 7 1 8 6.30
22 RAJASTHAN 1620 24 1644 6.23 48 0 48 23.41 20 0 20 15.75
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 845 16 861 3.26 3 0 3 1.46 2 0 2 1.57
25 TELANGANA 426 2 428 1.62 2 0 2 0.98 1 0 1 0.79
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 77 1 78 0.30 1 0 1 0.49 0 0 0 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 82 0 82 0.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 2033 82 2115 8.01 3 0 3 1.46 2 0 2 1.57
TOTAL (STATES) 24951 738 25689 97.34 198 3 201 98.05 122 4 126 99.21
30 A & N ISLANDS 2 0 2 0.01 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 189 7 196 0.74 1 0 1 0.49 1 0 1 0.79
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 457 9 466 1.77 3 0 3 1.46 0 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 37 0 37 0.14 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 685 16 701 2.66 4 0 4 1.95 1 0 1 0.79
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 25636 754 26390 100.00 202 3 205 100.00 123 4 127 100.00
171
Table – 7.3
Undertrials Released / Transferred during the year 2019
Acquitted Released on Transferred Total
Sl. Released Other
State/UT (By Lower Appeal (By to Other Extradited (Col.3 to
No. on Bail Releases
Courts) Higher Courts) States 8)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 47364 2082 0 270 0 0 49716
3 ASSAM 29215 1457 3979 45 0 2 34698
4 BIHAR 177357 3200 5030 90 0 5 185682
5 CHHATTISGARH 35546 3328 0 35 0 199 39108
6 GOA 820 160 0 2 0 0 982
7 GUJARAT 67441 1474 3565 103 0 0 72583
8 HARYANA 52035 1714 0 918 0 1 54668
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6557 145 0 135 0 338 7175
11 JHARKHAND 35227 4820 861 202 0 762 41872
12 KARNATAKA 64328 1439 2 54 0 399 66222
13 KERALA 31576 1443 153 232 0 2047 35451
14 MADHYA PRADESH 124962 4830 523 0 0 2756 133071
15 MAHARASHTRA 96090 4750 5 146 0 1 100992
16 MANIPUR 1643 2 0 0 0 4 1649
17 MEGHALAYA 1735 96 3 3 0 2 1839
18 MIZORAM 4174 44 18 22 0 9 4267
19 NAGALAND 1510 256 0 4 0 90 1860
20 ODISHA 62455 2027 1043 140 1 191 65857
21 PUNJAB 48069 8116 1147 179 9 1312 58832
22 RAJASTHAN 88781 6822 4234 135 0 1266 101238
23 SIKKIM 274 153 0 0 0 0 427
24 TAMIL NADU 62299 2784 10 0 0 34 65127
25 TELANGANA 43247 1454 0 361 0 143 45205
26 TRIPURA 2629 224 330 46 2 169 3400
27 UTTAR PRADESH 279951 5535 992 1520 0 269 288267
28 UTTARAKHAND 13449 359 0 118 1 66 13993
29 WEST BENGAL# 71907 867 0 384 0 0 73158
TOTAL (STATES) 1455025 59735 21895 5178 14 10194 1552041
30 A & N ISLANDS 530 0 0 0 0 0 530
31 CHANDIGARH 2143 94 0 53 0 0 2290
32 D & N HAVELI 157 25 0 5 0 0 187
33 DAMAN & DIU 172 0 0 0 0 0 172
34 DELHI 39682 1488 0 492 0 0 41662
35 LAKSHADWEEP 61 0 0 0 0 0 61
36 PUDUCHERRY 1258 17 0 0 0 0 1275
TOTAL (UTs) 44003 1624 0 550 0 0 46177
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1499028 61359 21895 5728 14 10194 1598218

172
Table – 7.4
Status of Undertrial Inmates under Section 436A of Cr.P.C. during the year 2019
Number of inmates eligible for pre- Number of inmates released under
Sl. mature release under Section 436A Section 436A of Cr.P.C.
States/UTs
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 117 0 117 74 0 74
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 11 1 12 2 0 2
12 KARNATAKA 13 0 13 6 0 6
13 KERALA 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 MANIPUR 24 0 24 24 0 24
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 305 0 305 151 0 151
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1012 2 1014 361 1 362
28 UTTARAKHAND 14 0 14 10 0 10
29 WEST BENGAL# 22 0 22 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1525 3 1528 630 1 631
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2 4 6 0 4 4
TOTAL (UTs) 3 4 7 0 4 4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1528 7 1535 630 5 635
173
Table – 7.5
Detenues Released during the year 2019
Released on Released before
Sl. Released on Other Total
State/UT Completion of Completion of
No. Bail Releases Col.3 to 6
Detention Period Detention Period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 4 0 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 1 1 1 0 3
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 59 2526 25 0 2610
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 20 279 1 300 600
11 JHARKHAND 26 0 0 0 26
12 KARNATAKA 2 0 13 0 15
13 KERALA 55 28 0 0 83
14 MADHYA PRADESH 52 162 11 134 359
15 MAHARASHTRA 58 45 6 6 115
16 MANIPUR 3 9 0 0 12
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 9 3 20 2 34
20 ODISHA 5 1 26 0 32
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 2 2 1 0 5
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 659 1216 0 8 1883
25 TELANGANA 398 112 18 29 557
26 TRIPURA 0 4 0 1 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 66 57 4 14 141
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1427 4446 150 496 6519
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 3 0 0 0 3
34 DELHI 3 0 1 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 6 0 8 0 14
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1433 4446 158 496 6533
174
Table – 7.6
Movement of inmates outside the jail premises during the year 2019
Sl. Visit of Inmates for Medical
State/UT Visit of Inmates to Courts
No. Attendance
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 94633 17515
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 499 322
3 ASSAM 81516 8298
4 BIHAR 775511 7380
5 CHHATTISGARH 188773 37538
6 GOA 7701 9465
7 GUJARAT 139638 33762
8 HARYANA 252041 28689
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 31765 9232
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 31562 2790
11 JHARKHAND 109018 2158
12 KARNATAKA 111222 24260
13 KERALA 139952 48255
14 MADHYA PRADESH 226283 20936
15 MAHARASHTRA 311598 37281
16 MANIPUR 423 473
17 MEGHALAYA 19104 961
18 MIZORAM 2356 973
19 NAGALAND 2302 407
20 ODISHA 59857 5769
21 PUNJAB 298213 15136
22 RAJASTHAN 273003 30307
23 SIKKIM 7813 1042
24 TAMIL NADU 88084 38748
25 TELANGANA 80695 14864
26 TRIPURA 12641 4426
27 UTTAR PRADESH 460866 15919
28 UTTARAKHAND 54980 5305
29 WEST BENGAL# 251851 30526
TOTAL (STATES) 4113900 452737
30 A & N ISLANDS 3413 823
31 CHANDIGARH 20840 1741
32 D & N HAVELI 1124 301
33 DAMAN & DIU 152 89
34 DELHI 307917 20709
35 LAKSHADWEEP 30 13
36 PUDUCHERRY 4303 1043
TOTAL (UTs) 337779 24719
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4451679 477456
175
Table – 7.7
Types of Inmates Suffering from Mental Illness as on 31st December, 2019
Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 115 93 0 0 208
4 BIHAR 57 70 0 0 127
6 GOA 13 43 0 0 56
7 GUJARAT 106 97 1 0 204
8 HARYANA 66 86 0 0 152
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 17 58 4 0 79
11 JHARKHAND 98 96 0 0 194
12 KARNATAKA 147 211 0 0 358
13 KERALA 192 196 5 0 393
14 MADHYA PRADESH 504 247 1 0 752
15 MAHARASHTRA 269 473 0 0 742
16 MANIPUR 4 1 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 6 19 0 2 27
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 387 239 0 0 626
21 PUNJAB 13 20 0 24 57
22 RAJASTHAN 161 111 0 0 272
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 56 21 0 0 77
25 TELANGANA 66 21 0 0 87
26 TRIPURA 15 5 0 0 20
27 UTTAR PRADESH 754 865 7 0 1626
29 WEST BENGAL# 244 314 0 0 558
TOTAL (STATES) 3693 3408 18 26 7145
30 A & N ISLANDS 13 2 0 0 15
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 42 192 0 0 234
TOTAL (UTs) 55 194 0 0 249
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3748 3602 18 26 7394
176
Chapter 8
Deaths and
Illness in
Prisons

Chapter – 8
Deaths and Illness in Prisons
Death of a prisoner is always a sub-categorized into the following

matter of serious concern for prison modes: Hanging, Poisoning, Self-
administration. Sometimes such Inflicted Injury, Drug Overdose,
deaths lead to law and order problems. Electrocution and Others.
Deaths in jails have been The Murder by Inmates under

broadly classified into two categories the category Unnatural deaths has
i.e. Natural deaths and Unnatural been further sub-categorized into
deaths. following causes: Firing, Lynching,
Stabbing, Fighting / Quarrelling and
Natural Deaths Others.
The category Natural Deaths The Deaths due to Negligence

has been divided into deaths due to & Excesses under the category
Ageing and Illness. Illness has been Unnatural deaths has been further
further subcategorized into major sub-categorized into (i) Negligence by
causes/diseases such as a)Heart (a) Jail Staff (b) Jail medical Staff (c)
Problems, b)Lung problems, c)Liver Police Staff and (d) Outside hospital
problems, d)Kidney problems, e)HIV, medical Staff and (ii) Excesses
f)Cancer, g)Tuberculosis (TB), (torture) by Jail personnel.
h)Paralysis, i)Cholera/Diarrhea,
j)Schizophrenia with Epilepsy, k)Brain The Accidental Deaths inside
Hemorrhage, l)Intestine Perforation, Prison has been further
m)Due to Drugs/Alcohol withdrawal subcategorized into Forces of Nature
Symptom, n)Others (illness other than (Natural Calamity like Earthquake,
the above). flood, etc.) and Forces other than the
nature (a) Snake bite/Animal bite
Un-natural Deaths (b) Electrocution (c) Drowning
(d) Accidental Fall (e) Burn injuries
Unnatural deaths include (f) Road/train accident (during transit)
suicide, murder by inmates, death due (g) Drugs/Alcoholic Consumption and
to assault by outside elements, death (h) Others.
due to firing, death due to negligence
or excesses by jail personnel, etc. Deaths during 2019
Besides, Accidental Deaths inside
Prison has also been added under the A total of 1,775 prisoners have
category Unnatural deaths. died, while they were in judicial
custody during 2019, in the country,
The Suicide under the category out of which 1,544 were natural deaths
Unnatural deaths has been further and 165 were due to un-natural
177
causes and 66 deaths were reported Un-natural Deaths
as causes not known yet (while
furnishing the data). Natural deaths Among the un-natural causes of
accounted for 86.99% (1,544 out of deaths in prisons (165), Suicide (116)
1,775) and Un-Natural deaths was the pre-dominant cause followed
accounted for 9.30% (165 out of by Accidental Deaths (20), Murder by
1,775) of the total deaths. Percentage Inmates (10), Deaths due to
share of different causes of deaths is Negligence / Excess by Jail Personnel
presented in Chart 8.1, Table 8.1. (2), Deaths due to Assault by outside
elements and Deaths due to Firing (1
Natural Deaths each) and Others (15) (Chart 8.4,
Table 8.4).
Out of the 1,544 Natural deaths,
there were 1,466 deaths due to Illness Out of 116 suicides, the
and 78 deaths due to Ageing. predominant mode was Hanging (108)
Furthermore, out of the 1,466 deaths followed by Self Inflicted Injury (3),
due to illness (93 deaths due to illness Poisoning (1), Drug Overdose (1) and
not included, due to non-availability of Others (3) (Table 8.5). Accidental
illness wise break from West Bengal), Deaths mostly occurred due to Fall (6)
majority of the deaths were reported and Road/Train Accident (5),
under Heart related Ailments (406), Electrocution and Burn injuries (3
Lung related Ailments (190), TB (81), each) (Table 8.7).
Cancer (78), Liver related Ailments (
61), Brain Hemorrhage (56), Kidney Uttar Pradesh has reported the
related Ailments (51), HIV (43) and highest number of unnatural deaths
other Ailments (500) (Chart 8.2 & 8.3, (29) followed by Punjab (20) and
Table 8.2 & 8.3). West Bengal (12) (Table 8.4).
Uttar Pradesh has reported the Out of 116 suicides, Uttar

highest number of deaths due to Pradesh has reported the highest
natural causes (393) followed by number of (20) followed by Punjab (13)
Madhya Pradesh (156) and and West Bengal (11) during 2019.
Maharashtra (121) during 2019
(Chart 8.5 & Table 8.2). One Death due to Assault by
Outside Elements were reported
during 2019 (Table 8.4).
178
Causes not
Unnatural known yet, 66,
Deaths, 165, (3.72%)
(9.30%)
Natural Deaths,
Total Deaths 1544, (86.99%)
1,775
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural & Un-natural causes during 2019
Chart – 8.1
Ageing, 78,
(5.1%)
Illness, 1466,
Natural Deaths (94.9%)
1,544

Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural Causes during 2019
Chart – 8.2
179
Cholera/ Schizophrenia
Diarrhea with Epilepsy
, 2, 0.1% , 19, 1.4%
Others (illness
other than the
Paralysis, 16,
above), 312,
1.2%
22.7%
Heart, 406, 29.6%
Intestine
Perforation
, 21, 1.5%
Drugs/
Alcohol Lung, 190,
Withdrawal 13.8%
, 37, 2.7%
Note: HIV, 43, 3.1%

Tuberculosis
West Bengal did not (TB), 81, 5.9%
furnish the break up Kidney, 51, 3.7%
of 93 deaths due to Brain
illness. Hemorrhage, 56, Cancer, 78, 5.7%
4.1% Liver, 61, 4.4%
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to illness during 2019
Chart – 8.3
Death due to Deaths due to

Deaths due to Firing, 1, 0.6% Negligence /
Assault by Excess by Jail
Outside Personnel, 2, Murder by
Elements, 1, 0.6% 1.2% Inmates, 10, 6.1%
Others, 15, 9.1%
Accidental
Deaths, 20,
12.1%
Suicide, 116,
70.3%
Unnatural Deaths
165
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Unnatural Causes during 2019
Chart – 8.4
180
UTTAR PRADESH 393
29
MADHYA PRADESH 156
6
MAHARASHTRA 121
11
PUNJAB 117
20
WEST BENGAL# 108
12
BIHAR 104
6
HARYANA 68
9
KARNATAKA 55
10
TAMIL NADU 53
5
ODISHA 48
5
JHARKHAND 48
5
CHHATTISGARH 47
5
GUJARAT 45
7
DELHI 35
11
KERALA 30
3
ASSAM 23
2
ANDHRA PRADESH 22
3
UTTARAKHAND 19
1
TELANGANA 17
5 Natural Deaths
RAJASTHAN 9
7
MEGHALAYA 5
1 Un-Natural Deaths
JAMMU & KASHMIR 5
0
HIMACHAL PRADESH 4
0
TRIPURA 3
0
GOA 3
0
NAGALAND 2
2
SIKKIM 2
0
CHANDIGARH 1
0
MIZORAM 1
0
PUDUCHERRY 0
0 Total Natural Deaths 1,544
LAKSHADWEEP 0
0 Total Un-Natural Deaths 165
DAMAN & DIU 0
0
D & N HAVELI 0
0
A & N ISLANDS 0
0
MANIPUR 0
0
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Note: 66 Deaths reported by Rajasthan under ‘Causes not known’ is not included in the above graph.
State/UT-wise Natural & Unnatural Deaths of Inmates during the year 2019
Chart – 8.5
181
Deaths (Natural & Un-natural) of years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Inmates in Jails during 2014-2019 and 2019 respectively. All these years,
Natural deaths accounted for more
A total of 1,702, 1,584, 1,655, than 85% of the total deaths (Chart
1,671, 1,845 and 1,775 deaths of 8.6).
prisoners were reported during the
2000
1845
4.3% 1775
1800 1702
1655 1671
1584
1600
2.5% 1639
1544
1400 1507 1494
1469
1424
1200
1000
800
600
400 -15.4%
231
195 165
115 133 149
200
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Deaths in Prisons 1702 1584 1655 1671 1845 1775
Natural Death 1507 1469 1424 1494 1639 1544
Unnatural Deaths 195 115 231 133 149 165
Note: Deaths reported under ‘Causes Not known’ (44 in 2017, 57 in 2018 and 66 in 2019) has been
included in Total Deaths.
Trend of Inmates Deaths in Jails during 2014 to 2019
Chart – 8.6
182
Table – 8.1
Deaths of inmates in Prisons during the year 2019
Total Deaths
Natural Un-Natural Cause Not
Sl. No. State/UT (Col.3 + Col.4 +
Deaths Deaths Known Col. 5)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22 3 - 25
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 0
3 ASSAM 23 2 - 25
4 BIHAR 104 6 - 110
5 CHHATTISGARH 47 5 - 52
6 GOA 3 0 - 3
7 GUJARAT 45 7 - 52
8 HARYANA 68 9 - 77
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4 0 - 4
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 0 - 5
11 JHARKHAND 48 5 - 53
12 KARNATAKA 55 10 - 65
13 KERALA 30 3 - 33
14 MADHYA PRADESH 156 6 - 162
15 MAHARASHTRA 121 11 - 132
16 MANIPUR 0 0 - 0
17 MEGHALAYA 5 1 - 6
18 MIZORAM 1 0 - 1
19 NAGALAND 2 2 - 4
20 ODISHA 48 5 - 53
21 PUNJAB 117 20 - 137
23 SIKKIM 2 0 - 2
24 TAMIL NADU 53 5 - 58
25 TELANGANA 17 5 - 22
26 TRIPURA 3 0 - 3
27 UTTAR PRADESH 393 29 - 422
28 UTTARAKHAND 19 1 - 20
29 WEST BENGAL# 108 12 - 120
TOTAL (STATES) 1508 154 66 1728
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 - 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 - 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 - 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 - 0
34 DELHI 35 11 - 46
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 - 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 - 0
TOTAL (UTs) 36 11 0 47
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1544 165 66 1775
183
Table – 8.2
Natural Deaths in Prisons during the year 2019
Natural Deaths
Sl. No. State/UT
Ageing illness Total Natural Deaths
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 ASSAM 0 23 23
4 BIHAR 5 99 104
6 GOA 0 3 3
7 GUJARAT 0 45 45
8 HARYANA 8 60 68
11 JHARKHAND 3 45 48
12 KARNATAKA 0 55 55
13 KERALA 1 29 30
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 5 5
18 MIZORAM 0 1 1
19 NAGALAND 0 2 2
20 ODISHA 0 48 48
21 PUNJAB 36 81 117
22 RAJASTHAN 0 9 9
23 SIKKIM 0 2 2
24 TAMIL NADU 0 53 53
25 TELANGANA 0 17 17
26 TRIPURA 0 3 3
31 CHANDIGARH 0 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 35 35
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 36 36
184
Table – 8.3
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2019
Illness
Sl. State/UT Cholera/
Heart Lung Liver Kidney HIV Cancer TB Paralysis
No. Diarrhea
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
3 ASSAM 6 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 0
4 BIHAR 22 16 5 2 6 4 2 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 6 1 2 0 6 3 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
7 GUJARAT 20 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0
8 HARYANA 12 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 10 6 5 6 0 3 1 1 0
12 KARNATAKA 19 2 4 2 4 4 2 1 0
13 KERALA 10 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 63 16 3 6 3 9 12 2 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 41 11 6 7 5 5 9 4 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 8 2 1 4 1 3 2 1 0
21 PUNJAB 18 4 2 2 9 1 8 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 17 4 2 1 3 2 4 4 0
25 TELANGANA 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 102 100 18 7 7 32 15 2 2
28 UTTARAKHAND 3 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL#* - - - - - - - - -
@
TOTAL (STATES) 391 187 61 49 41 78 77 16 2
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 15 3 0 2 2 0 4 0 0
@
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 406 190 61 51 43 78 81 16 2
* West Bengal did not furnish the break up.
@ Cols.3 to 16 of Total (States) and Total (All-India) do not include data of West Bengal.
185
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2019
Drugs/
Sl. Schizophrenia Brain Intestine
State/UT Alcohol Others Total
No. with Epilepsy Hemorrhage Perforation
Withdrawal
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 1 3 1 0 2 23
4 BIHAR 2 10 0 9 21 99
6 GOA 0 1 0 0 0 3
7 GUJARAT 0 3 1 0 9 45
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 40 60
11 JHARKHAND 0 1 0 1 11 45
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 2 15 55
13 KERALA 0 0 0 3 4 29
15 MAHARASHTRA 5 7 5 3 13 121
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 2 5
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 1
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 2
20 ODISHA 1 2 0 2 21 48
21 PUNJAB 2 2 0 1 32 81
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 9
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 1 2
24 TAMIL NADU 4 1 2 2 7 53
25 TELANGANA 0 1 0 1 5 17
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 3
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 13 5 3 77 383
29 WEST BENGAL#* - - - - - 93
@
TOTAL (STATES) 18 56 21 31 309 1430
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1 0 0 6 3 35
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 0 6 3 36
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) @ 19 56 21 37 312 1466
 As per data provided by States/UTs
* West Bengal did not furnish the break up.
@ Cols.3 to 16 of Total (States) and Total (All-India) do not include data of West Bengal.
186
Table – 8.4
Un-Natural Deaths of prisoners in Prisons during the year 2019
Deaths
due to
Deaths due to Total
Sl. Murder Deaths Negli- Acci-
Execu- Assault by Un-
State/UT Suicide by due To gence / dental Others
No. tion Outside Natural
Inmates Firing Excess by Deaths
Elements Deaths
Jail
Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
3 ASSAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 BIHAR 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
8 HARYANA 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
12 KARNATAKA 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10
13 KERALA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 11
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
20 ODISHA 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
21 PUNJAB 13 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 20
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
25 TELANGANA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 20 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 29
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
TOTAL (STATES) 108 0 9 0 1 2 19 15 154
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 116 0 10 1 1 2 20 15 165
187
Table – 8.5
Mode of Suicide by Prison Inmates during the year 2019
Sl. Self Inf. Drug

State/UT Hanging Poisoning Electrocution Others Total
No. Injury Overdose
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 BIHAR 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 1 0 0 0 1 6
8 HARYANA 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 1 0 0 0 7
13 KERALA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 MAHARASHTRA 3 0 0 0 0 1 4
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 ODISHA 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 PUNJAB 13 0 0 0 0 0 13
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
25 TELANGANA 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 20 0 0 0 0 0 20
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
TOTAL (STATES) 102 1 2 0 0 3 108
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 6 0 1 1 0 0 8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 6 0 1 1 0 0 8
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 108 1 3 1 0 3 116
188
Table – 8.6
Mode of Murder of Prisoners by Inmates in Jails during the year 2019
Sl. In-Fighting/
State/UT Firing Lynching Stabbing Others Total
No. Quarrelling
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 2 2
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 1 0 1
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 2 0 2
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1 0 1
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 6 3 9
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 1 0 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 1 6 3 10
189
Table – 8.7
Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails during the year 2019
Accide Forces other than Nature

Total
ntal
Accide
Deaths
Snake Bite
Accidental
Consump-
Drowning
Alcoholic
Sl.
Accident
ntal
Electro-
Injuries
Others
Drugs/
cution
State/UT due to
Road/
Train
Total
Burn
No
tion
Deaths
Fall
Forces
(Col.3 +
of
Col.12)
Nature
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 3 1 5 3 5 0 2 19 19
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 3 1 6 3 5 0 2 20 20
190
Chapter 9
Jail-Breaks,
Escapes &
Firing in
Prisons

Chapter–9
Jail Breaks, Escapes & Firing in Prison
Prison administration is an data from West Bengal for 2018 & 2019,
important component of criminal justice therefore, 2017 data has been used).
system, which mainly focuses on
correctional services that can change and Apart from escape from Judicial
reform the convicts so that they can live in Custody, 139 prisoners escaped from
the normal society. In spite of all Police Custody. Highest of such escape
correctional procedures and measures, from police custody was reported by Uttar
some offenders tend to escape, tend to Pradesh (25) followed by Maharashtra (17)
breach peace inside jails and tend to and Punjab (14).
commit offences habitually. These During the year 2019,a total of 468
offenders spoil the atmosphere of prisons. persons escaped from lawful custody
Escapes (Police, Judicial custody) (Chart 9.1) and
231 such persons got arrested again.
During the year 2019, 329 Highest of such re-arrest in percentage
prisoners were reported as escaped from terms took place in Nagaland (100%)
judicial custody. Out of 329 prisoners followed by Gujarat (68.6%), Andhra
escaped,76 prisoners escaped from inside Pradesh (63.6%) and Punjab (60.9%).
prison premises and 253 prisoners However, no prisoner was reported as
escaped while they were outside prison escaped out of lawful custody from 11
premises (Chart 9.1). State of Gujarat has States/UTs. State/UT-wise such escape
reported escape of 152 prisoners while details are presented in Chart 9.2 &Table
they were outside prison premises 9.1.
followed by Rajasthan (37), Bihar (13) and
West Bengal (11) (Due to non-receipt of
Escapees from
inside Prison, 76,
Escapees from 16.2%
Police Custody,
139, 29.7%
Judicial
Custody
Escapees from
outside Prison,
Total Prisoners 253, 54.1%
Escaped 468
Types of Escapes by Prisoners during the year 2019
Chart – 9.1
191
GUJARAT 172
RAJASTHAN 50
MAHARASHTRA 39
UTTAR PRADESH 31
PUNJAB 23
BIHAR 20
WEST BENGAL# 18
MADHYA PRADESH 15
ODISHA 14
KERALA 14
CHHATTISGARH 14
ANDHRA PRADESH 11
KARNATAKA 9
HARYANA 7
ASSAM 7
JHARKHAND 6
MIZORAM 4
HIMACHAL PRADESH 3
UTTARAKHAND 2
TRIPURA 2
TELANGANA 2
DELHI 2
TAMIL NADU 1
NAGALAND 1
MANIPUR 1
SIKKIM 0
PUDUCHERRY 0
MEGHALAYA 0
LAKSHADWEEP 0 Total Prisoners Escaped
JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 468
GOA 0
DAMAN & DIU 0
D & N HAVELI 0
CHANDIGARH 0
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0
A & N ISLANDS 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

Prisoners Escaped during the year 2019
Chart – 9.2
Re-arrest Jail Breaks
During the year 2019, 231 Jail breaks are escapes or attempt to
escapees got re-arrested. Most of such escape after committing an injury. A total
re-arrests took place in Gujarat (118) of 20 jail break incidents were reported
followed by Rajasthan (24) and during the year 2019. State of West
Maharashtra (22). Bengal has reported (10) such incidents.
The details may be seen in Table 9.2.
192
Clashes Firing
A total of 137 clashes/group During the year 2019, one firing

clashes inside jails were reported during incidence was reported from Punjab, in
the year 2019. Highest of such clashes which, one inmate died. (Table 9.2).
were reported by Delhi (57) followed by
Madhya Pradesh and Punjab (25) each . Trend of Inmates Escaped
A total of 279 persons consisting of 252
prisoners and 27 jail officials got injured in A total of 378, 673 and 468
such clashes and 3 prisoners died in prisoners were reported as escaped from
such clashes (Table 9.2 & 9.3). the lawful custody during the years 2017,
2018 & 2019 respectively (Chart 9.3).
800
2017 2018 2019

700 673
600 560
500 468
400 378
329
300
215
200 163
139
113
100
0
From Judicial Custody From Police Custody Total Escapees

Trend of Inmates Escaped during 2017 to 2019
Chart – 9.3
193
Table – 9.1
Details of Escapees during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Judicial Custody
Escapees Total
No. Escapees Escapees Re-arrested
from Police Escapees
from inside from outside Escapees
Custody (Col.3+4+5)
Prison Prison
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 1 4 2 7 0
4 BIHAR 1 13 6 20 3
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 11 152 9 172 118
8 HARYANA 0 3 4 7 0
13 KERALA 3 2 9 14 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 13 9 17 39 22
16 MANIPUR 0 1 0 1 0
18 MIZORAM 2 0 2 4 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 0 1 1
20 ODISHA 8 4 2 14 7
21 PUNJAB 6 3 14 23 14
22 RAJASTHAN 6 37 7 50 24
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 1 1 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 2 2 0
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 2 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 11 3 18 5
TOTAL (STATES) 76 253 137 466 231
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 2 2 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 2 2 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 76 253 139 468 231
194
Table – 9.2
Incidence of Jail breaks, Clashes / Group clashes and Firing in jail
during the year 2019
Incidence of
Sl.
State/UT Clashes / Group
No. Jail Break Firing in Jail
Clashes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 3 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 1 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 2 0
13 KERALA 0 7 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 0
21 PUNJAB 1 25 1
22 RAJASTHAN 0 1 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 1 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 3 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 57 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 60 0
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Table – 9.3
Incidence of deaths and injuries in clashes / group clashes in jails
Sl. State/UT Clashes / Group Clashes
No. Injured Killed
Inmate Jail Personnel Total Inmate Jail Personnel Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 30 2 32 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 18 12 30 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 KERALA 5 0 5 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 49 12 61 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 17 0 17 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 154 27 181 3 0 3
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 92 0 92 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 98 0 98 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 252 27 279 3 0 3
196
Chapter 10
Rehabilitation
and Welfare
of Prisoners

Chapter – 10
Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners
The reformation and rehabilitation I. Education

of offenders is the ultimate objective of
prison administration. In pursuance to Educating jail inmates not only
meet this objective, many States/UTs provides a corrective approach to the
under direction and supervision of psyche of the offender but also goes a
Central Government have been taking long way in developing a responsive
number of initiatives in the field of and respectful attitude in them towards
rehabilitation and welfare of prison the society.
inmates.
A total of 1,14,262 prisoners had
Central Government through been educated in the country during the
Ministry of Home Affairs is running year 2019. Out of the total prisoners
various schemes not only for educated, 47,860 prisoners were
improvement of prison infrastructure provided Elementary education, 44,438
with emphasis on hygiene condition, prisoners were provided Adult
but also organizing national as well as education, 11,917 prisoners were
international conferences on provided higher education and 10,047
correctional administration for prisoners were educated in the field of
sensitization of prison staff. The Computers (Table 10.1).
Ministry of Home Affairs has framed
‘Model Prison Manual (2016)’. The States of Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh and Jharkhand has reported
As prison is State subject, hence that 13,633, 9,654 and 2,993 prisoners
overall supervision and management were educated in the field of
of prisons is under direct control of Elementary education. The States of
State Government / UT Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar
Administrations. Various good Pradesh have reported that 8,544,
practices adopted/ shared by the 7,670 and 6,739 prisoners were
States/UTs have been summarised educated in the field of Adult education.
under following two broad heads: The States of Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have reported
A. Rehabilitation and welfare that 1,596, 1,435, 1,435 and 1,288
B. Grievances prisoners were educated in field of
Higher education. State/ UT wise such
A. Rehabilitation and welfare details may be seen in Table 10.1.
Some good initiatives adopted by A snapshot of good initiatives

States/UTs towards rehabilitation and undertaken by States/UTs in the field of
welfare of prisoners are summarised education are discussed below:
below under following head:
197
(i) Educational Program in 12 Study Centres covering all 4
States Central Prisons, all 11 District
prisons and two Sub Jails at Patan
1. Andhra Pradesh: Educational and Gondal Sub Jail have started.
programmes are being conducted Previously only one study centre at
in all prisons to transform illiterates Ahmedabad was functional.
to literates. Secondary Education
is being imparted by National Before 2010 average number of
Institute of Open School (NIOS) prisoners enrolled in Indira Gandhi
and Graduation and Post- National Open University were 20
Graduation are being imparted by to 38 per year, which has increased
Open Universities i.e. Dr B.R to 1360 in year 2019.
Ambedkar Open University and
Andhra University. Special Since 2010, the universities are
remission is being awarded to providing education at free of cost
those prisoners who are successful to the prisoners.
in exams to encourage the
education in prisons. Before 2010 female prisoners
Computer labs are were not enrolled in these
established in all Central Prisons Universities. In 2019, 99 female
and Special Prison for Women for prisoners have been enrolled in
imparting basic Computer various courses.
education to the prisoners.
Primary School has been
started for the children of female
2. Gujarat: Study centres of Dr. Baba prisoners at Ahmedabad/ Vadodara
Saheb Ambedakar Open University Central Prison by a reputed NGO.
were functional at only
Ahmedabad/ Vadodara Central A leading NGO has appointed
Prison & Junagadh District Jail fully trained lady teachers and
before 2010. Now study centres of music teachers for female sections
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedakar Open of Ahmedabad Central Prison and
University has been started at Vadodara Central Prison to
every Jails since 2011, covering all educate illiterate woman.
jails up to sub Jails.
As an educational drive 66
Before 2010 on an average 16 prisoners and 28 prisoners have
to 60 prisoners were enrolled in given examination of 10th std and
various courses of Dr. Baba Saheb 12th std respectively conducted by
Ambedakar Open University. the Gujarat Secondary Education
During the year 2019, this figure Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
has touched to 496.
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3. Jharkhand: Adult Literacy Primary level (ii) Elementary
Programme have been started for School level (iii) Higher Secondary
illiterate prisoners. level (iv) Graduation and Post-
Graduation through Open
Sarv Sikha Abhiyan for the
Universities and (v) Diploma and
dropouts (Class 1 to 8) has been
Degree courses in order to facilitate
started. Secondary & Senior
useful job oriented skills to the
Secondary Examination for 10th &
inmates. The services of the
12th through National Institute of
educated inmates are utilized for
Open Schooling (NIOS) has also
teaching.
been provided to the prisoners.
Higher Education through Elementary Schools are
IGNOU in Central Jails, Ranchi, functioning with qualified teachers
Dumka & District Jail Deoghar has in all Central Prisons / Special
been set up along with Computer Prisons for Women and Borstal
Literacy Programme for prisoners. School, Pudukottai. Distance
Education facility is provided to the
prisoners at Government cost.
4. Tamil Nadu: To achieve 100%
literacy amongst the prison
During the year 2018-2019,
inmates, a programme has been
332 prisoners are studying various
launched in co-ordination with the
Diploma Courses. In 12th Standard
Ministry of Human Resource
Public Examination out of the 45
Development, Government of India
prisoners appeared 34 prisoners
and the Education Department of
have passed. In the 11th Standard
Tamil Nadu. Indira Gandhi National
Open University is also conducting
prisoners appeared 67 prisoners
various courses for the benefit of
have passed. In the 10th Standard
the prisoners.
Mahatma Gandhi prisoners appeared 132 prisoners
Community Colleges approved by have passed. In the 8th Standard,
the Tamil Nadu Open University out of the 363 prisoners appeared,
have been established in all the 245 prisoners have passed.
Central Prisons, Special Prisons for
Women and Borstal School, During the year 2019-2020
Pudukkottai. Various educational 51 prisoners are appearing for 12th
and vocational courses are offered Standard Public Examination. 88
to the prisoners aimed at prisoners are appearing for 11th
empowering the prisoners towards Standard Public Examination. 182
gainful employment on their prisoners are appearing for 10th
release. Education being imparted Standard Public Examination and
is categorized based on the level of 256 prisoners are appearing for 8th
individual’s attainment as (i) Standard Examination.
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The Hon’ble Minister for (ii) Library Facility in Prisons
School Education Youth Welfare
and Sports Development during the 1. Andhra Pradesh: Libraries have
Demand has made an been established in all the Prisons
announcement that the illiterate to inculcate reading habit among
prisoners in all prisons in Tamil the prisoners. Variety of books on
Nadu will be given basic literacy personality development,
through Education Department biographies, autobiographies,
under special literacy mission / general knowledge, devotional,
scheme. Government have motivational books are available in
sanctioned Rs. 14.60 lakh for the the prison libraries for the use of
basic education of 757 prisoners in prisoners.
this State. The prisoners were
identified for this purpose and two In recent times Digital Libraries
days training programme was have been established at all the
conducted for the teachers by the Central Prisons i.e.
Education Department on Visakhapatnam, Kadapa,
04.12.2019 and 05.12.2019 in Rajamahendravaram and Nellore
Central Prison – I, Puzhal complex for the benefit of prisoners.
for implementing this scheme and Prisoners will be able to access
scheme is functioning well. magazine articles, books, papers,
images, sound files, and videos
5. Uttar Pradesh: The detainees in which are uploaded in the desktops
District Prison Mathura are or kindle notebooks.
provided training programs based
on information and communication 2. Gujarat: In response to the appeal
technology by Shri Robin Sarkar for donating books and magazines
Project Director Education Shiv for libraries of jails made to various
Nadar Foundation Gautam Buddha prominent Institutes/ individuals, jail
Nagar. libraries were enriched with
1,28,019 books and 11,771
6. Delhi: ‘Padho aur Padhao’ scheme magazines in the year 2017 which
(Learn and Teach scheme) in are being used by the prisoners
collaboration with Ministry of HRD, every year.
Govt. of India for illiterate inmates
has been started in Delhi prisons. 3. Tamil Nadu: The prisoners are
availing the facility of borrowing
Permanent study centres of books from the Libraries in the
National Institute of Open Prisons. Thus, these facilities not
Schooling (NIOS) & Indira Gandhi only provide recreation, but also
National Open University (IGNOU) helps to improve the mental health
for pursuing further studies have of the prisoners.
been provided to the prisoners with
basic computer training.
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4. Uttar Pradesh: Library facility is RO Water Plants have been
being provided to the inmates of installed in all the Prisons of
District Jail, Ghazipur. Andhra Pradesh to provide
protected drinking water to the
prisoners and save them from
5. Delhi: Library facility with
waterborne diseases.
newspapers and magazines, legal
library (Law books) and computers
Various Medical Camps are
etc. are provided to the prisoners.
organized in Prisons by the
The e-libraries are being voluntary Organizations. Mega
established in Delhi Jails for the Medical Camp conducted by Lions
benefit of prisoners. Club for women prisoners at Special
Prison for Women,
Rajamahendravaram. National Aids
II. Health Control Committee visited the
Prisons and counselled prisoners on
State/UTs have taken various regular intervals.
measures to improve health care
and sanitation, promote Swachh To cater to the medical needs of
Bharat Abhiyan and Yoga and the prisoners of Central Prison,
Meditation among prison inmates. Rajamahendravaram, 58 bedded
A snapshot of such initiatives is full-fledged Hospital was
discussed below: constructed with the funds to a tune
of Rs.6.00 Crores granted under
(i) Health Care & Sanitation State Plan Scheme. Necessary
Medical equipment was provided to
1. Andhra Pradesh: All the Central the Hospital from Prison
Prisons and District Jails are Development Board Fund.
provided with full-fledged hospitals
with full time medical officers with To protect the health of
supporting para medical staff. At prisoners from the usage of
the time of admission, all the adulterated edible oil, Prisons
prisoners are subjected to medical Department has established its own
screening as per the guidelines “Ground Nut Oil Pulverizing Unit” at
issued by the NHRC. Prisoners District Jail, Ananthapuramu.
requiring specialized treatment are Qualitative edible oil is produced
referred to outside hospitals. Local and supplied to all the Prisons of
Government Hospital Medical Andhra Pradesh and for sale in
Officers are visiting the Special Sub open market also.
Jails and Sub Jails twice in a week,
to screen the prisoners and to 2. Gujarat: Many mega Medical
provide required treatment to them. camps were organized in the year
2019, in all the jails by taking the
help of local renowned private
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hospitals, leading NGOs in which Integrated Counselling and Testing
approx. 18,076 Prisoners Centers (ICTC) are established in
participated. all the Central Prisons for checking
prevalence of AIDS among
R.O. Plants are being installed inmates. The inmates of Central
at all the jails to make pure water Prisons are subjected to undergo
available to the prisoners. H.I.V. test after due counselling.
Medical camps are being 21 types of Life Saving Medical

organized timely for medical check- Equipment are installed in 9
up of prisoners. Central Prisons, 5 Special Prisons
for Women and Borstal School,
3. Tamil Nadu: The Hospitals in Pudukkottai and in 35 Ambulances.
Central Prisons and Special
Prisons for Women are well With a view to prevent the
equipped to meet the medical spreading of contagious diseases
needs of the prisoners. In these among the prisoners, usage of
hospitals, experienced doctors knife for shaving has been stopped.
supported by adequate para- Now two disposable shaving razors
medical staff treat the prisoners. are provided to the prisoners once
Prisoners who need specialized in a month at a cost of Rs.43.68
inpatient care are admitted in the lakh per annum.
Prison Hospitals. Ambulances are
provided to all the Central Prisons, In addition to the above
Special Prisons for Women, District measures, existing sanitation
Jails, Women Sub Jails, Special facilities have been improved in
Sub Jails for Women to transit the Prisons at a cost of Rs.3.60 crore
prisoners requiring specialized to protect the prisoners from any
treatment in the hospitals located communicable disease.
outside the Prisons. Clinical
Laboratories, Electrocardiogram, Further Government in G.O
Auto-Blood Analyzer, (Ms) No 404, Home (Pr. IV)
Ophthalmoscope, Glucometer and Department, dated 05.08.2019
Portable X-Ray equipment have sanctioned Rs. 1240.10 lakh for the
been provided to the Central improvement of sanitation facilities
Prisons to carry out diagnostic in Prison.
tests. Periodical Medical Camps
are conducted to screen all the Prolonged confinement of the
prisoners for specific health prisoners can cause increased
problems. stress levels. Higher stress
manifests itself in violent behavior,
As a health care measure, depression as well as suicidal
smoking and use of tobacco have tendencies. Hence, Psychologists
been banned in the Prisons. have been appointed in all Central
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Prisons, Special Prisons for Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem and
Women, District Jail and Borstal Cuddalore through Tamil Nadu
School, Pudukkottai and their Police Housing Corporation and the
services are utilized to treat and work is in progress.
counsel the prisoners suffering
from depression and exhibiting 4. Uttar Pradesh: The Drug Addiction
violent behavior. Counselling instills Program was organized by the
confidence in the depressed mind Samaj Utthan Seva Samiti Kanpur
of the prisoners and brings forth from 27.07.19 to 31.07.19.
trust in themselves which
eliminates suicidal tendencies. A medical camp was
organized by Syed Mohammad
Prisoners to whom psychiatric Yasin, Secretary Help You
treatment is required are admitted Foundation Kaushambi.
in the Government Institute of
Mental Health, Chennai. The
services of Psychiatrists from 5. Delhi: Following steps have been
Government Hospitals are also taken in Delhi prisons in the field of
utilized to take care of those Health and Sanitation:
mentally ill prisoners.
 Airy and well-ventilated
To ensure better mental health barracks and cells
of the disturbed prisoners, 2  Healthy and nutritious food
Counsellors are engaged in each with prescribed calories
Central Prison, one Counsellor is prepared in hygienic
engaged in each Special Prisons conditions in kitchens.
for Women and Borstal School,
Pudukkottai.
 Pure and safe drinking water
through Reverse Osmosis
Reverse Osmosis Plant with
System.
accessories with a capacity of 1000
liters per hour are installed in 9
 Zero garbage and extremely
Central Prisons and 500 liters per
high level of hygienic
hour in 3 Special Prisons for
conditions.
Women at Puzhal, Vellore and
Tiruchirappalli.
6. Puducherry: The health camp
such as Eye camp, Dental camp
The Government in G.O. Ms.
and General camp for all diseases
No.2419, Home (Prison-IV)
were conducted regularly by the
Department, dated 19.12.2018 has
Jail Department, Puducherry for the
been sanctioned a sum of
prisoners. While admission to the
Rs.380.27 lakh towards the
Prison, the prisoners are fully
establishment of Sewage
screened by the Jail General
Treatment Plants in Central Prison
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Medical Officer. If the symptoms of religious lectures have been timely
any disease such as HIV and T.B arranged in the prisons of Gujarat.
symptoms were diagnosed, the
particular prisoner are referred to Yoga Programme was also
the Government General Hospital / arranged at Vadodara Central
JIPMER for further treatment. Prison for Women Prisoners.
Clean drinking water is 3. Jharkhand: Regular Yoga &

provided to the prisoners and Meditation programmes are being
necessary sewage plant are organised in all Prisons. MOU has
provided for sanitation facilities. been done with Vyakti Vikash
Clean toilet and bathrooms are Kendra (Art of Living) for Prison
provided in each cell separately. Smart Programme.
4. Tamil Nadu: Yoga and Meditation
(ii) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan programmes have been organized
for the prisoners for their mental
1. Andhra Pradesh: Swachh Bharat growth in the prisons of Tamil
Abhiyan was launched in the year Nadu.
2014. It is being observed in the
5. Uttar Pradesh: Yoga program is
Prisons of Andhra Pradesh in true
being conducted every Saturday.
spirit since its launching. During
this year, 2112 nos. of prisoners
Raj Yoga and Meditation
and staff participated in this
Camp is organized on one of the
programme.
weeks by Prajapita Brahm Kumari
University University Kaushambi.
(iii) Yoga and Meditation Yoga training is imparted from time
to time to the detainees in the
1. Andhra Pradesh: After morning District Jail Saharanpur.
ablutions the prisoners of Andhra
Pradesh practice meditation for 30 Weekly Yogabhyas for
Minutes every day in their barracks. detainees were organized on
Besides meditation, Yoga is also International Yoga day in District
practiced in many prisons of prison Mathura.
Andhra Pradesh. Special
programmes were conducted in all
the Prisons on International Yoga 6. Puducherry: The convict prisoners
Day. are involved in Yoga practice at
Central Prison, Puducherry.
2. Gujarat: To change the mindset of
the prisoners, during the year, III. Vocational Training
various programmes on Art of
Training is one of the important
Living, Yoga, entertainment,
rehabilitations measures in the field of
prison reforms. Nowadays training of
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prisoners in various vocational skills in (ii) Vocational Training -
the Prison Institutions has received a lot Profession wise
of importance in almost all the The maximum number of prison
States/UTs. inmates were trained in ‘weaving’
(12.1%) (6,618 out of 54,726) followed
(i) Vocational Programs in by ‘tailoring’ (7.9%) (4,329 out of
States 54,726), ‘agriculture’ (4.1%) (2,256 out
A total of 54,726 prisons inmates of 54,726) and ‘carpentry’ (3.5%) (1,897
were provided with various vocational out of 54,726) (Chart 10.1 & Table-
training during the year 2019 (details 10.2).
can be seen in the Table 10.2 & Chart
10.1). State/UT-wise analysis of State/UT-wise details reveal that
vocational training imparted to prison majority of training in agriculture
inmates reveals that a good number of activities were imparted in Punjab (494)
prison inmates in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, followed by Jharkhand (422) and West
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Bengal (330). A total of 405 inmates in
Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, 338 inmates in Madhya
Karnataka and Jharkhand were Pradesh and 222 inmates in
benefitted by vocational training. A total Chhattisgarh were imparted training in
of 10,861 (19.9%), 5,022 (9.2%), 3,399 carpentry. Maximum inmates imparted
(6.2%), 3,357 (6.1%), 3,340 (6.1%), with training in canning were in Assam
3,084 (5.6%), 2,828 (5.2%), 2,640 (750). Rajasthan (1,620), Andhra
(4.8%), 2,331 (4.3%) and 2,301 (4.2%) Pradesh (1,091) and Telangana (1,055)
inmates were benefitted with various inmates were trained in weaving. Kerala
vocational trainings in these States (145) and Andhra Pradesh (119)
respectively during the year 2019. inmates were trained in making of soap
& phenyl. Madhya Pradesh (342) and
Maharashtra (235) inmates were
trained in handloom during 2019.
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Weaving
(12.1%)
Tailoring
(7.9%)
Carpentry
(3.5%)
Agriculture
activities
(4.1%)
Making of Soap &

Phenyle
(1.4%)
Handloom
(1.4%)
Others
(67.9%) Canning
(1.7%)

Distribution of Prison Inmates by the Type of Vocational Training done during 2019
Chart – 10.1
A snapshot of good initiatives undertaken useful and also help them to get
by States/UTs in the field of vocational gainful employment in society after
training are discussed below: their release from prison. At the
same time, they earn wages during
1. Andhra Pradesh: Vocational the confinement for their work in
training courses are provided to the industrial units. This will help them
Prisoners in demand oriented to assist their families financially.
Trades and are provided work in
Prison Industrial Units i.e. Steel 2. Gujarat: The employment related
Furniture Manufacturing, Fly Ash training-cum-production industries
Brick making, Weaving, Dyeing, such as Bakery, cattle feeding,
Durry Making, Tailoring, Carpentry, agriculture, bhajiya house,
Phenyl Manufacturing, Note Book Carpentry, Weaving, Chemical,
Making, Printing Press, Bakery Press, Tailoring are working
Products, Dairy, Fuel Outlets, Coir successfully in different jails of the
making, Soap making, Ground nut Gujarat State. Dairy products,
pulverizing, Shampoo making, embroidery, ornamental wooden
Hawai Chappals Manufacturing, Gas products, are being manufactured
Agency, Jute, Cloth and Kora bags under training-cum-production
Manufacturing, Vermi Compost, scheme in the Gujarat Prisons to
Embroidery, Notebook binding, File impart vocational skills to prisoners
Pad making and Savouries making for their rehabilitation, after release.
units. These activities make the life
of prisoners more meaningful and
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Vocational training programmes in training have been provided to the
various training field such as Craft prisoners viz. Power loom, Blanket
Baker, Pickle Maker, Bamboo Met Unit, Automatic Soap Making Unit,
Weaver, Street Vendor, Basket Mini Offset Printing press with
Maker, Bakery etc. under PMKVY at Stationary Unit, Aluminium Utensil
different jails of the State have been Unit, Steel Furniture, Carpentry Unit
started. etc.
Different training programmes

such as Arc & Gas Welder, Spoken 4. Tamil Nadu: With a view to offering
English Training, Jewellery Making, practical experience to the prisoners,
Diamond Polishing Training, Toy life-coping skills and production skills
Making, Voice Recording, Motor are being imparted enabling them to
Cycle Repair Certificate, Plumbing, have better employability on their
Medicated plant & Nursery, Snacks release and preventing them from
Making, Waste Plastic Weaving, reverting to crimes. To inculcate
Sanitary Napkin (Female Branch), work habits during their confinement
Painting, Carpentry, Vermicompost in prisons and impart new skills,
and modern agriculture are being several industries such as Sealing
run at various jails for prisoners as a Wax Industry, Weaving Industry,
part of reformation / rehabilitation Boot Industry, Book Binding
and get employment after they Industry, Black Smith Industry, Tag
release. Industry, Soap Industry, Tailoring
Unit, Carpentry Unit, Shoe Polish
For the reformation/ Unit, Bakery Unit, Hand Made Paper
rehabilitation of women prisoners Unit, Fly Ash Bricks Industry,
various courses such as, Mahendi Sanitary Napkin Production Unit,
Classes, Beauty Parlour Classes, LED Lights Manufacturing cum
Sewing/Embroidery Work Classes Training Unit have also been
have also been timely arranged at established. Further, activities like
Vadodara Women Prison. Nursery Development, Agricultural
Production and Compost Making etc.
A training programme on are also being conducted.
making the Best thing from waste
was also arranged for women Being a “Service
prisoners at Vadodara Women Department”, the Prison
Prison. Department enjoys special privilege
of supplying articles to various
A spoken English Basic Government Departments. The
Training Course was also Organized prison products such as uniform
at Vadodara Women Prison for cloths, belts, caps, uniform shoes,
Women Prisoners. shoe polish, rain coats, mosquito
nets required for Police, Fire and
3. Jharkhand: Prison Industries have Prison Departments and sealing
been upgraded and vocational wax, tags, file pads, postal covers,
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gauze and bandage cloth, soap, LED bulbs assembling training
other textiles, fire buckets, iron cot, classes are conducted in jails to
saline stand, barricade, trolley, bed- train the inmates.
side lockers etc. are supplied to
various Government Departments. The female prisoners are taught
courses like stitching, weaving, java
5. Uttar Pradesh: To bring making, fashion jewelry, jute
employment of detainees in Central products, balwari, embroidery,
Jail, Bareilly the inmates were envelope making, pottery, diya and
trained in motor biding, plumbering candle making, namkeen making,
and furniture making. artificial flowers, herbal pack, dhoop
agarbatti making, pickles and papad
Training is imparted in the making, beauty culture and painting
prison of Saharanpur district jail for to empower them to be able to start
the mental and economic upliftment their life afresh after release. The
of the inmates, in wiremen, bakery, other activities which are carried out
paper making envelopes, flowers in the female prison are Computer
and vegetables. Literacy, English Speaking Course,
Drawing, Painting and Dance
Computer training, music, classes.
electrician, automobile, wireman and
jute bags training courses are Beauty culture course in which 57
provided in District Prison Gorakhpur inmates of 2 batches successfully
to make the prisoners self-sufficient. completed the course. Pearl
Academy is also conducting fashion
For the rehabilitation of designing classes in women jail and
detained prisoners in the Central several prisoners are benefited with
Prison Varanasi, various programs such classes.
are being conducted in the Prison
under which the detainees of the Asian Paints had trained
Prisoner Welfare Cooperative prisoners in Basic Wall Paint Course
Society are trained in Fruit and advance painting.
Preservation Unit, Bakery, Milk
Dairy, Automobile, Steel Iron Brass A training programme in
and Furniture Industry and Computer Hospitality Sector like (i) Front office
Training and Plumbering. Associates (ii) Food & Beverages
and (iii) House Keeping, in
6. Delhi: Hero Motors Cycles Repairing association with Ashok Institute of
Centre is operational in Delhi Hospitality and Tourism
Prisons. Trainers from Hero Honda Management, ITDC have been
Motorcycles imparted training to the started for the inmates.
inmates.
Training programme on Imitation
Jewelry making in glass beads have
been organized by Jail Administration
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for imparting training to the inmates of prisoners engaged in foot mat
Jail. weaving work also formed
Panchayat system and the prisoners
In shoes upper making unit, are involved in various activities
inmates are getting training and labor. such as Yoga practice, Education
class, Gardening work, Wall
School of Perfume and Fragrance drawings, Sports etc.
have been started by Jail
administration for imparting training to
Jail inmates for making Perfume.
IV. Value of Goods Produced by
Inmates of Delhi Jails have been Inmates
imparted “Yoga Teacher Training”.
The training of jail inmates in the
vocational trades resulted in production of
Inmates have been taught the
articles which have market value. The
benefit of organic horticulture and
details of gross value of such products in
floriculture and conducted workshop
different States and UTs are given in
in organic plantation vegetable,
Table- 10.3.
healthy chemical free fruits and
vegetables making nursery and
Telangana has reported the highest
medicinal trees.
gross value of sale proceeds of ₹599.89
crore generated by the jail inmates
7. Puducherry: The Convict prisoners
followed by Tamil Nadu (₹72.96 crore) and
are engaged in various works at
Maharashtra (₹29.40 crore) during the
workshop such as Mat weaving,
year 2019.
Tailoring work, Thread weaving etc.
The thread weaving work was
The value of goods produced
carried out by Khadi, Puducherry.
per inmate was highest in Telangana
The convict prisoners are imparted
(₹8,93,093.81) followed by Tamil Nadu
training to create candles and to
(₹49,611.55) and Chandigarh
make bakery items which was
(₹41,478.66) during the year 2019.
sponsored by NGOs.
At present the prisoners are Value of goods produced by

imparted training for weaving foot inmates in the year 2019 is presented in
mat, which was sponsored by NGO Chart 10.2.
PMS, Puducherry. Many convict
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TELANGANA 599.89
TAMIL NADU 72.96
MAHARASHTRA 29.40
KERALA 25.03
DELHI 22.99
BIHAR 22.09
UTTAR PRADESH 14.56
GUJARAT 8.25
CHHATTISGARH 5.13
WEST BENGAL# 4.64
CHANDIGARH 4.08
JHARKHAND 4.00
HARYANA 3.95
MADHYA PRADESH 2.77
KARNATAKA 1.96
PUNJAB 1.44
RAJASTHAN 1.13
ODISHA 0.78
UTTARAKHAND 0.14
ASSAM 0.08
TRIPURA 0.05
SIKKIM 0.03
MIZORAM 0.01
A & N ISLANDS 0.01
GOA 0.00
NAGALAND 0.00
0.00 100.00 200.00 300.00 400.00 500.00 600.00 700.00
Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings (in Crores)

State/UT-wise Value of Goods Produced by Prison Inmates during 2019

Chart – 10.2
V. Wages The States/UTs of Delhi, Karnataka and

Tamil Nadu has reported that rupees
Prisoners who are engaged in 361, 225 and 200 per day are paid for
labour are paid a nominal wage based skilled works in their States
on their skill sets. Wages paid per day respectively. The States/UTs of Delhi,
of work to the convicts is presented in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has
(Table 10.4). An average of rupees reported rupees 328, 200 and 180 per
103.19, rupees 89.54 and rupees 80.06 day paid for semi-skilled works. The UT
were paid per day to Skilled, Semi- Delhi has paid highest wages for
Skilled and Unskilled prisoners unskilled works (297 rupees per day).
respectively.
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VI. Food and Clothing of the Medical Officers. Apart from
this, prisoners taking non-
1. Andhra Pradesh: Prison vegetarian food are provided with
Department has established 115 grams of chicken and prisoners
“Ground Nut Oil Pulverising Unit” at taking vegetarian food are provided
District Jail, Ananthapuramu to with potato curry, kesari and a
ensure production of qualitative banana once in a week. In the
edible oil. Good quality Ground kitchen, stainless steel cooking
Nut Oil is being produced here and vessels and trolleys are used, and
supplied to all the Prisons of the food items are served to the
Andhra Pradesh and for sale in prisoners in stainless steel plates
open market also. and mugs.
Automatic Chapathi Making

Machines are provided to provide Special diet at a cost of Rs.50/-
wholesome food to the prisoners is provided to each prisoner on
and to maintain hygiene in Prison Pongal, Republic Day,
Kitchens. Independence Day and Gandhi
Jayanthi.
Solar Water Heaters are
established to provide hot water to As prolonged consumption of
the old aged and sick prisoners. groundnut oil which contains
Washing Machines are also surplus fat causes health issues to
provided in Prison Hospitals for the prisoners, the Government
proper washing of clothing and have ordered to use refined
bedding of prisoners to maintain Sunflower Oil for preparation of
hygiene. food for the prisoners for six days
from Monday to Saturday and to
2. Gujarat: Benefits of Fortified Food use Gingelly Oil on Sunday.
made available to the children
Living with the Female Prisoners 154 posts of Cook were created
under the scheme of Child by the Government for preparing
Development of State Government. food to prisoners.
3. Tamil Nadu: Nutritious and Clothing is provided to the

balanced diet is provided to the inmates as per the norms laid down
prisoners in a hygienic manner as in the Tamil Nadu Prison Manual.
per the scale prescribed in Chapter The Uniform of the “B” Class
XXII of the Tamil Nadu Prison convict prisoners has been
Manual Volume-II. Medical diets changed from half pant to trousers.
such as milk, bread, egg, chicken Terry cotton pants, shirts and large
etc. as prescribed in the Prison sized blankets are issued to the
Manual are given to the sick convicts. The remand prisoners are
prisoners on the recommendation permitted to bring their own
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clothing. If the remand prisoners do used 9,76,831 times by the
not have adequate clothing, prisoners.
sufficient clothes are provided to
them at Government cost. The Government in G.O (Ms)
No. 656, Home (Prison-III)
VII. Telephone Facility Department, dated 18.11.2019
have issued orders to increase the
1. Andhra Pradesh: Telephone maximum number of calls from
facility is provided to all the 5 to 8 and the maximum call
prisoners in the state to contact duration from 45 minutes to 56
their family members, friends, minutes per prisoners per month
relatives, lawyers. In all Central including 4 Sundays.
Prisons, bio-metric based
telephone systems were provided,
whereas in the remaining jails VIII. Crèche and Nursery Facility
telephone boxes are arranged in for the Children
the Prisons as a measure of 1. Andhra Pradesh: Crèche and
welfare of the Prisoners. Prisoners Nursery facility for the children
can call to any two pre-registered are available in Special Prisons
phone numbers in a week. All the for Women in Andhra Pradesh.
calls shall be recorded in central
server. Andhra Pradesh has
started a very novel and
2. Jharkhand: Outgoing Telephone innovative measure with regard
facilities with voice recording facility to the education of children of
has been provided in all jails for the female prisoners. With a
prisoners. Talking with their family view to see that children of the
members & friends helps them to prisoners have a normal up-
increase their emotional strength. bringing in healthy atmosphere
and to prevent them from being
3. Tamil Nadu: To facilitate the punished for the misdeeds of
prisoners to contact their relatives, their parents, the Department
friends and also their Advocates, has taken up an innovative step
65 telephone booths are installed in of sending these children to
9 Central Prisons, 3 Special schools, outside the prison to
Prisons for Women and in Borstal get their primary education.
School, Pudukkottai, 9 District Jails
and 2 Open Air Prisons at a cost of
2. Gujarat: Anganwadies have
Rs. 300.29 lakh. This facility
been started for the innocent
reduces the stress level of the
children living with their mothers
prisoners drastically as they can
in Ahmedabad / Vadodara
contact their family members,
Central Prison with help of a
friends and their advocates. As on
reputed NGO.
31.12.2019 this facility has been
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3. Tamil Nadu: Female prisoners are Old TV Sets are replaced with
allowed to keep their children with new LED TVs with Centralized
them in prison until they attain the Control System in all Central
age of six years, if the child cannot Prisons, Prisoners’ Agricultural
be placed with relatives or otherwise Colony, Special Prison for Women,
properly provided for. Children born Rajamahendravaram.
in prison may remain with their
mothers until they attain the age of On National Holidays like
six years, if they cannot be Republic Day, Independence
otherwise suitably placed. Food, Day, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi
clothing, shelter, medical care and sports and Games competitions
recreational facilities are also are organized, and winners are
provided to them. A creche and awarded with prizes.
nursery have also been attached to
the Special Prisons for Women to Conducted 2nd State
look after the children. Special care Level Sports Meet at AP
is bestowed on the nursing women STARS, Nellore on 14.3.2019
inmates and they are supplied with and 15.3.2019 for the executive
half a litre milk per day. Based on staff of Prisons Department.
the recommendation of the Medical
Officer, baby foods are provided to 2. Jharkhand: Art Classes
less than one-year old babies (Painting), Musical Programmes/
accompanying the female prisoners, Indoor and outdoor games
keeping in view, the nutritional (Volleyball, Cricket, Carom etc.)
requirement of growing children. and tournaments are regularly
organised in the prisons of the
4. Delhi: In women prison, inmates Jharkhand.
can retain her child with her until 6
years of age if she so desires. 3. Tamil Nadu: Music and other
Creche facility is provided to the programmes broadcast through
women prisoners.
Radio reduce depression of the
prisoners to a great extent. With
IX. Games and Recreation
a view to mitigating the
Activity
loneliness and fear felt by the
1. Andhra Pradesh: Facility like prisoners, 96 FM Radios along
Television, Newspapers and Indoor with amplifier and 384 speakers
games are provided in all the have been purchased for Sub
Prisons Jails at a cost of Rs.14.55 lakh.
Facility for outdoor games i.e. 4. Uttar Pradesh: For the physical
Volleyball, basketball, badminton and moral development of the
etc are provided in Central Prisons. detainees in the District Prison
Jaunpur, Sports Sundar Kand
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recitation program, Bhajan- their favourite song may tell
Kirtan, etc. were conducted in advance to the RJ’s so
regularly on every Tuesday. that these may be aired.
The establishment of F.M.
The detainees in District Radios has met twin
Prison Saharanpur participated objective of entertainment
in sports competitions in the year and training of prisoners as
2019 by the detained detainees RJ.
in the Prison through the Winter
Jail Olympiad. Following sports activities are
being organised in the jails of
5. Delhi: Following recreational Delhi:
activities are being organised in
the jails of Delhi:  Kabaddi and Tug of war
matches under Tihar
 Music room facility with Olympics were held in Delhi
musical instruments like Prisons. Inmates from other
Harmonium, Tabla, Guitar, jails of Tihar competed to
Key-board, Bongo & Drums. take the glory in the
respective categories.
 Band ‘Flying Souls’ formed
by inmates in Central Jail-3.  Cricket matches under
“Tihar Winter Sports” were
 Dance training particularly played at Delhi Prison. The
for young offenders. cricket match was played in
 Inter jail competition to Central Jail-1’s cricket
select the best in Singing / stadium between the teams
Dancing / Poetry, etc. of inmates of Central Jail-3
& Central Jail-2 and the
 Inter-jail Painting and Essay match was won by the team
writing competitions are of Central Jail-3.
organized in the jails on the
occasion of Republic Day /  Chess, Table Tennis and
Independence Day / Inter-ward Badminton
festivals, etc. tournament were organized
in the Prisons of Delhi.
 Motivational sessions are
conducted in Delhi Prisons.
X. Spiritual and Cultural Activity
 TJ F.M. Radio’s have been
provided in jails so that 1. Andhra Pradesh: Spiritual and
prisoners may engage moral lectures from eminent
themselves in recreational personalities are being conducted
activities and could be in Prisons. Cultural Programmes
trained as R.J. The are being conducted on important
prisoners who want to hear occasions.
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auspicious occasion of Lohri
2. Gujarat: For the positive mental and Makar Sakranti. In the
reformation and spiritual upliftment event, dance & vocal
of the prisoners, the spiritual performances were
programmes are being run round performed by the inmates.
the year by various NGOs / Apart from this, a magic
religious spiritual organizations. show was also performed
Moreover, scheme for Prisoners’ by the inmates which was
Welfare Fund is implemented thoroughly enjoyed by the
which includes the welfare activities staff and inmates.
of the prisoners as well as
 Audition for ‘Tihar Idol-2’
treatment for prisoners suffering
under various categories
from serious illness. The various
such as Dance, Bhangra,
religious / national festivals are
Singing etc. were organized
being celebrated.
in Delhi Prisons by Jail
administration in association
3. Uttar Pradesh: Various national
with “Art Creations” and
programs are organized by the
“Music One Records”.
Prison Ministry Allahabad on 26
Participants/Inmates from
January, 15 August, 02 October for
various Tihar jails gave
cultural programs and other
auditions and their
theatrical arts performances for
performances were enjoyed
mental and moral uplift of the
by the guests, inmates and
prisoners.The program is organized
prison staff.
by the Rajya Vidya Kendra,
Shhurpur Chhattarpur, New Delhi  The Tihar Drama Club,
in the Central Prison Naini recently established in
Prayagraj for the message of Tihar, was set up by an
peace on every Saturday. inmate. Its productions
which include previously
scripted plays as well as
4. Delhi: Following activities are improvisations mounted by
being organised in the jails of Delhi: the actors of the club have
earned a lot of acclaim
 Devotional functions are within the prison as well as
held at the Education in the media outside. Its
Centre of the Delhi Prison productions include a
on the occasion of the successful run of a classic
Baishakhi. Hindi short story called
Kafan by Munshi
 Various entertainment Premchand, Court Martial
programs are organized in and the eternal
Delhi Prison by the jail Chhattisgarhi classic of
administration on the Hindi stage, Charandas
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Chor which won the Best being enrolled in “Pradhana
Play award at Edinburgh, Mantri Suraksha Bheema
the greatest theatre Yogana” and premium amount
competition in the world. was sanctioned from Andhra
Pradesh Prisons Development
 Inter Jail Painting
Board Fund.
Competition was organized
on the eve of Subhash
Many poor prisoners are
Chandra Bose Jayanti.
undergoing sentence in jails
even after completion of the
XI. Assistance to Prisoners period of their imprisonment,
due to non-payment of Fine
A total of 2,008 prisoners were
owing to poverty. In order to
provided financial assistance on their
help those prisoners,
release in the country during the year
CHEYUTHA NIDHI has been
2019. A total of 1,67,469 prisoners were
created with the contribution of
given legal aid in the country during the
philanthropists and voluntary
year 2019. Delhi has reported highest
contribution of prison staff from
number of prisoners 62,361 who were
their salaries. Imposed fine
given legal aid followed by Kerala
amounts will be paid from this
(15,216) and Chhattisgarh (13,627)
CHEYUTHA NIDHI FUND after
(Table 10.4). Various measures taken
verification of the case records.
by States to provide legal aid to needy
prisoners are discussed below:
2. Gujarat: Legal Awareness
1. Andhra Pradesh: To train and Camps are being arranged at
provide employment to the intervals so as to enable the
prisoners, Retail Petrol Outlets prisoners to avail legal guidance
were established in / aid from various legal
collaboration with IOCL and institutions.
HPCL at Central Prisons –
Rajamahendravaram, Kadapa, 3. Jharkhand: Free Legal Aid
Prisoners’ Agricultural Colony, Clinics have been established in
Ananthapuram, Sub Jail all Jails by DLSA.
Penugonda. During the year Undertrial Review
2019, two more HPCL Retail Committee has been set up in
Petrol Outlets were established all Districts under the
in the premises of Central Chairmanship of Principal
Prison, Rajamahendravaram District & Sessions Judge. The
and Sub Jail, Dharmavaram. committee also considers the
provisions of the Sec.436A of
As a welfare measure, all Cr. P.C.
the life convicts confined in
Andhra Pradesh Prisons are
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Para Legal Volunteers following due procedures. The
(PLV's) have been appointed in application forms for seeking
all prisons by DLSA. interview with prisoners are
supplied free of cost. These
Jail Adalats are regularly
applications can also be
organised by DLSA in all Jails.
downloaded from the Prison
Special Jail Adalats are also
Department website. This
organized on every 26th
facilitates the family members
January 15th August and 2nd of
and relatives of the prisoners to
October in all Jails.
apply for interview from remote
Convict prisoners are places without any difficulty.
being released on parole to Prior appointment may also be
meet their various needs as per fixed over phone to interview
Jharkhand Prisoners Parole the prisoners.
Rules 2012.
State Sentence Review Free Legal Aid services
Board has been constituted in are made available to the
2007 and proposals for prisoners. The Tamil Nadu
premature release of Life Term State Legal Services Authority
prisoners are considered as per has opened Legal Aid Cell in all
Sec. 432, 433A of Cr. PC. 139 Central Prisons, Special
Life convicts have been Prisons for Women, District
released by State Sentence Jails and Sub Jails for the
Review Board in the year 2019. benefit of the prisoners.
With a view to expediting

4. Tamil Nadu: The the disposal of the petty cases
Advocates are permitted to and prevent overcrowding in
interview the prisoners on all the Prisons, Prisoners Adalats
days except Sundays. Special has been established in all
interviews are also organized Central Prisons and Special
for Advocates on Saturdays up Prisons for Women. The
to 1.00 pm. Magistrates regularly conduct
Prisoners Adalat and dispose
For the convenience of
the cases of prisoners who
school and college going
plead guilty. Further, 3,857
children and working spouse of
cases have also been disposed
the prisoners, special interviews
from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2019
are arranged on the first
through Prisoners Adalat.
Sunday of every month.
To facilitate the prisoners
In commemoration of
to stay in touch with their family
Birth centenary celebration of
members and relatives,
Bharat Ratna, Puratchi
interviews are permitted by
Thalaivar Dr. M.G.
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Ramachandran, former Chief details regarding the specific
Minister of Tamil Nadu, skills acquired by the prisoners,
Government in G.O.Ms.No.64, the date of release of the
Home (Prison-IV) Department, prisoners, availability of
dated 01.02.2018 and industries in their area are
G.O.Ms.No.302, Home (Prison- collected well in advance so as
IV) Department, dated to provide employment
03.05.2018 have issued opportunities to them. The
guidelines for the premature Prisoners are also given Pre-
release of life convicts. Based release Training through
on the above orders of the Discharge Prisoners Aid Society
Government, 1650 life convict for four months (3+1) including
prisoners, were released one month on Job Training
prematurely. So far, this is the enabling them to get
highest number of premature employment after their release.
releases of life convict
prisoners made in the State of With a view to providing
Tamil Nadu. an opportunity to the prisoners
As a part of celebration for reformation and
of the 150th Birth Anniversary of rehabilitation by channelizing
Mahatma Gandhi and the their energy towards a positive
Anniversary of Dhandi March, direction, the Government have
the Government of India, accorded permission for the
Ministry of Home Affairs, New establishment of “PRISON
Delhi have issued instructions BAZAARS” at the boundary of
to the State Governments to the Central Prison Complexes.
give Special Remission to Accordingly, Prison Bazaars
specific category of the have been set up in the
prisoners in India in three Campus of all Central Prisons
phases on 2nd October 2018, 6th and certain District Jails and
April 2019 and 2nd October Sub Jails. A Corpus Fund of
2019. Based on the guidelines Rs.10.00 lakh has also been
issued by the Government of sanctioned for the development
India, the State Government of the Prison Bazaar. The
have considered the cases of articles made by the prisoners
eligible prisoners on a case to such as bakery items, leather
case basis and issued orders shoes, wallets, nursery
for grant of special remission products, detergent soap,
and premature release of 51 sanitary napkins, candles,
convict prisoners. mosquito nets, rain coats, shoe
polish, readymade garments,
In order to accommodate honey, masala powder,
the prisoners seeking handicrafts, envelopes, note
employment on their release, books, organic vegetables, cold
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pressed oil, compost manure, for the purpose of making
pancha kavyam, paintings etc., the prisoners in the District
are sold in this Bazaar in the Prison Jaunpur legally
registered brand name literate and aware.
"FREEDOM . Other outlets such
"
as food courts etc., are also

6. Puducherry: The rights
included in this Bazaar.
and duties of prisoner are
conveyed elaborately to every
The cumulative turnover
prisoners while on admission to
of these Bazaars as on
Jail and giving the information
31.01.2020 is Rs. 24.86 Crore.
for the under trial prisoner for
One of the programmes getting bail through Free Legal
for rehabilitation of prisoners is Aid Service Authority and to the
“PATTAM” (a Tamil word convict prisoners to file appeal
meaning ‘Kite’) – Personality to the High court through Free
and Attitude Transformation Legal Aid Service Authority.
through Therapeutic Assistance The Central Prison, Puducherry
and Management. Its prime having Metal Detector, Body
objective is to provide inmates a detector to check the prisoners
focused holistic interventional and scanning machine to check
programme, in a conducive the eatable and non-eatable
environment, to enable them, to thing while visiting conducted by
reintegrate and be responsible the prisoner’s relatives. The
members of the Society. The Prison staffs were given
PATTAM Project is exclusively requisite training by the Jail
designed for first time petty Department, Puducherry.
offenders of young age (18-24
years) pursuant to the order of The prisoners who have
the Hon’ble High Court of completed 14 years of their life
Madras. The Project initially imprisonment were released
started at Sub Jail, Saidapet is after forming Advisory Board
extended to Central Prison – II, and approval from the Home
Puzhal. This programme is the Department. The released
combined effort of Police, prisoners are advised to live a
Judiciary, Prison Department good life and necessary
and NGO. arrangements are arranged
from the NGOs if they required.
5. Uttar Pradesh: Legal
literacy camps were The convict prisoners are
organized from time to time eligible for the Emergency
by the Legal Aid Clinic once parole Leave for 6 days as first
a week by the District Legal spell and three times for 3 days
Services Authority Jaunpur
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in a year and also they are I. Complaints to National
eligible for one month Ordinary Human Right Commission
Parole leave for 30 days. (NHRC):
The under-trial prisoners A total of 311, 322 and 290

are allowed to conversate with complaints were received by NHRC
their family members once in a from prisoners or others (in-favor of
week and the convict prisoners the prisoners, others can also lodge
are allowed to conversate with complaints) in 2017, 2018 and 2019
their family members once in respectively, showing an increase of
fortnight at the visit room 3.54% in 2018 over 2017 and an
specially provide to the decrease of 9.94% in 2019 over 2018
prisoners. (Chart 10.3).
XII. NGO During the year 2019, highest

number of complaints were received
Information reported from from the prisoners (or in-favor of the
States/ UTs reveals that, across the prisoners others can also lodge
country there were around 1,658 complaints) of the States/UTs of
NGOs who are working exclusively for Punjab (60), Delhi (47) and Tamil
the welfare of prisoners during the Nadu (44).
year 2019. Highest number of such
NGOs were reported by the Jail A total of 252, 230 and 199
Department of Assam (318) followed complaints of prisoners were disposed
by Kerala (238) and Gujarat (198). off by the NHRC in 2017, 2018 and
These NGOs work exclusively for the 2019 respectively, showing a decrease
benefit of prisoners in terms of legal of 8.73% in 2018 over 2017 and a
aid, human rights, proper medical aids, decrease of 13.48% in 2019 over
etc. Through these NGOs, a total of 2018. A total of 101 complaints from
1,36,074 prisoners were given medical prisoners were pending with NHRC for
counseling and 1,17,563 prisoners suitable action (Table 10.6).
were given legal counseling. State/UT
wise such details are presented in II. Complaints to State Human
(Table 10.5). Rights Commission (SHRC):
B. Grievances A total of 468, 519 and 464

complaints were received by SHRC
Prisoners who are denied of their from prisoners or Others (in-favour of
lawful right or subjected to cruelty can the prisoners, other persons can also
approach and file complaints with lodge complaints) in 2017, 2018 and
Magistrates, Prison Authorities, Human 2019 respectively, showing an increase
Rights Commissions, etc. of 10.90% in 2018 over 2017 and
decrease of 10.60% in 2019 over 2018
(Chart 10.3).
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2017 and a decrease of 18.42% in 2019
The highest number of over 2018.
complaints of prisoners were received
by the respective SHRC of the States of A total of 190 complaints from
Punjab (180), Madhya Pradesh (64) prisoners were pending with respective
and Maharashtra (45). SHRC for suitable action. Highest
number of such prisoner’s complaints
A total of 329, 342 and 279 were pending with SHRC of the States
complaints of prisoners were disposed of Punjab (103), Karnataka (24) and
off by SHRC in 2017, 2018 and 2019 Madhya Pradesh (21) (Table 10.6).
respectively, showing a mixed trend
with a increase of 3.95% in 2018 over
600
519
2017 2018 2019
500 468 464
400
329 342
311 322
290 279
300
252
230
199
200
100
0
No. of Complaints No. of Complaints No. of Complaints No. of Complaints
Received by NHRC disposed off by Received by SHRC disposed off by
NHRC SHRC

Complaints Received and Disposed off by NHRC and SHRC during 2017-2019
Chart – 10.3
Legal Services Authority. The

Some good practices adopted by keys of these complaint boxes
States towards setting up of the are with the Secretary.
Grievance Redressal System are Prisoners are free to send
discussed below: representations to State Human
Rights Commission and
1. Andhra Pradesh: Complaint National Human Rights
boxes are installed in all prisons Commission and other Courts.
which are opened once in a Senior Officers during their visit
month by the Secretary, State invariably give a patient hearing
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to the grievances of the a month to check the quality of
prisoners. Visiting Committees food and other facilities
are constituted in many prisons provided to the prisoners and
to redress various institutional enquire into their grievances.
problems. During the annual inspections,
the Additional Director General
2. Tamil Nadu: Redressal of of Police / Inspector General of
grievances of the prisoners is Prisons and Range Deputy
given top priority by the Prison Inspectors General of Prisons,
Department. All the Central enquire each and every
Prisons are provided with prisoner about his/her
sealed complaint boxes in grievances and take prompt
which prisoners can drop their action to redress their
grievance petitions. These grievances.
boxes are opened by the
District and Sessions Judge on The Superintendents of
the first working day of every Prisons conduct inspection
month and complaints are parade of all prisoners every
forwarded to the appropriate week and hear the grievances
authorities for action. Apart from of prisoners and redresses
this, Sessions Judges and Chief them.
Judicial Magistrates make
surprise visits to prisons once in   
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Table – 10.1
Details of Educational facilities for prisoners during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT No. of prisoners benefitted by
No.
Elementary Higher Computer
Adult Education
Education Education Course
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2689 3536 666 56
3 ASSAM 442 201 65 102
4 BIHAR 2376 1539 250 128
5 CHHATTISGARH 2782 1317 433 20
6 GOA 0 12 82 0
7 GUJARAT 1378 1184 1596 480
8 HARYANA 817 1104 1231 1311
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 401 143 74
11 JHARKHAND 2993 905 333 347
12 KARNATAKA 980 1062 106 192
13 KERALA 634 326 70 128
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1410 8544 734 97
15 MAHARASHTRA 370 4856 1435 179
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 10 5 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 433 360 99 214
21 PUNJAB 330 119 91 90
22 RAJASTHAN 2110 575 395 110
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1729 2187 381 93
25 TELANGANA 13633 7670 546 4740
26 TRIPURA 26 2 1 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 9654 6739 1435 983
29 WEST BENGAL# 1184 755 148 211
TOTAL (STATES) 46081 43515 10360 9592
30 A & N ISLANDS 30 26 15 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1652 827 1288 449
TOTAL (UTs) 1779 923 1557 455
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 47860 44438 11917 10047
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Table – 10.2
Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings under Vocational Course
Sl. State/UT Agri- Carp- Cann- Tailor- Weav-ing Making Hand- Others Total % share of
No. culture entry ing ing of Soap loom Total
and Vocational
Phenyl Trg.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 120 17 0 103 1091 119 0 1890 3340 6.10
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 31 0.06
3 ASSAM 0 75 750 86 105 0 0 652 1668 3.05
4 BIHAR 0 62 0 371 0 47 0 1781 2261 4.13
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 222 0 343 465 25 0 798 1853 3.39
6 GOA 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 38 0.07
7 GUJARAT 97 0 0 166 0 0 0 2565 2828 5.17
8 HARYANA 0 40 0 40 0 0 0 1095 1175 2.15
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 42 4 0 3 7 0 6 199 261 0.48
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 19 0 50 0 0 50 425 544 0.99
11 JHARKHAND 422 21 0 171 242 100 158 1187 2301 4.20
12 KARNATAKA 20 57 0 143 26 6 0 2079 2331 4.26
13 KERALA 18 0 0 0 0 145 0 1111 1274 2.33
14 MADHYA PRADESH 241 338 110 355 813 0 342 1200 3399 6.21
15 MAHARASHTRA 139 405 0 546 0 0 235 2032 3357 6.13
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 64 80 0.15
17 MEGHALAYA 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 25 43 0.08
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.01
19 NAGALAND 61 0 0 5 0 0 0 89 155 0.28
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 38 48 5 0 10 101 0.18
21 PUNJAB 494 177 0 109 410 62 0 1832 3084 5.64
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 121 1620 0 0 899 2640 4.82
23 SIKKIM 46 11 26 5 0 0 0 39 127 0.23
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 482 183 0 0 1246 1911 3.49
25 TELANGANA 32 1 0 179 1055 20 0 685 1972 3.60
26 TRIPURA 84 30 12 15 15 0 0 43 199 0.36
27 UTTAR PRADESH 35 115 0 306 309 119 0 4138 5022 9.18
28 UTTARAKHAND 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 81 0.15
29 WEST BENGAL# 330 24 0 201 61 39 0 767 1422 2.60
TOTAL (STATES) 2227 1636 898 3857 6450 687 791 26955 43501 79.49
30 A & N ISLANDS 14 22 11 4 15 0 0 29 95 0.17
31 CHANDIGARH 15 51 10 17 0 0 0 132 225 0.41
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0.04
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 0 188 0 445 153 74 0 10001 10861 19.85
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 20 0.04
TOTAL (UTs) 29 261 21 472 168 74 0 10200 11225 20.51
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2256 1897 919 4329 6618 761 791 37155 54726 100.00
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Table – 10.3
Value of Goods Produced by Inmates during the year 2019
Sl. Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings
State/UT
No. (` In Crore )
(1) (2) (3)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 15.62
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.00
3 ASSAM 0.08
4 BIHAR 22.09
5 CHHATTISGARH 5.13
6 GOA 0.00
7 GUJARAT 8.25
8 HARYANA 3.95
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4.88
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.18
11 JHARKHAND 4.00
12 KARNATAKA 1.96
13 KERALA 25.03
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2.77
15 MAHARASHTRA 29.40
16 MANIPUR 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0.01
19 NAGALAND 0.00
20 ODISHA 0.78
21 PUNJAB 1.44
22 RAJASTHAN 1.13
23 SIKKIM 0.03
24 TAMIL NADU 72.96
25 TELANGANA 599.89
26 TRIPURA 0.05
27 UTTAR PRADESH 14.56
28 UTTARAKHAND 0.14
29 WEST BENGAL# 4.64
TOTAL (STATES) 818.96
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.01
31 CHANDIGARH 4.08
32 D & N HAVELI 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.00
34 DELHI 22.99
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 27.08
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 846.04
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Table – 10.4
Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Rehabilitation Support Other Support
No No. of prisoners No. of Wages paid per day to convicts
to whom financial No. of prisoners ( in ` )
assistance convicts to whom
provided on rehabilitated legal aid Semi
Skilled Unskilled
release provided Skilled
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 1357 70 50 30
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 166 75 - 55
3 ASSAM 232 15 3153 100 80 -
4 BIHAR 2 6 3537 156 112 103
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 13627 75 - 60
6 GOA 0 130 84 80 60 50
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3695 100 80 70
8 HARYANA 0 5 6273 60 50 40
@
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 280 - - 250
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 36 72 - 60
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 5412 144 113 91
$
12 KARNATAKA 62 434 5789 225 200 175
13 KERALA 18 0 15216 152 127 63
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 6188 120 - 72
15 MAHARASHTRA 236 10 10549 61 55 44
16 MANIPUR 0 0 1450 12 10 8
17 MEGHALAYA 131 0 564 149 141 132
18 MIZORAM 185 0 1879 30 24 20
19 NAGALAND 9 0 45 135 125 115
20 ODISHA 162 42 1175 60 50 40
21 PUNJAB 4 54 3962 60 50 40
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0 1364 150 - 130
23 SIKKIM 0 0 387 40 30 30
24 TAMIL NADU 97 697 5242 200 180 160
25 TELANGANA 19 319 784 100 50 30
26 TRIPURA 0 0 136 33 28 24
27 UTTAR PRADESH 667 2 7715 40 30 25
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1372 45 35 30
29 WEST BENGAL# 182 56 3063 100 90 80
TOTAL (STATES) 2008 1770 104500 - - -
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 32 79 37 - 28
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 480 80 70 60
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 - - -
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 - - -
34 DELHI 0 25 62361 361 328 297
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 49 180 160 150
TOTAL (UTs) 0 57 62969 - - -
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2008 1827 167469 - - -
@ Himachal Pradesh has no classification such as Skilled, Semi Skilled and Unskilled prisoners.
$ Karnataka follows 4 categories of wage system for convicts working in prisons such as Highly Skilled
(Rs.250/- wages per day), Skilled, Semi Skilled and Unskilled prisoners.
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Table – 10.5
NGOs working for the Welfare of Prisoners during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT No. of NGOs working No. of Prisoners benefited from
No. exclusively for Prison
Reforms Medical Counselling Legal Counselling
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6)
3 ASSAM 318 4102 5210
4 BIHAR 12 950 490
6 GOA 5 0 75
7 GUJARAT 198 7459 3565
8 HARYANA 44 2837 12080
11 JHARKHAND 12 3797 781
12 KARNATAKA 37 3918 4154
13 KERALA 238 8967 6887
15 MAHARASHTRA 118 9371 9498
16 MANIPUR 2 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 5 20 95
18 MIZORAM 31 515 2980
19 NAGALAND 6 55 45
20 ODISHA 20 223 269
21 PUNJAB 17 1404 1556
22 RAJASTHAN 41 2631 1522
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 75 10432 11470
25 TELANGANA 13 2189 3115
26 TRIPURA 0 3 79
27 UTTAR PRADESH 102 17023 2583
29 WEST BENGAL 115 2894 2878
TOTAL (STATES) 1538 90280 73507
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 54 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
34 DELHI 117 45736 44053
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 4 3
TOTAL (UTs) 120 45794 44056
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1658 136074 117563
227
Table – 10.6
Number of complaints received by NHRC & SHRC
and their disposals during the year 2019
National Human Rights Commission State Human Rights Commission
(N H R C) (S H R C)
% of % of
Sl. No. of Complaint No. of Complaint
State/UT No. of No. of No. of No. of
No. Complaints Disposed Complaints Disposed
Complaints Complaints Complaints Complaints
Disposed off to Total Disposed off to Total
Received Pending Received Pending
off Complaints Off Complaints
Received Received
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 18 18 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 2 2 0 100.0 10 10 0 100.0
4 BIHAR 3 3 0 100.0 7 7 0 100.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
8 HARYANA 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 2 1 66.7 0 0 0 0.0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 100.0
11 JHARKHAND 1 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 6 0.0 30 11 24 36.7
13 KERALA 19 14 5 73.7 22 17 5 77.3
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8 6 2 75.0 64 43 21 67.2
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 2 2 50.0 45 33 12 73.3
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
20 ODISHA 18 17 1 94.4 12 3 9 25.0
21 PUNJAB 60 1 59 1.7 180 77 103 42.8
22 RAJASTHAN 11 11 0 100.0 34 32 2 94.1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
24 TAMIL NADU 44 42 2 95.5 35 33 2 94.3
25 TELANGANA 2 2 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
26 TRIPURA 3 1 2 33.3 4 1 3 25.0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 26 23 3 88.5 8 7 1 87.5
28 UTTARAKHAND 14 2 12 14.3 12 4 8 33.3
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (STATES) 243 148 96 60.9 464 279 190 60.1
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
34 DELHI* 47 51 5 108.5 0 0 0 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 47 51 5 108.5 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 290 199 101 68.6 464 279 190 60.1
* Delhi reported that 51 complaints disposed off include complaints of previous years.
228
Chapter 11
Prison Staff
– Strength
and Training

Chapter – 11
Prison Staff-Strength and Training
Sanctioned and Actual strength of jail the total vacant post of 21,147 (Chart
officials 11.1, Table 11.3).
Prisons Staff Strength, based on II. Correctional Staff
their duties and responsibilities, are
categorized into the following five A total of 761 Correctional staff was
categories: Executive, Medical, actually posted in Indian jails against the
Correctional, Ministerial and Others. sanctioned strength of 1,307 at the end of
the year 2019. Bihar has reported the
Information on the sanctioned highest number of vacant correctional staff
strength as well as actual strength of the post (151) followed by Maharashtra (70)
staff in various jails as on 31st December, and Odisha (56) accounting for
2019 is presented in Table 11.1 showing 27.7%,12.8% and 10.3% of the total
that Daman & Diu (100.0%), Nagaland vacant post of 546 (Chart 11.1, Table
(99.49%) and Arunachal Pradesh 11.3). States having no correctional staff
(93.05%) have filled more than 90% of the are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
sanctioned posts. State/UT wise Assam, Goa, Haryana, Manipur,
comparison of vacant post shows that Meghalaya, Mizoram, Punjab, Sikkim, D &
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest N Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and
number of vacancies (5,583) followed by Puducherry.
Bihar (3,781) and Jharkhand (1,639).
III. Medical Staff
An analysis of the sanctioned and
actual posted staff strength in jails shows A total of 1,962 Medical staff was
that the actual strength of the jail staff actually posted in Indian jails against
posted against the sanctioned strength in sanctioned strength of 3,320 at the end of
Jharkhand (36.82%), Chandigarh the year 2019. Delhi has reported the
(47.55%) and Sikkim (49.49%) is much highest number of vacant medical staff
lower than the All India average post (234) followed by Bihar (218) and
percentage (69.39%). Uttar Pradesh (186) accounting for
17.2%, 16.1% and 13.7 of the total vacant
Jail Officials post of 1,358 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3).
I. Executive Staff
IV. Ministerial Staff
A total of 51,126 executive staffs
A total of 3,868 Ministerial Staff was
including 4,840 Officers and 46,286 sub-
actually posted in Indian jails against
cadre staff were actually posted in Indian
sanctioned strength of 5,372 at the end of
jails against sanctioned strength of 72,273
the year 2019. Tamil Nadu has reported
at the end of the year 2019. Uttar Pradesh
the highest number of vacant ministerial
has reported the highest number of vacant
staff posts (165) followed by Bihar (161)
executive staff post (5,210) followed by
and Maharashtra (155) accounting for
Bihar (2,449) and Jharkhand (1,402)
11.0%, 10.7% and 10.3% of the total
accounting for 24.6%, 11.6% and 6.6% of
vacant post of 1,504 (Chart 11.1, Table
11.3).
229
80000
72273
70000
Sanctioned Actual
60000
51126
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000 5372 3868 5327 3070

3320 1962 1307 761
0
Executive Staff Ministerial Staff Medical Staff Correctional Staff Others

Sanctioned & Actual Strength of Jail Staff in the Country as on 31.12.2019
Chart 11.1
Number of Inmates per Staff as on were 9 inmates for each jail staff in all
31st December, 2019 jails in the country (Table 11.2).
The prison institutions are II. Number of Inmates per

managed by five categories of personnel Correctional Staff
viz., executive staff, ministerial staff,
correctional staff, medical staff and other A few States having more than
staff. The number of inmates per official 2,000 inmates with no correctional staff
is a real indicator of how well inmates are i.e. Andhra Pradesh (7,569 inmates),
looked after in the prisons. The number Assam (9,226 inmates), Haryana (20,423
of inmates per jail official, correctional inmates) and Punjab (24,174 inmates).
staff and medical staff is given in Gujarat and Telangana have only one
Table 11.2. correctional staff for 15,089 and 6,717
inmates respectively. Karnataka and
I. Number of Inmates per Jail Staff Uttar Pradesh have only two correctional
staff for 14,515 and 1,01,297 inmates
As on 31st December 2019 a total
respectively.
of 4,78,600 inmates were lodged in
various jails of the country. Also, the
III. Number of Inmates per Medical
actual strength of executive jail staff was
Staff
51,126 in various prisons. Among all the
states, Jharkhand has reported the West Bengal has reported 1
highest number of Inmates (23) for each medical staff per (923) inmates (25
staff in their jails (799 jail staff, 18,654 medical staff, 23,092 inmates) followed
inmates) followed by Uttar Pradesh (20) by Karnataka (691) inmates (21 medical
for each staff in their jails (4,832 jail staff, staff, 14,515 inmates), Maharashtra (504)
1,01,297 inmates) and Assam (12) for inmates (73 medical staff, 36,798
each staff in their jails (715 jail staff, inmates), Uttar Pradesh (503) inmates
9,226 inmates). At all India level, there (201 medical staff, 1,01,297 inmates) and
230
Uttarakhand (469) inmates (12 medical Diu and Lakshadweep reported no
staff, 5,629 inmates) as on 31st medical staff.
December, 2019. D&N Haveli, Daman &
JHARKHAND 19
UTTAR PRADESH 17
ASSAM 11
CHANDIGARH 10
CHHATTISGARH 10
DELHI 8
UTTARAKHAND 8
PUNJAB 8
MAHARASHTRA 8
BIHAR 8
D & N HAVELI 7
WEST BENGAL# 7
ODISHA 7
MADHYA PRADESH 7
HARYANA 7
RAJASTHAN 6
GUJARAT 6
MIZORAM 5
KARNATAKA 5
TELANGANA 4 At National Level:
SIKKIM 4 7 Inmates per Staff in all jails in India
(as on 31st December, 2019)
MEGHALAYA 4
KERALA 4
JAMMU & KASHMIR 4
DAMAN & DIU 3
TAMIL NADU 3
HIMACHAL PRADESH 3
ANDHRA PRADESH 3
PUDUCHERRY 2
A & N ISLANDS 2
TRIPURA 2
GOA 2
MANIPUR 1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1
LAKSHADWEEP 0
NAGALAND 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Number of Inmates per Staff for each State/UT
Chart 11.2
231
Women Staff highest number of women staff in their Jail
Actual strength of women jail Department (1,110) followed by Bihar
officials of different ranks (State/UT-wise) (914) and Rajasthan (701). The status of
is given in Table-11.4. A total of 7,794 number of women prisoners per woman
women staff was reported as working in staff is presented in Chart 11.3.
different cadre across Indian jails. The
State of Madhya Pradesh has reported
UTTARAKHAND 12.48
UTTAR PRADESH 12.13
GOA 11.33
JHARKHAND 8.13
PUNJAB 6.76
CHANDIGARH 5.44
WEST BENGAL# 5.38
DAMAN & DIU 5.00
CHHATTISGARH 4.85
TELANGANA 4.20
HARYANA 3.80
GUJARAT 3.73
ANDHRA PRADESH 3.11
ASSAM 3.01
MIZORAM 2.42
MAHARASHTRA 2.40
DELHI 2.35
ODISHA 2.01
MADHYA PRADESH 1.58
BIHAR 1.45
TRIPURA 1.32
TAMIL NADU 1.30
KARNATAKA 0.88
A & N ISLANDS 0.88
RAJASTHAN 0.84
MANIPUR 0.83
MEGHALAYA 0.73
KERALA 0.70
PUDUCHERRY 0.60
SIKKIM 0.57
NAGALAND 0.03
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00

Number of Women Inmates for Each Woman Staff
Chart 11.3
232
Training of Jail Officers/Staff Trend of Staff Strength
(Refresher / Specialized /
Re-orientation Courses) during the During the period 2014-2019, the
year 2019 sanctioned strength of Jail staff has
increased by 9.5% (from 79,988 in 2014
Among the States, Telangana has to 87,599 in 2019). However, the actual
reported highest share of 91.99% in strength of jail staff has increased by
training its Jail staffs (refresher/ 15.4% (increased from 52,666 in 2014 to
specialized/ re-orientation) during 2019 60,787 in 2019) (Chart 11.4). As on
followed by Tamil Nadu (55.07%) and 31.12.2014, the number of vacant posts
Maharashtra (42.74%) (Table 11.5) was 27,322 which has decreased to
26,812 in 31st December, 2019.
100000
Figures in %
87599
indicates growth 90000 9.5%
percentage 79988
during 2014- 80000
2019.
70000
60787
60000 15.4%
52666
50000
40000
27322 -1.9%
30000 26812
20000
10000
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Sanctioned Strength 79988 80236 81568 83288 85840 87599
Actual Strength 52666 53009 53370 57307 60024 60787
Vacant 27322 27227 28198 25987 25816 26812
Trend of Sanctioned Strength, Actual Strength and Vacant Strength of
Jail Staff/Officials during 2014-2019
Chart 11.4
233
Table – 11.1
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff as on 31st December, 2019
Total Jail Staff
Sl.
State/UT % of actual to
No. Sanctioned Actual Vacant
sanctioned strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2645 1912 733 72.29
3 ASSAM 1161 789 372 67.96
4 BIHAR 8581 4800 3781 55.94
5 CHHATTISGARH 2405 1681 724 69.90
6 GOA 274 185 89 67.52
7 GUJARAT 3445 2451 994 71.15
8 HARYANA 4089 2758 1331 67.45
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1443 889 554 61.61
11 JHARKHAND 2594 955 1639 36.82
12 KARNATAKA 3885 2649 1236 68.19
13 KERALA 2244 1656 588 73.80
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6902 5927 975 85.87
15 MAHARASHTRA 5065 4368 697 86.24
16 MANIPUR 574 509 65 88.68
17 MEGHALAYA 292 242 50 82.88
18 MIZORAM 430 305 125 70.93
19 NAGALAND 583 580 3 99.49
20 ODISHA 2986 2378 608 79.64
21 PUNJAB 3673 2703 970 73.59
22 RAJASTHAN 4438 3534 904 79.63
23 SIKKIM 198 98 100 49.49
24 TAMIL NADU 5385 4574 811 84.94
25 TELANGANA 1924 1622 302 84.30
26 TRIPURA 692 428 264 61.85
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11357 5774 5583 50.84
28 UTTARAKHAND 1067 641 426 60.07
29 WEST BENGAL# 4582 3194 1388 69.71
TOTAL (STATES) 83855 58399 25456 69.64
30 A & N ISLANDS 148 101 47 68.24
31 CHANDIGARH 204 97 107 47.55
32 D & N HAVELI* 0 6 - -
33 DAMAN & DIU 18 18 0 100.00
34 DELHI 3251 2077 1174 63.89
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 89 34 72.36
TOTAL (UTs) 3744 2388 1356 63.78
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 87599 60787 26812 69.39
* No separate staff for Jails. The Sub Divisional Officers and subordinates are looking after the jails also.
234
Table 11.2
Number of Inmates Per Staff as on 31st December, 2019
Jail Officials Correctional Staff Medical Staff Total Total No.

Prison of
No. of No. of Staff inmates
Total No. of
Sl. inmates inmates (including per
State/UT Number of No. of inmates No. of No. of
No. minister- prison
Inmates per per
Staff per jail Staff Staff rial staff staff
correctio- medical and
official (Col 3 /
nal Staff staff others) Col 10)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7579 1601 4 0 - 45 168 1912 3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 247 138 1 0 - 10 24 174 1
3 ASSAM 9226 715 12 0 - 46 200 789 11
4 BIHAR 39814 3979 10 238 167 237 167 4800 8
5 CHHATTISGARH 18112 1441 12 49 369 57 317 1681 10
6 GOA 518 159 3 0 - 2 259 185 2
7 GUJARAT 15089 2124 7 1 15089 72 209 2451 6
8 HARYANA 20423 2388 8 0 - 49 416 2758 7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3689 630 5 19 194 74 49 889 4
11 JHARKHAND 18654 799 23 4 4663 86 216 955 19
12 KARNATAKA 14515 2327 6 2 7257 21 691 2649 5
13 KERALA 7499 1458 5 18 416 36 208 1656 4
14 MADHYA PRADESH 44603 5318 8 66 675 115 387 5927 7
15 MAHARASHTRA 36798 3827 9 117 314 73 504 4368 8
16 MANIPUR 876 340 2 0 - 27 32 509 1
17 MEGHALAYA 1023 168 6 0 - 20 51 242 4
18 MIZORAM 1698 242 7 0 - 11 154 305 5
19 NAGALAND 446 435 1 1 446 5 89 580 0
20 ODISHA 17563 1962 8 108 162 134 131 2378 7
21 PUNJAB 24174 2215 10 0 - 107 225 2703 8
22 RAJASTHAN 21599 3116 6 4 5399 124 174 3534 6
23 SIKKIM 400 85 4 0 - 5 80 98 4
24 TAMIL NADU 14707 3693 3 63 233 111 132 4574 3
25 TELANGANA 6717 1131 5 1 6717 52 129 1622 4
26 TRIPURA 1103 374 2 2 551 22 50 428 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 101297 4832 20 2 50648 201 503 5774 17
28 UTTARAKHAND 5629 562 10 2 2814 12 469 641 8
29 WEST BENGAL# 23092 2932 7 43 537 25 923 3194 7
TOTAL (STATES) 459463 49517 9 743 618 1793 256 58399 7
30 A & N ISLANDS 244 59 4 1 244 6 40 101 2
31 CHANDIGARH 984 82 12 3 328 4 246 97 10
32 D & N HAVELI 46 6 7 0 - 0 - 6 7
33 DAMAN & DIU 62 18 3 0 - 0 - 18 3
34 DELHI 17534 1368 12 14 1252 157 111 2077 8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 4 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 263 76 3 0 - 2 131 89 2
TOTAL (UTs) 19137 1609 11 18 1063 169 113 2388 8
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 478600 51126 9 761 628 1962 243 60787 7
- indicates No Staff
235
Table – 11.3
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2019
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT DG/Addl.DG/IG/ DIG AIG Supdt.
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 1 1 3 3 2 2 30 22
4 BIHAR 1 1 2 0 5 3 65 52
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 5
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
7 GUJARAT 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 4
8 HARYANA 3 2 1 0 1 0 22 21
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 12
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 23
12 KARNATAKA 1 1 5 4 0 0 16 14
13 KERALA 1 1 4 4 0 0 6 6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3 2 5 3 0 0 53 34
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 2 5 4 0 0 10 6
16 MANIPUR 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 5
18 MIZORAM 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8
19 NAGALAND 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 5
20 ODISHA 1 1 4 3 1 0 21 15
21 PUNJAB 1 1 4 2 1 1 9 3
22 RAJASTHAN 3 3 3 1 0 0 11 10
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
24 TAMIL NADU 1 1 6 5 0 0 13 11
25 TELANGANA 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 4
26 TRIPURA 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 10
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 10 4 3 2 90 58
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 3
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 1 5 5 4 4 25 22
TOTAL (STATES) 38 34 68 47 24 19 497 365
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1 1 2 1 1 1 18 14
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL (UTs) 3 4 2 2 1 1 21 17
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 41 38 70 49 25 20 518 382
236
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT Dy. Supdt. Asstt. Supdt. Jailor Dy. Jailor
No.
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 32 30 0 0 62 59 174 82
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 0
4 BIHAR 69 37 218 29 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 23 7 157 43 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 2 2 8 6 0 0
7 GUJARAT 7 4 12 6 29 17 102 60
8 HARYANA 51 40 88 36 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 5 28 14 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 0 28 7 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 40 24 131 125 0 0
13 KERALA 2 2 121 103 24 24 28 28
14 MADHYA PRADESH 78 61 269 160 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 29 16 40 8 106 93 297 232
16 MANIPUR 6 6 0 0 7 6 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0
19 NAGALAND 4 4 0 0 8 8 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 92 81 0 0
21 PUNJAB 85 48 111 69 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 36 11 18 3 76 38 188 135
23 SIKKIM 0 0 2 2 2 1 7 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 16 0 39 27 48 26
25 TELANGANA 23 23 0 0 40 39 70 70
26 TRIPURA 1 0 0 0 5 4 5 3
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 93 84 471 232
28 UTTARAKHAND 3 1 0 0 13 6 44 4
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 2 0 0 39 34 95 71
TOTAL (STATES) 473 307 1148 518 850 700 1529 943
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 4 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 76 56 312 153 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 2 8 7 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 83 60 325 163 1 1 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 556 367 1473 681 851 701 1530 944
237
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT Asstt. Jailor Other Officers Sub-Total (Officers)
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 49 40 4 1 331 221
3 ASSAM 99 78 0 0 166 137
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 360 122
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 19 13 219 71
6 GOA 14 12 0 0 27 23
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3 0 160 93
8 HARYANA 62 34 3 3 231 136
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 5 62 38
11 JHARKHAND 68 12 14 7 140 49
12 KARNATAKA 152 150 0 0 345 318
13 KERALA 0 0 4 4 190 172
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 15 9 423 269
15 MAHARASHTRA 168 125 8 1 665 487
16 MANIPUR 30 12 20 12 67 37
17 MEGHALAYA 7 4 0 0 19 16
18 MIZORAM 15 5 1 1 37 21
19 NAGALAND 17 17 7 7 45 43
20 ODISHA 105 55 240 100 464 255
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 211 124
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 335 201
23 SIKKIM 12 12 0 0 26 18
24 TAMIL NADU 278 253 554 546 955 869
25 TELANGANA 0 0 35 35 176 175
26 TRIPURA 12 6 2 0 36 24
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 9 4 678 386
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 5 3 77 19
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 46 34 32 252 217
TOTAL (STATES) 1140 862 988 789 6755 4584
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 4 2 9 6
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 10 5
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 2 0 0 2 2
34 DELHI 0 0 41 1 451 227
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 12 10
TOTAL (UTs) 2 3 45 4 484 256
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1142 865 1033 793 7239 4840
238
Executive Staff
Jail-Cadre Staff
Sl.
State/UT
No. Head Warders Head Matron Warders
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 355 330 0 0 1458 1050
3 ASSAM 81 42 9 3 725 533
4 BIHAR 605 460 0 0 4929 2969
5 CHHATTISGARH 222 167 0 0 1483 1203
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 10 0
7 GUJARAT 659 409 1 0 1906 1536
8 HARYANA 290 248 50 38 2615 1878
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 112 82 1 1 793 485
11 JHARKHAND 246 12 0 0 1742 719
12 KARNATAKA 492 483 0 0 2389 1525
13 KERALA 414 414 20 20 1190 675
14 MADHYA PRADESH 910 504 0 0 4698 4543
15 MAHARASHTRA 566 515 0 0 2963 2786
16 MANIPUR 41 37 0 0 269 266
17 MEGHALAYA 16 8 0 0 132 115
18 MIZORAM 37 30 0 0 257 184
19 NAGALAND 58 58 0 0 334 334
20 ODISHA 235 228 0 0 1637 1479
21 PUNJAB 479 370 22 19 2088 1451
22 RAJASTHAN 613 505 0 0 2907 2408
23 SIKKIM 20 20 0 0 99 34
24 TAMIL NADU 1056 1036 0 0 2204 1788
25 TELANGANA 214 214 8 8 819 645
26 TRIPURA 79 16 0 0 488 330
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1461 1460 0 45 7273 2718
28 UTTARAKHAND 71 59 9 3 636 456
29 WEST BENGAL# 270 230 1 0 3118 2306
TOTAL (STATES) 9696 8020 131 147 49707 34914
30 A & N ISLANDS 15 10 0 0 71 43
31 CHANDIGARH 26 25 0 0 130 52
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 2 0 0 10 10
34 DELHI 416 325 58 56 1235 702
36 PUDUCHERRY 16 11 0 0 71 51
TOTAL (UTs) 475 373 58 56 1517 858
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10171 8393 189 203 51224 35772
239

Executive Staff Executive Staff
Jail-Cadre Staff (Total)
Sl. Other Jail Cadre Sub-Total (Jail Cadre
State/UT Matron
No. Staff Staff)
(1) (2) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1813 1380 2144 1601
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 815 578 981 715
4 BIHAR 0 0 534 428 6068 3857 6428 3979
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 1705 1370 1924 1441
6 GOA 5 3 163 133 178 136 205 159
7 GUJARAT 131 86 0 0 2697 2031 2857 2124
8 HARYANA 0 0 160 88 3115 2252 3346 2388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 34 24 941 592 1003 630
11 JHARKHAND 8 4 65 15 2061 750 2201 799
12 KARNATAKA 5 1 0 0 2886 2009 3231 2327
13 KERALA 87 44 133 133 1844 1286 2034 1458
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 2 0 0 5613 5049 6036 5318
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 67 39 3596 3340 4261 3827
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 310 303 377 340
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 44 29 192 152 211 168
18 MIZORAM 0 0 7 7 301 221 338 242
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 392 392 437 435
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 1872 1707 2336 1962
21 PUNJAB 94 83 250 168 2933 2091 3144 2215
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 2 3530 2915 3865 3116
23 SIKKIM 0 0 34 13 153 67 179 85
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 3260 2824 4215 3693
25 TELANGANA 37 37 66 52 1144 956 1320 1131
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 4 567 350 603 374
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 630 223 9364 4446 10042 4832
28 UTTARAKHAND 27 13 61 12 804 543 881 562
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 0 370 179 3762 2715 4014 2932
TOTAL (STATES) 437 297 2634 1555 62605 44933 69360 49517
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 86 53 95 59
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 156 77 166 82
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 4 4 16 16 18 18
34 DELHI 176 58 190 0 2075 1141 2526 1368
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 4 0 0 96 66 108 76
TOTAL (UTs) 185 62 194 4 2429 1353 2913 1609
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 622 359 2828 1559 65034 46286 72273 51126
240
Sl. State/UT Correctional Staff
No. Probation Officer / Phychologist / Social Worker / Sub Total
Welfare Officer Psychiatrist Others (Correctional Staff)
(1) (2) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44)
3 ASSAM 0 0 2 0 17 0 19 0
4 BIHAR 194 123 0 0 195 115 389 238
5 CHHATTISGARH 7 5 0 0 82 44 89 49
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 GUJARAT 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
8 HARYANA 0 0 2 0 9 0 11 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 2 0 0 50 17 52 19
11 JHARKHAND 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 9 2 21 0 30 2
13 KERALA 23 18 0 0 0 0 23 18
14 MADHYA PRADESH 16 8 0 0 64 58 80 66
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 8 4 179 113 187 117
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
20 ODISHA 60 31 3 1 101 76 164 108
21 PUNJAB 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 8 4 8 4
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 77 52 15 9 3 2 95 63
25 TELANGANA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
26 TRIPURA 5 1 1 0 1 1 7 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 2
29 WEST BENGAL# 53 40 8 3 0 0 61 43
TOTAL (STATES) 449 288 55 21 745 434 1249 743
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 3 1 1 0 11 2 15 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 15 6 10 8 17 0 42 14
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 19 8 11 8 28 2 58 18
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 468 296 66 29 773 436 1307 761
241
Medical Staff
Resident
Sl. Lab Technician Sub Total (Medical
Medical Officer / Pharmacist Others
State/Ut / Lab Attendant Staff)
No. Medical Officer
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Ioned ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22 17 11 9 3 2 24 17 60 45
3 ASSAM 31 12 29 21 6 6 7 7 73 46
4 BIHAR 226 125 106 18 16 0 107 94 455 237
5 CHHATTISGARH 44 21 53 33 6 2 9 1 112 57
6 GOA 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 13 2
7 GUJARAT 39 33 26 13 6 4 30 22 101 72
8 HARYANA 36 15 28 20 5 4 30 10 99 49
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 20 12 49 19 7 3 56 40 132 74
11 JHARKHAND 48 13 12 10 4 6 123 57 187 86
12 KARNATAKA 27 6 17 8 7 4 28 3 79 21
13 KERALA 11 9 11 11 6 3 15 13 43 36
14 MADHYA PRADESH 58 16 93 58 5 5 39 36 195 115
15 MAHARASHTRA 44 34 47 34 9 5 0 0 100 73
16 MANIPUR 9 7 6 6 0 0 15 14 30 27
17 MEGHALAYA 5 5 5 5 0 0 10 10 20 20
18 MIZORAM 4 1 4 3 0 0 7 7 15 11
19 NAGALAND 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
20 ODISHA 94 61 90 68 0 0 12 5 196 134
21 PUNJAB 35 47 41 55 3 3 2 2 81 107
22 RAJASTHAN 37 27 0 0 8 8 108 89 153 124
23 SIKKIM 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 7 5
24 TAMIL NADU 43 33 21 17 0 0 65 61 129 111
25 TELANGANA 19 19 14 14 4 4 15 15 52 52
26 TRIPURA 6 3 15 8 2 1 10 10 33 22
27 UTTAR PRADESH 149 113 143 64 55 19 40 5 387 201
28 UTTARAKHAND 10 0 15 7 3 1 4 4 32 12
29 WEST BENGAL# 40 6 41 14 0 0 11 5 92 25
TOTAL (STATES) 1071 645 904 533 155 80 784 535 2914 1793
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 6 6
31 CHANDIGARH 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 7 4
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 130 114 38 33 13 10 210 0 391 157
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
TOTAL (UTs) 134 117 44 37 14 11 214 4 406 169
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1205 762 948 570 169 91 998 539 3320 1962
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Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff
Ministerial Staff Others
(Not included
Other Non- Sub Total Total
Sl. Officer in above
State/UT Gazetted Staff (Ministerial Staff)
No. category)
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Ioned ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7 6 268 192 275 198 166 68 2645 1912
3 ASSAM 5 3 35 25 40 28 48 0 1161 789
4 BIHAR 37 16 295 155 332 171 977 175 8581 4800
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 4 71 36 79 40 201 94 2405 1681
6 GOA 0 0 55 24 55 24 0 0 274 185
7 GUJARAT 13 5 310 188 323 193 160 61 3445 2451
8 HARYANA 3 2 156 96 159 98 474 223 4089 2758
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 16 15 84 34 100 49 156 117 1443 889
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 25 14 25 14 177 52 2594 955
12 KARNATAKA 22 8 219 155 241 163 304 136 3885 2649
13 KERALA 8 8 104 104 112 112 32 32 2244 1656
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 273 160 278 161 313 267 6902 5927
15 MAHARASHTRA 27 21 461 312 488 333 29 18 5065 4368
16 MANIPUR 2 2 39 31 41 33 125 109 574 509
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 13 12 13 12 48 42 292 242
18 MIZORAM 1 1 22 20 23 21 54 31 430 305
19 NAGALAND 7 7 36 36 43 43 96 96 583 580
20 ODISHA 3 2 204 121 207 123 83 51 2986 2378
21 PUNJAB 14 12 430 369 444 381 0 0 3673 2703
22 RAJASTHAN 12 11 189 134 201 145 211 145 4438 3534
23 SIKKIM 0 0 12 8 12 8 0 0 198 98
24 TAMIL NADU 12 10 595 432 607 442 339 265 5385 4574
25 TELANGANA 10 10 257 257 267 267 284 171 1924 1622
26 TRIPURA 0 0 43 24 43 24 6 6 692 428
27 UTTAR PRADESH 21 21 423 398 444 419 482 320 11357 5774
28 UTTARAKHAND 46 20 8 3 54 23 97 42 1067 641
29 WEST BENGAL# 15 10 127 104 142 114 273 80 4582 3194
TOTAL (STATES) 294 195 4834 3508 5128 3703 5204 2643 83855 58399
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 7 5 7 5 39 30 148 101
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 10 3 10 3 6 5 204 97
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18
34 DELHI 37 24 182 126 219 150 73 388 3251 2077
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 2 6 5 8 7 5 4 123 89
TOTAL (UTs) 39 26 205 139 244 165 123 427 3744 2388
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 333 221 5039 3647 5372 3868 5327 3070 87599 60787
243
Table – 11.4
Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2019
Officers Jail Cadre Staff Correctional Staff

Dy.SP
DG /
Sl. /Jailor / Proba-
State/UT Addl. Head Other Psycho- Social
No Dy. Jailor Warder tion
DG / IG / Other Warder Jail logist / Worker
/ Asst. & Officer /
Addl. IG Officers / Head Cadre Psychia- &
Jailor / Matron Welfare
/ DIG / Matron Staff trist Others
Asst. Officer
Supdt.
Supdt.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 7 1 19 41 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 3 6 0 6 72 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 7 2 0 37 753 21 35 0 16
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 9 0 1 122 0 1 0 10
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 1 0 10 86 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 4 1 38 0 88 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1 0 3 36 3 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 1 0 0 80 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 3 45 0 86 484 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 1 2 4 20 44 87 8 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6 26 0 3 982 0 1 0 16
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 35 0 34 507 0 0 1 4
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 2 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 1 0 0 2 51 2 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 3 1 5 68 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 5 26 9 0 221 0 7 0 9
21 PUNJAB 0 2 0 19 83 24 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 3 15 0 39 611 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 1 13 2 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 30 51 79 200 0 5 3 0
25 TELANGANA 0 6 2 8 37 17 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 1 0 1 14 4 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 31 0 122 39 0 2 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 11 0 0 221 5 6 3 0
TOTAL (STATES) 40 266 71 551 4856 253 65 7 56
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 DELHI 3 29 0 56 58 0 1 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 4 29 0 58 73 1 1 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 44 295 71 609 4929 254 66 7 56
244
Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Medical Staff Ministerial Staff
No.
Resident
Lab
Medical Non- Others Total
Pharm- Techni-
Officer / Others Officer Gazetted
acists cian / Lab
Medical Staff
Attendant
Officer
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 4 0 8 3 57 7 150
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 7 2 6 0 102
4 BIHAR 20 0 0 5 1 10 7 914
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 9 1 0 1 7 19 182
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 GUJARAT 6 4 1 5 2 26 10 151
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 5 0 10 23 169
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1 1 3 0 6 11 69
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 11 0 5 2 100
12 KARNATAKA 2 3 1 2 0 52 16 694
13 KERALA 3 2 0 2 3 69 3 248
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 12 1 4 0 26 33 1110
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 3 2 0 2 60 4 655
16 MANIPUR 2 2 0 11 1 9 22 65
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 3 0 8 8 40
18 MIZORAM 1 0 0 5 1 7 8 78
19 NAGALAND 0 1 0 0 3 20 34 135
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 292
21 PUNJAB 0 2 0 2 3 49 0 184
22 RAJASTHAN 3 0 0 4 0 10 16 701
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 21
24 TAMIL NADU 3 6 0 26 1 130 37 573
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 1 34 0 106
26 TRIPURA 1 1 0 3 0 7 2 34
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 4 85 55 344
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21
29 WEST BENGAL# 2 0 0 0 0 15 11 275
TOTAL (STATES) 55 53 7 113 32 745 333 7503
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 20 3 0 0 4 32 62 268
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TOTAL (UTs) 21 3 0 2 4 33 62 291
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 76 56 7 115 36 778 395 7794
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Table – 11.5
Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher / Specialised / Re-orientation Courses)
Sl. No. of Personnel Trained
State/UT
No. Actual Staffs Staffs Trained % share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1912 638 33.37
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 174 17 9.77
3 ASSAM 789 138 17.49
4 BIHAR 4800 513 10.69
5 CHHATTISGARH 1681 33 1.96
6 GOA 185 2 1.08
7 GUJARAT 2451 320 13.06
8 HARYANA 2758 96 3.48
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 623 131 21.03
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 889 21 2.36
11 JHARKHAND 955 47 4.92
12 KARNATAKA 2649 632 23.86
13 KERALA 1656 483 29.17
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5927 825 13.92
15 MAHARASHTRA 4368 1867 42.74
16 MANIPUR 509 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 242 3 1.24
18 MIZORAM 305 46 15.08
19 NAGALAND 580 21 3.62
20 ODISHA 2378 102 4.29
21 PUNJAB 2703 93 3.44
22 RAJASTHAN 3534 1182 33.45
23 SIKKIM 98 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 4574 2519 55.07
25 TELANGANA 1622 1492 91.99
26 TRIPURA 428 48 11.21
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5774 150 2.60
28 UTTARAKHAND 641 2 0.31
29 WEST BENGAL# 3194 257 8.05
TOTAL (STATES) 58399 11678 20.00
30 A & N ISLANDS 101 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 97 6 6.19
32 D & N HAVELI 6 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 18 0 0.00
34 DELHI 2077 862 41.50
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 89 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 2388 868 36.35
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 60787 12546 20.64
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Chapter 12
Prison –
Budget and
Infrastructure

Chapter – 12
Prison - Budget and Infrastructure
A. Prison Budget Telangana (4.3), Sikkim (3.8), Chandigarh

(1.5) and Odisha (1.3).
Provision of adequate fund is
prerequisite in effective functioning of The allocated annual budget was
prison institutions. In this context, the highest in Uttar Pradesh (`1165.6
information on prison budget with details of crores) during 2019-20 among all the
sanctioned budget, plan expenditure, non- States / UTs, followed by Bihar (`689
plan expenditure and other expenditures crores), Delhi (`490.4 crores), Madhya
have been collected and presented in this Pradesh (`430.2) and Maharashtra
chapter. Besides, information on cost of (`386.2 crores). The details may be seen
maintenance and development of various in (Table 12.1).
infrastructures in jails have also been
presented separately. Expenditure (Planned & Non-planned)
Sanctioned Budget Expenditure on specific planned

activities under the Five Year Plan is
The sanctioned budget for the year termed as Planned expenditure.
2019-20 (`6,818.1 crores) has increased
by 12.3% in comparison to the year 2018- Expenditure made for meeting
19 (`6,068.7 crores) at All-India level. The day-to-day expenses and running
details can be seen in Table 12.1. establishments like payment of salaries,
wages, rent, etc. come under the Non-
Puducherry has reported maximum Planned expenditure. Non-Planned
increase (410.9%) in budget provision expenditure may also include activities
during 2019-20 over 2018-19, followed by for development of existing infrastructure
Tripura (68%), Chhattisgarh (50.6%) and and bringing about improvements in the
Karnataka (47%). Andhra Pradesh has prisons.
reported a marginal increase of 0.9% in
the sanctioned budget in the year 2019-20 Details of State/UT-wise Plan and
over 2018-19. Non-Plan budget with actual expenditure
for the year 2019-20 are presented in
However, the sanctioned budget in Table 12.3.
eight States/UTs, namely, Odisha,
Chandigarh, Sikkim, Telangana, I. Planned
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Kerala and
Daman & Diu have declined during the The highest Plan expenditure was
financial year 2019-20 over the previous reported in Haryana (`272.6 crores)
financial year 2018-19. The highest such followed by Bihar (`106.7 crores) and
decline was reported in Daman & Diu Jharkhand (`24 crores) during 2019-20.
(63.6%) followed by Kerala (16.9%),
Uttarakhand (15), Rajasthan (13.6),
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II. Non-Planned Expenses on Prison Inmates
The highest Non-Plan expenditure The share of Expenses on inmates
was reported from Uttar Pradesh (`970.8 in Total Annual Expenditure for each
crores) followed by Bihar (`494.5 crores) State/UT during financial year 2019-20 is
and Delhi (`467.5 crores). The total shown in Chart 12.1. The comparison has
sanctioned budget and actual expenditure been made on the basis of share of
was equal in case of Nagaland (`58 expenses on inmates to total annual
crores), Sikkim (`7.5 crores), D & N Haveli expenditure of the respective States/UTs.
(`0.5 crores), Daman & Diu (`0.4 crores) Haryana has reported the highest share of
and Lakshadweep (`0.1 crores). expenses on inmates (100.0%) out of the
Telangana and Chandigarh have reported total annual expenditure followed by
more expenditure than the sanctioned Andhra Pradesh (88.07%) and Delhi
budget. In the case of remaining States (66.23%).
and UTs, the total expenditure incurred
was less than their sanctioned budget.
HARYANA 100.00
DELHI 66.23
DAMAN & DIU 64.23
LAKSHADWEEP 57.65
D & N HAVELI 52.40
CHHATTISGARH 47.55
JHARKHAND 45.86
WEST BENGAL 41.86
TRIPURA 37.68
UTTAR PRADESH 36.01
UTTARAKHAND 34.71
CHANDIGARH 32.78
KERALA 27.47
BIHAR 27.03
ODISHA 25.60
ASSAM 24.55
GUJARAT 21.50
SIKKIM 20.20
RAJASTHAN 19.43
KARNATAKA 18.98
TAMIL NADU 17.21
MAHARASHTRA 17.00
MIZORAM 16.56 The Share of Expenses on Inmates
PUNJAB 15.85
JAMMU & KASHMIR
in Total Annual Expenditure at
15.22
GOA 14.41 National Level: 34.59%
MANIPUR 14.19
TELANGANA 13.32
A & N ISLANDS 8.28
MEGHALAYA 8.28
NAGALAND 5.86
PUDUCHERRY 3.28
0.00 20.00 40.00 60.00 80.00 100.00 120.00

% Share of Expenses on Inmates in Total Annual Expenditure
Chart – 12.1
248
The share of expenses on inmates (14.19%), Goa (14.41%), Jammu &
in total annual expenditure at National Kashmir (15.22%) and Punjab (15.85%).
level is 34.59%. States which are spending Share of expenditure on prison inmates
significantly less than the National spent for food, clothing, medical,
Average are Puducherry (3.28%), vocational, educational facilities, welfare
Nagaland (5.86%), Arunachal Pradesh activities and other expenses for the year
(7.59%), A & N Islands and Meghalaya 2019-2020 has been presented in Chart
(8.28% each), Himachal Pradesh 12.2. State/UT wise such details has been
(12.49%), Telangana (13.32%), Manipur presented in Table 12.4.
Others
44.6%
Food
47.9%
Vocational/
Educational
1.2%
Clothing Welfare Activities Medical

1.1% 1.0% 4.3%

Percentage Distribution of Expenditure on Various Items on Prison Inmates
during 2019-2020
Chart – 12.2
I. Food 2019-20 followed by Uttar Pradesh (`13.00

Approximately, 47.85% of the total crores) and West Bengal (`12.61 crores).
money spent on prison inmates was for
Food only. Uttar Pradesh has reported the III. Welfare
highest food expenditure of `175.00 crores West Bengal has reported the
followed by Bihar (`145.80 crores) and highest expenditure (`8.11 crores) on
Madhya Pradesh (`72.74 crores) during welfare activities of prison inmates
the financial year 2019-20. followed by Uttar Pradesh (`4.19 crores)
and Jharkhand (`3.71 crores) during the
II. Medical financial year 2019-20.
Delhi has spent the highest medical
expenditure of `16.98 crores during
249
IV. Clothing (`155.63 crores) have reported maximum
Bihar had spent considerable expenditure under the head 'other
amount of `4.03 crores on clothing during expenses'.
the financial year 2019-20. Some of the
other States/UTs which spent reasonable Sanctioned Annual Budget and Actual
amount on clothing were Madhya Pradesh Expenditure during 2014-2015 to
(`3.34 crores) and Jharkhand (`2.21 2019-2020
crores). During 2014-15 to 2019-20 (Chart-
12.3), the sanctioned annual budget has
V. Vocational / Educational increased by 59.35% (`4,278.81 crores in
Out of 21 States / UTs, which 2014-15 to `6,818.12 crores in 2019-20)
reported vocational/educational expenses and the actual expenditure has increased
on inmates for the financial year 2019- by 55.19% (`3,839.38 crores in 2014-15 to
2020, the highest expenditure was `5,958.27 crores in 2019-20). During the
reported from Rajasthan (`10.10 crores) financial year 2014-15, 89.73% (`3,839.38
followed by Chhattisgarh (`5.43 crores) crores spent out of `4,278.81 crores) of
and Karnataka (`3.52 crores). the sanctioned budget was utilized,
whereas, during the financial year 2019-
VI. Other Expenses 20, 87.39% (`5,958.27 crores spent out of
Delhi (`260.12 crores), Haryana `6,818.12 crores) of the sanctioned budget
(`240.90 crores) and Uttar Pradesh was utilized.
8000.00
Figures in % 6818.12
7000.00
indicates growth
percentage
during 2014-15 - 6000.00 59.35%
2019-20. 5958.27
5000.00
Budget (in Rs. Crore)
4278.81
55.19%
4000.00
3839.38
3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
0.00
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Actual Expenditure (in
3839.38 4628.57 4944.73 4753.39 5283.70 5958.27
Crore)
Sanctioned Annual Budget
4278.81 5157.63 5463.38 5253.73 6068.70 6818.12
(in Crore)

Sanctioned Annual Budget vis-à-vis Actual Expenditure during 2014-2015 to 2019-2020
Chart – 12.3
250
B. Prison Infrastructure 269 jails renovated/expanded, 127 were
District Jails, 61 were Central Jails, 58
Measures have been taken to were Sub Jails, 9 were Special Jails, 6
improve the infrastructure of the prisons were Open Jails, 3 were Women jails, 3
having significant implications for life of was Borstal School and 2 were Other jails
prisoners. Some of the important (Table 12.6).
initiatives taken in this regard are as
under: III. Quarters to Jail Staff
As on 31.12.2019, the total
I. Jail Constructed sanctioned staff strength was 87,599 and
27 new jails were constructed actual strength of all jail staff was 60,787.
during the year 2019, out of which, 11 As against 60,787 staff strength, the actual
were Open Jails, 8 were District jails, 5 number of quarters available at National
were Women Jails, 1 were Central jails, level was 33,537 during 2019 indicating
Sub Jails and Special jails each. (Table huge shortage of quarters for jail staff. A
12.5). comparison between Sanctioned Staff
Strength, Actual Staff Strength and Actual
II. Jails Renovated/Extended Number of Quarters available at National
A total of 269 jails were renovated / level is placed below in Chart 12.4. The
expanded during the year 2019. State of percentage share of Number of Quarters
Madhya Pradesh (70) has reported Available to Actual Staff Strength at
highest number of jails renovation National level was 55.2% as on 31st
/expansion during 2019 followed by December 2019 (Table 12.7).
Maharashtra (32) and Assam (31). Out of
100000
87,599
90000
80000
70000
60,787
60000
50000
40000 33,537
30000
20000
10000
0
Sanctioned Staff Strength Actual Staff Strength Number of Quarters
Available

Actual Strength of Jail Staff vis-à-vis Actual Number of Quarters Available
Chart – 12.4
251
IV. Vehicles Available States/UTs. Out of which, there were
As on 31st December 2019, a total 22,456 CCTVs, 8,840 Walkie Talkies,
of 2,447 vehicles (685 Ambulances, 533 7,934 Computers, 4,539 Metal Detectors,
Motorcycles, 380 Jeeps, 256 Cars, 151 1,495 Phones, 669 FAX Machines, 314
Tractors, 142 Vans, 87 Lorries and 213 VHF Sets, 301 Electronic Typewriters and
other vehicles) were available in Indian 2,418 other electronic equipment available
prisons. Uttar Pradesh (227), Karnataka in Indian Prisons (Table 12.9).
(206) and Madhya Pradesh (204) have VI. Video Conferencing
reported the highest number of vehicles in
their jails. Out of 685 Ambulances, A total of 808 jails out of 1,350 Jails
Madhya Pradesh has reported 95 were equipped with Video Conferencing
ambulances followed by Uttar Pradesh (VC) facility at the end of the year 2019.
(83) and West Bengal (59). No ambulance Madhya Pradesh has reported that 111
was reported by Arunachal Pradesh, jails of the State have equipped with VC
Assam, Sikkim, D & N Haveli, Daman & facility followed by Andhra Pradesh (75)
Diu and Lakshadweep. (Table 12.8). and Uttar Pradesh (66) (Chart 12.5).
Out of 808 jails equipped with Video

V. Electronic Equipment Conferencing facility, 352 jails were District
As on 31st December 2019, a total jails, 136 jails were Central jails and 264
of 48,966 electronic devices were jails were Sub Jails. (Table 12.10).
available with Prison Departments of
MADHYA PRADESH 111
ANDHRA PRADESH 75
UTTAR PRADESH 66
BIHAR 56
RAJASTHAN 55
ODISHA 53
MAHARASHTRA 43
TELANGANA 35
KARNATAKA 32
CHHATTISGARH 31
ASSAM 31
JHARKHAND 28
GUJARAT 24
PUNJAB 23
KERALA 23
WEST BENGAL# 19
HARYANA 19
DELHI 16
HIMACHAL PRADESH 14
TAMIL NADU 12
JAMMU & KASHMIR 12
UTTARAKHAND 11
PUDUCHERRY 4
TRIPURA 4
MEGHALAYA 3 Total Number of Jails in the Country : 1,350
MANIPUR 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2
D & N HAVELI 1 Toal Number of Jails equipped with VC facility : 808
CHANDIGARH 1
A & N ISLANDS 1
GOA 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

State/UT wise Number of Jails with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2019
Chart – 12.5
252
VII. Computerization of Prisons VIII. Solar Power Generation for
prisons
1. Andhra Pradesh: National
Conference on “Prison Design” was Tamil Nadu: The government has
organized on 29th and 30th January installed Roof Top Solar Photo
2019 at Visakhapatnam sponsored Voltaic System with grid
by the BPR&D, New Delhi and connectivity at Puzhal Prison
hosted by AP Prisons Department. Complex through Tamil Nadu
Senior Police and Prison Officers. Energy Development Agency
Architects of Police Housing (TEDA).
Corporation from various States /
UTs have participated and
IX. CCTV Camera
deliberated upon issues regarding
Design/ Planning, construction,
Tamil Nadu: The Government
security aspects and other issues
sanctioned a sum of Rs. 21.85 lakh
related to Prison design of various
towards the purchase of 9 numbers
categories of Prisons.
of Drones with colour cameras for 9
Three (03) days Training Central Prisons. Action is being
programme was conducted at taken for the purchase of Drones
Central Prison, Visakhapatnam on through open tender.
“Technology in Prison
  
Administration” under the
sponsorship of BPR&D, MHA, New
Delhi.
2. Tamil Nadu: Visitors Management

System software has been installed
in all Central Prisons, 3 Special
Prisons for Women and Borstal
School, Pudukkottai at a cost of
Rs.1.30 crore to keep track of
visitors.
253
Table 12.1
Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20
and Percentage Variation in 2019-20 over 2018-19
Total Sanctioned Budget (in ` Crore) Percentage
Sl. Variation in
State/UT
No. 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2019-20 over
2018-19
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 198.5 193.8 195.6 0.9
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 13.2 12.7 16.0 26.0
3 ASSAM 94.2 128.4 139.2 8.4
4 BIHAR 392.1 507.9 689.0 35.7
5 CHHATTISGARH 161.1 122.3 184.2 50.6
6 GOA 13.6 14.1 17.8 26.2
7 GUJARAT 140.0 163.9 189.1 15.4
8 HARYANA 245.7 350.3 350.3 0.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 37.6 42.6 44.4 4.2
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 98.4 117.0 154.2 31.8
11 JHARKHAND 178.1 178.9 190.1 6.3
12 KARNATAKA 193.3 209.3 307.7 47.0
13 KERALA 171.7 178.6 148.5 -16.9
14 MADHYA PRADESH 297.4 349.2 430.2 23.2
15 MAHARASHTRA 295.7 339.9 386.2 13.6
16 MANIPUR 19.7 25.7 29.4 14.4
17 MEGHALAYA 26.4 20.4 27.5 34.8
18 MIZORAM 23.5 24.2 31.8 31.4
19 NAGALAND 44.4 52.8 58.0 9.8
20 ODISHA 201.6 202.4 199.7 -1.3
21 PUNJAB 212.7 254.6 268.9 5.6
22 RAJASTHAN 234.4 274.9 237.5 -13.6
23 SIKKIM 6.9 7.8 7.5 -3.8
24 TAMIL NADU 287.8 343.0 381.5 11.2
25 TELANGANA 97.1 112.4 107.6 -4.3
26 TRIPURA 15.1 5.0 8.4 68.0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 913.1 1085.6 1165.6 7.4
28 UTTARAKHAND 44.3 65.8 55.9 -15.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 247.2 247.2 247.2 0.0
TOTAL(STATES) 4904.8 5631.0 6269.2 11.3
30 A & N ISLANDS 8.0 8.6 9.5 10.5
31 CHANDIGARH 17.1 20.3 20.0 -1.5
32 D & N HAVELI 0.4 0.4 0.5 25.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 1.1 1.1 0.4 -63.6
34 DELHI 316.4 401.8 490.4 22.1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 5.2 5.5 28.1 410.9
TOTAL(UTs) 349.0 437.7 549.0 25.4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5253.7 6068.7 6818.1 12.3
254
Table – 12.2
Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year
2017-18, 2018-19 & 2019-20 (` in crores)
Total Sanctioned Budget Actual Expenditure
Sl. (Rs. in Crores) (Rs. in Crores)
State/UT
No.
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 198.5 193.8 195.6 164.5 156.5 172.9
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 13.2 12.7 16.0 13.2 12.7 15.4
3 ASSAM 94.2 128.4 139.2 71.2 88.7 103.2
4 BIHAR 392.1 507.9 689.0 341.3 472.0 601.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 161.1 122.3 184.2 138.0 75.5 156.1
6 GOA 13.6 14.1 17.8 11.4 13.3 12.9
7 GUJARAT 140.0 163.9 189.1 137.3 144.1 151.5
8 HARYANA 245.7 350.3 350.3 207.4 263.2 272.6
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 37.6 42.6 44.4 37.6 42.6 44.3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 98.4 117.0 154.2 88.0 113.3 120.1
11 JHARKHAND 178.1 178.9 190.1 165.2 175.3 180.8
12 KARNATAKA 193.3 209.3 307.7 148.7 158.5 232.6
13 KERALA 171.7 178.6 148.5 154.5 163.6 141.6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 297.4 349.2 430.2 292.7 328.8 383.8
15 MAHARASHTRA 295.7 339.9 386.2 279.7 299.9 350.3
16 MANIPUR 19.7 25.7 29.4 19.2 21.9 22.9
17 MEGHALAYA 26.4 20.4 27.5 12.2 16.6 13.7
18 MIZORAM 23.5 24.2 31.8 23.2 24.2 27.7
19 NAGALAND 44.4 52.8 58.0 44.1 52.1 58.0
20 ODISHA 201.6 202.4 199.7 168.3 178.0 170.5
21 PUNJAB 212.7 254.6 268.9 200.3 237.5 248.4
22 RAJASTHAN 234.4 274.9 237.5 193.9 200.8 212.6
23 SIKKIM 6.9 7.8 7.5 5.0 2.8 7.5
24 TAMIL NADU 287.8 343.0 381.5 266.6 319.6 354.8
25 TELANGANA 97.1 112.4 107.6 104.3 120.3 110.5
26 TRIPURA 15.1 5.0 8.4 20.2 6.1 8.3
27 UTTAR PRADESH 913.1 1085.6 1165.6 824.9 887.4 970.8
28 UTTARAKHAND 44.3 65.8 55.9 41.9 57.3 47.7
29 WEST BENGAL# 247.2 247.2 247.2 243.9 243.9 243.9
TOTAL (STATES) 4904.8 5631.0 6269.2 4418.7 4876.4 5436.3
30 A & N ISLANDS 8.0 8.6 9.5 8.0 8.6 9.4
31 CHANDIGARH 17.1 20.3 20.0 17.1 20.3 20.2
32 D & N HAVELI 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
33 DAMAN & DIU 1.1 1.1 0.4 1.1 1.1 0.4
34 DELHI 316.4 401.8 490.4 303.0 371.5 468.1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
36 PUDUCHERRY 5.2 5.5 28.1 5.0 5.5 23.3
TOTAL (UTs) 349.0 437.7 549.0 334.7 407.3 521.9
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5253.7 6068.7 6818.1 4753.4 5283.7 5958.3
255
Table – 12.3
Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2019-2020
(` in Crore)
Sl. State/UT Total Annual Budget Actual Expenditure
No.
Expenditure on
Account of
Total
Plan Non-Plan Total Plan Non-Plan Funds made
Available by (Col.6+7+8)
Other Agencies
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 21.4 174.2 195.6 20.6 152.2 0.0 172.9
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3.1 12.9 16.0 3.1 12.3 0.0 15.4
3 ASSAM 23.2 116.0 139.2 17.2 86.0 0.0 103.2
4 BIHAR 140.3 548.7 689.0 106.7 494.5 0.0 601.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.0 184.2 184.2 0.0 156.1 0.0 156.1
6 GOA 0.0 17.8 17.8 0.0 12.9 0.0 12.9
7 GUJARAT 0.0 189.1 189.1 0.0 151.5 0.0 151.5
8 HARYANA 350.3 0.0 350.3 272.6 0.0 0.0 272.6
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 9.0 35.4 44.4 9.0 35.3 0.0 44.3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8.7 145.5 154.2 8.5 111.5 0.0 120.1
11 JHARKHAND 39.0 151.1 190.1 24.0 156.7 0.0 180.8
12 KARNATAKA 79.9 227.9 307.7 22.8 209.8 0.0 232.6
13 KERALA 2.6 145.9 148.5 0.1 141.5 0.0 141.6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0.0 430.2 430.2 0.0 383.8 0.0 383.8
15 MAHARASHTRA 20.6 365.6 386.2 9.1 338.7 2.5 350.3
16 MANIPUR 1.8 27.6 29.4 1.8 21.1 0.0 22.9
17 MEGHALAYA 27.5 0.0 27.5 13.7 0.0 0.0 13.7
18 MIZORAM 0.0 31.8 31.8 0.0 27.7 0.0 27.7
19 NAGALAND 1.8 56.3 58.0 1.8 55.0 1.2 58.0
20 ODISHA 20.5 179.2 199.7 16.0 154.5 0.0 170.5
21 PUNJAB 0.0 268.9 268.9 0.0 248.4 0.0 248.4
22 RAJASTHAN 30.7 206.8 237.5 15.4 197.2 0.0 212.6
23 SIKKIM 0.0 7.5 7.5 0.0 7.5 0.0 7.5
24 TAMIL NADU 0.0 381.5 381.5 0.0 354.8 0.0 354.8
25 TELANGANA 23.7 83.9 107.6 19.1 91.4 0.0 110.5
26 TRIPURA 0.2 8.2 8.4 0.2 8.2 0.0 8.3
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0.0 1165.6 1165.6 0.0 970.8 0.0 970.8
28 UTTARAKHAND 0.0 55.9 55.9 0.0 47.7 0.0 47.7
29 WEST BENGAL# 22.3 224.9 247.2 22.3 221.5 0.0 243.9
TOTAL (STATES) 826.6 5442.5 6269.2 584.0 4848.5 3.7 5436.3
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 9.5 9.5 0.0 9.4 0.0 9.4
31 CHANDIGARH 0.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 0.2 20.2
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
34 DELHI 0.0 490.4 490.4 0.0 467.5 0.6 468.1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 28.1 28.1 0.0 23.3 0.0 23.3
TOTAL (UTs) 0.4 548.5 549.0 0.4 520.7 0.8 521.9
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 827.1 5991.1 6818.1 584.5 5369.2 4.6 5958.3
256
Table – 12.4
Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2019-2020
Expenses (` In Crore)
Sl.
State/UT Vocational/ Welfare
No. Food Clothing Medical Others @ Total
Educational Activities
(1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 14.37 0.84 0.59 0.02 0.08 136.34 152.24
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.80 0.07 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.10 1.17
3 ASSAM 17.84 0.88 1.33 0.27 0.22 4.81 25.34
4 BIHAR 145.80 4.03 4.43 0.29 0.09 7.85 162.50
5 CHHATTISGARH 46.92 0.54 5.63 5.43 0.00 15.72 74.24
6 GOA 1.71 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.86
7 GUJARAT 30.13 0.50 0.67 0.03 0.09 1.16 32.57
8 HARYANA 29.85 0.01 1.65 0.00 0.22 240.90 272.62
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3.61 0.04 1.11 0.00 0.32 0.45 5.53
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 11.43 0.04 5.51 0.20 0.50 0.60 18.28
11 JHARKHAND 59.14 2.21 2.58 0.06 3.71 15.18 82.89
12 KARNATAKA 36.67 0.38 1.16 3.52 0.02 2.41 44.16
13 KERALA 25.15 0.51 1.10 0.67 0.46 11.00 38.90
14 MADHYA PRADESH 72.74 3.34 6.66 0.21 0.37 1.77 85.08
15 MAHARASHTRA 42.04 1.49 2.19 0.00 0.01 13.84 59.56
16 MANIPUR 2.23 0.11 0.13 0.00 0.03 0.75 3.25
17 MEGHALAYA 0.98 0.06 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.13
18 MIZORAM 3.98 0.13 0.12 0.08 0.00 0.28 4.58
19 NAGALAND 2.94 0.10 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.23 3.40
20 ODISHA 35.23 0.42 2.41 0.00 0.16 5.42 43.64
21 PUNJAB 33.09 1.51 4.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 39.37
22 RAJASTHAN 26.69 1.08 0.98 10.10 0.91 1.56 41.31
23 SIKKIM 1.03 0.06 0.23 0.03 0.18 0.00 1.53
24 TAMIL NADU 36.18 0.51 0.69 0.06 0.14 23.50 61.08
25 TELANGANA 9.94 0.78 0.14 0.01 0.20 3.66 14.72
26 TRIPURA 2.49 0.02 0.47 0.01 0.01 0.16 3.14
27 UTTAR PRADESH 175.00 1.41 13.00 0.32 4.19 155.63 349.55
28 UTTARAKHAND 10.19 0.01 1.31 0.00 0.01 5.03 16.54
29 WEST BENGAL# 70.32 1.32 12.61 0.01 8.11 9.71 102.08
TOTAL (STATES) 948.47 22.37 71.94 21.34 20.07 658.02 1742.20
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.74 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.77
31 CHANDIGARH 3.06 0.07 0.57 2.85 0.03 0.03 6.61
32 D & N HAVELI 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.28
34 DELHI 32.65 0.11 16.98 0.01 0.17 260.12 310.02
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.69 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.77
TOTAL (UTs) 37.71 0.20 17.54 2.86 0.20 260.26 318.76
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 986.18 22.56 89.48 24.20 20.27 918.28 2060.96
@ may include expenses incurred on sanitation, Hygiene, the transport facilities for movement of prisoners during
Remand, Trials, Transfers and Hospital etc.
257
Table – 12.5
State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed during the year 2019
Sl. Borstal
State/UT Central District Sub Women Open Special Others Total
No. School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 HARYANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 5 0 8 1 0 14
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL (STATES) 1 8 1 5 0 11 1 0 27
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1 8 1 5 0 11 1 0 27
258
Table – 12.6
Number of Jails Renovated / Expanded during the year 2019
Sl. State/UT Borstal
Central District Sub Women Open Special Others Total
No. School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 6 22 1 0 0 1 1 0 31
4 BIHAR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 HARYANA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 13
11 JHARKHAND 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
12 KARNATAKA 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 17
13 KERALA 1 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 10
14 MADHYA PRADESH 9 29 31 0 0 1 0 0 70
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 17 0 0 1 2 1 2 32
16 MANIPUR 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 9
25 TELANGANA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 13
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 18
TOTAL (STATES) 46 127 58 1 3 6 9 2 252
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 61 127 58 3 3 6 9 2 269
259
Table – 12.7
Details of Quarters Available to Prison Officials as on 31st December, 2019
No. of % share of
Total
Sl. Actual Staff Quarters Quarters to
State/UT Sanctioned
No. Strength Available Actual Staff
Staff Strength
(Actuals) Strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2645 1912 488 25.5
3 ASSAM 1161 789 429 54.4
4 BIHAR 8581 4800 1047 21.8
5 CHHATTISGARH 2405 1681 964 57.3
6 GOA 274 185 10 5.4
7 GUJARAT 3445 2451 1716 70.0
8 HARYANA 4089 2758 2457 89.1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1443 889 255 28.7
11 JHARKHAND 2594 955 696 72.9
12 KARNATAKA 3885 2649 1146 43.3
13 KERALA 2244 1656 499 30.1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6902 5927 3475 58.6
15 MAHARASHTRA 5065 4368 2543 58.2
16 MANIPUR 574 509 79 15.5
17 MEGHALAYA 292 242 222 91.7
18 MIZORAM 430 305 253 83.0
19 NAGALAND 583 580 106 18.3
20 ODISHA 2986 2378 1767 74.3
21 PUNJAB 3673 2703 1148 42.5
22 RAJASTHAN 4438 3534 936 26.5
23 SIKKIM 198 98 31 31.6
24 TAMIL NADU 5385 4574 1868 40.8
25 TELANGANA 1924 1622 556 34.3
26 TRIPURA 692 428 346 80.8
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11357 5774 7541 130.6
28 UTTARAKHAND 1067 641 715 111.5
29 WEST BENGAL# 4582 3194 757 23.7
TOTAL (STATES) 83855 58399 32239 55.2
30 A & N ISLANDS 148 101 97 96.0
31 CHANDIGARH 204 97 57 58.8
32 D & N HAVELI 0 6 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 18 18 0 0.0
34 DELHI 3251 2077 1126 54.2
35 LAKSHADWEEP - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 89 18 20.2
TOTAL (UTs) 3744 2388 1298 54.4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 87599 60787 33537 55.2
260
Table – 12.8
Details of Vehicles Available in Jails as on 31st December, 2019
Sl State/UT Number of Vehicles Available
No. Ambu- Motor Trac-
Jeep Car Van Lorry Others Total
lance Cycle tor
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 30 40 20 28 11 3 0 13 145
3 ASSAM 0 1 0 1 0 23 0 0 25
4 BIHAR 19 0 62 1 5 0 0 6 93
5 CHHATTISGARH 33 36 15 8 0 8 7 6 113
6 GOA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
7 GUJARAT 28 57 25 10 10 4 15 12 161
8 HARYANA 24 49 2 2 7 2 0 0 86
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8 5 8 0 0 2 1 15 39
11 JHARKHAND 29 1 9 0 2 7 3 5 56
12 KARNATAKA 35 73 31 30 17 11 1 8 206
13 KERALA 24 43 51 38 3 0 4 3 166
14 MADHYA PRADESH 95 22 12 20 0 2 25 28 204
15 MAHARASHTRA 43 12 6 6 36 6 10 2 121
16 MANIPUR 2 1 10 1 1 0 1 1 17
17 MEGHALAYA 5 7 4 1 0 2 0 0 19
18 MIZORAM 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
19 NAGALAND 4 1 5 1 0 4 0 16 31
20 ODISHA 3 3 4 2 2 2 0 7 23
21 PUNJAB 27 0 6 7 5 10 0 0 55
22 RAJASTHAN 33 5 2 4 0 2 0 41 87
23 SIKKIM 0 3 10 0 0 4 2 1 20
24 TAMIL NADU 26 16 16 5 6 10 5 1 85
25 TELANGANA 25 80 0 44 10 20 2 15 196
26 TRIPURA 6 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 20
27 UTTAR PRADESH 83 23 59 15 29 3 2 13 227
28 UTTARAKHAND 12 12 7 1 4 1 1 1 39
29 WEST BENGAL# 59 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 67
TOTAL (STATES) 666 515 372 237 150 137 79 202 2358
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
31 CHANDIGARH 1 3 2 3 1 0 5 2 17
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 16 11 3 15 0 1 2 9 57
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 8
TOTAL (UTs) 19 18 8 19 1 5 8 11 89
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 685 533 380 256 151 142 87 213 2447
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Table – 12.9
Details of Electronic Equipments used in Prisons as on 31st December, 2019
Sl. State/UT Number of Electronic Equipments Available
No.
Communication Devices Security Devices Computers Misc
Electro-
Walkie Metal
Phone Fax VHF Set CCTV Computers nic Type- Others
Talkie Detector
writer
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 215 144 20 26 258 8 442 0 29
3 ASSAM 0 31 0 0 200 3 30 0 0
4 BIHAR 1031 33 7 17 1044 153 471 0 50
5 CHHATTISGARH 299 30 28 12 1612 90 137 0 147
6 GOA 0 1 0 0 17 2 15 0 0
7 GUJARAT 668 72 35 26 2314 310 684 0 75
8 HARYANA 410 95 22 0 552 90 346 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 209 97 26 21 1005 203 97 0 11
11 JHARKHAND 294 106 13 6 1274 158 313 0 56
12 KARNATAKA 571 85 49 11 928 450 349 0 272
13 KERALA 0 53 63 0 826 122 521 0 60
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1024 207 95 14 592 696 534 2 281
15 MAHARASHTRA 588 106 29 43 1580 259 765 0 250
16 MANIPUR 16 2 2 0 36 26 16 0 2
17 MEGHALAYA 24 0 0 17 74 15 41 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 11
19 NAGALAND 0 1 1 0 11 0 120 0 0
20 ODISHA 873 0 86 0 1520 258 257 0 480
21 PUNJAB 500 47 5 27 879 128 246 0 71
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 1529 405 315 0 0
23 SIKKIM 8 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 415 41 9 8 67 51 224 0 216
25 TELANGANA 225 0 44 0 1061 111 574 0 35
26 TRIPURA 0 8 10 0 139 49 66 0 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 880 179 58 66 2757 544 623 0 176
28 UTTARAKHAND 10 4 8 1 77 25 122 0 14
29 WEST BENGAL# 406 15 38 15 280 43 83 299 18
TOTAL (STATES) 8757 1369 655 311 21058 4237 7544 301 2280
30 A & N ISLANDS 15 10 1 3 8 13 10 0 5
31 CHANDIGARH 18 1 1 0 157 2 42 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 25 3 2 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 70 0 3 0 0
34 DELHI 50 115 7 0 1130 280 319 0 132
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 5 0 8 4 14 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 83 126 14 3 1398 302 390 0 138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8840 1495 669 314 22456 4539 7934 301 2418
West Bengal has reported 4 telex machines, which are not included in ‘other equipments’.
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Table – 12.10
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2019
State/UT Central Jails District Jails Sub Jails Women Jails
Sl.
No. Total No. of Jails Total No. of Jails Total No. of Jails Total No. of Jails
Jails with VC Jails with VC Jails with VC Jails with VC
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 4 8 7 91 62 2 2
3 ASSAM 6 6 22 22 1 1 0 0
4 BIHAR 8 8 31 31 17 15 2 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 5 12 12 16 14 0 0
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 4 11 10 8 5 2 2
8 HARYANA 3 3 16 16 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 2 10 8 2 2 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 7 7 15 15 6 5 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 8 8 21 21 72 2 1 1
13 KERALA 3 2 13 8 16 5 3 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 11 41 38 73 62 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 9 28 26 4 0 1 1
16 MANIPUR 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 5 5 9 6 73 39 1 1
21 PUNJAB 9 9 7 7 5 5 1 1
22 RAJASTHAN 9 7 26 24 60 19 7 4
23 SIKKIM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 9 9 13 0 96 0 5 3
25 TELANGANA 3 3 7 7 20 20 1 1
26 TRIPURA 1 1 2 2 10 1 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 3 62 59 2 2 1 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 7 7 2 2 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 8 11 11 31 0 1 0
TOTAL (STATES) 128 120 409 351 607 262 29 19
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 14 0 0 0 0 2 2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 16 16 1 1 10 2 2 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 136 410 352 617 264 31 21
263
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2019
State/UT Open Special
Borstal Schools Others Total
Jails Jails
Sl.
No. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
Total Total Total Total Total
Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails
Jails Jails Jails Jails Jails
VC VC VC VC with VC
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 106 75
3 ASSAM 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 31 31
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 59 56
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 31
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 30 24
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 12
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 28
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 104 32
13 KERALA 1 0 3 0 15 6 1 1 55 23
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 131 111
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 19 6 1 1 1 0 64 43
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 91 53
21 PUNJAB 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 23
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 39 0 2 1 0 0 144 55
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 TAMIL NADU 12 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 141 12
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 37 35
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 72 66
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 59 19
TOTAL (STATES) 19 2 86 11 39 19 2 1 1319 785
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 31 23
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 2 86 11 41 21 2 1 1350 808
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GLOSSARY
Prison/Jail
Any jail or place used permanently or temporarily under the general or special
orders of a State Gov-ernment for the detention of prisoners, and includes all lands and
buildings appurtenant thereto, but does not include—
(a) any place specially appointed by the State Government under

section 541 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882);
or
(b) any place which has been declared by the State Government by
general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;
Prisoner$
Any person confined or committed to jail (other than police custody) as per the
order of a competent authority.
Criminal Prisoner
Any prisoner duly committed to custody under the writ, warrant or order of any
Court or authority exercising criminal jurisdiction, or by order of a Court-martial;
Civil prisoner
Any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner
Convicted criminal prisoner or Convicts
Any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court or Court-martial, and includes a

person detained in prison under the provisions of Chapter VIII of the 6 Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882) or under the 7 Prisoners Act, 1871 (5 of 1871).
Undertrial Prisoner
Any person who has been committed to judicial custody and against whom a
criminal trial has been initiated by a competent authority (trial is yet to start or is in
process, but not yet disposed off).
Detenues$
Any person detained in prison on the orders of the competent authority under the
relevant preventive laws.
Prison Population
Number of prisoners kept in prison at any given point of time. The prison
population keeps changing because of addition of new prisoners and release of the old
ones.
Occupancy Rate
The number of inmates accommodated in jail against the authorized capacity of

100 inmates. Occupancy Rate= Prison Population * 100 / Maximum Capacity
Overcrowding
The occupancy rate of more than 100 percent results in overcrowding in the jail.
Prison population exceeds maximum capacity
Women Jail
The jails functioning exclusively for confinement of women
Open Jail$
Special kind of jails that provides opportunities of employment and living a life in
the open to the convicted prisoners.
Borstal School
The primary objective of borstal school is to ensure care, welfare and

rehabilitation of young offenders (18-21) and to keep them away from contaminating
atmosphere of the prison. The emphasis is given on the education, training and moral
influence conducive for their reformation and prevention of crime.
Habitual Offenders$
Any prisoner classified as such in accordance with the provisions of the law or rules.
Medical Officer$
Qualified medical practitioner declared by general or special orders of the
government to be a medical officer. He is a Gazetted officer of the government.
Probation officer$
An officer appointed as such by the State government to undertake probation work
under the Probation of Offenders Act of 1958, or any other law.
$ - Model Prison Manual-2016, published by MHA

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DISCLAIMER & LIMITATIONS vi

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix-xxiv

Chapter-1 Prisons – Types and Occupancy 1 – 18

1.1 Types of Jails in the Country 19

1.2 Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails 20

1.3 Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate 21-23

1.4 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails 24

1.5 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails 25

1.6 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails 26

1.7 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails 27

1.8 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools 28

1.9 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails 29

1.10 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails 30

1.11 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails 31

Chapter-2 Prisoners – Types and Demography 33 – 44

2.1 Types of Prison Inmates 45-46

2.2 Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates 47

2.3 Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails (Sex-wise) 48-49

2.4 Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails (Sex-wise) 50-51

2.5 Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails (Sex-wise) 52-53

2.6 Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails 54

2.7 Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools (Sex-wise) 55-56

2.8 Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails (Sex-wise) 57-58

2.9 Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails (Sex-wise) 59-60

2.10B Domicile of Convicts 62

2.10C Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019 63

2.10D Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2019 64

2.11A Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners 65

2.11B Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners 66

2.11C Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 67

2.11D Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 68

2.12A Education Profile of Detenues 69

2.12B Domicile of Detenues 70

2.12C Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019 71

2.12D Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2019 72

2.13A Education Profile of Other Prisoners 73

2.13B Domicile of Other Prisoners 74

2.13C Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 75

2.13D Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2019 76

2.14 Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts 77

2.15 Age-group wise Percentage Share of Undertrials to Total Undertrials 78

2.16 Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails 79

2.17 Number of Women Prisoners with Children 80

2.18 Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group 81

2.19 Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age Group 81

2.20 Inmates admitted during the year 82

Chapter-3 Indian Prisoners 83 – 89

3.1 Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) 90-91

3.2 Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 92-93

3.3 Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 94-95

3.5 Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 98-99

Chapter-4 Foreign Prisoners 101 – 108

4.1 Foreign Inmates 109

4.2 Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails 110-111

4.3 Foreign Convicts by Nationality 112-114

4.4 Foreign Undertrials by Nationality 115-117

Chapter-5 Prisoners - Offence wise 119 – 130

5.1 Convicts by Type of Offences under IPC 131-134

5.3 Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under IPC 139-142

5.5 Incidence of Recidivism 147