Psi 2021

Prison Statistics India
2021
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: 011-26735450
Email: prison@ncrb.gov.in
Website: https://ncrb.gov.in
FOREWORD
It is my proud privilege to present the 27th edition of the Bureau’s annual

report ‘Prison Statistics India’ for the year 2021. Since its inception in the year
1995, the report has been putting forward comprehensive and detailed statistics
on the prisons and its administration in the country. The statistics published in the
report covers a wide range of data on various aspects of prisons, which is of
utmost national and international importance.
Prison is an integral part of the criminal justice system and its

administration has evolved from retributive approach to the concept of
reformation and rehabilitation of the offenders as one of its objectives to re-
integrate them with the society after their release as potential contributor to the
economy.
The Bureau, in this publication, is presenting data on various facets of

prison administration (viz. type of jails & occupancy, types of prisoners &
demography, Indian & foreign prisoners, releases, transfers, movements,
rehabilitation and welfare of prisoners etc.) which is definitely a useful and
important resource document to be used as an input tool by policymakers,
Parliamentarians and other stakeholders for policy formulation, budgeting &
resource allocation, rehabilitative services etc. and effective functioning of the
prison administration.
I express my sincere gratitude to all Directors General/ Inspectors General

of Prisons and Prison Department of all States/UTs for the co-operation extended
to the Bureau in ensuring timely publication of the report, which is quintessential
in maintaining reliability of the report.
I take this opportunity to commend the efforts put in by the Officers and
Staff of the Statistics Branch of the Bureau in co-ordinating with States/UTs,
collection and collation of data and its final publication in the form of a report.
Like previous years, the report for the year 2021 is being made available
in digital format on NCRB’s website https://ncrb.gov.in and can be freely
accessed.
NCRB welcomes your valuable suggestions and feedback in the attached

form, for further refinement in the content and quality of the report.
(Vivek Gogia)
31st August, 2022

New Delhi
CONTENTS
Chapter
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Table No.
CONTENTS i-v
DISCLAIMER 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, 2021 63
2.10D Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021 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, 2021 67
2.11D Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021 68
2.12A Education Profile of Detenues 69
2.12B Domicile of Detenues 70
2.12C Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021 71
2.12D Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021 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, 2021 75
2.13D Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021 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 & Clashes/Group Clashes in Prisons 191 – 193
9.1 Details of Escapees 194
9.2 Jail Breaks – Number of incidences, injuries and deaths 195

Clashes/Group Clashes (with/without use of Firearm) – incidences, injuries
9.3 196-198
and deaths
Chapter-10 Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners 199-236
10.1 Details of Educational facilities for prisoners 237
10.2 Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings Under Vocational Course 238
10.3 Value of Goods Produced by Inmates 239
10.4 Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners 240
10.5 NGOs working for the Welfare of Prisoners 241

Number of complaints received by various Commissions and their
10.6 242-244
disposals
Chapter-11 Prisons Staff – Strength and Training 245-249
11.1 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff 250
11.2 Number of Inmates Per Staff 251
11.3 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff 252-259
11.4 Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff 260-261
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Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher / Specialised / Re-orientation
11.5 262
Courses)
Chapter-12 Prison - Budget and Infrastructure 263-272
Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2019-20, 2020-21 &
12.1 273
2021-22 and Percentage Variation in 2021-22 over 2020-21
Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year

12.2 274
2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22
12.3 Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2021-2022 275
12.4 Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2021-2022 276
12.5 State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed 277
12.6 Number of Jails Renovated/Expanded 278
12.7 Details of Quarters Available for Prison Officials 279
12.8 Details of Vehicles Available in Jails 280
12.9 Details of Electronic Equipments Used in Prisons 281
12.10 Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility 282-283
Glossary
Officers Associated with the Publication
Feedback Form
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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.
IMPROVEMENTS OVER PREVIOUS

PUBLICATIONS
Along with NHRC & SHRC, complaints received by

SC/ST, OBC and Other Commissions have been
included under Chapter 10 (Rehabilitation and
Welfare of Prisoners).
‘Board of Visitors’ has been included in the list of
Jail Inspections by Visitors under Additional Table-
23.
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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 2021.
II. The data collection process including clarifications from States/UTs Prison
Department was started in January, 2022 and continued till 10th July, 2022.
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 is 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-2021 on NCRB Portal
No. Table Name

1. State/UT-wise Number of Jails (2019-2021)*
2. Capacity, Inmate Population & Occupancy Rate of Jails (2019-2021)*
3. State/UT-wise Types of Prison Inmates (2019-2021)*
State/UT-wise Distribution of Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on
4.
31st December 2021
State/UT-wise Distribution of Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on
5.
31st December 2021
6. Number of Women Prisoners with Children Admitted during 2021
7. State/UT-wise Types of Indian National Prisoners (2019-2021)*
8. State/UT-wise Types of Foreign National Prisoners (2019-2021)*
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Convicts to Total Foreigners
9.
Convicted by Age-groups as on 31st December 2021
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreigner Under trials in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as
10.
on 31st December 2021
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Under trials to Total Foreigners
11.
Under trials by Age-groups as on 31st December 2021
Distribution of Foreigner Detenues in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as on
12.
31st December 2021
Age-group wise Percentage of Foreign Detenues to Total Foreign Detenues as on
13.
31st December 2021
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreign Others in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as on
14.
31st December 2021
15. State/UT-wise Convicts Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2019-2021)*
16. State/UT-wise Undertrials Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2019-2021)*
State/UT-wise Convicts Confined for Capital Punishment & Life Imprisonment (2019-
17.
2021)*
18. State/UT-wise Convicts and Undertrials Released during 2019-2021
19. State/UT-wise Deaths of Prisoners during 2019-2021
State/UT-wise Jail Breaks and Clashes/Group Clashes (with/without use of Firearm)
20.
reported during 2019-2021
State/UT-wise Complaints Received by various Commissions and their disposal
21.
during 2019-2021
22. State/UT-wise Strength of Prison Officials (2019-2021)*
23. State/UT-wise No. of Jail Inspections by Different Visitors during 2021
24. Jail Details as on 31st December 2021
25. Crime Committed by Prison Staff against Prisoners during the year 2021
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* Figures as on 31 December of the respective year
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Executive
Summary
Prison Statistics India–2021
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
2019 1,351 4,00,934 4,81,387 120.1%
2020 1,306 4,14,033 4,88,511 118.0%
2021 1,319 4,25,609 5,54,034 130.2%
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
 In 2020, Karnataka reported that 41 sub jails under the control of Revenue Department are not included
due to lack of information from them. Further, 6 sub jails under Prison Department have been
permanently closed.
Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
1. The total number of prisons at national level has increased from 1,306 in 2020
to 1,319 in 2021, having increased by 1.0%.
2. The 1,319 prisons in the country consist of 564 Sub Jails, 424 District Jails,
148 Central Jails, 88 Open Jails, 41 Special Jails, 32 Women Jails, 19 Borstal
Schools and 3 Other than the above Jails.
3. The highest number of jails was reported in Rajasthan (144) followed by Tamil
Nadu (142), Madhya Pradesh (131), Andhra Pradesh (106), Odisha (92) and
Uttar Pradesh (75). These Six (6) States together cover 52.3% of total jails in
the country as on 31st December, 2021.
4. Delhi has reported the highest number of Central jails (14) in the country.
States/UTs like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, A & N Islands, DNH &
Daman Diu, Ladakh and Lakshadweep have no central jail as on
31st December, 2021.
5. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of District jails (62).
States/UTs like Goa, Chandigarh, DNH & Daman Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep
and Puducherry have no District Jail as on 31st December, 2021.
6. Tamil Nadu has reported highest number of Sub-jails (96). States/UTs like
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Chandigarh, Delhi and Ladakh have no sub-jail in their States/UTs, as on
7. Only 15 States/UTs were having Women Jails (32 Women Jails) with a total
capacity of 6,767 in India. These States/UTs (Number of Jails) (Capacity) are
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– Rajasthan (7) (998), Tamil Nadu (5) (2018), Kerala (3) (232), Andhra
Pradesh (2) (280), Bihar (2) (202), Gujarat (2) (410), Uttar Pradesh (2) (540),
Delhi (2) (680), Karnataka (1) (100), Maharashtra (1) (262), Mizoram (1) (96),
Odisha (1) (55), Punjab (1) (320), Telangana (1) (260) and West Bengal (1)
(314) and the rest of 21 States/UTs have no separate Women Jail as on
8. The actual capacity of prisons has increased from 4,14,033 in 2020 to
4,25,609 in 2021 (as on 31st December of each year), having increased by
2.8%. Number of prisoners lodged in various jails has increased from
4,88,511 in 2020 to 5,54,034 in 2021 (as on 31st December of each year),
having increased by 13.4% during the period.
9. Out of the total capacity 4,25,609 in 1,319 prisons in 2021, the Central Jails of
the country were having the highest capacity (1,93,536) followed by the
District Jails (1,63,606) and the Sub Jails (45,436). Among the other types of
jails, Special Jails, Women Jails and Open Jails were having a capacity of
7,473, 6,767 and 5,953 inmates respectively as on 31st December, 2021. The
highest number of inmates were lodged in District Jails (2,54,214) followed by
Central Jails (2,39,311) and Sub Jails (46,736) as on 31st December, 2021.
The number of inmates in Women Jails was 3,808.
10. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest capacity in their jails (capacity of
63,751 inmates in 75 jails contributing 15.0% of total capacity) followed by
Bihar (capacity of 47,750 inmates in 59 jails contributing 11.2% of total
capacity) and Madhya Pradesh (capacity of 29,571 inmates in 131 jails
contributing 6.9% of total capacity).
11. Out of the 5,54,034 prisoners, 5,31,025 were male prisoners, 22,918 were
female prisoners and 91 were transgender.
12. The occupancy rate has increased from 118.0% in 2020 to 130.2% in 2021
(as on 31st December of each year).
13. The highest occupancy rate was in District Jails (155.4%) followed by Central
Jails (123.7%) and Sub Jails (102.9%). The occupancy rate in Women Jails
was 56.3% as on 31st December, 2021.
14. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of prisoners (1,17,789) in its
jails contributing 21.3% followed by Bihar (66,879), Madhya Pradesh (48,513),
Maharashtra (36,853), Punjab (26,146) and West Bengal (25,769) as on 31st
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December, 2021. These States together are contributing around 58.1% of
total prisoners in the country.
15. Uttarakhand has reported the highest occupancy rate (185.0%) followed by
Uttar Pradesh (184.8%), Delhi (182.5%), Sikkim (166.9%) and Madhya
Pradesh (164.1%) as on 31st December, 2021.
16. The capacity in 32 Women Jails was 6,767 with the actual number of
prisoners in these Women Jails was 3,808 (Occupancy Rate: 56.3%) which
includes Five (5) Transgender inmates also as on 31st December, 2021. The
capacity of Women Inmates in other types of Jail (i.e. except Women Jails)
was 22,659 with the actual number of women inmates in these jails was
19,115 (Occupancy Rate: 84.4%) as on 31st December, 2021.
17. Uttarakhand has reported the highest female occupancy rate (178.8%)
followed by Bihar (152.3%) and Chhattisgarh (147.6%). However, the highest
number of female inmates were confined in the jails of Uttar Pradesh (4,995)
followed by Bihar (3,067) and Madhya Pradesh (1,892).
Prisoners – Types & Demography

No. of No. of Undertrial No of No. of Other Total No. of
Year
Convicts Prisoners Detenues Inmates Prisoners
2019 1,44,567 3,32,916 3,223 681 4,81,387
2020 1,12,589 3,71,848 3,590 484 4,88,511
2021 1,22,852 4,27,165 3,470 547 5,54,034
 Figures are as on 31st December of each year
1. During the year 2021, a total of 18,06,823 inmates were admitted in various
jails of the country and the admission of inmates has increased by 10.8% over
2020 (16,31,110 inmates).
2. A total of (5,54,034) prisoners were confined as on 31st December, 2021 in
various jails across the country. The number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
and Detenues were reported as 1,22,852, 4,27,165 and 3,470 respectively
accounting for 22.2%, 77.1% and 0.6% respectively at the end of 2021. Other
prisoners accounted for 0.1% (547 prisoners) of total prisoners.
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3. Convicted Prisoners
a. The number of convicted prisoners has increased from 1,12,589 in
2020 to 1,22,852 in 2021 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 9.1% during the period.
b. Out of total 1,22,852 convicts, the highest number of convicted
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails (66.4%, 81,551 convicts)
followed by District Jails (27.8%, 34,214 convicts) and Sub Jails (2.0%,
2,461 convicts) as on 31st December, 2021.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the maximum number of convicts (21.9%,
26,956 convicts) in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (15.7%,
19,266 convicts) and Chhattisgarh (6.3%, 7,762 convicts) at the end of
2021.
d. Among the 1,22,852 convicts, 81 were civil convicts.
4. Undertrial Prisoners
a. The number of undertrial prisoners has increased from 3,71,848 in
2020 to 4,27,165 in 2021 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 14.9% during this period.
b. Among the 4,27,165 undertrial prisoners, the highest number of
undertrial prisoners was lodged in District Jails (51.4%, 2,19,529
undertrials) followed by Central Jails (36.2%, 1,54,447 undertrials) and
Sub Jails (10.4%, 44,228 undertrials) as on 31st December, 2021.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the maximum number of undertrials
(21.2%, 90,606 undertrials) in the country followed by Bihar (13.9%,
59,577 undertrials) and Maharashtra (7.4%, 31,752 undertrials) at the
end of 2021.
d. Among the 4,27,165 undertrial prisoners, only 53 were civil inmates.
5. Detenues
a. The number of detenues has decreased from 3,590 in 2020 to 3,470 in
2021 (as on 31st December of each year), having decreased by 3.3%
during this period.
b. Among the 3,470 detenues, the highest number of detenues were
lodged in Central Jails (83.7%, 2,904 detenues) followed by District
Jails (10.8%, 376 detenues) and Special Jails (2.9%, 102 detenues) as
on 31st December, 2021.
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c. Tamil Nadu has reported the maximum number of detenues (51.2%,
1,775) in the country followed by Telangana (11.4%, 396) and Gujarat
(10.7%, 372) at the end of 2021.
6. Women Prisoners with Children
a. There were 1,650 women prisoners with 1,867 children as on 31st
December, 2021.
b. Among these women prisoners, 1,418 women prisoners were
undertrial prisoners who were accompanied by 1,601 children and 216
convicted prisoners who were accompanied by 246 children.
7. Age-group of the Prisoners
a. As on 31st December, 2021 the maximum number of inmates
(2,41,320 inmates, 43.6%) were belonging to the age group 18-30
years followed by the age group 30-50 years (2,39,814 inmates,
43.3%).
b. 72,893 inmates (13.2%) were belonging to the age group above 50
years.
c. Only 7 inmates belonged to the age group of 16-18 years.
8. Education
a. Among the 5,54,034 prisoners, literacy profile of 2,22,513 (40.2%)
prisoners was Below Class X, 1,33,131 (24.0%) prisoners were Class
X & above but below Graduation, 41,565 (7.5%) prisoners were having
a Degree, 10,082 (1.8%) prisoners were Post Graduates and 7,052
(1.3%) prisoners were Technical Degree/Diploma holders.
b. A total of 1,39,691 (25.2%) prisoners were Illiterate.
9. Domicile of Origin of Prisoners
a. Among the 5,54,034 prisoners as on 31st December, 2021, around
90.9% (5,03,805 inmates) of prisoners belonged to the State followed
by prisoners belonging to the Other States (8.1%, 44,664 inmates) and
prisoners belonging to the Other Country (1.0%, 5,565 inmates).
b. Among the 1,22,852 convicts, 93.4% convicts (1,14,696 inmates)
belonged to the State while 5.8% (7,076 inmates) and 0.9% (1,080
inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country respectively.
c. Haryana has reported the most number of other State domicile convicts
(16.5%, 1170 convicts) followed by Madhya Pradesh (10.2%, 719
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convicts) and Chhattisgarh (7.4%, 522 convicts) as on 31st December,
2021.
d. Among the 4,27,165 undertrial prisoners, 90.3% (3,85,638 inmates)
belonged to the State while 8.8% (37,377 inmates) and 1.0% (4,150
inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country respectively.
e. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of undertrial prisoners of
other states (13.8%, 5,166 inmates) followed by Uttar Pradesh (11.9%,
4,465 inmates) and Delhi (10.4%, 3,878 inmates) at the end of 2021.
Foreign Prisoners
No. of Prisoners at the No. of Foreign Share of Foreign
Year
end of the year Prisoners Prisoners
2019 4,81,387 5,203 1.1%
2020 4,88,511 4,926 1.0%
2021 5,54,034 5,565 1.0%
1. The number of prisoners of foreign nationality (as on 31st December of each

year) has increased from 4,926 in 2020 to 5,565 in 2021, having increased by
13.0% during this period.
2. The percentage share of foreign prisoners out of total prisoners has remained
at 1.0% in 2020 as well as in 2021 (as on 31st December of each year).
3. Among 5,565 prisoners of foreign nationality at the end of 2021, 4,646 were
Males, 906 were Females and 13 were Transgenders.
4. Among these foreign national prisoners, 19.4% (1,080 inmates) were
Convicts, 74.6% (4,150 inmates) were Undertrials and 0.7% (38 inmates)
were Detenues.
5. Among the foreign convicts, the highest number of foreign convicts were from
Bangladesh (46.8%, 505 convicts) followed by Nepal (26.0%, 281 convicts),
Nigeria (6.8%, 73 convicts) and Pakistanis (5.8%, 63 convicts) at the end of
2021.
6. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign convicts lodged in
their jails (30.5%, 329) followed by Uttar Pradesh (23.8%, 257) and Delhi
(5.6%, 61) at the end of 2021.
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7. Among the foreign Undertrials, the highest number of foreign undertrials were
from Bangladesh (41.8%, 1,735 undertrial) followed by Nigeria (18.7%, 774
undertrial) and Nepal (14.2%, 589 undertrial) at the end of 2021.
8. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign undertrial lodged in
their jails (28.4%, 1,179) followed by Delhi (14.2%, 589) and Maharashtra
(12.1%, 502) at the end of 2021.
Prisoners – Type of Offences

1. Convicts
a. Among the convicts under IPC crimes (1,10,113) lodged in various jails
in the country, around 87.6% of convicts have committed Offences
affecting Human Body (96,481 inmates) and around 9.0% of convicts
have committed Offences against Property (9,902 inmates) as on
b. Among the convicts of Offences against Human Body, the highest
number of inmates were convicted for Murder (67.3%, 64,913 convicts)
followed by convicts of Rape (14.9%, 14,361 convicts) and convicts of
Attempt to Murder (6.2%, 6,012 convicts) as on 31st December, 2021.
c. Among the convicts of Offences against Women, the highest number of
inmates were convicted for Rape (70.8%, 14,361 convicts) followed by
convicts of Dowry Deaths (22.0%, 4,458 convicts) as on
d. Among the convicts under SLL crimes (12,658) lodged in various jails
in the country, the highest number of inmates were convicted under
Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (57.3%, 7,253 convicts)
followed by convicts of Arms/Explosive - Related Acts (11.6%, 1,462
convicts) and convicts under Crime against SC/ST - Related Acts
(4.2%, 533 convicts) as on 31st December, 2021.
e. Among 1,04,735 convicts who were admitted during the year 2021, the
number of habitual offenders were 3,333 (3.2% of convicts admitted).
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2. Undertrials
a. Among the undertrial prisoners under IPC crimes (3,24,499) lodged in
various jails in the country, around 64.3% (2,08,595 inmates) of
undertrial prisoners have committed Offences affecting Human Body
followed by prisoners of Offences against Property (29.0%, 94,160
inmates) as on 31st December, 2021.
b. Among the undertrial prisoners of Offences against Women, the
highest number of inmates were undertrial for Rape (63.2%, 44,134
inmates) followed by undertrials for Dowry Death (20.6%, 14,402
inmates) at the end of 2021.
c. Among the undertrial prisoners under SLL crimes (1,02,613) lodged in
various jails in the country, the highest number of inmates were
undertrial under Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (65.2%,
66,881 inmates) followed by undertrial inmates under Arms/Explosive -
Related Acts (14.3%, 14,677 inmates) and undertrial inmates under
Crime Against SC/ST – Related Acts (4.7%, 4,846 inmates) at the end
of 2021.
Prisoners – Sentences & Incarceration

1. Convicts
a. A total of 472 prisoners, who had been sentenced for Capital
Punishment, were lodged in various jails of the country as on 31 st
December, 2021. Out of these 472 prisoners, 148 prisoners were
sentenced for capital punishment during the year 2021.
b. Among the 1,22,852 convicted prisoners, the number of prisoners
who were sentenced to Life Imprisonment were 73,508 accounting
for 59.8% of total convicts. This is followed by 15.4% of total
convicted prisoners (18,956) who were sentenced for 10 - 13+ years
of imprisonments and 6.5% of total convicted prisoners (8,010) who
were sentenced for 7- 9+ years of imprisonments.
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2. Undertrials
a. Among 4,27,165 undertrial prisoners, around 70.9% of prisoners

were confined for periods up to 1 year (3,02,917 prisoners), as on
31st December, 2021. Out of this, most number of undertrial
prisoners (1,46,074 prisoners) were confined for up to 3 months
accounting for 48.2%. This is followed by 86,525 undertrial
prisoners who were confined for 3-6 months and 70,318 undertrial
prisoners who were confined for 6-12 months.
b. However, there were also 56,233 undertrial prisoners (13.2% of
total Undertrials) confined for 1 to 2 years followed by 32,492
undertrial prisoners (7.6% of total Undertrials) confined for 2 to 3
years and 24,033 undertrial prisoners (5.6% of total Undertrials)
confined for 3 to 5 years as on 31st December, 2021.
c. Also there were 11,490 undertrial prisoners (accounting for 2.7% of
total undertrial prisoners) who were confined for more than 5 years.
Prisoners – Releases, Transfers and Movements
The release of convicts has declined by 15.0% (from 1,09,516 in 2020 to

93,077 in 2021) and the release of undertrials has increased by 13.7% (from
12,91,504 in 2020 to 14,68,627 in 2021).
1. Convicts
a. A total of 93,077 convicts were released (including 1713 convicts
getting transferred to other States/UTs) during the year 2021.
b. Out of 93,077 convicts released, 49.0% of convicts (45,652) were
released after completion of conviction period during 2021.
c. A total of 6,712 convicts were released subsequent to the acquittal
on appeal from Higher Courts.
d. A total of 2,350 convicts were released before completion of
sentence awarded.
e. A total of 198 convicts were pardoned for their offence committed.
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2. Undertrials
a. A total of 14,68,627 undertrial prisoners were released during 2021,
out of which 95.0% of undertrial prisoners (13,95,635) were
released on bail. Percentage share of Undertrials Released on Bail
decreased by 0.4% in 2021 over 2020 (95.4% in 2020).
b. A total of 24,507 undertrial prisoners were released based on
acquittal on first instance and 14,148 undertrial prisoners were
released subsequent to the acquittal on appeal.
c. No undertrial prisoners were extradited to foreign countries during
2021.
d. A total 591 undertrial prisoners were released under Section 436A
of CrPC during 2021.
3. Detenues
a. A total of 9,409 detenues were released during 2021, out of which,
16.2% detenues (1,520) were released on completion of detention
period and 73.5% detenues (6,911) were released before
completion of detention period.
4. Movements
To Courts:
a. A total of 20,86,942 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
(4,67,675) followed by Uttar Pradesh (2,79,388) and West
Bengal (2,11,253) during 2021.
To Hospitals:
a. A total of 4,36,732 times, inmates were taken to the Hospitals.
Among all the States/UTs, Chhattisgarh has reported the
highest number of movements of inmates for medical assistance
(63,896) followed by West Bengal (40,657) and Tamil Nadu
(36,097) during 2021.
b. There were 9,180 prisoners, who were suffering from mental
illness as on 31st December, 2021.
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Deaths and illness in Prisons
Total No. of Deaths No. of Un-natural
Year No. of Natural Deaths
in Prisons Deaths (incl. Suicide)
2019 1,764$ 1,538 160
2020 1,887$ 1,642 189
2021 2,116$ 1,879 185

$ Rajasthan has reported that causes of 66 deaths in 2019, 56 deaths in 2020 and 52 deaths in 2021 were
not known.
1. Number of deaths in prisons has increased from 1,887 in 2020 to 2,116 in

2021, having increased by 12.1%.
2. Number of deaths due to natural causes has increased from 1,642 in 2020 to
1,879 in 2021, having increased by 14.4%.
3. Out of 1,879 Natural Deaths furnished by the States, 1,796 inmates have died
due to illness and 83 inmates have died due to ageing.
4. Out of 1,796 deaths due to illness, 27.4% (493) inmates have died due to
heart-diseases and 16.4% (294) inmates have died due to lung diseases.
5. Number of un-natural deaths in prisons has decreased by 2.1% from 189 in
2020 to 185 in 2021.
6. Among the 185 un-natural deaths of inmates, 150 inmates have committed
suicide, 11 inmates were murdered by inmates, 6 inmates died in accidents, 3
inmates died due to assault by outside elements, 1 inmate died due to firing
and 1 inmate died due to negligence/excess during 2021. For a total of 52
inmate deaths, cause of the death is yet to be known.
Jail Breaks, Escapees & Clashes/Group Clashes in Prisons

1. A total of 312 prisoners escaped during 2021 where 77 escapees (24.7%) had
escaped from police custody and 235 escaped from judicial custody.
2. A total of 120 escapees were re-arrested during 2021.
3. There were 17 incidences of jail break occurred during 2021.
4. 63 instances of clashes/group clashes occurred during 2021.
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Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisons
1. A total of 1,918 convicted inmates were rehabilitated during 2021.
2. A total of 1,359 inmates were given financial assistance on their release
during 2021.
3. A total of 1,62,654 inmates were provided legal aid during 2021.
4. The number of prisoners benefitted from Elementary Education, Adult
Education, Higher Education and Computer Course were 38,784, 32,544,
14,083 and 4,350 respectively during 2021. Also 39,313 inmates were
imparted various vocational trainings by the jail-authorities during 2021.
5. A total of 75,318 inmates had been given medical counselling and 35,240
inmates had been given legal counselling by NGOs during 2021.
6. The total value of goods produced by inmates during 2021 was ` 238.25
Crore.
7. There were 587 NGOs who were working exclusively for prison reforms and
202 NGOs who were working exclusively for welfare of women during the
year 2021. However, some NGOs may be working in many States.
8. A total of 376 complaints were received by National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) during 2021. A total of 376 complaints (including
previous year pending complaints) were disposed-off during 2021 with a
disposal rate of 100.0%.
9. A total of 470 complaints were received by State Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) during 2021. A total of 419 complaints (including previous year
pending complaints) were disposed-off during 2021 with a disposal rate of
89.1%.
Prison Staff - Strength & Training

1. The sanctioned strength of jail-staff was 89,479 while the actual strength was
64,449 as on 31st December, 2021 due to vacancies not being filled up.
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 7,461, 66,346 and 1,391 respectively, while the actual
strengths were 5,382 , 49,573 and 886 respectively.
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2. The sanctioned strength of Medical Staff was 3,497 while the actual strength
was 2,080 as on 31st December, 2021.
3. The actual strength of woman jail officers/staffs was 8,881 (including 300
medical officers/staff).
4. Out of the 64,449 jail staffs, 20.0% (12,903) staffs were trained under various
Refresher/Specialised/Re-orientation courses during 2021.
Prison – Budget & Infrastructure

1. The total budget for the financial year 2021-22 for all prisons in the country
was ` 7619.2 Crore. The actual expenditure was ` 6727.3 Crore which is
88.3% of total annual budget for FY 2021-22.
2. A total of ` 2106.86 Crore was spent on inmates during FY 2021-22 which is
almost 31.3% of total annual expenditure of all prisons for FY 2021-22.
3. Almost 54.3% (` 1143.34 Crore) of total expenses on inmates were spent on
Food followed by 5.0% (` 106.23 Crore) on Medical matters, 1.3% (` 27.78
Crore) on Clothing, 1.0% (` 20.50 Crore) on Welfare activities and 0.6%
(` 13.16 Crore) on Vocational/Educational trainings.
4. Among all the States/UTs, out of total expenditure, Haryana (100.0%, ` 350.3
Crore) has spent the highest share of expenditure on inmates followed by
Andhra Pradesh (96.8%, ` 167.9 Crore) and Uttarakhand (96.5%, ` 4.2 Crore)
during the Financial Year 2021-22.
5. Among the 1,319 prisons, 278 prisons were renovated/expanded during 2021.
6. Among the 1,319 prisons, 1,102 prisons were having Video Conference
facility as on 31st December 2021.
7. A total of 39,159 quarters were available against the actual staff strength of
64,449 as on 31st December, 2021, thus achieving satisfaction rate of 60.8%.
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Map-1
PRISONER OCCUPANCY RATE
AS ON 31.12.2021
Punjab
98.5
Chandigarh
80.1
Delhi
182.5
Assam
112.8
Jharkhand Tripura
121.5 46.9
Karnataka
100.6
Tamil Nadu
76.4
Prisoner Occupancy Rate

All India Average: 130.2
Note: Upto 60.0 (5)

Occupancy Rate means number of inmates staying in jails 60.1 to 80.0 (4)
against the authorized capacity for 100 inmates.
80.1 to 100.0 (8)
100.1 to 120.0 (7)
120.1 to 140.0 (3)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. Above 140.0 (9)
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Map-2
CONVICTS IN JAILS
AS ON 31.12.2021
Punjab
6581
Chandigarh
179
Delhi
1569
Assam
2459
Jharkhand
5006 Tripura
421
Karnataka
3763
Tamil Nadu
4531
Number of Convicts
Upto 100 (6)

101 to 500 (9)
501 to 1,000 (1)
1,001 to 5,000 (13)
5,001 to 10,000 (5)
10,001 to 15,000 (0)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. Above 15,000 (2)
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Map-3
UNDERTRIALS IN INDIA
AS ON 31.12.2021
Punjab
19510 Chandigarh
718
Delhi
16665
Assam
7620
Jharkhand
Tripura
16249
598
Karnataka
11689
Tamil Nadu
11706
Number of Undertrials
Upto 250 (6)

251 to 1,000 (8)
1,001 to 3,000 (1)
3,001 to 5,000 (4)
5,001 to 10,000 (2)
10,001 to 15,000 (4)
15,001 to 30,000 (8)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. Above 30,000 (3)
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Chapter 1
Prisons –
Types
and
Occupancy
Chapter – 1
Prisons – Types and Occupancy
Introduction institutions. This report for the year 2021

is the twenty seventh 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, 2021
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, 2021 there

In last few decades, prison
were 1,319 Jails in the country. State of
population has increased which creates
Rajasthan has the highest number (144
number of challenges before prison
out of 1,319) of jails among the States/UTs
administration like security & safety in
followed by Tamil Nadu (142), Madhya
prison, hygiene issues, overcrowding,
Pradesh (131), Andhra Pradesh (106),
etc. In recent years the Supreme Court of
Odisha (92) and Uttar Pradesh (75). These
India has come down heavily on sub-
six States together covers 52.3 % of total
human conditions existing in prisons
jails in the country as on 31st December,
especially on overcrowding in prisons.
2021 (Chart – 1.1). Details on number of
This report contains comprehensive
jails in the States/UTs is given in Table
information at the national level on
1.1.
majority of such aspects of these
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RAJASTHAN 144
TAMIL NADU 142
MADHYA PRADESH 131
ANDHRA PRADESH 106
ODISHA 92
UTTAR PRADESH 75
MAHARASHTRA 64
WEST BENGAL 60
BIHAR 59
KARNATAKA 57
KERALA 56
TELANGANA 37
CHHATTISGARH 33
JHARKHAND 32
GUJARAT 32
ASSAM 31
PUNJAB 26
HARYANA 19
DELHI 16
HIMACHAL PRADESH 16
JAMMU & KASHMIR 14
TRIPURA 13
UTTARAKHAND 11
NAGALAND 11
MIZORAM 10
MEGHALAYA 5
MANIPUR 5
PUDUCHERRY 4
LAKSHADWEEP 4
A & N ISLANDS 4 Total Number of Prisons
LADAKH 2 1,319
DNH & DAMAN DIU 2
SIKKIM 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2
CHANDIGARH 1
GOA 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Number of Jails

 Rajasthan reported that one Open Air Camp has been closed and Bharatpur Quarantine Centre has been converted
back to Bharatpur Women Prisoners Correctional Home during 2021.
Number of Prisons as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT wise)
Chart – 1.1
II. State/UT wise Capacity of (26,556), Maharashtra (24,772), Tamil

Prisons: Nadu (23,592) and Rajasthan (22,897) as
As on 31st December 2021, total on 31st December, 2021. These seven
available capacity of all the prisons in the States together have 56.1% of the total
country is 4,25,609. Uttar Pradesh has capacity of all prisons in the country as on
reported the highest capacity of prisons 31st December, 2021 (Chart – 1.2). Details
(63,751) followed by Bihar (47,750), on the capacity of prisons in the
Madhya Pradesh (29,571), Punjab States/UTs is given in Table 1.2.
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UTTAR PRADESH 63751
BIHAR 47750
MADHYA PRADESH 29571
PUNJAB 26556
MAHARASHTRA 24772
TAMIL NADU 23592
RAJASTHAN 22897
WEST BENGAL 21476
ODISHA 20987
HARYANA 19999
JHARKHAND 17501
KARNATAKA 15385
GUJARAT 13999
CHHATTISGARH 13500
DELHI 10026
ASSAM 8938
ANDHRA PRADESH 8761
TELANGANA 7997
KERALA 7920
UTTARAKHAND 3741
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3586
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2417
TRIPURA 2204
NAGALAND 1450
MIZORAM 1420
MANIPUR 1272
CHANDIGARH 1120
MEGHALAYA 680
GOA 624
Total Capacity of Prisons
PUDUCHERRY 416 4,25,609
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 333
A & N ISLANDS 319
SIKKIM 260
DNH & DAMAN DIU 170
LADAKH 155
LAKSHADWEEP 64
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000
Capacity of Prisons

Capacity of Prisons as on 31st December, 2021
Chart – 1.2
III. States/ UTs wise Inmates (36,853), Punjab (26,146) and West
Population in Prison: Bengal (25,769). These six States together
st
A total of 5,54,034 prisoners as on 31 contributes 58.1% (3,21,949 inmates) of
December, 2021 were confined in various total inmates lodged in various Jails as on
jails across the country. Uttar Pradesh has 31st December, 2021 (Chart – 1.3). State/
lodged highest number of Inmates UT wise details on inmate population in
(1,17,789) followed by Bihar (66,879), prisons is given in Table 1.2.
Madhya Pradesh (48,513), Maharashtra
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UTTAR PRADESH 117789
BIHAR 66879
MAHARASHTRA 36853
PUNJAB 26146
WEST BENGAL 25769
HARYANA 24158
RAJASTHAN 22938
JHARKHAND 21257
ODISHA 20804
CHHATTISGARH 20061
DELHI 18295
TAMIL NADU 18015
GUJARAT 16597
KARNATAKA 15473
ASSAM 10079
ANDHRA PRADESH 7950
TELANGANA 7316
KERALA 7111
UTTARAKHAND 6921
MIZORAM 1116
MEGHALAYA 1089
TRIPURA 1033
CHANDIGARH 897
MANIPUR 611
GOA 551
NAGALAND 500
SIKKIM 434 Total Inmate Population
PUDUCHERRY 305 5,54,034
A & N ISLANDS 267
DNH & DAMAN DIU 185
LADAKH 20
LAKSHADWEEP 5
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000
Inmates in Number

Inmate Population in Prisons as on 31st December, 2021
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, 2021 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 Arunachal Pradesh (75.4%), Puducherry
other words, if occupancy rate of any jail is (73.3%), Manipur (48.0%), Tripura
100, it means the number inmates are as (46.9%), Nagaland (34.5%), Ladakh
per authorized capacity of the jail. (12.9%), and Lakshadweep (7.8%),
Overcrowding in jail means occupancy though on the other dates of the year the
rate is more than 100. occupancy could have been higher or
lower also.
NCRB has collected data on
occupancy of jail as on 31st December Among the States, Uttarakhand
2021 which may not be true reflection of has reported the highest overcrowding
occupancy for the whole year, as it may (185.0%) followed by Uttar Pradesh
vary on day to day basis. (184.8%), Sikkim (166.9%), Madhya
Pradesh (164.1%), Meghalaya (160.1%),
It is evident from the information Maharashtra (148.8%), and Chhattisgarh
made available by States/UTs regarding (148.6%) and Among Union Territories,
population of inmates in various prisons as Delhi has reported the highest
on 31st December, 2021 (Table 1.2) that overcrowding (182.5%) (Chart 1.4).
the prison population was manageable at Occupancy rate in various Jails as on 31st
the end of the year 2021 (as on 31st December, 2021 in respect of States/UTs
December, 2021) in 12 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
Odisha (99.1%), Punjab (98.5%),
Telangana (91.5%), Andhra Pradesh
(90.7%), Kerala (89.8%), Goa (88.3%), A
& N Islands (83.7%) Chandigarh (80.1%),
Mizoram (78.6%), Tamil Nadu (76.4%),
5
UTTARAKHAND 185.0
UTTAR PRADESH 184.8
DELHI 182.5
SIKKIM 166.9
MADHYA PRADESH 164.1
MEGHALAYA 160.1
MAHARASHTRA 148.8
CHHATTISGARH 148.6
BIHAR 140.1
JAMMU & KASHMIR 138.6
JHARKHAND 121.5
HARYANA 120.8
WEST BENGAL 120.0
HIMACHAL PRADESH 119.0
GUJARAT 118.6
ASSAM 112.8
DNH & DAMAN DIU 108.8
KARNATAKA 100.6
RAJASTHAN 100.2
ODISHA 99.1
PUNJAB 98.5
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
TELANGANA 91.5 All Prisons: 130.2
ANDHRA PRADESH 90.7
KERALA 89.8
GOA 88.3
A & N ISLANDS 83.7
CHANDIGARH 80.1
MIZORAM 78.6
TAMIL NADU 76.4
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 75.4
PUDUCHERRY 73.3 Occupancy Rate
MANIPUR 48.0
TRIPURA 46.9
NAGALAND 34.5
LADAKH 12.9
LAKSHADWEEP 7.8
0.0 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0

Prisons Occupancy Rate in States/UTs as on 31st December, 2021
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 31st The various type of Jail institutions
December, 2021 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 (148) are Tamil Nadu (96), Andhra Pradesh
(91), Madhya Pradesh, Odisha (73 each),
The criteria for a jail to be Rajasthan (60), West Bengal (30),
categorised as a central jail differs from Karnataka (25) and Telangana (20) while
State to State. However, the common 10 States/UTs have no sub-jails (namely
feature observed in all the States/UTs that Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana,
the prisoners sentenced to imprisonment Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
for a longer period (more than 2 years) are Chandigarh, Delhi and Ladakh) (Table
confined in the Central Jails, which have 1.1).
larger capacity in comparison to other jails.
These jails also have rehabilitation IV. Open Jail (88)
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), Punjab (10), Maharashtra, Rajasthan behaviour, satisfying certain norms
& Tamil Nadu (9 each) and Bihar, prescribed in the prison rules are lodged in
Karnataka, West Bengal (8 each). open prisons. Minimum security is kept in
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, A & N such prisons and prisoners are engaged in
Islands, DNH & Daman Diu, Ladakh and agricultural activities.
Lakshadweep have no central Jail (Table
1.1). Only 17 States have reported about
the functioning of open jails in their
II. District Jail (424) jurisdiction. Amongst these States,
Rajasthan has reported the highest
District jails serve as the main number of 39 open jails followed by
prisons in some of the States/UTs. State Maharashtra (19), Madhya Pradesh (6),
of Uttar Pradesh has the highest number Gujarat, West Bengal (4 each) and Kerala,
of district jails (62) followed by Madhya Tamil Nadu (3 each). The remaining 10
Pradesh (41), Bihar (31) and Maharashtra States – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
(28) (Table 1.1). Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and
Goa, Chandigarh, DNH & Daman Uttarakhand have one open jail each
Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Table 1.1).
have no District Jail as on 31st December,
2021 (Table 1.1). The States Arunachal Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Manipur,
III. Sub Jail (564) Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Tripura & Uttar Pradesh and all the UTs do
Eight States have reported not have any Open Jail in their State/UT
comparatively higher number of sub-jails (Table 1.1).
revealing a well-organized prison set-up
even at lower formation. These States
7
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 14 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 Telangana, Rajasthan & Telangana (1 each) have
West Bengal (4 jail each), Tamil Nadu (3), reported borstal schools in their respective
Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
and Puducherry (2 jails each) and Assam,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab and VIII. Other Jails (3)
Jammu & Kashmir (1 jail each) (Table
1.1). To cover all the jails across the
country, Jails that are not covered under
VI. Women Jail (32) the known Jail types (Central jail, District
Jail, Sub-jail, Women jail, Borstal school,
Women jails are special Jails that Open jail, Special jail) are covered under
exclusively confines only female prisoners the Type “Other Jails”.
& these Jails are called as Women Jail.
Women jail may exist at sub-divisional, Only three States namely Kerala,
district & central (Zone/Range) level. Maharashtra and Odisha (1 each) have
other jails in their jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
Women jails exclusively for women
prisoners exist only in 15 States/UTs Number of Jails, Capacity, Inmate
(Table 1.1). Rajasthan (7), having highest Population and Occupancy Rate at
number of Women Jails followed by Tamil National level as on 31st December
Nadu (5), Kerala (3), Andhra Pradesh, 2021
Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi
(2 each). Karnataka, Maharashtra, Occupancy rate of various types of
Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and Prisons at national level is 130.2.
West Bengal have one women jail each. Occupancy rate of various types of prison
is presented at Chart - 1.5 (below) and
8
Table - 1.3 showing that central jail and followed by Central Jail (123.7%). Various
district jails are overcrowded and the types of Prisons and their Occupancy
occupancy rate of District Jail (155.4%) is Rate as on 31st December, 2021 are as
the highest among all types of Prisons under:
600000 180.0
554034
155.4
160.0
500000
130.2 140.0
123.7
425609
400000 120.0
102.9
100.0
88.1
300000
254214 80.0
239311
193536 56.3
200000 60.0
163606 36.6
42.0 43.3
40.0
100000
45436
46736 20.0
5953 7473
6767
1775 1063
2178 6582 3808 745 460
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, 2021
Chart – 1.5
9
LIST–1.1
Number Population
Sl. Occupancy
Type of Capacity of
No. Rate
Jails Inmates
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 CENTRAL JAIL 148 193536 239311 123.7
2 DISTRICT JAIL 424 163606 254214 155.4
3 SUB-JAIL 564 45436 46736 102.9
4 SPECIAL JAIL 41 7473 6582 88.1
5 OPEN JAIL 88 5953 2178 36.6
6 WOMEN JAIL 32 6767 3808 56.3
7 BORSTAL SCHOOL 19 1775 745 42.0
8 OTHERS 3 1063 460 43.3
9 TOTAL 1319 425609 554034 130.2

st
Note: Figures as on 31 December 2021.
I. Central Jail basis. At the end of the year 2021 (as on

A total of 2,39,311 inmate 31st December, 2021), 18 States and 2
population consisting of 2,32,242 males, UTs have reported more than 100%
7,015 females and 54 transgender were occupancy rate. Delhi has reported the
lodged in various Central jails of the highest overcrowding (189.8%) followed
country against the total Capacity of by Madhya Pradesh (174.1%) and
1,93,536 consisting of 1,85,842 male, Maharashtra (169.2%). Capacity for male
7,670 female and 24 transgender as on and female inmates and their occupancy
31st December, 2021. rate in Central Jails as on 31st December,
2021 in respect of States/UTs are
Prison population in central jails presented in Table 1.4.
were manageable at the end of the year
(as on 31st December, 2021) in 9 States II. District Jail
and 1 UT as the occupancy rate in these
States/UTs remained less than 100%. A total of 2,54,214 inmate population
These States and UTs are West Bengal consisting of 2,43,572 males, 10,622
(95.6%), Assam (94.2%), Tamil Nadu females and 20 transgender were lodged
(92.1%), Telangana (88.6%), Goa in various Districts jails of the country
(88.3%), Kerala (87.1%), Chandigarh against the total Capacity of 1,63,606
(80.1%), Manipur (55.8%), Tripura consisting of 1,53,682 male, 9,905 female
(49.0%) and Nagaland (25.7%). and 19 transgender as on 31st December,
2021. The highest number of inmates
The Occupancy rate of Central Jail were lodged in the jails of Uttar Pradesh
at National level is 123.7% which shows (1,01,455) followed by Bihar (38,894) and
overcrowding in jails but overcrowding Haryana (19,921).
may differ on day to day and jail to jail
10
Prison population in District jails were 41,072 males and 4,364 females as on
manageable at the end of the year 2021 31st December, 2021. The highest number
(as on 31st December, 2021) in 10 of inmates were lodged in jails of Odisha
States/UT as the occupancy rate in these (10,492) followed by Madhya Pradesh
States/UTs remained less than 100%. (7,910) and West Bengal (4,409).
These States and UTs are Karnataka
(98.8%), A & N Islands (90.7%), Kerala Prison population of Sub - jails were
(90.3%), Arunachal Pradesh (75.4%), manageable at the end of the year
Andhra Pradesh (70.7%), Tamil Nadu 2021(as on 31st December, 2021) in 13
(68.9%), Tripura (59.5%), Mizoram States and 2 UTs as the occupancy rate in
(58.4%), Nagaland (40.7%) and Ladakh these States/UTs remained less than
(12.9%). 100%. These States and UTs are
Rajasthan (94.3%), Jharkhand (93.6%),
Odisha (91.4%), Assam (87.9%), Punjab
The Occupancy rate of District Jails at (82.1%), Bihar (77.7%), Maharashtra
National level is 155.4% which shows (74.0%), Himachal Pradesh (66.9%),
overcrowding in jails but overcrowding Karnataka (64.4%), Tamil Nadu (63.2%),
may differ on day to day and jail to jail Andhra Pradesh (57.8%), Telangana
basis. 19 States/UTs have reported more (55.8%), A & N Islands (46.0%), Tripura
than 100% occupancy rate. The (41.9%) and Lakshadweep (7.8%).
occupancy rate in these States/Uts are
Uttar Pradesh (208.9%), Uttarakhand
(186.5%), West Bengal (175.3%), Sikkim The Occupancy rate of Sub Jails at
(168.9%), Meghalaya (160.1%), Madhya National level was 102.9% which may
Pradesh (157.5%), Bihar (156.9%), differ on day to day and jail to jail basis. 9
Jharkhand (151.6%), Jammu & Kashmir States and UTs have reported more than
(148.8%), Maharashtra (143.4%), 100% occupancy rate. These States/UTs
Himachal Pradesh (135.0%), Chhattisgarh are Uttarakhand (299.4%), Jammu &
(131.2%), Assam (128.8%), Gujarat Kashmir (200.0%), Uttar Pradesh
(121.1%), Haryana (119.5%), Odisha (197.4%), Chhattisgarh (187.4%), West
(118.9%), Rajasthan (117.5%), Telangana Bengal (181.6%), Madhya Pradesh
(116.9%) and Punjab (103.6%). Capacity (150.4%), Kerala (148.4%), Gujarat
for male and female inmates and their (139.7%) and DNH & Daman Diu
occupancy rate in District Jails as on 31st (108.8%). Capacity for male and female
December, 2021 in respect of States/UTs inmates and their occupancy rate in Sub
are presented in Table 1.5. Jails as on 31st December, 2021 in
respect of States/UTs are presented in
III. Sub Jail Table 1.6.
A total of 46,736 inmate population IV. Open Jail

consisting of 45,550 males, 1,181 females A total of 2,178 inmate population
and 5 transgender were lodged in various consisting of 2,116 males and 62 females
Sub jails of the country against the total were lodged in various Open jails of the
Capacity of 45,436 inmate consisting of
11
country against the total Capacity of 5,953 VI. Women Jail
inmates consisting of 5,806 males and 147 A total of 3,808 (3,803 females and 5
females as on 31st December, 2021. The transgender) inmates population were
highest number of inmates were lodged in lodged in various Women jails of the
jails of Rajasthan (1,040) followed by country against the total Capacity of 6,767
Kerala (242), Maharashtra (142) and inmates as on 31st December, 2021. The
Telangana (119). highest number of inmates were lodged in
jails of Tamil Nadu (574) followed by Delhi
The Occupancy rate of Open Jails at
(559), Rajasthan (453) and Uttar Pradesh
National level was 36.6% and Punjab
(309).
(89.3%) has reported highest crowding in
open jails. However, overcrowding may
The Occupancy rate of Women jails at
differ on day to day and jail to jail basis.
National level was 56.3% and Bihar
Capacity for male and female inmates and
(115.8%) has reported highest
their occupancy rate in Open Jails as on
overcrowding in Women jails, followed by
31st December, 2021 in respect of
Maharashtra (109.2%) and Telangana
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.9.
(108.8%). However, overcrowding may
V. Special Jail differ on day to day and jail to jail basis.
Capacity for male and female inmates and
A total of 6,582 inmate population
their occupancy rate in Women jails as on
consisting of 6,340 males, 235 females
31st December, 2021 in respect of
and 7 transgender were lodged in various
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.7
Special jails of the country against the total
Capacity of 7,473 inmates consisting of
VII. Borstal School
6950 males and 523 females as on 31st
December, 2021. The highest number of A total of 745 inmate population
inmates were lodged in jails of Odisha consisting of 745 males and 0 females
(1,597) followed by Kerala (1,328), West were lodged in various Borstal schools of
Bengal (1,092) and Assam (568). the country against the total Capacity of
1,775 inmates consisting of 1,775 males
The Occupancy rate of Special jails at and 0 females as on 31st December, 2021.
National level was 88.1% and West The highest number of inmates were
Bengal (186.7%) has reported highest lodged in jails of Tamil Nadu (327)
overcrowding in Special jails. However, followed by Punjab (290) and Kerala(85).
overcrowding may differ on day to day and
jail to jail basis. Capacity for male and The Occupancy rate of Borstal
female inmates and their occupancy rate schools at National level was 42.0% and
in Special jails as on 31st December, 2021 none of the States/ UTs is showing
in respect of States/UTs are presented in overcrowding i.e. States/ UTs where
Table 1.10. prison occupancy rate is more than 100%.
However, overcrowding may differ on day
to day and jail to jail basis. Capacity for
male and female inmates and their
occupancy rate in Borstal schools as on
12
31st December, 2021 in respect of of year 2021 with an overall occupancy
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.8. rate which was 123.7%.
Occupancy rate in District Jails for
Analysis & Findings: male was the highest (158.5%) among all
types of jail, while the occupancy rate for
I. Male, Female and Overall
female was (107.2%). The overall
Occupancy Rate in Different types
of Prisons in India as on occupancy rate in district jails at national
31st December, 2021 level was also the highest (155.4%)
among all types of Jail.
The overall occupancy rate in all
jails at national level was 130.2% whereas In Sub-Jails, the occupancy rate for
the occupancy rate for male, female and male (110.9%) was much higher than that
transgender were 134.0%, 77.9% and of female (27.1%). The overall occupancy
211.6% respectively. Occupancy Rate in rate in Sub-Jails at national level was
Central Jails at national level for male, 102.9%. The occupancy rate in women-
female and transgender were 125.0%, jails was (56.3%) and overall occupancy
91.5% and 225.0% respectively at the end rate in Open-jails was 36.6%.
250.0
225.0
Male Female Transgender Overall
211.6
200.0
158.5
155.4
134.0
Occupancy Rate (in %)
130.2
150.0
125.0
123.7
110.9
105.3
107.2
102.9
91.5
91.2
88.1
100.0
77.9
56.3
56.2
45.4
44.9
43.3
42.2
42.0
42.0
36.6
36.4
50.0
27.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
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 women occupancy rate in women jails in
Jails and Their Occupancy Rate as Rajasthan is at 45.4%. Tamil Nadu has 5
on 31st December, 2021 women jails followed by Kerala (3), Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh &
As on 31st December, 2021 there Delhi were having 2 women jails (each)
were only 32 Women Jails in the country respectively.
wherein 3,803 female inmates (16.6%) out
of 22,918 female inmates at national level Bihar (115.8%) has reported highest
were lodged. 21 States/UTs were not overcrowding in Women jails, followed by
having any Women Jail separately. Maharashtra (109.2%), Telangana
(108.8%).
Rajasthan (7) was having the highest
number of Women Jails, however the
BIHAR 115.8
2
MAHARASHTRA 109.2
1
TELANGANA 108.8
1
KARNATAKA 94.0
1
WEST BENGAL 89.2

1
DELHI 82.2
2
PUNJAB 69.1
1
MIZORAM 57.3
1
UTTAR PRADESH 57.2

2
ANDHRA PRADESH 53.9

2
GUJARAT 49.5
2
RAJASTHAN 45.4
7
KERALA 39.2
3
TAMIL NADU 28.4

5
ODISHA 27.3
1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Occupancy Rate (in %) No. of Women Jail

Occupancy Rate of Women Jails as on 31st December, 2021
Chart – 1.7
14
III. Occupancy Rate (in %) of Female total female inmates (19,115) were lodged
Inmates in Other Jails (Except in other type of Jails.
Women Jails) as on
st
31 December, 2021 State/UT wise comparison of
occupancy rate of female inmates in jails
A total of 22,918 female inmates were (except Women Jails) is presented below
lodged in various prisons at national level showing that Uttarakhand (178.8%) has
out of which only 16.6% (3,803) female reported the highest occupancy rate
inmates were lodged in Women Jail as on followed by Uttar Pradesh (156.9%) and
31st December 2021. Around 83.4% of Bihar (156.3%).
UTTARAKHAND 178.8
UTTAR PRADESH 156.9
BIHAR 156.3
CHHATTISGARH 147.6
MAHARASHTRA 101.2
MADHYA PRADESH 98.7
JHARKHAND 93.8
HARYANA 80.0
WEST BENGAL 77.8
PUNJAB 61.5
ASSAM 56.2
GUJARAT 49.6
MEGHALAYA 45.5
TELANGANA 42.7
KARNATAKA 39.9
ANDHRA PRADESH 39.5
CHANDIGARH 38.3
GOA 38.0
ODISHA 36.6
TAMIL NADU 31.9
KERALA 31.3
DNH & DAMAN DIU 30.0
TRIPURA 28.4
PUDUCHERRY 24.4
RAJASTHAN 22.4 Number of Women Prisoners in All Jails
SIKKIM 19.2
MANIPUR 18.8 (except Women Jails)
MIZORAM 15.4 19,115
A & N ISLANDS 15.0
NAGALAND 12.2
LAKSHADWEEP 0.0
LADAKH 0.0
DELHI 0.0
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0 200.0
* 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
15
IV. Capacity of Prisons, Inmates period, the number of jails has a decrease
Occupancy and overall Occupancy of 6.6% (1,412 jails in 2016 to 1,319 jails
Rate of all Prisons at National in 2021). However, the capacity of inmates
Level during 2016-2021 has an increase of 11.7% (3,80,876 in
2016 to 425609 in 2021). Thus, the
During the period 2016-2021 the Occupancy Rate of all the prisons at
number of inmates has increased from national level has an increase of 14.5%
4,33,003 to 5,54,034 in 2021 showing an (113.7% in 2016 to 130.2% in 2021).
increase of 28.0%. During the same
650000
554034
Capacity of Prisons & No. of Inmates
550000 200.0
28.0%
433003
450000 425609

11.7% 150.0
380876
350000 130.2
14.5%
113.7
100.0
250000
50.0
150000
50000 0.0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
No. of Inmates 433003 450696 466802 481387 488511 554034
Capacity of Prisons 380876 391574 397138 400934 414033 425609
Occupancy Rate (in %) 113.7 115.1 117.5 120.1 118.0 130.2
st
Note: Figures as on 31 December of the respective year
Capacity of Prisons, No. of Inmates and Occupancy Rate of Prisons during 2016-2021
Chart – 1.9
16
V. Capacity, Actual Inmate inmates has increased by 21.8% in the
Population in Women Jails vis-à- same period.
vis Women Inmates in Other Jails
during 2016-2021 Capacity of women inmates in Other
Jails (except Women Jails) has increased
Capacity of Women Jails has by 8.6% during 2016-2021, the actual
increased by 30.2% during 2016-2021 number of women inmates in these jails
(status as on 31st December of each year), has increased by 24.3% during the same
however the actual number of women period.
25000
22659
Capacity and Acutal Number of Women Inmates
Figures in % 8.6%
indicates 20871
growth 19115
20000
percentage
during 2016-
2021. 15376
24.3%
15000
10000
6767
30.2%
5197
5000
3803
3122 21.8%
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Capacity of Women Inmates
20871 21601 21668 21192 21577 22659
in Other Jails
Actual No. of Women Inmates
15376 15854 16051 16717 16962 19115
in Other Jails
Capacity of Women Jails 5197 5400 5593 6511 6179 6767
Actual No. of Women Inmates
3122 3019 3246 3675 3084 3803
in Women Jails
st
Occupancy trend of Women prisoners in Women Vs Other Jail during 2016-2021

Chart – 1.10
17
VI. Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate in 2016 to 56.2% at national level in 2021
(in %) in Women Jails vis-à-vis (as on 31st December). However, the
Women Inmates in Other Jails occupancy rate of women inmates in other
during 2016-2021 jails increased from 73.7% in 2016 to
84.4% in 2021.
Women prisoners’ occupancy rate
in women jails has decreased from 60.1%
80.0 90.0
Occupancy Rate of Women Inmates in Jails Except Women Jails

70.0
84.4 80.0
73.7 70.0
60.0
Occupancy Rate in Women Jails
60.1
56.2 60.0
50.0
50.0
40.0
40.0
30.0
30.0
20.0
20.0
10.0 10.0
0.0 0.0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
60.1 55.9 58.0 56.4 50.1 56.2
Women Jails
Occupancy Rate (in %) of
Women Inmates in Other 73.7 73.4 74.1 78.9 78.6 84.4
Jails
st
Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate during 2016-2021

Chart – 1.11
  
18
Table – 1.1
Types of Jails in the Country as on 31st December, 2021
Sl. Central District Women Borstal Special
State/UT Sub Jail Open Jail Others Total
No. Jail Jail Jail School 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 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 33
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 GUJARAT 4 11 9 2 0 4 2 0 32
8 HARYANA 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 9 3 0 1 1 0 0 16
10 JHARKHAND 7 16 7 0 1 1 0 0 32
11 KARNATAKA 8 21 25 1 0 1 1 0 57
12 KERALA 4 13 16 3 1 3 15 1 56
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 41 73 0 0 6 0 0 131
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 28 4 1 1 19 1 1 64
15 MANIPUR 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
16 MEGHALAYA 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
17 MIZORAM 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
18 NAGALAND 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
19 ODISHA 5 9 73 1 0 1 2 1 92
20 PUNJAB 10 7 5 1 1 1 1 0 26
21 RAJASTHAN 9 26 60 7 1 39 2 0 144
22 SIKKIM 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
23 TAMIL NADU 9 14 96 5 12 3 3 0 142
24 TELANGANA 3 7 20 1 1 1 4 0 37
25 TRIPURA 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 13
26 UTTAR PRADESH 7 62 2 2 0 0 2 0 75
27 UTTARAKHAND 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 11
28 WEST BENGAL 8 13 30 1 0 4 4 0 60
TOTAL (STATES) 130 411 553 30 19 88 38 3 1272
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
30 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 DELHI 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 14
34 LADAKH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 18 13 11 2 0 0 3 0 47
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 148 424 564 32 19 88 41 3 1319
 Rajasthan reported that one Open Air Camp has been closed and Bharatpur Quarantine Centre has been converted back to Bharatpur
Women Prisoners Correctional Home during 2021.
Table 1.1 – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 1.2
Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Available Capacity Inmate Population Occupancy Rate# (in %)
State/UT
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7840 921 0 8761 7545 404 1 7950 96.2 43.9 - 90.7
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 309 24 0 333 242 9 0 251 78.3 37.5 - 75.4
3 ASSAM 8171 767 0 8938 9646 431 2 10079 118.1 56.2 - 112.8
4 BIHAR 45736 2014 0 47750 63812 3067 0 66879 139.5 152.3 - 140.1
5 CHHATTISGARH 12891 609 0 13500 19162 899 0 20061 148.6 147.6 - 148.6
6 GOA 574 50 0 624 532 19 0 551 92.7 38.0 - 88.3
7 GUJARAT 12843 1156 0 13999 16017 573 7 16597 124.7 49.6 - 118.6
8 HARYANA 19012 971 16 19999 23376 777 5 24158 123.0 80.0 31.3 120.8
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2270 147 0 2417 2767 109 0 2876 121.9 74.1 - 119.0
10 JHARKHAND 16576 925 0 17501 20389 868 0 21257 123.0 93.8 - 121.5
11 KARNATAKA 14003 1372 10 15385 14867 602 4 15473 106.2 43.9 40.0 100.6
12 KERALA 7519 398 3 7920 6968 143 0 7111 92.7 35.9 0.0 89.8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 27655 1916 0 29571 46617 1892 4 48513 168.6 98.7 - 164.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 23427 1331 14 24772 35464 1368 21 36853 151.4 102.8 150.0 148.8
15 MANIPUR 1022 250 0 1272 564 47 0 611 55.2 18.8 - 48.0
16 MEGHALAYA 625 55 0 680 1064 25 0 1089 170.2 45.5 - 160.1
17 MIZORAM 1116 304 0 1420 1029 87 0 1116 92.2 28.6 - 78.6
18 NAGALAND 1270 180 0 1450 478 22 0 500 37.6 12.2 - 34.5
19 ODISHA 18954 2033 0 20987 20063 739 2 20804 105.9 36.4 - 99.1
20 PUNJAB 24371 2185 0 26556 24778 1368 0 26146 101.7 62.6 - 98.5
21 RAJASTHAN 21140 1757 0 22897 22315 622 1 22938 105.6 35.4 - 100.2
22 SIKKIM 234 26 0 260 429 5 0 434 183.3 19.2 - 166.9
23 TAMIL NADU 21044 2548 0 23592 17271 742 2 18015 82.1 29.1 - 76.4
24 TELANGANA 7294 703 0 7997 6844 472 0 7316 93.8 67.1 - 91.5
25 TRIPURA 2063 141 0 2204 993 40 0 1033 48.1 28.4 - 46.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 60224 3527 0 63751 112783 4995 11 117789 187.3 141.6 - 184.8
27 UTTARAKHAND 3581 160 0 3741 6632 286 3 6921 185.2 178.8 - 185.0
28 WEST BENGAL 19556 1920 0 21476 24217 1530 22 25769 123.8 79.7 - 120.0
TOTAL (STATES) 381320 28390 43 409753 506864 22141 85 529090 132.9 78.0 197.7 129.1
29 A & N ISLANDS 279 40 0 319 261 6 0 267 93.5 15.0 - 83.7
30 CHANDIGARH 1000 120 0 1120 851 46 0 897 85.1 38.3 - 80.1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 160 10 0 170 182 3 0 185 113.8 30.0 - 108.8
32 DELHI 9346 680 0 10026 17733 556 6 18295 189.7 81.8 - 182.5
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3450 136 0 3586 4815 155 0 4970 139.6 114.0 - 138.6
34 LADAKH 150 5 0 155 20 0 0 20 13.3 0.0 - 12.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 64 0 0 64 5 0 0 5 7.8 - - 7.8
36 PUDUCHERRY 371 45 0 416 294 11 0 305 79.2 24.4 - 73.3
TOTAL (UTs) 14820 1036 0 15856 24161 777 6 24944 163.0 75.0 - 157.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 396140 29426 43 425609 531025 22918 91 554034 134.0 77.9 211.6 130.2
Inmate Population
# Occupancy Rate = ------------------------------- x 100
Total Capacity
Occupancy Rate <100 shows space available for inmates in prisons. Occupancy Rate >100 shows overcrowding in prisons.
20
Table – 1.3
Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate as on 31 st December, 2021
Central Jail District Jail Sub Jail
Sl.
State/UT Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy
No.
Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3764 4978 132.3 1711 1210 70.7 2706 1563 57.8
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 333 251 75.4 0 0 -
3 ASSAM 4050 3816 94.2 4383 5646 128.8 33 29 87.9
4 BIHAR 17649 23786 134.8 24788 38894 156.9 5007 3891 77.7
5 CHHATTISGARH 8253 12706 154.0 4409 5785 131.2 838 1570 187.4
6 GOA 624 551 88.3 0 0 - 0 0 -
7 GUJARAT 7740 9471 122.4 3529 4274 121.1 1470 2053 139.7
8 HARYANA 3333 4237 127.1 16666 19921 119.5 0 0 -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 909 1051 115.6 1283 1732 135.0 130 87 66.9
10 JHARKHAND 10137 11710 115.5 4806 7285 151.6 2358 2208 93.6
11 KARNATAKA 9347 10167 108.8 4005 3957 98.8 1777 1145 64.4
12 KERALA 2695 2348 87.1 2248 2029 90.3 473 702 148.4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 14564 25357 174.1 9652 15198 157.5 5261 7910 150.4
14 MAHARASHTRA 15506 26243 169.2 6963 9982 143.4 50 37 74.0
15 MANIPUR 1095 611 55.8 100 0 0.0 77 0 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 - 680 1089 160.1 0 0 -
17 MIZORAM 438 544 124.2 886 517 58.4 0 0 -
18 NAGALAND 600 154 25.7 850 346 40.7 0 0 -
19 ODISHA 3638 4183 115.0 3633 4320 118.9 11485 10492 91.4
20 PUNJAB 20393 20491 100.5 4203 4356 103.6 777 638 82.1
21 RAJASTHAN 9284 9964 107.3 6085 7151 117.5 4124 3890 94.3
22 SIKKIM 186 309 166.1 74 125 168.9 0 0 -
23 TAMIL NADU 14009 12901 92.1 2875 1980 68.9 3232 2042 63.2
24 TELANGANA 4196 3716 88.6 2249 2630 116.9 821 458 55.8
25 TRIPURA 1000 490 49.0 222 132 59.5 982 411 41.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 13549 15030 110.9 48568 101455 208.9 306 604 197.4
27 UTTARAKHAND 552 612 110.9 2110 3936 186.5 779 2332 299.4
28 WEST BENGAL 13848 13245 95.6 3818 6694 175.3 2428 4409 181.6
TOTAL (STATES) 181359 218671 120.6 161129 250895 155.7 45114 46471 103.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 - 269 244 90.7 50 23 46.0
30 CHANDIGARH 1120 897 80.1 0 0 - 0 0 -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 - 0 0 - 170 185 108.8
32 DELHI 9346 17736 189.8 0 0 - 0 0 -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1411 1704 120.8 2053 3055 148.8 26 52 200.0
34 LADAKH 0 0 - 155 20 12.9 0 0 -
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 - 0 0 - 64 5 7.8
36 PUDUCHERRY 300 303 101.0 0 0 - 12 0 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 12177 20640 169.5 2477 3319 134.0 322 265 82.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 193536 239311 123.7 163606 254214 155.4 45436 46736 102.9

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Table – 1.3 (Continued)
Women Jail Borstal School Open Jail
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 280 151 53.9 0 0 - 300 48 16.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
3 ASSAM 0 0 - 0 0 - 100 20 20.0
4 BIHAR 202 234 115.8 0 0 - 104 74 71.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
6 GOA 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
7 GUJARAT 410 203 49.5 0 0 - 200 110 55.0
8 HARYANA 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 15 0 0.0 80 6 7.5
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 - 100 25 25.0 100 29 29.0
11 KARNATAKA 100 94 94.0 0 0 - 80 50 62.5
12 KERALA 232 91 39.2 90 85 94.4 468 242 51.7
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 94 48 51.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 262 286 109.2 105 7 6.7 1612 142 8.8
15 MANIPUR 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
17 MIZORAM 96 55 57.3 0 0 - 0 0 -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
19 ODISHA 55 15 27.3 0 0 - 125 25 20.0
20 PUNJAB 320 221 69.1 500 290 58.0 75 67 89.3
21 RAJASTHAN 998 453 45.4 20 11 55.0 1422 1040 73.1
22 SIKKIM 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
23 TAMIL NADU 2018 574 28.4 852 327 38.4 260 68 26.2
24 TELANGANA 260 283 108.8 93 0 0.0 150 119 79.3
25 TRIPURA 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 540 309 57.2 0 0 - 0 0 -
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 - 0 0 - 300 41 13.7
28 WEST BENGAL 314 280 89.2 0 0 - 483 49 10.1
TOTAL (STATES) 6087 3249 53.4 1775 745 42.0 5953 2178 36.6
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
32 DELHI 680 559 82.2 0 0 - 0 0 -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
34 LADAKH 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 -
TOTAL (UTs) 680 559 82.2 0 0 - 0 0 -
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6767 3808 56.3 1775 745 42.0 5953 2178 36.6
22
Table – 1.3 (Concluded)
Special Jail Other Jail Total
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 8761 7950 90.7
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 333 251 75.4
3 ASSAM 372 568 152.7 0 0 - 8938 10079 112.8
4 BIHAR 0 0 - 0 0 - 47750 66879 140.1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 - 0 0 - 13500 20061 148.6
6 GOA 0 0 - 0 0 - 624 551 88.3
7 GUJARAT 650 486 74.8 0 0 - 13999 16597 118.6
8 HARYANA 0 0 - 0 0 - 19999 24158 120.8
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 2417 2876 119.0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 - 0 0 - 17501 21257 121.5
11 KARNATAKA 76 60 78.9 0 0 - 15385 15473 100.6
12 KERALA 1179 1328 112.6 535 286 53.5 7920 7111 89.8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 - 0 0 - 29571 48513 164.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 246 154 62.6 28 2 7.1 24772 36853 148.8
15 MANIPUR 0 0 - 0 0 - 1272 611 48.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 - 0 0 - 680 1089 160.1
17 MIZORAM 0 0 - 0 0 - 1420 1116 78.6
18 NAGALAND 0 0 - 0 0 - 1450 500 34.5
19 ODISHA 1551 1597 103.0 500 172 34.4 20987 20804 99.1
20 PUNJAB 288 83 28.8 0 0 - 26556 26146 98.5
21 RAJASTHAN 964 429 44.5 0 0 - 22897 22938 100.2
22 SIKKIM 0 0 - 0 0 - 260 434 166.9
23 TAMIL NADU 346 123 35.5 0 0 - 23592 18015 76.4
24 TELANGANA 228 110 48.2 0 0 - 7997 7316 91.5
25 TRIPURA 0 0 - 0 0 - 2204 1033 46.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 788 391 49.6 0 0 - 63751 117789 184.8
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 - 0 0 - 3741 6921 185.0
28 WEST BENGAL 585 1092 186.7 0 0 - 21476 25769 120.0
TOTAL (STATES) 7273 6421 88.3 1063 460 43.3 409753 529090 129.1
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 - 0 0 - 319 267 83.7
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 - 0 0 - 1120 897 80.1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 - 0 0 - 170 185 108.8
32 DELHI 0 0 - 0 0 - 10026 18295 182.5
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 96 159 165.6 0 0 - 3586 4970 138.6
34 LADAKH 0 0 - 0 0 - 155 20 12.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 - 0 0 - 64 5 7.8
36 PUDUCHERRY 104 2 1.9 0 0 - 416 305 73.3
TOTAL (UTs) 200 161 80.5 0 0 - 15856 24944 157.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 7473 6582 88.1 1063 460 43.3 425609 554034 130.2

23
Table – 1.4
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Sl. of
State/UT
No. Central
M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 3634 130 0 3764 4850 127 1 4978 133.5 97.7 - 132.3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
3 ASSAM 6 3760 290 0 4050 3624 191 1 3816 96.4 65.9 - 94.2
4 BIHAR 8 17085 564 0 17649 22898 888 0 23786 134.0 157.4 - 134.8
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 7836 417 0 8253 11893 813 0 12706 151.8 195.0 - 154.0
6 GOA 1 574 50 0 624 532 19 0 551 92.7 38.0 - 88.3
7 GUJARAT 4 7450 290 0 7740 9322 144 5 9471 125.1 49.7 - 122.4
8 HARYANA 3 3217 116 0 3333 4116 120 1 4237 127.9 103.4 - 127.1
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 864 45 0 909 1011 40 0 1051 117.0 88.9 - 115.6
10 JHARKHAND 7 9645 492 0 10137 11219 491 0 11710 116.3 99.8 - 115.5
11 KARNATAKA 8 8635 702 10 9347 9774 389 4 10167 113.2 55.4 40.0 108.8
12 KERALA 4 2695 0 0 2695 2348 0 0 2348 87.1 - - 87.1
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 13841 723 0 14564 24250 1104 3 25357 175.2 152.7 - 174.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 14980 512 14 15506 25608 615 20 26243 170.9 120.1 142.9 169.2
15 MANIPUR 2 845 250 0 1095 564 47 0 611 66.7 18.8 - 55.8
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 1 438 0 0 438 544 0 0 544 124.2 - - 124.2
18 NAGALAND 1 600 0 0 600 154 0 0 154 25.7 - - 25.7
19 ODISHA 5 3447 191 0 3638 4072 111 0 4183 118.1 58.1 - 115.0
20 PUNJAB 10 18866 1527 0 20393 19609 882 0 20491 103.9 57.8 - 100.5
21 RAJASTHAN 9 9088 196 0 9284 9948 16 0 9964 109.5 8.2 - 107.3
22 SIKKIM 1 165 21 0 186 307 2 0 309 186.1 9.5 - 166.1
23 TAMIL NADU 9 14009 0 0 14009 12900 0 1 12901 92.1 - - 92.1
24 TELANGANA 3 4116 80 0 4196 3716 0 0 3716 90.3 0.0 - 88.6
25 TRIPURA 1 975 25 0 1000 475 15 0 490 48.7 60.0 - 49.0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 7 13489 60 0 13549 14865 165 0 15030 110.2 275.0 - 110.9
27 UTTARAKHAND 1 552 0 0 552 612 0 0 612 110.9 - - 110.9
28 WEST BENGAL 8 13024 824 0 13848 12473 757 15 13245 95.8 91.9 - 95.6
TOTAL (STATES) 130 173830 7505 24 181359 211684 6936 51 218671 121.8 92.4 212.5 120.6
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 1 1000 120 0 1120 851 46 0 897 85.1 38.3 - 80.1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 14 9346 0 0 9346 17733 0 3 17736 189.7 - - 189.8
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1391 20 0 1411 1682 22 0 1704 120.9 110.0 - 120.8
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 275 25 0 300 292 11 0 303 106.2 44.0 - 101.0
TOTAL (UTs) 18 12012 165 0 12177 20558 79 3 20640 171.1 47.9 - 169.5
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 148 185842 7670 24 193536 232242 7015 54 239311 125.0 91.5 225.0 123.7
24
Table – 1.5
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT of District
No.
Jails M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 1528 183 0 1711 1125 85 0 1210 73.6 46.4 - 70.7
2 ARUNACHAL 2 309 24 0 333 242 9 0 251 78.3 37.5 - 75.4
PRADESH
3 ASSAM 22 3926 457 0 4383 5441 205 0 5646 138.6 44.9 - 128.8
4 BIHAR 31 23808 980 0 24788 37124 1770 0 38894 155.9 180.6 - 156.9
5 CHHATTISGARH 20 4280 129 0 4409 5699 86 0 5785 133.2 66.7 - 131.2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
7 GUJARAT 11 3289 240 0 3529 4131 141 2 4274 125.6 58.8 - 121.1
8 HARYANA 16 15795 855 16 16666 19260 657 4 19921 121.9 76.8 25.0 119.5
10 JHARKHAND 16 4583 223 0 4806 6984 301 0 7285 152.4 135.0 - 151.6
11 KARNATAKA 21 3606 399 0 4005 3868 89 0 3957 107.3 22.3 - 98.8
12 KERALA 13 2117 128 3 2248 1988 41 0 2029 93.9 32.0 0.0 90.3
13 MADHYA PRADESH 41 8914 738 0 9652 14418 779 1 15198 161.7 105.6 - 157.5
14 MAHARASHTRA 28 6520 443 0 6963 9526 455 1 9982 146.1 102.7 - 143.4
15 MANIPUR 2 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0.0 - - 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 5 625 55 0 680 1064 25 0 1089 170.2 45.5 - 160.1
17 MIZORAM 8 678 208 0 886 485 32 0 517 71.5 15.4 - 58.4
18 NAGALAND 10 670 180 0 850 324 22 0 346 48.4 12.2 - 40.7
19 ODISHA 9 3402 231 0 3633 4181 139 0 4320 122.9 60.2 - 118.9
20 PUNJAB 7 3865 338 0 4203 4091 265 0 4356 105.8 78.4 - 103.6
21 RAJASTHAN 26 5813 272 0 6085 7044 107 0 7151 121.2 39.3 - 117.5
22 SIKKIM 1 69 5 0 74 122 3 0 125 176.8 60.0 - 168.9
23 TAMIL NADU 14 2875 0 0 2875 1980 0 0 1980 68.9 - - 68.9
24 TELANGANA 7 2007 242 0 2249 2452 178 0 2630 122.2 73.6 - 116.9
25 TRIPURA 2 216 6 0 222 126 6 0 132 58.3 100.0 - 59.5
26 UTTAR PRADESH 62 45664 2904 0 48568 96944 4500 11 101455 212.3 155.0 - 208.9
27 UTTARAKHAND 7 1996 114 0 2110 3754 181 1 3936 188.1 158.8 - 186.5
28 WEST BENGAL 13 3511 307 0 3818 6352 342 0 6694 180.9 111.4 - 175.3
TOTAL (STATES) 411 151356 9754 19 161129 240392 10483 20 250895 158.8 107.5 105.3 155.7
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 239 30 0 269 238 6 0 244 99.6 20.0 - 90.7
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 1937 116 0 2053 2922 133 0 3055 150.9 114.7 - 148.8
34 LADAKH 2 150 5 0 155 20 0 0 20 13.3 0.0 - 12.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
TOTAL (UTs) 13 2326 151 0 2477 3180 139 0 3319 136.7 92.1 - 134.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 424 153682 9905 19 163606 243572 10622 20 254214 158.5 107.2 105.3 155.4
25
Table – 1.6
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails
st
as on 31 December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT of Sub
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 91 2378 328 0 2706 1522 41 0 1563 64.0 12.5 - 57.8
3 ASSAM 1 25 8 0 33 29 0 0 29 116.0 0.0 - 87.9
4 BIHAR 17 4739 268 0 5007 3716 175 0 3891 78.4 65.3 - 77.7
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 775 63 0 838 1570 0 0 1570 202.6 0.0 - 187.4
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
7 GUJARAT 9 1304 166 0 1470 1976 77 0 2053 151.5 46.4 - 139.7
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
10 JHARKHAND 7 2148 210 0 2358 2136 72 0 2208 99.4 34.3 - 93.6
11 KARNATAKA 25 1606 171 0 1777 1115 30 0 1145 69.4 17.5 - 64.4
12 KERALA 16 473 0 0 473 702 0 0 702 148.4 - - 148.4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 73 4806 455 0 5261 7901 9 0 7910 164.4 2.0 - 150.4
14 MAHARASHTRA 4 39 11 0 50 35 2 0 37 89.7 18.2 - 74.0
15 MANIPUR 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0.0 - - 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
19 ODISHA 73 10021 1464 0 11485 10061 429 2 10492 100.4 29.3 - 91.4
20 PUNJAB 5 777 0 0 777 638 0 0 638 82.1 - - 82.1
21 RAJASTHAN 60 3920 204 0 4124 3890 0 0 3890 99.2 0.0 - 94.3
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 96 2896 336 0 3232 1961 81 0 2042 67.7 24.1 - 63.2
24 TELANGANA 20 744 77 0 821 449 9 0 458 60.3 11.7 - 55.8
25 TRIPURA 10 872 110 0 982 392 19 0 411 45.0 17.3 - 41.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 2 283 23 0 306 583 21 0 604 206.0 91.3 - 197.4
27 UTTARAKHAND 2 733 46 0 779 2225 105 2 2332 303.5 228.3 - 299.4
28 WEST BENGAL 30 2037 391 0 2428 4304 104 1 4409 211.3 26.6 - 181.6
TOTAL (STATES) 553 40774 4340 0 45114 45288 1178 5 46471 111.1 27.1 - 103.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 3 40 10 0 50 23 0 0 23 57.5 0.0 - 46.0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 160 10 0 170 182 3 0 185 113.8 30.0 - 108.8
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 26 0 0 26 52 0 0 52 200.0 - - 200.0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
35 LAKSHADWEEP 4 64 0 0 64 5 0 0 5 7.8 - - 7.8
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 8 4 0 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 11 298 24 0 322 262 3 0 265 87.9 12.5 - 82.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 564 41072 4364 0 45436 45550 1181 5 46736 110.9 27.1 - 102.9
26
Table – 1.7
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails
Number
Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Sl. of
State/UT
No. Women
Jails F Tr. Total F Tr. Total F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 280 0 280 151 0 151 53.9 - 53.9
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
4 BIHAR 2 202 0 202 234 0 234 115.8 - 115.8
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
7 GUJARAT 2 410 0 410 203 0 203 49.5 - 49.5
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
11 KARNATAKA 1 100 0 100 94 0 94 94.0 - 94.0
12 KERALA 3 232 0 232 91 0 91 39.2 - 39.2
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 262 0 262 286 0 286 109.2 - 109.2
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
17 MIZORAM 1 96 0 96 55 0 55 57.3 - 57.3
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
19 ODISHA 1 55 0 55 15 0 15 27.3 - 27.3
20 PUNJAB 1 320 0 320 221 0 221 69.1 - 69.1
21 RAJASTHAN 7 998 0 998 452 1 453 45.3 - 45.4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 5 2018 0 2018 573 1 574 28.4 - 28.4
24 TELANGANA 1 260 0 260 283 0 283 108.8 - 108.8
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 2 540 0 540 309 0 309 57.2 - 57.2
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
28 WEST BENGAL 1 314 0 314 280 0 280 89.2 - 89.2
TOTAL (STATES) 30 6087 0 6087 3247 2 3249 53.3 - 53.4
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
32 DELHI 2 680 0 680 556 3 559 81.8 - 82.2
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
34 LADAKH 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) 2 680 0 680 556 3 559 81.8 - 82.2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 32 6767 0 6767 3803 5 3808 56.2 - 56.3
27
Table – 1.8
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools
Total Capacity of
Number of Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Sl. Inmates
State/UT Borstal
No.
School M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
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 0 0 0 0 - - - -
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 - - 0.0
10 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 0 100 25 0 0 25 25.0 - - 25.0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
12 KERALA 1 90 0 0 90 85 0 0 85 94.4 - - 94.4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 105 0 0 105 7 0 0 7 6.7 - - 6.7
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
20 PUNJAB 1 500 0 0 500 290 0 0 290 58.0 - - 58.0
21 RAJASTHAN 1 20 0 0 20 11 0 0 11 55.0 - - 55.0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 12 852 0 0 852 327 0 0 327 38.4 - - 38.4
24 TELANGANA 1 93 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0.0 - - 0.0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
TOTAL (STATES) 19 1775 0 0 1775 745 0 0 745 42.0 - - 42.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
34 LADAKH 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) 19 1775 0 0 1775 745 0 0 745 42.0 - - 42.0
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Table – 1.9
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails
Sl.
State/UT of Open
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 300 0 0 300 48 0 0 48 16.0 - - 16.0
3 ASSAM 1 100 0 0 100 20 0 0 20 20.0 - - 20.0
4 BIHAR 1 104 0 0 104 74 0 0 74 71.2 - - 71.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
7 GUJARAT 4 200 0 0 200 110 0 0 110 55.0 - - 55.0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 80 0 0 80 6 0 0 6 7.5 - - 7.5
10 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 0 100 25 4 0 29 25.0 - - 29.0
11 KARNATAKA 1 80 0 0 80 50 0 0 50 62.5 - - 62.5
12 KERALA 3 448 20 0 468 238 4 0 242 53.1 20.0 - 51.7
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6 94 0 0 94 48 0 0 48 51.1 - - 51.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 19 1512 100 0 1612 135 7 0 142 8.9 7.0 - 8.8
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
19 ODISHA 1 125 0 0 125 25 0 0 25 20.0 - - 20.0
20 PUNJAB 1 75 0 0 75 67 0 0 67 89.3 - - 89.3
21 RAJASTHAN 39 1395 27 0 1422 993 47 0 1040 71.2 174.1 - 73.1
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 3 260 0 0 260 68 0 0 68 26.2 - - 26.2
24 TELANGANA 1 150 0 0 150 119 0 0 119 79.3 - - 79.3
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
27 UTTARAKHAND 1 300 0 0 300 41 0 0 41 13.7 - - 13.7
28 WEST BENGAL 4 483 0 0 483 49 0 0 49 10.1 - - 10.1
TOTAL (STATES) 88 5806 147 0 5953 2116 62 0 2178 36.4 42.2 - 36.6
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
34 LADAKH 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) 88 5806 147 0 5953 2116 62 0 2178 36.4 42.2 - 36.6
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Table – 1.10
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails
Number
Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Sl. of
State/UT
No. Special
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
3 ASSAM 1 360 12 0 372 532 35 1 568 147.8 291.7 - 152.7
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
7 GUJARAT 2 600 50 0 650 478 8 0 486 79.7 16.0 - 74.8
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
11 KARNATAKA 1 76 0 0 76 60 0 0 60 78.9 - - 78.9
12 KERALA 15 1161 18 0 1179 1321 7 0 1328 113.8 38.9 - 112.6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 243 3 0 246 151 3 0 154 62.1 100.0 - 62.6
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
19 ODISHA 2 1509 42 0 1551 1552 45 0 1597 102.8 107.1 - 103.0
20 PUNJAB 1 288 0 0 288 83 0 0 83 28.8 - - 28.8
21 RAJASTHAN 2 904 60 0 964 429 0 0 429 47.5 0.0 - 44.5
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 3 152 194 0 346 35 88 0 123 23.0 45.4 - 35.5
24 TELANGANA 4 184 44 0 228 108 2 0 110 58.7 4.5 - 48.2
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 2 788 0 0 788 391 0 0 391 49.6 - - 49.6
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
28 WEST BENGAL 4 501 84 0 585 1039 47 6 1092 207.4 56.0 - 186.7
TOTAL (STATES) 38 6766 507 0 7273 6179 235 7 6421 91.3 46.4 - 88.3
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 96 0 0 96 159 0 0 159 165.6 - - 165.6
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 88 16 0 104 2 0 0 2 2.3 0.0 - 1.9
TOTAL (UTs) 3 184 16 0 200 161 0 0 161 87.5 0.0 - 80.5
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 41 6950 523 0 7473 6340 235 7 6582 91.2 44.9 - 88.1
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Table – 1.11
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails
Sl.
State/UT of Other
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
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 0 0 0 0 - - - -
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
12 KERALA 1 535 0 0 535 286 0 0 286 53.5 - - 53.5
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 28 0 0 28 2 0 0 2 7.1 - - 7.1
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
19 ODISHA 1 450 50 0 500 172 0 0 172 38.2 0.0 - 34.4
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
TOTAL (STATES) 3 1013 50 0 1063 460 0 0 460 45.4 0.0 - 43.3
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
34 LADAKH 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) 3 1013 50 0 1063 460 0 0 460 45.4 0.0 - 43.3
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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, 2021
detenues and their age & gender profiles. A total of (5,54,034) prisoners as on
Besides, details on women prison inmates st
31 December, 2021 were confined in
including those staying with children have various jails across the country. The
also been presented in this chapter. number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
and Detenues were reported as 1,22,852,
Prison inmates lodged in various jails 4,27,165 and 3,470 respectively
are categorised as Convicts, Undertrials accounting for 22.2%, 77.1% and 0.6%
and Detenues. A convict is a person found respectively at the end of 2021. Other
guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court prisoners accounted for 0.1% (547
of law and person serving a sentence in prisoners) of total prisoners as on 31st
prison. An Undertrial is a person who is December, 2021.
currently on trial in a court of law. A
detenue is any person held lawfully in Only 13 states have reported lodging of
custody. However, ‘Other’ category refers civil prisoners in its jails. Out of 1,22,852
to any person other than above mentioned convicts, 81 were civil convicts and out of
categories. 4,27,165 undertrials prisoners, 53 were
civil undertrial inmates.
Detenues, 3470, Others, 547, 0.1%

0.6%
Convicts, 122852,
22.2%
Total Inmates Undertrials,

427165, 77.1%
5,54,034
Share of Different Types of Prisoners as on 31st December 2021
Chart 2.1
33
Convicts (1.8%, 2,153 convicts) as on
st
31 December, 2021 [Chart 2.2].
Jail–wise & State/UT–wise Distribution
of Convicted Prisoners in Different Uttar Pradesh has reported the most
Types of Jail as on 31st December, number of convicts (21.9%, 26,956) in the
2021 country followed by Madhya Pradesh
(15.7%, 19,266) and Chhattisgarh (6.3%,
The highest number of convicted
7,762) at the end of 2021 [Table 2.1]
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails
[Map-2]. State/UT-wise, Sex-wise
(66.4%, 81,551 convicts) out of total
distribution of convicted prisoners in
1,22,852 convicts followed by District Jails
different types of jail is presented in
(27.8%, 34,214 convicts), Sub Jails
Tables 2.3 - 2.9.
(2.0%, 2,461 convicts) and Open Jails
Women Jail, 1,108,

Special Jail, 1,106, 0.9% *Other Jails, 259,
0.9% 0.2%
Sub Jail, 2,461,

2.0%
Open Jail, 2,153,

1.8%
District Jail,
34,214, 27.8%
Central Jail,
81,551, 66.4%
Total Convicted Prisoners 1,22,852

* Other Jails include Borstal Schools.
Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.2
34
Undertrials Sub Jails (10.4%, 44,228 undertrials) as
on 31st December, 2021 [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 (21.2%,
2021 90,606) in the country followed by Bihar
(13.9%, 59,577) and Maharashtra (7.4%,
The highest number of undertrial
31,752) at the end of 2021 [Map-3].
prisoners were lodged in District Jails
State/UT-wise, Sex-wise distribution of
(51.4%, 2,19,529 undertrials) out of total
undertrials prisoners in different types of
4,27,165 undertrials followed by Central
jail is presented in Table 2.3 - 2.9.
Jails (36.2%,1,54,447 undertrials) and
Women Jail, 2621, *Other Jails, 971,

0.6% 0.2%
Special Jail, 5369,

1.3%
Sub Jail, 44228,
10.4%
Central Jail,
154447, 36.2%
District Jail,
219529, 51.4%
Total Undertrial Prisoners 4,27,165

* Other Jails include Borstal School, Open Jails, etc.
Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.3
35
Detenues detenues) as on 31st December, 2021
[Chart 2.4].
State/UT – wise Distribution of
Detenues in Different Types of Jails as Tamil Nadu has reported the most
on 31st December, 2021 number of detenues (51.2%, 1,775) in the
country followed by Telangana (11.4%,
The highest number of detenues were 396) and Gujarat (10.7%, 372) at the end
lodged in Central Jails (83.7%, 2,904 of 2021. State/UT-wise, Sex-wise
detenues) out of total 3,470 detenues distribution of detenues prisoners in
followed by District Jails (10.8%, 376 different types of jail is presented in Table
detenues) and Special Jails (2.9%, 102 2.3-2.9.
Special Jail, 102,

2.9% *Other Jail, 9,
0.3%
Women Jail, 79,
2.3%
District Jail, 376,
10.8%
Central Jail, 2904,

83.7%
Total Detenues 3,470

* Other Jails include Borstal School, Sub Jails, etc.
Detenues in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2021
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
2021
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 547 other inmates lodged in
various jails of the country as on 31st I. Prison Inmates
December, 2021. The highest number of Among the 5,54,034 prisoners as on
Other category prisoners were lodged in st
31 December, 2021 the highest number
Central Jails (74.8%, 409) followed by of prisoners were having education Below
District Jails (17.4%, 95) and Sub Jails Class X (40.2%, 2,22,513) followed by
(6.9%, 38). Prisoners With No Education (25.2%,
1,39,691) and prisoners with education
Class X And Above But Below
Graduation (24.0%, 1,33,131) [Chart
2.5].
Holding Tech. Post Graduate,

Degree /Diploma, 10082, 1.8%
7052, 1.3%
Graduate, 41565, Illiterate, 139691,

7.5% 25.2%
Class X & above

but below
Graduation,
133131, 24.0%
Total Inmates
5,54,034 Below Class X,
222513, 40.2%

Educational Profile of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.5
37
II. Convicts constitutes 64.7% (2,76,366 out of
4,27,165) of the total undertrial inmates.
A total of 30,894 out of 1,22,852
convicts lodged in various jails in the IV. Detenues
country were reported as illiterate and
52,542 convicts were educated below 667 out of 3,470 detenues were
class Xth standard. These two categories illiterate and 1,360 were educated below
accounted for 25.1% and 42.8% of total class Xth standard. These two categories
convicts (1,22,852) respectively. accounted for 19.2% and 39.2% of total
State/UT-wise educational profile of detenues respectively, which together
convicts is presented in Table 2.10A. constitutes 58.4% (2,027 out of 3,470) of
total detenues as on 31st December,
III. Undertrials 2021.
Out of 4,27,165 Undertrials lodged Domicile Profile

in various jails in the country, a total of I. Prison Inmates
1,07,946 Undertrial prisoners were
illiterate and 1,68,420 were educated Among the 5,54,034 prisoners as on
st
below class Xth standard. These two 31 December, 2021 around 90.9% of
categories have accounted for 25.3% prisoners belong to the State followed by
and 39.4% of total Undertrial prisoners prisoners belonging to the Other States
respectively which taken together (8.1%) and prisoner belonging to the
Other Country (1.0%) [Chart – 2.6].
Belongs to other Belongs to other

State, 44664, 8.1% Country, 5565,
1.0%
Belongs to same
Total Inmates 5,54,034
State, 503805,
90.9%

Domicile of Origin of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.6
38
II. Convicts [Chart 2.7]. Convicts of other countries
contribute 0.9% of all convicts (1,080
Among the 1,22,852 convicted-inmates
convicts out of 1,22,852) as on 31st
lodged in various jails in the country,
December, 2021. State/UT-wise domicile
1,14,696 convicted-inmates belong to the
of origin of convicts is presented in Table
respective states accounting for 93.4% of
2.10B.
all inmates followed by Convicts from
other states (5.8%, 7,076 convicts)
Belongs to Other Belongs to Other

State, 7076, (5.8%) Country, 1080,
(0.9%)
Belongs to same
State, 114696,
(93.4%)
Total Convicts
1,22,852

Domicile of Origin of Convicted Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.7
A total of 7,076 convicts has been States/UTs which contributed around

reported as non-domicile of the State 8.8% (37,377) and Undertrial prisoners of
(Belongs to Other State) where they are other countries accounted for 1.0%
incarcerated. Haryana has reported the (4,150) of total Undertrial prisoners as on
maximum number of such convicts 31st December, 2021 (Table 2.11B).
(16.5%, 1,170 convicts) followed by
Madhya Pradesh (10.2%, 719 convicts) IV. Detenues
and Chhattisgarh (7.4%, 522 convicts) as
on 31st December, 2021. 93.3% (3,239 out of 3,470) of
detenues belonged to the same State/UT
III. Undertrials while only 5.6% (193) of detenues were
belonging to the different States/UTs as
Around 90.3% (3,85,638 out of on 31st December, 2021. 38 detenues
4,27,165) of total Undertrial prisoners were belonging to other countries (Table
were from the same State/UT. This is 2.12B).
followed by undertrial prisoners of other
39
Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as Among the convicts, inmates
on 31st December, 2021 belonging to the age group 30- 50 Years
were more (62,868) than the inmates of
As on 31st December, 2021 the any other age groups. However, in case
maximum number of inmates (2,41,320) of undertrial prisoners, inmates belonging
were belonging to the age group 18-30 to the age group 18- 30 Years were the
Years followed by the age group 30-50 highest (2,04,637 Undertrial inmates)
Years (2,39,814). 72,893 inmates were followed by inmates belonging to the age
belonging to the age group Above 50 group 30- 50 Years (1,75,182 Undertrial
Years. Only 7 inmates were belonging to inmates) and inmates of more than 50
age group 16-18 years as on years of age (47,346) as on
st
31st December, 2021. 31 December, 2021 [Chart 2.8].
300000
16-18 Years 18-30 Years
30-50 Years Above 50 Years

239814
250000 241320
204637
200000
175182
150000
100000
72893
62868
47346
50000
34930
25047
1422 163
1590 458 342
7 0 0 0 42 7
0
Convicts Undertrial Detenues Other Inmates Total
Prisoners

Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.8
40
Women Prisoners with Children as on
31st December, 2021 Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of Women with children
There were 1,650 women (379 women with 428 children) followed
prisoners with 1,867 children as on 31st by Bihar (304 women with 344 children)
December, 2021. Among these women and West Bengal (165 women with 199
prisoners, 1,418 women prisoners were children) as on 31st December, 2021,
undertrial prisoners who were Only 09 States/UTs have no women
accompanied by 1,601 children and 216 inmates with children [Chart 2.10].
convicted prisoners who were
accompanied by 246 children [Chart 2.9]
[Table 2.17].
2000
No. of Women Prisoners No.of Children 1867
1800
1650
1601
1600
1418
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
216 246
200
16 20
0
Convicts Undertrials Other Inmates Total

Type of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.9
41
UTTAR PRADESH 428
379
BIHAR 344
304
WEST BENGAL 199
165
MADHYA PRADESH 186
160
JHARKHAND 108
95
PUNJAB 80
79
MAHARASHTRA 85
76
CHHATTISGARH 85
72
ODISHA 52
47 No. of Children
TELANGANA 44
41
RAJASTHAN 38 No. of Women Inmates with Children
36
HARYANA 31
29
ASSAM 28
28
KARNATAKA 30
26
DELHI 24
22
GUJARAT 28
21
UTTARAKHAND 13
12
ANDHRA PRADESH 13 Total Women Inmates with Children 1,650
12
JAMMU & KASHMIR 11
Total Number of Children 1,867
11
TAMIL NADU 12
10
HIMACHAL PRADESH 6
6
MIZORAM 4
4
KERALA 4
4
CHANDIGARH 3
3
TRIPURA 5
3
MEGHALAYA 4
3
MANIPUR 2
2
0 100 200 300 400 500

State/UT-wise Women Inmates with Children as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 2.10
Indian and Foreign Inmates as on Indians and 906 (4.0%) were Foreigners
31st December 2021 [Table 2.19].
Out of total 5,54,034 prison inmates, State/UT – wise Inmates Admitted

5,48,469 (99.0%) inmates were Indians during 2021
and 5,565 (1.0%) inmates were
Foreigners [Table 2.18]. Out of 22,918 State/UT – wise prisoners admitted
female inmates, 22,012 (96.0%) were during the year in various jails of the
42
country is presented in Table 2.20. inmates (2,71,084) admitted during 2021
During the year 2021, a total of 18,06,823 followed by Bihar (2,70,934) and Madhya
inmates were admitted in various jails of Pradesh (1,28,019) accounting for 15.0%,
the country. 15.0% and 7.1% respectively of total
number of inmates at national level
Among the States/UTs, Uttar Pradesh
[Chart 2.11].
has reported the highest number of

BIHAR 270934
WEST BENGAL 113697
ANDHRA PRADESH 108048
RAJASTHAN 102396
TAMIL NADU 99874
MAHARASHTRA 90338
ODISHA 76283
DELHI 73786
GUJARAT 63626
PUNJAB 61839
KERALA 59154
TELANGANA 53965
KARNATAKA 51884
CHHATTISGARH 45945
HARYANA 44669
JHARKHAND 35672
UTTARAKHAND 15501
ASSAM 9888
TRIPURA 3910
MIZORAM 3900
NAGALAND 1671
CHANDIGARH 1601
MEGHALAYA 1354
PUDUCHERRY 1314
GOA 1154
MANIPUR 1135
A & N ISLANDS 556 Total Inmates Admitted during 2021
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 470 18,06,823
SIKKIM 403
DNH & DAMAN DIU 285
LAKSHADWEEP 35
LADAKH 14
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000

State/UT-wise Inmates Admitted during 2021
Chart 2.11
43
Trend in Number of Convicts, in 31st December, 2021). Among the
Undertrial Inmates, Detenues and inmates, number of convicts during 2016 -
Other Inmates in 2016-2021 2021 have decreased by 9.5% whereas
the number of undertrial inmates has
The number of inmates in the prisons increased by 45.8%. Also, the number of
has increased by 28.0% during 2016 to detenues has increased by 12.3% during
2021 (from 4,33,003 inmates in the same period. [Chart 2.12].
st
31 December, 2016 to 5,54,034 inmates
600000 20000
554034
Total Inmates, Undertrial and Convicted Inmates
18000
500000 28.0%
16000
Detenues and Other Inmates

433003 427165
14000
400000
45.8% 12000
293058
300000 10000
8000
200000
6000
135683
-9.5%
122852
3089 4000
100000 12.3%
3470
2000
1173
-53.4% 547
Year
0 0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Inmates 433003 450696 466802 481387 488511 554034
Undertrials 293058 308718 324141 332916 371848 427165
Convicts 135683 139149 139656 144567 112589 122852
Detenues 3089 2136 2384 3223 3590 3470
Other Inmates 1173 693 621 681 484 547
Trend in Number of Different Types of Prison Inmates during 2016-2021

Chart 2.12
  
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Table – 2.1
Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2021
Sl. Convicts Undertrials
State/UT
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2012 92 0 2104 5518 312 1 5831
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 126 4 0 130 116 5 0 121
3 ASSAM 2393 66 0 2459 7253 365 2 7620
4 BIHAR 7019 282 0 7301 56792 2785 0 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 7403 359 0 7762 11748 540 0 12288
6 GOA 70 0 0 70 462 19 0 481
7 GUJARAT 4439 183 4 4626 11214 382 3 11599
8 HARYANA 5690 189 1 5880 17645 588 4 18237
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 829 23 0 852 1938 86 0 2024
10 JHARKHAND 4787 219 0 5006 15600 649 0 16249
11 KARNATAKA 3578 185 0 3763 11268 417 4 11689
12 KERALA 2144 44 0 2188 4793 99 0 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 18473 791 2 19266 27992 1100 2 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA 4708 151 2 4861 30516 1217 19 31752
15 MANIPUR 92 2 0 94 468 45 0 513
16 MEGHALAYA 217 3 0 220 844 22 0 866
17 MIZORAM 458 16 0 474 570 70 0 640
18 NAGALAND 130 0 0 130 312 14 0 326
19 ODISHA 2542 78 0 2620 17501 661 2 18164
20 PUNJAB 6299 282 0 6581 18430 1080 0 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 4811 150 1 4962 17482 472 0 17954
22 SIKKIM 131 1 0 132 298 4 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 4346 185 0 4531 11201 504 1 11706
24 TELANGANA 1999 125 0 2124 4466 330 0 4796
25 TRIPURA 402 19 0 421 577 21 0 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 25763 1189 4 26956 86794 3805 7 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 2154 92 1 2247 4478 194 2 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 2758 195 1 2954 21308 1248 21 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 115773 4925 16 120714 387584 17034 68 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 105 4 0 109 156 2 0 158
30 CHANDIGARH 173 6 0 179 678 40 0 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 8 0 0 8 174 3 0 177
32 DELHI 1516 53 0 1569 16157 502 6 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 182 2 0 184 4378 153 0 4531
34 LADAKH 4 0 0 4 16 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 85 0 0 85 198 11 0 209
TOTAL (UTs) 2073 65 0 2138 21762 711 6 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 117846 4990 16 122852 409346 17745 74 427165
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Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2021
Detenues Others Total
Sl.
State/UT (Col.6+10+
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total 14+18)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 9 0 0 9 6 0 0 6 7950
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10079
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 66879
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 20061
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 551
7 GUJARAT 364 8 0 372 0 0 0 0 16597
8 HARYANA 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 24158
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21257
11 KARNATAKA 15 0 0 15 6 0 0 6 15473
12 KERALA 8 0 0 8 23 0 0 23 7111
13 MADHYA PRADESH 25 0 0 25 127 1 0 128 48513
14 MAHARASHTRA 240 0 0 240 0 0 0 0 36853
15 MANIPUR 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 611
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1089
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1116
18 NAGALAND 36 8 0 44 0 0 0 0 500
19 ODISHA 19 0 0 19 1 0 0 1 20804
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 49 6 0 55 26146
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 4 18 0 0 18 22938
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 434
23 TAMIL NADU 1721 53 1 1775 3 0 0 3 18015
24 TELANGANA 379 17 0 396 0 0 0 0 7316
25 TRIPURA 10 0 0 10 4 0 0 4 1033
26 UTTAR PRADESH 221 1 0 222 5 0 0 5 117789
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6921
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 151 87 0 238 25769
TOTAL (STATES) 3099 87 1 3187 408 95 0 503 529090
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 897
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
32 DELHI 19 1 0 20 41 0 0 41 18295
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 252 0 0 252 3 0 0 3 4970
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 305
TOTAL (UTs) 282 1 0 283 44 0 0 44 24944
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3381 88 1 3470 452 95 0 547 554034
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Table – 2.2
Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 26.5 73.3 0.1 0.1 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 51.8 48.2 0.0 0.0 100
3 ASSAM 24.4 75.6 0.0 0.0 100
4 BIHAR 10.9 89.1 0.0 0.0 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 38.7 61.3 0.0 0.1 100
6 GOA 12.7 87.3 0.0 0.0 100
7 GUJARAT 27.9 69.9 2.2 0.0 100
8 HARYANA 24.3 75.5 0.2 0.0 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 29.6 70.4 0.0 0.0 100
10 JHARKHAND 23.5 76.4 0.0 0.0 100
11 KARNATAKA 24.3 75.5 0.1 0.0 100
12 KERALA 30.8 68.8 0.1 0.3 100
13 MADHYA PRADESH 39.7 60.0 0.1 0.3 100
14 MAHARASHTRA 13.2 86.2 0.7 0.0 100
15 MANIPUR 15.4 84.0 0.7 0.0 100
16 MEGHALAYA 20.2 79.5 0.0 0.3 100
17 MIZORAM 42.5 57.3 0.0 0.2 100
18 NAGALAND 26.0 65.2 8.8 0.0 100
19 ODISHA 12.6 87.3 0.1 0.0 100
20 PUNJAB 25.2 74.6 0.0 0.2 100
21 RAJASTHAN 21.6 78.3 0.0 0.1 100
22 SIKKIM 30.4 69.6 0.0 0.0 100
23 TAMIL NADU 25.2 65.0 9.9 0.0 100
24 TELANGANA 29.0 65.6 5.4 0.0 100
25 TRIPURA 40.8 57.9 1.0 0.4 100
26 UTTAR PRADESH 22.9 76.9 0.2 0.0 100
27 UTTARAKHAND 32.5 67.5 0.0 0.0 100
28 WEST BENGAL 11.5 87.6 0.0 0.9 100
TOTAL (STATES) 22.8 76.5 0.6 0.1 100
29 A & N ISLANDS 40.8 59.2 0.0 0.0 100
30 CHANDIGARH 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 100
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 4.3 95.7 0.0 0.0 100
32 DELHI 8.6 91.1 0.1 0.2 100
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3.7 91.2 5.1 0.1 100
34 LADAKH 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 27.9 68.5 3.6 0.0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 8.6 90.1 1.1 0.2 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 22.2 77.1 0.6 0.1 100
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Table – 2.3
(Central Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1852 4 0 1856 2983 123 1 3107
3 ASSAM 855 30 0 885 2769 161 1 2931
4 BIHAR 5123 129 0 5252 17775 759 0 18534
5 CHHATTISGARH 7274 358 0 7632 4618 455 0 5073
6 GOA 70 0 0 70 462 19 0 481
7 GUJARAT 3647 74 4 3725 5452 70 1 5523
8 HARYANA 1056 26 1 1083 3060 94 0 3154
10 JHARKHAND 4381 203 0 4584 6836 288 0 7124
11 KARNATAKA 3483 143 0 3626 6276 246 4 6526
12 KERALA 1718 0 0 1718 605 0 0 605
13 MADHYA PRADESH 15355 689 2 16046 8847 414 1 9262
14 MAHARASHTRA 4255 128 2 4385 21152 487 18 21657
15 MANIPUR 92 2 0 94 468 45 0 513
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 331 0 0 331 213 0 0 213
18 NAGALAND 55 0 0 55 70 0 0 70
19 ODISHA 719 31 0 750 3353 80 0 3433
20 PUNJAB 4953 183 0 5136 14607 693 0 15300
21 RAJASTHAN 3251 0 0 3251 6684 16 0 6700
22 SIKKIM 131 1 0 132 176 1 0 177
23 TAMIL NADU 4225 0 0 4225 6959 0 1 6960
24 TELANGANA 1302 0 0 1302 2035 0 0 2035
25 TRIPURA 271 10 0 281 198 5 0 203
26 UTTAR PRADESH 9844 24 0 9868 4935 141 0 5076
27 UTTARAKHAND 570 0 0 570 42 0 0 42
28 WEST BENGAL 2158 136 1 2295 10164 536 14 10714
TOTAL (STATES) 77455 2188 10 79653 131266 4656 41 135963
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 173 6 0 179 678 40 0 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 1516 0 0 1516 16157 0 3 16160
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 118 0 0 118 1377 22 0 1399
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 85 0 0 85 196 11 0 207
TOTAL (UTs) 1892 6 0 1898 18408 73 3 18484
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 79347 2194 10 81551 149674 4729 44 154447
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Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others
State/UT Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 9 0 0 9 6 0 0 6 4978
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3816
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23786
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12706
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 551
7 GUJARAT 223 0 0 223 0 0 0 0 9471
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4237
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11710
11 KARNATAKA 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 10167
12 KERALA 8 0 0 8 17 0 0 17 2348
13 MADHYA PRADESH 15 0 0 15 33 1 0 34 25357
14 MAHARASHTRA 201 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 26243
15 MANIPUR 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 611
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 544
18 NAGALAND 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 154
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4183
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 49 6 0 55 20491
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 4 9 0 0 9 9964
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 309
23 TAMIL NADU 1713 0 0 1713 3 0 0 3 12901
24 TELANGANA 379 0 0 379 0 0 0 0 3716
25 TRIPURA 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 490
26 UTTAR PRADESH 85 0 0 85 1 0 0 1 15030
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 612
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 151 85 0 236 13245
TOTAL (STATES) 2690 0 0 2690 273 92 0 365 218671
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 897
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 19 0 0 19 41 0 0 41 17736
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 184 0 0 184 3 0 0 3 1704
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 303
TOTAL (UTs) 214 0 0 214 44 0 0 44 20640
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2904 0 0 2904 317 92 0 409 239311
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Table – 2.4
(District Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 75 1 0 76 1050 84 0 1134
3 ASSAM 1443 33 0 1476 3998 172 0 4170
4 BIHAR 1735 66 0 1801 35388 1704 0 37092
5 CHHATTISGARH 107 1 0 108 5587 85 0 5672
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 512 10 0 522 3558 130 2 3690
8 HARYANA 4634 163 0 4797 14585 494 4 15083
10 JHARKHAND 333 7 0 340 6651 294 0 6945
11 KARNATAKA 39 2 0 41 3826 87 0 3913
12 KERALA 70 2 0 72 1917 39 0 1956
13 MADHYA PRADESH 2562 102 0 2664 11775 677 1 12453
14 MAHARASHTRA 296 9 0 305 9193 446 1 9640
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 217 3 0 220 844 22 0 866
17 MIZORAM 127 3 0 130 357 28 0 385
18 NAGALAND 75 0 0 75 242 14 0 256
19 ODISHA 588 18 0 606 3593 121 0 3714
20 PUNJAB 1137 64 0 1201 2954 201 0 3155
21 RAJASTHAN 258 0 0 258 6782 107 0 6889
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 122 3 0 125
23 TAMIL NADU 35 0 0 35 1941 0 0 1941
24 TELANGANA 528 2 0 530 1924 176 0 2100
25 TRIPURA 46 2 0 48 79 4 0 83
26 UTTAR PRADESH 15436 954 4 16394 81368 3545 7 84920
27 UTTARAKHAND 1350 79 1 1430 2404 102 0 2506
28 WEST BENGAL 446 21 0 467 5906 319 0 6225
TOTAL (STATES) 32487 1552 5 34044 207515 8918 15 216448
29 A & N ISLANDS 101 4 0 105 137 2 0 139
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 59 2 0 61 2795 131 0 2926
34 LADAKH 4 0 0 4 16 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 164 6 0 170 2948 133 0 3081
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 32651 1558 5 34214 210463 9051 15 219529
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Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others
State/UT Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1210
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5646
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 38894
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5785
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 61 1 0 62 0 0 0 0 4274
8 HARYANA 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 19921
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7285
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3957
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2029
13 MADHYA PRADESH 10 0 0 10 71 0 0 71 15198
14 MAHARASHTRA 37 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 9982
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1089
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 517
18 NAGALAND 7 8 0 15 0 0 0 0 346
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4320
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4356
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 7151
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125
23 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1980
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2630
25 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 132
26 UTTAR PRADESH 136 1 0 137 4 0 0 4 101455
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3936
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6694
TOTAL (STATES) 298 10 0 308 92 3 0 95 250895
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 244
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 68 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 3055
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 68 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 3319
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 366 10 0 376 92 3 0 95 254214
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Table – 2.5
(Sub Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 37 0 0 37 1485 41 0 1526
3 ASSAM 5 0 0 5 24 0 0 24
4 BIHAR 87 0 0 87 3629 175 0 3804
5 CHHATTISGARH 22 0 0 22 1543 0 0 1543
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 93 2 0 95 1881 75 0 1956
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 70 8 0 78 2066 64 0 2130
11 KARNATAKA 6 0 0 6 1106 30 0 1136
12 KERALA 13 0 0 13 689 0 0 689
13 MADHYA PRADESH 508 0 0 508 7370 9 0 7379
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 35 2 0 37
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 914 21 0 935 9145 408 2 9555
20 PUNJAB 82 0 0 82 556 0 0 556
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 4 3881 0 0 3881
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 18 0 0 18 1943 81 0 2024
24 TELANGANA 46 0 0 46 403 9 0 412
25 TRIPURA 85 7 0 92 300 12 0 312
26 UTTAR PRADESH 92 8 0 100 491 13 0 504
27 UTTARAKHAND 193 13 0 206 2032 92 2 2126
28 WEST BENGAL 88 0 0 88 4216 104 1 4321
TOTAL (STATES) 2390 59 0 2449 42851 1119 5 43975
29 A & N ISLANDS 4 0 0 4 19 0 0 19
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 8 0 0 8 174 3 0 177
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 52
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 12 0 0 12 250 3 0 253
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2402 59 0 2461 43101 1122 5 44228
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Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others

State/UT Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1563
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3891
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1570
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2053
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2208
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1145
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 702
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 7910
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10492
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 638
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 3890
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2042
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 458
25 TRIPURA 6 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 411
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 604
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2332
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4409
TOTAL (STATES) 9 0 0 9 38 0 0 38 46471
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 265
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 9 0 0 9 38 0 0 38 46736
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Table – 2.6
(Women Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
S.
State/UT
No.
F Tr. Total F Tr. Total F Tr. Total F Tr. Total F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 87 0 87 64 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 87 0 87 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 234 0 234
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 94 0 94 102 0 102 7 0 7 0 0 0 203 0 203
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 40 0 40 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 94
12 KERALA 38 0 38 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 91
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 7 279 0 279 0 0 0 0 0 0 286 0 286
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 13 0 13 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 55
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 4 0 4 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15
20 PUNJAB 35 0 35 186 0 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 0 221
21 RAJASTHAN 103 1 104 349 0 349 0 0 0 0 0 0 452 1 453
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 185 0 185 335 0 335 53 1 54 0 0 0 573 1 574
24 TELANGANA 123 0 123 143 0 143 17 0 17 0 0 0 283 0 283
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 203 0 203 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 309 0 309
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 35 0 35 245 0 245 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 0 280
TOTAL (STATES) 1054 1 1055 2116 0 2116 77 1 78 0 0 0 3247 2 3249
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 53 0 53 502 3 505 1 0 1 0 0 0 556 3 559
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 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 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 53 0 53 502 3 505 1 0 1 0 0 0 556 3 559
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1107 1 1108 2618 3 2621 78 1 79 0 0 0 3803 5 3808
As per data provided by States/UTs.
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Table – 2.7
(Borstal Schools)
Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 25
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 35 0 0 35 255 0 0 255
21 RAJASTHAN 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 327 0 0 327
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 53 0 0 53 692 0 0 692
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 53 0 0 53 692 0 0 692
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Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others

State/UT Total
No.
M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 290
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 327
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 745
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 745
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Table – 2.8
(Open Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 74 0 0 74 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 110 0 0 110 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 3 1 0 4 22 3 0 25
11 KARNATAKA 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 238 4 0 242 0 0 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 135 7 0 142 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 67 0 0 67 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 993 47 0 1040 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 68 0 0 68 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 49 0 0 49 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 2094 59 0 2153 22 3 0 25
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2094 59 0 2153 22 3 0 25
As per data provided by States/UTs.
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Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others
State/UT Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
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 0 0 0 110
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1040
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2178
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2178
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Table – 2.9
(Special Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 70 3 0 73 462 32 1 495
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 77 3 0 80 323 5 0 328
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 60
12 KERALA 18 0 0 18 1298 7 0 1305
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 13 0 0 13 136 3 0 139
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 179 4 0 183 1355 41 0 1396
20 PUNJAB 25 0 0 25 58 0 0 58
21 RAJASTHAN 294 0 0 294 135 0 0 135
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 31 88 0 119
24 TELANGANA 4 0 0 4 104 2 0 106
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 391 0 0 391 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 17 3 0 20 1022 44 6 1072
TOTAL (STATES) 1088 13 0 1101 4984 222 7 5213
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 0 0 5 154 0 0 154
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
TOTAL (UTs) 5 0 0 5 156 0 0 156
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1093 13 0 1106 5140 222 7 5369
Note: Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha reported 1 jail each under ‘Other jail’ category. Kerala reported 286 male inmates (87 convicts + 199
undertrials), Maharashtra reported 2 male convicts and Odisha reported 172 male inmates (117 convicts + 55 undertrials) lodged in 'Other jail'.
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Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31 st December, 2021 (Sex-wise)
Sl. Detenues Others
State/UT Total
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 568
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 486
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1328
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 154
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 1597
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 429
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 123
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 391
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1092
TOTAL (STATES) 102 0 0 102 5 0 0 5 6421
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159
34 LADAKH 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 2
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 102 0 0 102 5 0 0 5 6582
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Table – 2.10 A
Education Profile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021
Educational Standard
Sl. Holding
State/UT Class X & above
No. Below Class Tech. Post
Illiterate but below Graduate Total
X Degree Graduate
Graduation
/Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 365 1117 337 183 41 61 2104
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 37 65 26 2 0 0 130
3 ASSAM 932 1059 260 158 27 23 2459
4 BIHAR 1930 2799 1864 576 47 85 7301
5 CHHATTISGARH 1911 4520 963 274 29 65 7762
6 GOA 24 12 26 4 2 2 70
7 GUJARAT 828 2604 932 181 18 63 4626
8 HARYANA 1223 2321 1551 507 137 141 5880
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 84 384 332 41 3 8 852
10 JHARKHAND 1063 2229 1357 233 74 50 5006
11 KARNATAKA 1071 1247 1080 198 120 47 3763
12 KERALA 193 1188 569 153 59 26 2188
13 MADHYA PRADESH 4383 8464 4219 1605 169 426 19266
14 MAHARASHTRA 835 2089 1164 521 118 134 4861
15 MANIPUR 6 50 20 18 0 0 94
16 MEGHALAYA 104 89 23 3 1 0 220
17 MIZORAM 4 309 156 4 0 1 474
18 NAGALAND 24 79 22 5 0 0 130
19 ODISHA 927 1271 331 71 13 7 2620
20 PUNJAB 2130 2370 1580 326 74 101 6581
21 RAJASTHAN 1413 1849 1007 442 65 186 4962
22 SIKKIM 30 88 8 6 0 0 132
23 TAMIL NADU 1258 1710 810 349 267 137 4531
24 TELANGANA 405 895 671 121 8 24 2124
25 TRIPURA 41 301 56 20 0 3 421
26 UTTAR PRADESH 7799 10245 6035 2002 204 671 26956
27 UTTARAKHAND 511 975 537 130 31 63 2247
28 WEST BENGAL 860 1275 615 114 72 18 2954
TOTAL (STATES) 30391 51604 26551 8247 1579 2342 120714
29 A & N ISLANDS 15 77 14 2 0 1 109
30 CHANDIGARH 32 85 36 20 2 4 179
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 5 1 0 0 0 8
32 DELHI 381 681 363 105 19 20 1569
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 66 53 47 12 0 6 184
34 LADAKH 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 5 36 28 8 6 2 85
TOTAL (UTs) 503 938 489 147 28 33 2138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 30894 52542 27040 8394 1607 2375 122852
Table 2.10A – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 B
Domicile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021
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 1992 109 3 2104
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 95 34 1 130
3 ASSAM 2355 89 15 2459
4 BIHAR 7173 122 6 7301
5 CHHATTISGARH 7238 522 2 7762
6 GOA 43 19 8 70
7 GUJARAT 4386 228 12 4626
8 HARYANA 4706 1170 4 5880
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 629 167 56 852
10 JHARKHAND 4734 271 1 5006
11 KARNATAKA 3578 179 6 3763
12 KERALA 2006 176 6 2188
13 MADHYA PRADESH 18537 719 10 19266
14 MAHARASHTRA 4321 500 40 4861
15 MANIPUR 86 1 7 94
16 MEGHALAYA 194 14 12 220
17 MIZORAM 462 8 4 474
18 NAGALAND 119 11 0 130
19 ODISHA 2542 77 1 2620
20 PUNJAB 6040 490 51 6581
21 RAJASTHAN 4545 403 14 4962
22 SIKKIM 94 38 0 132
23 TAMIL NADU 4451 25 55 4531
24 TELANGANA 1971 147 6 2124
25 TRIPURA 412 0 9 421
26 UTTAR PRADESH 26225 474 257 26956
27 UTTARAKHAND 1775 432 40 2247
28 WEST BENGAL 2518 107 329 2954
TOTAL (STATES) 113227 6532 955 120714
29 A & N ISLANDS 61 0 48 109
30 CHANDIGARH 109 65 5 179
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 8 0 8
32 DELHI 1078 430 61 1569
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 154 20 10 184
34 LADAKH 1 2 1 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 66 19 0 85
TOTAL (UTs) 1469 544 125 2138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 114696 7076 1080 122852
Table 2.10B – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 C
Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1679 268 0 157 0 2104
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 50 5 0 45 30 130
3 ASSAM 898 1488 45 13 15 2459
4 BIHAR 6101 1185 11 4 0 7301
5 CHHATTISGARH 7307 226 39 187 3 7762
6 GOA 54 7 0 9 0 70
7 GUJARAT 3681 897 6 37 5 4626
8 HARYANA 4492 746 587 55 0 5880
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 781 34 34 3 0 852
10 JHARKHAND 3506 641 46 370 443 5006
11 KARNATAKA 3188 478 2 79 16 3763
12 KERALA 1232 512 0 400 44 2188
13 MADHYA PRADESH 16815 2271 75 37 68 19266
14 MAHARASHTRA 2859 1240 45 81 636 4861
15 MANIPUR 61 8 0 17 8 94
16 MEGHALAYA 26 16 0 176 2 220
17 MIZORAM 10 14 0 449 1 474
18 NAGALAND 17 11 3 99 0 130
19 ODISHA 2346 80 3 158 33 2620
20 PUNJAB 1747 299 4140 225 170 6581
21 RAJASTHAN 3987 751 160 21 43 4962
22 SIKKIM 87 0 0 24 21 132
23 TAMIL NADU 3443 495 0 588 5 4531
24 TELANGANA 1503 461 22 138 0 2124
25 TRIPURA 312 60 2 33 14 421
26 UTTAR PRADESH 21331 5453 108 17 47 26956
27 UTTARAKHAND 1606 489 143 6 3 2247
28 WEST BENGAL 1973 935 2 30 14 2954
TOTAL (STATES) 91092 19070 5473 3458 1621 120714
29 A & N ISLANDS 39 13 0 38 19 109
30 CHANDIGARH 146 12 16 5 0 179
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 4 4 0 0 0 8
32 DELHI 1088 379 41 57 4 1569
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 79 97 7 0 1 184
34 LADAKH 3 0 0 0 1 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 71 5 0 9 0 85
TOTAL (UTs) 1430 510 64 109 25 2138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 92522 19580 5537 3567 1646 122852
Table 2.10C – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.10 D
Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021

Sl. No. State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 534 352 711 507 2104
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 72 11 47 130
3 ASSAM 218 198 1935 108 2459
4 BIHAR 1269 390 3700 1942 7301
5 CHHATTISGARH 1433 2666 2974 689 7762
6 GOA 5 6 18 41 70
7 GUJARAT 523 965 2059 1079 4626
8 HARYANA 1570 368 1275 2667 5880
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 251 31 85 485 852
10 JHARKHAND 708 1717 1851 730 5006
11 KARNATAKA 790 340 1650 983 3763
12 KERALA 307 143 1074 664 2188
13 MADHYA PRADESH 4870 4923 6159 3314 19266
14 MAHARASHTRA 709 617 858 2677 4861
15 MANIPUR 8 17 61 8 94
16 MEGHALAYA 13 188 3 16 220
17 MIZORAM 13 460 0 1 474
18 NAGALAND 7 105 17 1 130
19 ODISHA 595 863 758 404 2620
20 PUNJAB 2344 361 1226 2650 6581
21 RAJASTHAN 1278 932 1696 1056 4962
22 SIKKIM 14 41 59 18 132
23 TAMIL NADU 1359 145 2916 111 4531
24 TELANGANA 419 214 587 904 2124
25 TRIPURA 67 142 67 145 421
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5785 733 12592 7846 26956
27 UTTARAKHAND 570 54 645 978 2247
28 WEST BENGAL 484 208 339 1923 2954
TOTAL (STATES) 26143 17251 45326 31994 120714
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 15 93 109
30 CHANDIGARH 76 0 33 70 179
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 3 5 8
32 DELHI 393 49 413 714 1569
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 8 0 174 184
34 LADAKH 0 1 3 0 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 29 0 56 0 85
TOTAL (UTs) 500 59 523 1056 2138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 26643 17310 45849 33050 122852
Table 2.10D – Page 1 of 1
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Table – 2.11 A
Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Class X & Holding

State/UT Below Class above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1641 2437 1149 456 64 84 5831
3 ASSAM 2890 3054 869 493 178 136 7620
4 BIHAR 14417 25712 15155 3414 232 647 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 2215 6434 2778 644 65 152 12288
6 GOA 185 154 131 11 0 0 481
7 GUJARAT 2404 5996 2339 580 153 127 11599
8 HARYANA 3261 7348 6057 1105 247 219 18237
10 JHARKHAND 3267 7000 4693 886 230 173 16249
11 KARNATAKA 2171 5345 2608 1135 322 108 11689
12 KERALA 929 2335 1149 196 227 56 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6667 12867 6062 2703 237 558 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA 5042 12162 9735 3109 723 981 31752
15 MANIPUR 16 431 49 14 1 2 513
16 MEGHALAYA 311 435 98 18 3 1 866
17 MIZORAM 18 408 185 25 2 2 640
18 NAGALAND 83 169 68 5 0 1 326
19 ODISHA 4747 8894 3288 924 176 135 18164
20 PUNJAB 6746 6849 4797 713 167 238 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 3856 6682 4589 1972 268 587 17954
22 SIKKIM 22 206 63 11 0 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 2745 4188 3214 727 557 275 11706
24 TELANGANA 883 1790 1184 664 150 125 4796
25 TRIPURA 109 412 61 14 2 0 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 27665 28807 20693 10268 936 2237 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 490 1418 1800 593 155 218 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 9091 7946 4492 872 47 129 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 102160 160399 98088 31660 5166 7213 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 10 122 26 0 0 0 158
30 CHANDIGARH 170 345 144 43 6 10 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 19 93 56 5 2 2 177
32 DELHI 4449 6018 4913 918 102 265 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1113 1368 1661 265 12 112 4531
34 LADAKH 0 10 6 0 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1 4 0 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 25 64 60 21 36 3 209
TOTAL (UTs) 5786 8021 6870 1252 158 392 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 107946 168420 104958 32912 5324 7605 427165
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Table – 2.11 B
Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31 st December, 2021
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT
No. Belongs to State Belongs to other State Belongs to other Country Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4658 1160 13 5831
3 ASSAM 7213 357 50 7620
4 BIHAR 57871 1584 122 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 10850 1423 15 12288
6 GOA 227 193 61 481
7 GUJARAT 10357 1105 137 11599
8 HARYANA 14700 3486 51 18237
10 JHARKHAND 15212 1031 6 16249
11 KARNATAKA 10494 934 261 11689
12 KERALA 4225 610 57 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 27282 1794 18 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA 26084 5166 502 31752
15 MANIPUR 457 2 54 513
16 MEGHALAYA 719 100 47 866
17 MIZORAM 591 38 11 640
18 NAGALAND 266 60 0 326
19 ODISHA 16635 1525 4 18164
20 PUNJAB 17232 2168 110 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 16453 1471 30 17954
22 SIKKIM 235 67 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 11400 181 125 11706
24 TELANGANA 4392 361 43 4796
25 TRIPURA 489 70 39 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 85809 4465 332 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 3475 1142 57 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 20016 1382 1179 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 368835 32416 3435 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 89 0 69 158
30 CHANDIGARH 461 249 8 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 33 144 0 177
32 DELHI 12198 3878 589 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3876 616 39 4531
34 LADAKH 3 10 3 16
36 PUDUCHERRY 138 64 7 209
TOTAL (UTs) 16803 4961 715 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 385638 37377 4150 427165
66
Table – 2.11 C
Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4777 675 43 244 92 5831
3 ASSAM 3602 3758 86 28 146 7620
4 BIHAR 52377 6943 190 43 24 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 11265 624 80 133 186 12288
6 GOA 328 81 0 72 0 481
7 GUJARAT 9231 2253 71 34 10 11599
8 HARYANA 15313 1682 1155 87 0 18237
10 JHARKHAND 12295 2788 81 889 196 16249
11 KARNATAKA 8927 2156 23 495 88 11689
12 KERALA 2312 1536 0 958 86 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 24599 4033 222 78 162 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA # - - - - - 31752
15 MANIPUR 171 121 0 159 62 513
16 MEGHALAYA 153 79 2 614 18 866
17 MIZORAM 23 31 0 586 0 640
18 NAGALAND 45 33 1 247 0 326
19 ODISHA 15794 1040 77 1041 212 18164
20 PUNJAB 6219 697 11505 630 459 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 13466 3019 1298 72 99 17954
22 SIKKIM 183 14 0 78 27 302
23 TAMIL NADU 8595 1550 5 1540 16 11706
24 TELANGANA 3391 1067 121 210 7 4796
25 TRIPURA 440 104 5 22 27 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 65209 23458 716 197 1026 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 2965 1387 273 29 20 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 12683 9667 20 156 51 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 276213 68937 16028 8720 3036 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 72 15 0 55 16 158
30 CHANDIGARH 622 34 57 5 0 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 145 32 0 0 0 177
32 DELHI 11174 4737 304 428 22 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1246 3109 161 15 0 4531
34 LADAKH 10 2 0 0 4 16
36 PUDUCHERRY 186 6 0 17 0 209
TOTAL (UTs) 13455 7940 522 520 42 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 289668 76877 16550 9240 3078 427165
 As per data provided by States/UTs. # Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
67
Table – 2.11 D
Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1469 1258 1828 1276 5831
3 ASSAM 1121 1290 2267 2942 7620
4 BIHAR 11644 3040 29509 15384 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 2001 4175 4187 1925 12288
6 GOA 65 63 62 291 481
7 GUJARAT 1286 1600 6103 2610 11599
8 HARYANA 5073 314 4724 8126 18237
10 JHARKHAND 2938 4129 6043 3139 16249
11 KARNATAKA 2427 1094 5906 2262 11689
12 KERALA 588 337 2876 1091 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6683 7028 9799 5584 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA # - - - - 31752
15 MANIPUR 0 159 332 22 513
16 MEGHALAYA 107 632 45 82 866
17 MIZORAM 38 597 2 3 640
18 NAGALAND 24 238 49 15 326
19 ODISHA 5746 4389 5061 2968 18164
20 PUNJAB 8164 1034 3137 7175 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 4222 2635 7273 3824 17954
22 SIKKIM 49 65 142 46 302
23 TAMIL NADU 3459 348 7786 113 11706
24 TELANGANA 994 693 1719 1390 4796
25 TRIPURA 131 171 107 189 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 21942 4657 41678 22329 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 1395 228 1433 1618 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 3245 1269 3269 14794 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 85429 41591 145540 100374 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 12 8 138 158
30 CHANDIGARH 262 2 156 298 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 5 42 26 104 177
32 DELHI 3965 340 5356 7004 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 318 211 44 3958 4531
34 LADAKH 0 3 11 2 16
36 PUDUCHERRY 58 5 146 0 209
TOTAL (UTs) 4608 620 5747 11504 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 90037 42211 151287 111878 427165
68
Table – 2.12 A
Education Profile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021
Sl. Class X & above Holding Tech.
State/UT Below Post
No. Illiterate but below Graduate Degree Total
Class X Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 4 2 0 0 1 9
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 31 193 122 23 1 2 372
8 HARYANA 41 0 0 0 0 0 41
10 JHARKHAND 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
11 KARNATAKA 3 4 5 3 0 0 15
12 KERALA 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5 9 6 4 1 0 25
14 MAHARASHTRA 33 136 61 8 1 1 240
15 MANIPUR 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 2 35 6 1 0 0 44
19 ODISHA 11 6 2 0 0 0 19
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 417 700 369 113 111 65 1775
24 TELANGANA 42 121 207 24 0 2 396
25 TRIPURA 1 8 1 0 0 0 10
26 UTTAR PRADESH 41 64 87 23 3 4 222
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 630 1285 881 199 117 75 3187
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 3 7 8 2 0 0 20
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 33 65 104 27 3 20 252
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 3 7 0 0 0 11
TOTAL (UTs) 37 75 119 29 3 20 283
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 667 1360 1000 228 120 95 3470
69
Table – 2.12 B
Domicile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 357 15 0 372
8 HARYANA 0 28 13 41
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 2
11 KARNATAKA 14 0 1 15
12 KERALA 7 0 1 8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 23 2 0 25
14 MAHARASHTRA 236 4 0 240
15 MANIPUR 4 0 0 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 34 10 0 44
19 ODISHA 19 0 0 19
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 1775 0 0 1775
24 TELANGANA 370 16 10 396
25 TRIPURA 10 0 0 10
26 UTTAR PRADESH 112 110 0 222
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 2976 186 25 3187
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 5 6 9 20
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 248 0 4 252
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 263 7 13 283
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3239 193 38 3470
70
Table – 2.12 C
Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7 2 0 0 0 9
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 256 115 0 0 1 372
8 HARYANA 0 41 0 0 0 41
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 KARNATAKA 8 6 0 1 0 15
12 KERALA 1 5 0 2 0 8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 14 0 0 0 25
14 MAHARASHTRA # - - - - - 240
15 MANIPUR 0 2 0 2 0 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 1 1 0 42 0 44
19 ODISHA 13 6 0 0 0 19
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 4 0 0 0 4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 1357 193 0 225 0 1775
24 TELANGANA 181 193 0 22 0 396
25 TRIPURA 5 5 0 0 0 10
26 UTTAR PRADESH 94 126 0 0 2 222
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1937 713 0 294 3 3187
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 6 12 2 0 0 20
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 237 6 0 0 252
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 11 0 0 0 0 11
TOTAL (UTs) 26 249 8 0 0 283
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1963 962 8 294 3 3470
71
Table – 2.12 D
Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.No. State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 3 3 2 9
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 59 62 176 75 372
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 41 41
10 JHARKHAND 0 1 1 0 2
11 KARNATAKA 3 0 10 2 15
12 KERALA 1 0 6 1 8
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 4 15 25
14 MAHARASHTRA # - - - - 240
15 MANIPUR 0 2 2 0 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 1 42 1 0 44
19 ODISHA 7 5 0 7 19
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 4 0 4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 657 32 808 278 1775
24 TELANGANA 32 24 103 237 396
25 TRIPURA 0 1 1 8 10
26 UTTAR PRADESH 12 0 159 51 222
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 778 173 1279 717 3187
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 4 16 20
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 12 21 0 219 252
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 10 1 0 0 11
TOTAL (UTs) 22 22 4 235 283
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 800 195 1283 952 3470
72
Table – 2.13 A
Education Profile of Other Prisoners as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Class X & above Holding Tech.
State/UT Below Post
No. Illiterate but below Graduate Degree Total
Class X Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 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 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 3 3 0 0 0 6
12 KERALA 0 10 8 4 0 1 23
13 MADHYA PRADESH 32 64 23 9 0 0 128
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
17 MIZORAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 0 11 44 0 0 0 55
21 RAJASTHAN 10 5 2 0 1 0 18
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 3 1 0 0 0 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 2 1 1 0 0 1 5
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 128 71 28 6 0 5 238
TOTAL (STATES) 183 179 114 19 1 7 503
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 11 18 12 0 0 41
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
34 LADAKH 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) 1 12 19 12 0 0 44
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 184 191 133 31 1 7 547
73
Table – 2.13 B
Domicile of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 17 6 0 23
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 2 0 0 2
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 0 0 55 55
21 RAJASTHAN 18 0 0 18
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 3 0 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 4 0 0 4
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 238 238
TOTAL (STATES) 197 10 296 503
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 33 8 0 41
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 35 8 1 44
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 232 18 297 547
74
Table – 2.13 C
Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
Sl.
No.
(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 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 5 1 0 0 0 6
12 KERALA 13 5 0 5 0 23
13 MADHYA PRADESH 99 27 1 0 1 128
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 3 0 0 0 3
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 2 2
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 55 55
21 RAJASTHAN 18 0 0 0 0 18
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 1 0 0 2 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 3 0 0 1 0 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5 0 0 0 0 5
28 WEST BENGAL 42 187 0 9 0 238
TOTAL (STATES) 202 224 2 17 58 503
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 34 4 3 0 0 41
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 3 0 0 0 3
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 34 7 3 0 0 44
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 236 231 5 17 58 547
75
Table – 2.13 D
Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021
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 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 1 4 1 6
12 KERALA 5 2 12 4 23
13 MADHYA PRADESH 40 27 44 17 128
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 2 2
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 55 55
21 RAJASTHAN 6 0 9 3 18
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 2 0 1 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 1 0 3 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 2 3 5
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 238 238
TOTAL (STATES) 57 33 83 330 503
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 10 1 11 19 41
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 3 3
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 10 1 11 22 44
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 67 34 94 352 547
76
Table 2.14
Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts
Sl. 16 – 18 Years 18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total
No State/UT No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of %
. 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 0.0 634 30.1 1250 59.4 220 10.5 2104 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 55 42.3 60 46.2 15 11.5 130 100
3 ASSAM 0 0.0 630 25.6 1398 56.9 431 17.5 2459 100
4 BIHAR 0 0.0 1683 23.1 3464 47.4 2154 29.5 7301 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.0 2769 35.7 3734 48.1 1259 16.2 7762 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 23 32.9 35 50.0 12 17.1 70 100
7 GUJARAT 0 0.0 1384 29.9 2435 52.6 807 17.4 4626 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 1914 32.6 2917 49.6 1049 17.8 5880 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 136 16.0 536 62.9 180 21.1 852 100
10 JHARKHAND 0 0.0 1373 27.4 2691 53.8 942 18.8 5006 100
11 KARNATAKA 0 0.0 925 24.6 2273 60.4 565 15.0 3763 100
12 KERALA 0 0.0 277 12.7 1209 55.3 702 32.1 2188 100
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 8200 42.6 8702 45.2 2364 12.3 19266 100
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0.1 1587 32.6 2502 51.5 765 15.7 4861 100
15 MANIPUR 0 0.0 35 37.2 48 51.1 11 11.7 94 100
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 64 29.1 114 51.8 42 19.1 220 100
17 MIZORAM 0 0.0 225 47.5 216 45.6 33 7.0 474 100
18 NAGALAND 0 0.0 52 40.0 61 46.9 17 13.1 130 100
19 ODISHA 0 0.0 748 28.5 1396 53.3 476 18.2 2620 100
20 PUNJAB 0 0.0 2083 31.7 3477 52.8 1021 15.5 6581 100
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0.0 1495 30.1 2600 52.4 867 17.5 4962 100
22 SIKKIM 0 0.0 40 30.3 68 51.5 24 18.2 132 100
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 1321 29.2 2221 49.0 989 21.8 4531 100
24 TELANGANA 0 0.0 624 29.4 1174 55.3 326 15.3 2124 100
25 TRIPURA 0 0.0 93 22.1 233 55.3 95 22.6 421 100
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 4888 18.1 13989 51.9 8079 30.0 26956 100
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.0 496 22.1 1100 49.0 651 29.0 2247 100
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0.0 615 20.8 1682 56.9 657 22.2 2954 100
TOTAL (STATES) 7 0.0 34369 28.5 61585 51.0 24753 20.5 120714 100
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 18 16.5 68 62.4 23 21.1 109 100
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 70 39.1 100 55.9 9 5.0 179 100
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0.0 2 25.0 5 62.5 1 12.5 8 100
32 DELHI 0 0.0 420 26.8 935 59.6 214 13.6 1569 100
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 43 23.4 108 58.7 33 17.9 184 100
34 LADAKH 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 4 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 8 9.4 63 74.1 14 16.5 85 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 561 26.2 1283 60.0 294 13.8 2138 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 7 0.0 34930 28.4 62868 51.2 25047 20.4 122852 100
77
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
State/UT % No. of Under % No. of Under % % %
No. Under Under Under
Share trials Share trials Share Share Share
trials trials trials
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.0 2014 34.5 3180 54.5 637 10.9 5831 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 79 65.3 40 33.1 2 1.7 121 100
3 ASSAM 0 0.0 3294 43.2 3309 43.4 1017 13.3 7620 100
4 BIHAR 0 0.0 26533 44.5 25290 42.4 7754 13.0 59577 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.0 7483 60.9 4172 34.0 633 5.2 12288 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 181 37.6 263 54.7 37 7.7 481 100
7 GUJARAT 0 0.0 6163 53.1 4563 39.3 873 7.5 11599 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 10563 57.9 6332 34.7 1342 7.4 18237 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 821 40.6 1018 50.3 185 9.1 2024 100
10 JHARKHAND 0 0.0 8945 55.0 6047 37.2 1257 7.7 16249 100
11 KARNATAKA 0 0.0 6689 57.2 4310 36.9 690 5.9 11689 100
12 KERALA 0 0.0 2075 42.4 2171 44.4 646 13.2 4892 100
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 15311 52.6 10689 36.7 3094 10.6 29094 100
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.0 14963 47.1 13722 43.2 3067 9.7 31752 100
15 MANIPUR 0 0.0 234 45.6 248 48.3 31 6.0 513 100
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 470 54.3 339 39.1 57 6.6 866 100
17 MIZORAM 0 0.0 325 50.8 260 40.6 55 8.6 640 100
18 NAGALAND 0 0.0 153 46.9 157 48.2 16 4.9 326 100
19 ODISHA 0 0.0 9106 50.1 7169 39.5 1889 10.4 18164 100
20 PUNJAB 0 0.0 8632 44.2 9223 47.3 1655 8.5 19510 100
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0.0 9092 50.6 7133 39.7 1729 9.6 17954 100
22 SIKKIM 0 0.0 166 55.0 118 39.1 18 6.0 302 100
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 4489 38.3 5184 44.3 2033 17.4 11706 100
24 TELANGANA 0 0.0 2284 47.6 2120 44.2 392 8.2 4796 100
25 TRIPURA 0 0.0 314 52.5 247 41.3 37 6.2 598 100
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 37681 41.6 38805 42.8 14120 15.6 90606 100
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.0 2831 60.6 1487 31.8 356 7.6 4674 100
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0.0 10585 46.9 9689 42.9 2303 10.2 22577 100
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0.0 191476 47.3 167285 41.3 45925 11.3 404686 100
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 42 26.6 93 58.9 23 14.6 158 100
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 430 59.9 242 33.7 46 6.4 718 100
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0.0 105 59.3 67 37.9 5 2.8 177 100
32 DELHI 0 0.0 10318 61.9 5487 32.9 860 5.2 16665 100
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 2125 46.9 1932 42.6 474 10.5 4531 100
34 LADAKH 0 0.0 9 56.3 7 43.8 0 0.0 16 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 5 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 132 63.2 64 30.6 13 6.2 209 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 13161 58.5 7897 35.1 1421 6.3 22479 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0.0 204637 47.9 175182 41.0 47346 11.1 427165 100
78
Table – 2.16
Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
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 2194 31.3 4729 67.4 0 0.0 92 1.3 7015
2 DISTRICT JAIL 1558 14.7 9051 85.2 10 0.1 3 0.0 10622
3
SUB-JAIL 59 5.0 1122 95.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1181
4 WOMEN JAIL 1107 29.1 2618 68.8 78 2.1 0 0.0 3803
5 BORSTAL SCHOOL 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
6 OPEN JAIL 59 95.2 3 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 62
7 SPECIAL JAIL 13 5.5 222 94.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 235
8 OTHERS 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
9 TOTAL 4990 21.8 17745 77.4 88 0.4 95 0.4 22918

79
Table – 2.17
st
Number of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31 December 2021
No. of Total No. of

No. of No. of No. of
Under- Women Total No.
Convict Detenues Other
trial Prisoners of
Sl. Women No. of No. of Women No. of Women No. of
State/UT Women with Children
No. Prisoners Children Children Prisoners Children Prisoners Children
Prisoners Children (Col.4+6+
with with with
with (Col.3+5+ 8+10)
Children Children Children
Children 7+9)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 12 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 1 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 28 28
4 BIHAR 24 26 280 318 0 0 0 0 304 344
5 CHHATTISGARH 15 15 57 70 0 0 0 0 72 85
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 1 20 27 0 0 0 0 21 28
8 HARYANA 6 7 23 24 0 0 0 0 29 31
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 6
10 JHARKHAND 8 9 87 99 0 0 0 0 95 108
11 KARNATAKA 3 3 23 27 0 0 0 0 26 30
12 KERALA 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 46 50 114 136 0 0 0 0 160 186
14 MAHARASHTRA 2 2 74 83 0 0 0 0 76 85
15 MANIPUR 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 4
17 MIZORAM 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 4
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 47 52 0 0 0 0 47 52
20 PUNJAB 10 10 69 70 0 0 0 0 79 80
21 RAJASTHAN 3 4 33 34 0 0 0 0 36 38
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 5 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 12
24 TELANGANA 5 6 36 38 0 0 0 0 41 44
25 TRIPURA 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 5
26 UTTAR PRADESH 56 62 323 366 0 0 0 0 379 428
27 UTTARAKHAND 2 2 10 11 0 0 0 0 12 13
28 WEST BENGAL 17 28 132 151 0 0 16 20 165 199
TOTAL (STATES) 212 242 1386 1567 0 0 16 20 1614 1829
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 3 3 19 21 0 0 0 0 22 24
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 11 11
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 4 4 32 34 0 0 0 0 36 38
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 216 246 1418 1601 0 0 16 20 1650 1867
80
Table – 2.18
Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group as on 31st December, 2021

Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years & %
No. Category Total
Years Share Years Share Years Share above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIANS
1 CONVICTS 7 0.0 34651 28.5 62203 51.1 24911 20.5 121772
2 UNDER TRIALS 0 0.0 202930 48.0 173045 40.9 47040 11.1 423015
3 DETENUES 0 0.0 1577 45.9 1400 40.8 455 13.3 3432
4 OTHERS 0 0.0 63 25.2 162 64.8 25 10.0 250
5 TOTAL (INDIANS) 7 0.0 239221 43.6 236810 43.2 72431 13.2 548469
FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 279 25.8 665 61.6 136 12.6 1080
7 UNDER TRIALS 0 0.0 1707 41.1 2137 51.5 306 7.4 4150
8 DETENUES 0 0.0 13 34.2 22 57.9 3 7.9 38
9 OTHERS 0 0.0 100 33.7 180 60.6 17 5.7 297
10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 0 0.0 2099 37.7 3004 54.0 462 8.3 5565
TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 7 0.0 241320 43.6 239814 43.3 72893 13.2 554034
FOREIGNERS)
Table – 2.19
Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age-group as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years & %
No. Category Total
Years Share Years Share Years Share above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIANS
1 CONVICTS 0 0.0 980 20.4 2454 51.0 1378 28.6 4812
2 UNDER TRIALS 0 0.0 5391 31.5 8638 50.5 3083 18.0 17112
3 DETENUES 0 0.0 18 20.9 55 64.0 13 15.1 86
4 OTHERS 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 1 50.0 2
5 TOTAL (INDIANS) 0 0.0 6389 29.0 11148 50.6 4475 20.3 22012
FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 17 9.6 138 77.5 23 12.9 178
7 UNDER TRIALS 0 0.0 305 48.2 289 45.7 39 6.2 633
8 DETENUES 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 2
9 OTHERS 0 0.0 34 36.6 50 53.8 9 9.7 93
10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 0 0.0 356 39.3 479 52.9 71 7.8 906
TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 0 0.0 6745 29.4 11627 50.7 4546 19.8 22918
FOREIGNERS)
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 COFEPOSA, NDPS, NSA, PSA, PIT, NDPS,
PBMSECA etc.
Table 2.18 & 2.19 – Page 1 of 1
81
Table 2.20
Inmates admitted during the year 2021
Sl. Number of inmates admitted during the year 2020

State/UT
No. Male Female Transgender Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 99570 8468 10 108048
3 ASSAM 9353 531 4 9888
4 BIHAR 259987 10945 2 270934
5 CHHATTISGARH 44276 1668 1 45945
6 GOA 1115 39 0 1154
7 GUJARAT 59927 3681 18 63626
8 HARYANA 43162 1504 3 44669
10 JHARKHAND 34648 1024 0 35672
11 KARNATAKA 49808 2070 6 51884
12 KERALA 57999 1150 5 59154
13 MADHYA PRADESH 124302 3715 2 128019
14 MAHARASHTRA 86062 4244 32 90338
15 MANIPUR 1006 129 0 1135
16 MEGHALAYA 1316 38 0 1354
17 MIZORAM 3425 475 0 3900
18 NAGALAND 1584 87 0 1671
19 ODISHA 66659 9588 36 76283
20 PUNJAB 57543 4296 0 61839
21 RAJASTHAN 98933 3463 0 102396
22 SIKKIM 398 5 0 403
23 TAMIL NADU 93951 5861 62 99874
24 TELANGANA 51992 1973 0 53965
25 TRIPURA 3801 99 10 3910
26 UTTAR PRADESH 261697 9363 24 271084
27 UTTARAKHAND 14897 602 2 15501
28 WEST BENGAL 107244 6393 60 113697
TOTAL (STATES) 1639600 81673 277 1721550
29 A & N ISLANDS 547 9 0 556
30 CHANDIGARH 1516 85 0 1601
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 277 8 0 285
32 DELHI 72098 1671 17 73786
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7522 160 0 7682
34 LADAKH 14 0 0 14
36 PUDUCHERRY 1276 38 0 1314
TOTAL (UTs) 83284 1972 17 85273
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1722884 83645 294 1806823
82
Chapter 3
Indian
Prisoners
Chapter – 3
Indian Prisoners
Indian Prisoners Males, 22,012 Females and 78 Trans

This chapter presents statistical genders were confined in various Indian
information such as prisoner’s category, jails at the end of the year 2021. Out of
age and gender profiles of Indian the 5,48,469 Indian national prisoners,
nationals who were confined in various 1,21,772 were Convicts, 4,23,015 were
jails in the country as on 31st December, Undertrials and 3,432 were Detenues.
2021. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
number of inmates (1,17,200) followed
Share of Convicts, Undertrials, by Bihar (66,751) and Madhya Pradesh
Detenues and Other inmates as on (48,485) accounting for 21.4%, 12.2%,
31st December, 2021 8.8% of the total inmates (Chart 3.1,
Table 3.1).
A total of 5,48,469 Indian
national inmates consisting of 5,26,379
Others, 250,
Detenues, 3432, 0.05%
0.63%
Convicts, 121772,
22.20%
Total Indian Inmates

5,48,469 Undertrials,
423015, 77.13%

Share of Indian Inmates
Chart 3.1
I. Convicts number of convicted prisoners (26,699)

A total of 1,21,772 Indian followed by Madhya Pradesh (19,256)
national inmates consisting of 1,16,945 and Chhattisgarh (7,760) accounting
Males, 4,812 Females and 15 Trans for 21.9%, 15.8%, 6.4% of the total
genders were confined in various jails in convicts (Chart 3.2, Table 3.1).
the country at the end of the year 2021.
Uttar Pradesh has lodged the highest
83
Majority of convicts were in the (34,651) and age group 50 Years &
age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years Above (20.5%) (24,911) (Chart 3.3,
(51.1%) (62,203) followed by age group Table 3.2).
18 Year – Below 30 Years (28.5%)
UTTAR PRADESH 26699

CHHATTISGARH 7760
BIHAR 7295
PUNJAB 6530
HARYANA 5876
JHARKHAND 5005
RAJASTHAN 4948
MAHARASHTRA 4821
GUJARAT 4614
TAMIL NADU 4476
KARNATAKA 3757
WEST BENGAL 2625
ODISHA 2619
ASSAM 2444
UTTARAKHAND 2207
KERALA 2182
TELANGANA 2118
ANDHRA PRADESH 2101
DELHI 1508
MIZORAM 470
TRIPURA 412
MEGHALAYA 208
JAMMU & KASHMIR 174
CHANDIGARH 174
SIKKIM 132
Total Indian Convicts
NAGALAND 130
1,21,772
MANIPUR 87
PUDUCHERRY 85
GOA 62
A & N ISLANDS 61
DNH & DAMAN DIU 8
LADAKH 3
LAKSHADWEEP 0
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.2
84
16-18 Years, 7,
0.01%
50 Years &
Above, 24911, 18 – 30 Years,
20.5% 34651, 28.5%
30-50 Years, Total Indian Convicts

62203, 51.1% 1,21,772

Age wise Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 3.3
II. Undertrials 21.3%, 14.1% and 7.4% of the total

Indian undertrials (Chart 3.4, Table
A total of 4,23,015 Indian 3.1).
national inmates consisting of 4,05,841
Males, 17,112 Females and 62 Trans Majority of Undertrials were in
genders were confined in various jails in the age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
the country at the end of the year 2021. (48.0%) (2,02,930) followed by the age
Uttar Pradesh has lodged the highest group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years (40.9%)
number of Undertrial prisoners (90,274) (1,73,045) and the age group 50 Years
followed by Bihar (59,455) and & Above (11.1%) (47,040) (Chart 3.5,
Maharashtra (31,250) accounting for Table 3.3).
85
UTTAR PRADESH 90274
BIHAR 59455
MAHARASHTRA 31250
WEST BENGAL 21398
PUNJAB 19400
HARYANA 18186
ODISHA 18160
RAJASTHAN 17924
JHARKHAND 16243
DELHI 16076
CHHATTISGARH 12273
TAMIL NADU 11581
GUJARAT 11462
KARNATAKA 11428
ASSAM 7570
ANDHRA PRADESH 5818
KERALA 4835
TELANGANA 4753
UTTARAKHAND 4617 Total Indian Undertrials
JAMMU & KASHMIR 4492 4,23,015
MEGHALAYA 819
CHANDIGARH 710
MIZORAM 629
TRIPURA 559
MANIPUR 459
GOA 420
NAGALAND 326
SIKKIM 302
PUDUCHERRY 202
DNH & DAMAN DIU 177
A & N ISLANDS 89
LADAKH 13
LAKSHADWEEP 5
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000

Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.4
86
50 Years &
16 - 18 Years, 0,
Above, 47040,
0.0%
11.1%
18 - 30 Years,
202930, 48.0%
30 - 50 Years,
173045, 40.9%
Total Indian Undertrials

4,23,015

Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 3.5
III. Detenues % of the total Detenues inmates. These

above three states have contributed to
A total of 3,432 Indian national 73.8% of total Detenues (Chart 3.6,
inmates consisting of 3,345 Males, 86 Table-3.1).
Females and 1 Trans gender were
confined in various jails in the country at Majority of Detenues were in the
the end of the year 2021. Tamil Nadu age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
has lodged the highest number of (45.9%) (1,577), age group 30 years –
Detenues (1,775) followed by Below 50 Years (40.8%) (1,400) and
Telangana (386) and Gujarat (372) the age group 50 Years & Above
accounting for 51.7%, 11.2% and 10.8 (13.26%) (455) (Chart 3.7, Table 3.4).
87
TAMIL NADU 1775
TELANGANA 386
GUJARAT 372
JAMMU & KASHMIR 248
MAHARASHTRA 240
UTTAR PRADESH 222
NAGALAND 44
HARYANA 28
MADHYA PRADESH 25
ODISHA 19
KARNATAKA 14
PUDUCHERRY 11
DELHI 11
TRIPURA 10
ANDHRA PRADESH 9
KERALA 7
Total Indian Detenues
RAJASTHAN 4
MANIPUR 4
3,432
JHARKHAND 2
Note: Remaining States/UTs have no Indian Detenues.
BIHAR 1
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 3.6
50 Years & 16 –18 Years, 0,

Above, 455, 0.0%
13.3%
18 – 30 Years,
1577, 45.9%
30-50 Years,
1400, 40.8%
Total Indian Detenues

3,432
Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 3.7
88
Trend in Number of Convicts, prisons has increased by 28.6% in
Undertrials, Detenues and Other 2021 over 2016 (status as on 31st
Indian Inmates during 2016-2021 December of respective years).
Among these inmates, number of
A total of 4,26,633, 4,45,779,
Undertrials and Detenues have
4,61,645, 4,76,184, 4,83,585 and
increased by 46.0% and 12.7%
5,48,469 Indian inmates were lodged in
respectively and Convicts has
various jails of the country as on
decreased by 8.7% as on 31st
31st December of 2016, 2017, 2018,
December of 2021 over 2016 (Chart
2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively. The
3.8).
number of Indian inmates in the
450000 16000
UNDER TRIALS CONVICTS DETENUES OTHERS
400000 423015
14000
46.0%
350000 368381
12000
Number of Detenues and Others

330101
Number of Undertrials and Convicts
300000 321474
306468
10000
289800
250000
8000
200000 -8.7%
6000
136922 137561 142553
150000 133317
121772
111449
3549 4000
3046 3183
100000 12.7%
2341
2096 3432
2000
50000
-46.8%
470 293 269 347 206 250
0 0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
UNDER TRIALS 289800 306468 321474 330101 368381 423015
CONVICTS 133317 136922 137561 142553 111449 121772
DETENUES 3046 2096 2341 3183 3549 3432
OTHERS 470 293 269 347 206 250

st
Trend in Number of Different Types of Indian Inmates during 2016-2021

Chart 3.8
  
89
Table – 3.1
Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31 st December, 2021
Convicts Undertrials
Sl. No State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2009 92 0 2101 5505 312 1 5818
3 ASSAM 2379 65 0 2444 7215 353 2 7570
4 BIHAR 7014 281 0 7295 56676 2779 0 59455
5 CHHATTISGARH 7401 359 0 7760 11734 539 0 12273
6 GOA 62 0 0 62 403 17 0 420
7 GUJARAT 4428 182 4 4614 11088 371 3 11462
8 HARYANA 5686 189 1 5876 17607 575 4 18186
10 JHARKHAND 4787 218 0 5005 15594 649 0 16243
11 KARNATAKA 3573 184 0 3757 11056 368 4 11428
12 KERALA 2138 44 0 2182 4745 90 0 4835
13 MADHYA PRADESH 18463 791 2 19256 27975 1099 2 29076
14 MAHARASHTRA 4672 147 2 4821 30075 1156 19 31250
15 MANIPUR 85 2 0 87 434 25 0 459
16 MEGHALAYA 205 3 0 208 802 17 0 819
17 MIZORAM 454 16 0 470 562 67 0 629
18 NAGALAND 130 0 0 130 312 14 0 326
19 ODISHA 2541 78 0 2619 17497 661 2 18160
20 PUNJAB 6256 274 0 6530 18341 1059 0 19400
21 RAJASTHAN 4797 150 1 4948 17458 466 0 17924
22 SIKKIM 131 1 0 132 298 4 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 4293 183 0 4476 11090 490 1 11581
24 TELANGANA 1993 125 0 2118 4436 317 0 4753
25 TRIPURA 393 19 0 412 543 16 0 559
26 UTTAR PRADESH 25618 1077 4 26699 86519 3748 7 90274
27 UTTARAKHAND 2119 87 1 2207 4422 193 2 4617
28 WEST BENGAL 2464 161 0 2625 20373 1016 9 21398
TOTAL (STATES) 114990 4754 15 119759 384718 16477 56 401251
29 A & N ISLANDS 57 4 0 61 87 2 0 89
30 CHANDIGARH 168 6 0 174 670 40 0 710
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 8 0 0 8 174 3 0 177
32 DELHI 1462 46 0 1508 15641 429 6 16076
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 172 2 0 174 4339 153 0 4492
34 LADAKH 3 0 0 3 13 0 0 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 85 0 0 85 194 8 0 202
TOTAL (UTs) 1955 58 0 2013 21123 635 6 21764
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 116945 4812 15 121772 405841 17112 62 423015
90
Table 3.1 (Concluded)
Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Detenues Others Total
State/UT
No.
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 9 0 0 9 6 0 0 6 7529 404 1 7934
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 241 9 0 250
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9594 418 2 10014
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 63691 3060 0 66751
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 19146 898 0 20044
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 465 17 0 482
7 GUJARAT 364 8 0 372 0 0 0 0 15880 561 7 16448
8 HARYANA 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 23321 764 5 24090
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2616 93 0 2709
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20383 867 0 21250
11 KARNATAKA 14 0 0 14 6 0 0 6 14649 552 4 15205
12 KERALA 7 0 0 7 23 0 0 23 6913 134 0 7047
13 MADHYA PRADESH 25 0 0 25 127 1 0 128 46590 1891 4 48485
14 MAHARASHTRA 240 0 0 240 0 0 0 0 34987 1303 21 36311
15 MANIPUR 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 523 27 0 550
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1007 20 0 1027
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1017 84 0 1101
18 NAGALAND 36 8 0 44 0 0 0 0 478 22 0 500
19 ODISHA 19 0 0 19 1 0 0 1 20058 739 2 20799
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24597 1333 0 25930
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 4 18 0 0 18 22277 616 1 22894
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 429 5 0 434
23 TAMIL NADU 1721 53 1 1775 3 0 0 3 17107 726 2 17835
24 TELANGANA 371 15 0 386 0 0 0 0 6800 457 0 7257
25 TRIPURA 10 0 0 10 4 0 0 4 950 35 0 985
26 UTTAR PRADESH 221 1 0 222 5 0 0 5 112363 4826 11 117200
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6541 280 3 6824
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22837 1177 9 24023
TOTAL (STATES) 3076 85 1 3162 205 2 0 207 502989 21318 72 524379
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 6 0 150
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 838 46 0 884
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 3 0 185
32 DELHI 10 1 0 11 41 0 0 41 17154 476 6 17636
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 248 0 0 248 2 0 0 2 4761 155 0 4916
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 290 8 0 298
TOTAL (UTs) 269 1 0 270 43 0 0 43 23390 694 6 24090
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3345 86 1 3432 248 2 0 250 526379 22012 78 548469
91
Table – 3.2
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 621 11 0 632
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 596 31 0 627
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 1624 57 0 1681
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 2691 78 0 2769
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 1351 32 0 1383
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 1867 44 0 1911
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 1335 37 0 1372
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 890 34 0 924
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 270 6 0 276
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 7929 270 1 8200
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 0 7 1554 26 0 1580
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 31 1 0 32
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 54 2 0 56
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 215 6 0 221
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 52
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 736 12 0 748
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 2014 49 0 2063
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 1435 53 1 1489
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 40
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 1303 10 0 1313
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 617 7 0 624
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 89 1 0 90
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 4710 169 0 4879
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 480 6 0 486
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 432 28 0 460
TOTAL (STATES) 7 0 0 7 33140 971 2 34113
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 66 3 0 69
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 410 6 0 416
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 39
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 529 9 0 538
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 7 0 0 7 33669 980 2 34651
92
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
Sl. No State/UT
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1187 62 0 1249 201 19 0 220 2009 92 0 2101
3 ASSAM 1364 26 0 1390 419 8 0 427 2379 65 0 2444
4 BIHAR 3325 136 0 3461 2065 88 0 2153 7014 281 0 7295
5 CHHATTISGARH 3528 204 0 3732 1182 77 0 1259 7401 359 0 7760
6 GOA 29 0 0 29 10 0 0 10 62 0 0 62
7 GUJARAT 2307 116 4 2427 770 34 0 804 4428 182 4 4614
8 HARYANA 2823 93 1 2917 996 52 0 1048 5686 189 1 5876
10 JHARKHAND 2588 103 0 2691 864 78 0 942 4787 218 0 5005
11 KARNATAKA 2166 102 0 2268 517 48 0 565 3573 184 0 3757
12 KERALA 1178 26 0 1204 690 12 0 702 2138 44 0 2182
13 MADHYA PRADESH 8336 355 1 8692 2198 166 0 2364 18463 791 2 19256
14 MAHARASHTRA 2380 93 2 2475 731 28 0 759 4672 147 2 4821
15 MANIPUR 44 1 0 45 10 0 0 10 85 2 0 87
16 MEGHALAYA 110 1 0 111 41 0 0 41 205 3 0 208
17 MIZORAM 207 9 0 216 32 1 0 33 454 16 0 470
18 NAGALAND 61 0 0 61 17 0 0 17 130 0 0 130
19 ODISHA 1348 47 0 1395 457 19 0 476 2541 78 0 2619
20 PUNJAB 3303 151 0 3454 939 74 0 1013 6256 274 0 6530
21 RAJASTHAN 2530 63 0 2593 832 34 0 866 4797 150 1 4948
22 SIKKIM 67 1 0 68 24 0 0 24 131 1 0 132
23 TAMIL NADU 2074 114 0 2188 916 59 0 975 4293 183 0 4476
24 TELANGANA 1095 73 0 1168 281 45 0 326 1993 125 0 2118
25 TRIPURA 215 14 0 229 89 4 0 93 393 19 0 412
26 UTTAR PRADESH 13274 485 1 13760 7634 423 3 8060 25618 1077 4 26699
27 UTTARAKHAND 1038 37 0 1075 601 44 1 646 2119 87 1 2207
28 WEST BENGAL 1455 88 0 1543 577 45 0 622 2464 161 0 2625
TOTAL (STATES) 58578 2417 9 61004 23265 1366 4 24635 114990 4754 15 119759
29 A & N ISLANDS 36 4 0 40 17 0 0 17 57 4 0 61
30 CHANDIGARH 93 3 0 96 9 0 0 9 168 6 0 174
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 8
32 DELHI 860 30 0 890 192 10 0 202 1462 46 0 1508
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 102 0 0 102 31 2 0 33 172 2 0 174
34 LADAKH 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 63 0 0 63 14 0 0 14 85 0 0 85
TOTAL (UTs) 1162 37 0 1199 264 12 0 276 1955 58 0 2013
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 59740 2454 9 62203 23529 1378 4 24911 116945 4812 15 121772
93
Table – 3.3
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1926 80 1 2007
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 3107 167 2 3276
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 25805 693 0 26498
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 7270 202 0 7472
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 172 3 0 175
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 5992 119 2 6113
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 10333 201 1 10535
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 8698 245 0 8943
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 6412 135 1 6548
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 2040 24 0 2064
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 14930 374 2 15306
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 14383 439 15 14837
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 198 6 0 204
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 432 7 0 439
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 296 22 0 318
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 147 6 0 153
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 8918 186 1 9105
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 8268 330 0 8598
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 8882 192 0 9074
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 166 0 0 166
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 4320 125 1 4446
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 2159 107 0 2266
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 297 4 0 301
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 36440 1116 3 37559
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 2744 70 0 2814
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 9640 302 6 9948
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 184817 5174 35 190026
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 32
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 415 13 0 428
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 103 2 0 105
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 9951 151 4 10106
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 2051 50 0 2101
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 124 1 0 125
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 12683 217 4 12904
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 197500 5391 39 202930
94
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
State/UT
No M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2989 185 0 3174 590 47 0 637 5505 312 1 5818
3 ASSAM 3188 103 0 3291 920 83 0 1003 7215 353 2 7570
4 BIHAR 23649 1556 0 25205 7222 530 0 7752 56676 2779 0 59455
5 CHHATTISGARH 3895 273 0 4168 569 64 0 633 11734 539 0 12273
6 GOA 197 14 0 211 34 0 0 34 403 17 0 420
7 GUJARAT 4284 216 1 4501 812 36 0 848 11088 371 3 11462
8 HARYANA 6033 274 3 6310 1241 100 0 1341 17607 575 4 18186
10 JHARKHAND 5737 306 0 6043 1159 98 0 1257 15594 649 0 16243
11 KARNATAKA 4019 173 3 4195 625 60 0 685 11056 368 4 11428
12 KERALA 2085 41 0 2126 620 25 0 645 4745 90 0 4835
13 MADHYA PRADESH 10127 550 0 10677 2918 175 0 3093 27975 1099 2 29076
14 MAHARASHTRA 12788 605 4 13397 2904 112 0 3016 30075 1156 19 31250
15 MANIPUR 210 17 0 227 26 2 0 28 434 25 0 459
16 MEGHALAYA 315 10 0 325 55 0 0 55 802 17 0 819
17 MIZORAM 216 40 0 256 50 5 0 55 562 67 0 629
18 NAGALAND 152 5 0 157 13 3 0 16 312 14 0 326
19 ODISHA 6814 351 1 7166 1765 124 0 1889 17497 661 2 18160
20 PUNJAB 8584 570 0 9154 1489 159 0 1648 18341 1059 0 19400
21 RAJASTHAN 6906 215 0 7121 1670 59 0 1729 17458 466 0 17924
22 SIKKIM 114 4 0 118 18 0 0 18 298 4 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 4856 264 0 5120 1914 101 0 2015 11090 490 1 11581
24 TELANGANA 1936 160 0 2096 341 50 0 391 4436 317 0 4753
25 TRIPURA 212 9 0 221 34 3 0 37 543 16 0 559
26 UTTAR PRADESH 36938 1694 4 38636 13141 938 0 14079 86519 3748 7 90274
27 UTTARAKHAND 1362 95 0 1457 316 28 2 346 4422 193 2 4617
28 WEST BENGAL 8679 539 3 9221 2054 175 0 2229 20373 1016 9 21398
TOTAL (STATES) 157236 8314 19 165569 42665 2989 2 45656 384718 16477 56 401251
29 A & N ISLANDS 44 2 0 46 11 0 0 11 87 2 0 89
30 CHANDIGARH 215 21 0 236 40 6 0 46 670 40 0 710
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 66 1 0 67 5 0 0 5 174 3 0 177
32 DELHI 4908 222 2 5132 782 56 0 838 15641 429 6 16076
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1846 74 0 1920 442 29 0 471 4339 153 0 4492
34 LADAKH 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 60 4 0 64 10 3 0 13 194 8 0 202
TOTAL (UTs) 7150 324 2 7476 1290 94 0 1384 21123 635 6 21764
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 164386 8638 21 173045 43955 3083 2 47040 405841 17112 62 423015
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Table – 3.4
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 215 4 0 219
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 106
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 13
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 755 6 1 762
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 183 7 0 190
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 1437 18 1 1456
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 113 0 0 113
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 121
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 1558 18 1 1577
96
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. No State/UT
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 9
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 125 2 0 127 24 2 0 26 364 8 0 372
8 HARYANA 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 28
10 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
11 KARNATAKA 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14
12 KERALA 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 7
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 0 0 11 3 0 0 3 25 0 0 25
14 MAHARASHTRA 131 0 0 131 3 0 0 3 240 0 0 240
15 MANIPUR 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 22 7 0 29 2 0 0 2 36 8 0 44
19 ODISHA 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 19
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 647 36 0 683 319 11 0 330 1721 53 1 1775
24 TELANGANA 153 8 0 161 35 0 0 35 371 15 0 386
25 TRIPURA 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 10 0 0 10
26 UTTAR PRADESH 99 1 0 100 24 0 0 24 221 1 0 222
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1225 54 0 1279 414 13 0 427 3076 85 1 3162
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 6 1 0 7 4 0 0 4 10 1 0 11
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 111 0 0 111 24 0 0 24 248 0 0 248
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
TOTAL (UTs) 120 1 0 121 28 0 0 28 269 1 0 270
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1345 55 0 1400 442 13 0 455 3345 86 1 3432
97
Table – 3.5
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 38
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 55
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 63 0 0 63
98
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
Sl. No State/UT
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 9 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 11 0 0 11
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 6
12 KERALA 12 0 0 12 6 0 0 6 23 0 0 23
13 MADHYA PRADESH 83 1 0 84 6 0 0 6 127 1 0 128
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 9 0 0 9 3 0 0 3 18 0 0 18
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 132 1 0 133 18 1 0 19 205 2 0 207
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 29 0 0 29 6 0 0 6 41 0 0 41
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 29 0 0 29 6 0 0 6 43 0 0 43
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 161 1 0 162 24 1 0 25 248 2 0 250
99
Chapter 4
Foreign
Prisoners
Chapter 4
Foreign Prisoners
Foreign Prisoners confined in various Indian jails at the

end of the year 2021. Out of the 5,565
This chapter presents statistical
Foreign national prisoners, 1,080
information such as prisoner’s
were Convicts, 4,150 were Undertrials
category, age and gender profiles of
and 38 were Detenues. West Bengal
Foreign Nationals who were confined
has reported the highest number of
in various Indian jails as on 31st
inmates(1,746) followed by Delhi
December, 2021.
(659), Uttar Pradesh (589) and
Share of Foreign Inmates as on Maharashtra (542) accounting for
31st December 2021 31.4%, 11.8%, 10.6% and 9.7% of the
total inmates. The details may be seen
A total of 5,565 Foreign national at (Chart 4.1, Chart 4.2 & Table 4.1).
inmates consisting of 4,646 Males, 906
Females and 13 Transgender were
Others, 297,
5.3%
Detenues, 38,
0.7%
Convicts, 1080,
19.4%
Undertrials,
4150, 74.6%
Total Foreign Inmates

5,565

Share of Foreign Inmates
Chart 4.1
101
WEST BENGAL 1746
DELHI 659
UTTAR PRADESH 589
MAHARASHTRA 542
KARNATAKA 268
PUNJAB 216
TAMIL NADU 180
GUJARAT 149
BIHAR 128 Total Foreign Inmates
A & N ISLANDS 117 5,565
UTTARAKHAND 97
GOA 69
HARYANA 68
ASSAM 65
KERALA 64
MEGHALAYA 62
MANIPUR 61
TELANGANA 59
JAMMU & KASHMIR 54
TRIPURA 48
RAJASTHAN 44
MADHYA PRADESH 28
CHHATTISGARH 17
ANDHRA PRADESH 16
MIZORAM 15
CHANDIGARH 13
PUDUCHERRY 7
JHARKHAND
No foreign inmates reported in Nagaland, Sikkim, DNH &
7
Daman Diu and Lakshadweep as on 31st December 2021.
ODISHA 5
LADAKH 4
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000

Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.2
Share of Convicts, Undertrials, at the end of the year 2021. West

Detenues and Other Inmates as on Bengal has lodged the highest number
31st December, 2021 of convicted prisoners (329) followed
by Uttar Pradesh (257), Delhi (61) and
Convicts
Himachal Pradesh (56) accounting for
A total of 1,080 Foreign national 30.5%, 23.8%, 5.6%, 5.2% of the total
convicts consisting of 901 Males, 178 convicts. The details may be seen at
Females and 1 Transgender were Chart 4.3,Table 4.1.
confined in various jails in the country
102
WEST BENGAL 329
UTTAR PRADESH 257
DELHI 61
HIMACHAL PRADESH 56
TAMIL NADU 55
PUNJAB 51
A & N ISLANDS 48
UTTARAKHAND 40
MAHARASHTRA 40
ASSAM 15
RAJASTHAN 14
MEGHALAYA 12
GUJARAT 12
JAMMU & KASHMIR 10
Total Foreign Convicts
MADHYA PRADESH 10
1,080
TRIPURA 9
GOA 8
MANIPUR 7
TELANGANA 6
KERALA 6
KARNATAKA 6
BIHAR 6
CHANDIGARH 5
MIZORAM 4
HARYANA 4
ANDHRA PRADESH 3
CHHATTISGARH 2
LADAKH 1
ODISHA 1
JHARKHAND 1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Some States/UTs (Nagaland, Sikkim, DNH & Daman Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry)
have reported NIL figure.
Foreign Convicts as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 4.3
103
A total of 1,080 foreign convicts Pradesh (112) followed by West Bengal
consisting of Bangladeshis (505), (34), Punjab (8) and Delhi (7) . The
Nepalese (281), Nigerians (73) and details may be seen at Table 4.1.
Pakistanis (63) were lodged in the
various jails of the country as on 31st Majority of convicts were in the
December, 2021. The details may be age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
seen at Table 4.3. (61.6%) (665) followed by the age
group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
A total of 178 female foreign (25.8%) (279) and the age group 50
convicts were lodged in various jails of Years & Above (12.6%) (136). The
the country as on 31st December, 2021. details may be seen at LIST-4.1.
The highest number of female foreign
convicts were lodged in jails of Uttar
Bangladeshis 505
Nepalese 281
Nigerians 73
Pakistanis 63
Myanmar 55
Other Foreign Nationals 29
Sri Lankan 28
Africans (other than Nigerians) 24 Total Foreign Convicts

South American Countries 6 1,080
Middle East Countries 4
Chinese 4
CIS (Russian) Federation 3
South East Asian Countries 2
North American Countries (other than Canada) 2
Australians 1
New Zealanders 0
Mauritians 0
Maldivians 0
Japanese 0
Canadians 0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Foreign Convicts by Nationality
Chart 4.4
104
Under trials 2021. West Bengal has lodged the
highest number of Undertrial prisoners
A total of 4,150 Foreign national (1,179) followed by Delhi (589),
undertrial inmates consisting of 3,505 Maharashtra (502) and Uttar Pradesh
Males, 633 Females and 12 (332) accounting for 28.4% 14.2%,
Transgender were confined in various 12.1% and 8.0% of the total foreign
jails in the country at the end of the year undertrials (Chart 4.5, Table 4.1).
WEST BENGAL 1179

DELHI 589
MAHARASHTRA 502
UTTAR PRADESH 332
KARNATAKA 261
GUJARAT 137
TAMIL NADU 125
BIHAR 122
PUNJAB 110
A & N ISLANDS 69
GOA 61
UTTARAKHAND 57
KERALA 57
MANIPUR 54
HARYANA 51
Total Foreign Undertrials
ASSAM 50 4,150
MEGHALAYA 47
TELANGANA 43
JAMMU & KASHMIR 39
TRIPURA 39
RAJASTHAN 30
MADHYA PRADESH 18
CHHATTISGARH 15
ANDHRA PRADESH 13
MIZORAM 11
CHANDIGARH 8
PUDUCHERRY 7
JHARKHAND 6
ODISHA 4
LADAKH 3
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Some States/UTs (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,Sikkim, DNH & Daman Diu and
Lakshadweep) have reported NIL figure.

Foreign Undertrials as on 31st December, 2021 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.5
105
A total of 4,150 foreign national (589) were lodged in the various jails of
undertrials consisting of Bangladeshis the country as on 31st December, 2021.
(1,735), Nigerians (774) and Nepalese The details can be seen at Table 4.4.
Bangladeshis 1735
Nigerians 774
Nepalese 589
Africans (other than Nigerians) 255
Other Foreign Nationals 241
Myanmar 193
Pakistanis 145
Sri Lankan 99
South American Countries 52
South East Asian Countries 13
Middle East Countries 12
CIS (Russian) Federation 12 Total Foreign Undertrials
North American Countries (other than Canada) 10
4,150
Chinese 10
Maldivians 4
Australians 4
New Zealanders 1
Canadians 1
Mauritians 0
Japanese 0
0 200 400 600 800 100012001400160018002000

Foreign Undertrials by Nationality
Chart 4.6
A total of 633 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, (51.5%) (2,137) followed by the age
2021. The highest number of female group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
foreign Undertrials were lodged in jails (41.1%) (1,707) and the age group 50
of West Bengal (232) followed by Delhi Years & Above (7.4%) (306) (LIST-
(73), Maharashtra (61) and Uttar 4.1).
Pradesh (57). The details can be seen
at Table 4.1.
106
Detenues These above three states have
A total of 38 Foreign national contributed to 84.2% of total Detenues.
detenue inmates consisting of 36 Males The details can be seen at Table 4.1.
and 2 Females were confined in various
Majority of Detenues were in the
jails in the country at the end of the year
age group 30 Years – Below 50 Years
2021. Haryana has lodged the highest (57.9%) (22) followed by the age
number of Detenues (13) followed by group 18 Yrs. - Below 30 Years
Telangana (10) and Delhi (9) (34.2%) (13) and the age group 50
accounting for 34.2%, 26.3% and Years & Above (7.9%) (3). The details
23.7% of the total Detenues inmates. may be seen at LIST-4.1.
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 279 25.8 665 61.6 136 12.6 1080
2 UNDERTRIALS 1707 41.1 2137 51.5 306 7.4 4150
3 DETENUES 13 34.2 22 57.9 3 7.9 38
4 OTHERS 100 33.7 180 60.6 17 5.7 297
5 TOTAL 2099 37.7 3004 54.0 462 8.3 5565
 No foreign inmates were reported under 16-18 years age group.
2500
2137
2000
1707
1500
1000
665
500 279 306

100 180 136
13 22 3 17
0
18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & above
CONVICTS UNDERTRIALS* DETENUES OTHERS

Note: No foreign inmates were 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, decreased by 12.6% during 2016-2021
Undertrials, Detenues and Others (status as on 31st December of
Foreign Inmates during 2016-2021 respective years). Among these
inmates, number of Convicts,
A total of 6,370, 4,917, 5,157,
Detenues and Others have decreased
5,203, 4,926 and 5,565 Foreign
by 54.4%, 11.6% and 57.8%
inmates were lodged in various jails of
respectively and Undertrials increased
the country as on 31st December of
by 27.4% as on 31st December of
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and
2021 over 2016 (Chart 4.8).
2021 respectively. The number of
Foreigner inmates in the prisons has
Total Undertrials Convicts Detenues Others

7000
6370
6000
5565
-12.6%
5000
4150
4000
3258
3000
27.4%
2000 2366
-54.4%
1000 703
1080
-57.8% 297
43 -11.6% 38
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total 6370 4917 5157 5203 4926 5565
Undertrials 3258 2250 2667 2815 3467 4150
Convicts 2366 2227 2095 2014 1140 1080
Detenues 43 40 43 40 41 38
Others 703 400 352 334 278 297

st
Trend of Different Types of Foreign inmates during 2016-2021

Chart 4.8
  
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Table – 4.1
Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2021
Sl. Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
State/UT
No. M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 0 3 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 14 1 0 15 38 12 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 13 0 65
4 BIHAR 5 1 0 6 116 6 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 7 0 128
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 0 0 2 14 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 17
6 GOA 8 0 0 8 59 2 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 2 0 69
7 GUJARAT 11 1 0 12 126 11 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 12 0 149
8 HARYANA 4 0 0 4 38 13 0 51 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 55 13 0 68
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 55 1 0 56 96 15 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 16 0 167
10 JHARKHAND 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 7
11 KARNATAKA 5 1 0 6 212 49 0 261 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 218 50 0 268
12 KERALA 6 0 0 6 48 9 0 57 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 55 9 0 64
13 MADHYA PRADESH 10 0 0 10 17 1 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 28
14 MAHARASHTRA 36 4 0 40 441 61 0 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477 65 0 542
15 MANIPUR 7 0 0 7 34 20 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 20 0 61
16 MEGHALAYA 12 0 0 12 42 5 0 47 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 57 5 0 62
17 MIZORAM 4 0 0 4 8 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 15
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
20 PUNJAB 43 8 0 51 89 21 0 110 0 0 0 0 49 6 0 55 181 35 0 216
21 RAJASTHAN 14 0 0 14 24 6 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 6 0 44
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 53 2 0 55 111 14 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 16 0 180
24 TELANGANA 6 0 0 6 30 13 0 43 8 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 44 15 0 59
25 TRIPURA 9 0 0 9 34 5 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 5 0 48
26 UTTAR PRADESH 145 112 0 257 275 57 0 332 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 420 169 0 589
27 UTTARAKHAND 35 5 0 40 56 1 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 6 0 97
28 WEST BENGAL 294 34 1 329 935 232 12 1179 0 0 0 0 151 87 0 238 1380 353 13 1746
TOTAL (STATES) 783 171 1 955 2866 557 12 3435 23 2 0 25 203 93 0 296 3875 823 13 4711
29 A & N ISLANDS 48 0 0 48 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 117
30 CHANDIGARH 5 0 0 5 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 13
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 54 7 0 61 516 73 0 589 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 579 80 0 659
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 0 0 10 39 0 0 39 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 54 0 0 54
34 LADAKH 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 7
TOTAL (UTs) 118 7 0 125 639 76 0 715 13 0 0 13 1 0 0 1 771 83 0 854
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 901 178 1 1080 3505 633 12 4150 36 2 0 38 204 93 0 297 4646 906 13 5565
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Table – 4.2
Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
State/UT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 138 16 1 155
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 238 17 1 256
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 261 17 1 279
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Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31 st December, 2021
Total
Sl. 30-50 Years 50 Years & Above
State/UT (All Age-Groups)
No.
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
3 ASSAM 7 1 0 8 4 0 0 4 14 1 0 15
4 BIHAR 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
6 GOA 6 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 8
7 GUJARAT 7 1 0 8 3 0 0 3 11 1 0 12
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6
12 KERALA 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
14 MAHARASHTRA 24 3 0 27 5 1 0 6 36 4 0 40
15 MANIPUR 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 7
16 MEGHALAYA 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 0 0 12
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 18 5 0 23 5 3 0 8 43 8 0 51
21 RAJASTHAN 7 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 14 0 0 14
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 32 1 0 33 13 1 0 14 53 2 0 55
24 TELANGANA 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
25 TRIPURA 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 129 100 0 229 7 12 0 19 145 112 0 257
27 UTTARAKHAND 20 5 0 25 5 0 0 5 35 5 0 40
28 WEST BENGAL 125 14 0 139 31 4 0 35 294 34 1 329
TOTAL (STATES) 449 132 0 581 96 22 0 118 783 171 1 955
29 A & N ISLANDS 28 0 0 28 6 0 0 6 48 0 0 48
30 CHANDIGARH 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 39 6 0 45 11 1 0 12 54 7 0 61
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
34 LADAKH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
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) 78 6 0 84 17 1 0 18 118 7 0 125
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 527 138 0 665 113 23 0 136 901 178 1 1080
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Table – 4.3
Foreign Convicts by Nationality as on 31st December, 2021
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 7 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1 1 105 0 0 2 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 2 0 319 0 2 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 19 1 500 0 4 3 0 0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 24 1 505 0 4 3 0 0
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North American
Middle East New Countries
S.No States/UTs Mauritians Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians
Countries Zealanders (other than
Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 0 0 5 0 0 3 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 19 0 2 1
15 MANIPUR 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 9 0 23 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 1 4 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 2 1 1 0 5 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 2 130 0 3 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 39 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 4 15 265 0 51 2
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 7 0 19 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 1 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 40 16 0 22 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 4 55 281 0 73 2
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South South East Other Foreign Total Foreign
S.No. States/UTs Pakistanis Sri Lankan
American Countries Asian Countries Nationals Convicts
(1) (2) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 15
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 6
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 2 8
7 GUJARAT 7 0 0 0 3 12
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 4
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 6
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 6
14 MAHARASHTRA 2 3 1 0 1 40
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 7
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 12
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 4
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 12 0 0 0 0 51
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 0 0 14
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 1 0 26 3 55
24 TELANGANA 3 0 0 0 0 6
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 10 0 0 0 3 257
28 WEST BENGAL 6 0 0 0 0 329
TOTAL (STATES) 45 4 1 27 14 955
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 8 48
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 15 2 1 1 6 61
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 0 0 0 0 10
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 18 2 1 1 15 125
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 63 6 2 28 29 1080
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Table – 4.4
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality as on 31st December, 2021
CIS
Sl. Africans (other Austr- Bangl- Canad-
States/UTs Chinese (Russian) Japanese Maldivians
No. than Nigerians) alians adeshis ians
Federation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 1 0 13 0 2 0 0 0
6 GOA 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 51 0 41 0 0 1 0 0
12 KERALA 2 0 21 0 0 0 0 2
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 50 0 161 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 12 0 40 0 1 1 0 2
24 TELANGANA 9 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5 0 98 0 5 2 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 3 0 1137 0 0 1 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 172 2 1715 1 9 9 0 4
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 83 2 14 0 1 3 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 83 2 20 0 1 3 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 255 4 1735 1 10 12 0 4
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North American
Middle East New
S.No States/UTs Mauritians Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians Countries (other
Countries Zealanders
than Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 0 0 18 0 0 1 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 92 0 3 0
6 GOA 0 2 0 3 0 40 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3 10 0 22 1
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 2 0 34 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 31 0 72 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 1 0 61 0 177 2
15 MANIPUR 0 0 43 2 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 14 0 42 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 7 0 6 0 10 1
24 TELANGANA 0 0 5 2 0 14 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 15 169 0 18 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 39 0 6 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 26 1 0 1 3
TOTAL (STATES) 0 10 121 523 0 482 9
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 69 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 2 3 59 0 281 1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 2 72 66 1 292 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 12 193 589 1 774 10
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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 0 50
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 10 122
6 GOA 0 0 1 0 4 61
7 GUJARAT 58 0 0 0 24 137
8 HARYANA 1 0 0 0 11 51
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 6
11 KARNATAKA 2 2 0 38 23 261
12 KERALA 0 3 2 20 0 57
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 24 0 1 16 502
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 54
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 47
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 11
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 4
20 PUNJAB 28 0 0 0 5 110
21 RAJASTHAN 4 0 1 0 4 30
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 2 40 3 125
24 TELANGANA 1 0 0 0 0 43
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 39
26 UTTAR PRADESH 6 2 0 0 12 332
28 WEST BENGAL 1 1 0 0 5 1179
TOTAL (STATES) 110 32 6 99 131 3435
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 69
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 4 20 7 0 109 589
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 31 0 0 0 0 39
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 1 3
TOTAL (UTs) 35 20 7 0 110 715
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 145 52 13 99 241 4150
 As per data provided by States/UTs.used.
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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 (96,481), Offences
under various crime heads of IPC and against public tranquility (231),
SLL is presented in this chapter. Offences against property (9,902),
Besides, information on prisoners Offences relating to Documents &
released during the year and inmates Property Marks (302), Offences
released on parole is also dealt in this against women (20,275) as on 31st
chapter. Offence grouping has been December, 2021. Uttar Pradesh has
done as per the chapters of IPC such reported the highest number of
as offences affecting the Human Body, convicts (25,512) followed by Madhya
against Public Tranquility, against Pradesh (18,101) and Chhattisgarh
Property, Documents & Property (7,081), accounting for 23.2%, 16.4%
Marks etc. and 6.4% of the total convicted
inmates lodged under various IPC
Convicts
crimes respectively. The details may
1. IPC Crimes be seen at Chart 5.1, Table 5.1.
A total of 1,10,113 convicts were
lodged in various jails of the country
Offences against
Public
Offences relating Tranquility, 231,
to Documents & 0.2%
Property Marks, Others*, 3197,
302, 0.3% 2.9%
Offences against
Property, 9902,
9.0%
Total Convicts under Offences

IPC Crimes affecting Human
1,10,113 Body, 96481,
87.6%

* Includes ‘Other IPC Crimes’ and ‘Other Crime against women’.
Types of IPC Offences – Convicts
Chart 5.1
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I. Offences affecting the Human Kidnapping & Abduction (3,036),
Body Dowry Deaths (4,458), Assault on
A total of 96,481 convicts were women with intent to outrage her
lodged in various jails of the country Modesty (540) accounting for 67.3%,
for committing offences affecting the 6.2%, 3.3%, 14.9%, 3.1%, 4.6% and
Human Body consisting of Murder 0.6% respectively under Indian Penal
(64,913), Attempt to Murder (6,012), Code (IPC) offences as on 31st
Culpable Homicide not amounting to December, 2021 (Chart 5.2).
Murder (3,161), Rape (14,361),
C.H. not Assault on

Kidnapping & amounting to Women with
Abduction, 3036, Murder, 3161, intent to outrage
3.1% 3.3% her modesty,
Dowry Deaths, 540, 0.6%
4458, 4.6%
Attempt to
Murder, 6012,
6.2%
Rape, 14361,
14.9% Murder, 64913,
67.3%
Total Convicts under Offences affecting Human Body 96,481

Convicts - Offences affecting the Human Body
Chart 5.2
Uttar Pradesh has reported the out of 64,913) of total such convicts
highest number of convicts (23,775) followed by Madhya Pradesh 17.3%
followed by Madhya Pradesh (16,341) (11,203 out of 64,913) and
and Chhattisgarh (6,600), accounting Chhattisgarh 7.1% (4,635 out of
for 24.6%, 16.9% and 6.8% of the total 64,913) as on 31st December, 2021
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 culpable homicide not amounting to
under murder was reported in Uttar murder, kidnapping & abduction and
Pradesh accounting for 25.5% (16,544 Dowry Deaths accounting for 26.1%
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(826 out of 3,161), 20.6% (625 out of III. Offences against Property
3,036) and 56.0% (2,496 out of 4,458) A total of 9,902 convicts were
of total such convicts lodged in jails in lodged in various jails of the country
the country respectively. for committing offences against
property consisting of Burglary (766),
State/UT-wise details on Thefts (3,275), Extortion (257), Arson
convicts lodged under various offences (96), Criminal Breach of Trust (223),
of IPC may be seen in Table 5.1. Cheating (593), Dacoity (1,970), Prep.
and assembly for Dacoity (452) and
II. Offences against Public Robbery (2,270), accounting for 7.7%,
Tranquility 33.1%, 2.6%, 1.0%, 2.3%, 6.0%,
A total of 231 convicts were lodged 19.9%, 4.6% and 22.9% of the total
in various jails of the country for convicts under offences against
committing offences against Public property as on 31st December, 2021
Tranquility (Rioting only) under Indian (Chart 5.3).
Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
December, 2021. Tamil Nadu has Uttar Pradesh has reported the
reported the highest number of highest number of convicts (1,223)
convicts (93) followed by Madhya offence against property followed by
Pradesh (50) and Haryana (15) Madhya Pradesh (1,134) and Haryana
accounting for 40.3%, 21.6% and 6.5% (961) accounting for 12.4%, 11.5%
of the total convicted inmates lodged and 9.7% of the total convicted
under offence against Public inmates lodged under offences against
Tranquility respectively (Table 5.1). property crimes respectively (Table
5.1).
Criminal Breach Extortion, 257,

Prep and of Trust, 223, 2.6%
Assembly of 2.3%
Dacoity, 452, Arson, 96, 1.0%
4.6%
Cheating, 593,
6.0% Thefts, 3275,
Burglary, 766, 33.1%
7.7%
Total Convicts under

Dacoity, 1970, IPC Offences against
19.9% Property
9,902
Robbery, 2270,
22.9%

Convicts - IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.3
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IV. Offences relating to for committing offences against
Documents & Property Marks women consisting of Rape (14,361),
Dowry Deaths (4,458), Assault on
A total of 302 convicts were lodged women with intent to outrage her
in various jails of the country for modesty (540), Insult to the modesty of
committing offences relating to women (78) and cruelty by husband or
documents & property marks as on relatives of husband (838) accounting
31st December, 2021. West Bengal for 70.8%, 22.0%, 2.7%, 0.4%, and
has reported the highest number of 4.1% of the total convicts under
convicts (103) followed by Punjab (29) offences against women, at the end of
and Rajasthan (27) accounting for 2021 (Chart 5.4).
34.1%, 9.6% and 8.9% of the total
convicted inmates lodged under IPC Uttar Pradesh has reported the
offences relating to Documents & highest number of convicts (5,048)
Property Marks respectively (Table followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,241)
5.1). and Chhattisgarh (1,253) accounting
for 24.9%, 16.0% and 6.2% of the total
V. Offences against women convicted inmates lodged under
offences against women respectively
A total of 20,275 convicts were (Table 5.1).
Assault on Insult to the

Women with Modesty of
intent to Women, 78,
Outrage her 0.4%
Modesty, 540,
2.7%
Cruelty by
Husband or
Relatives of
Husband, 838,
4.1%
Dowry Deaths,
4458, 22.0%
Rape, 14361,
70.8%
Total Convicts under Offences against Women

20,275
Distribution of offences against Women

Chart 5.4
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2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) & Enforcement Acts/ Gambling Act
Crimes (86), Foreigner & Passport-related
Acts (507), Indian Railways/ Railways
A total of 12,658 convicts were Act (254), Miscellaneous Act (226) and
lodged in various jails of the country Other SLL crimes (1,975) accounting
for committing offences under Special for 2.9%, 4.2%, 11.6%, 57.3%, 0.7%,
and Local Laws such as crime against 4.0%, 2.0%, 1.8% and 15.6% of the
women (362), crime against SC/ST total convicted inmates lodged under
(533), Arms/Explosive substances Act various SLL crimes respectively. The
(1,462), Liquor & Narcotics Drugs details may be seen at Chart 5.5,
related Acts (7,253), Other Regulatory Table 5.2.
Crime against
Women - related
Railways - related
Acts, 362, 2.9%
Crime against Acts, 254, 2.0%
SC/ST- related
Acts, 533, 4.2%
Foreigner &
Passport- related
Acts, 507, 4.0%
Others*, 2287,
18.1%
Liquor &
Narcotics Drugs-
related Acts,
7253, 57.3%
Arms/Explosive
related Acts,
1462, 11.6%
Total Convicts under SLL
12,658

* Includes ‘Other Regulatory & Enforcement Acts’ and ‘Miscellaneous Acts’.
Types of SLL Crimes - Convicts
Chart 5.5
I. Crime against women - 2021. Uttar Pradesh has reported the

related Acts highest number of convicts (67)
followed by Madhya Pradesh (50) and
A total of 362 convicts were lodged Haryana (40) accounting for 18.5%,
in various jails of the country for 13.8% and 11.0% 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.
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II. Crime against SC/ST - related convicts (2,178) followed by Uttar
Acts Pradesh (731) and Madhya Pradesh
(722), accounting for 30.0%, 10.1%
A total of 533 convicts were lodged and 10.0% 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.
2021. Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of convicts (126) V. Foreigner & Passport –
followed by Madhya Pradesh (83) and related Acts
Chhattisgarh (71), accounting for
23.6%, 15.6% and 13.3% of the total A total of 507 convicts were lodged
convicted inmates lodged under SLL in various jails of the country for
crimes which are specific to crime committing offences under Foreigner &
against SC/ST respectively. Passport-related acts under Special
and Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st
III. Arms/Explosive – related December, 2021. West Bengal has
Acts reported the highest number of
convicts (329) who were convicted
A total of 1,462 convicts were under various sections of SLL followed
lodged in various jails of the country by A&N Islands (48) and Tamil Nadu
for committing offences under Arms / (18) accounting for 64.9%, 9.5% and
Explosive-related Acts under Special 3.6% of the total convicted inmates
and Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st lodged under SLL crimes which are
December, 2021. Bihar has reported specific to Foreigner & Passport
the highest number of convicts (293) related offences respectively (Table-
followed by Uttar Pradesh (195) and 5.2)
Punjab (154) accounting for 20.0%,
13.3% and 10.5% of the total Undertrials
convicted inmates lodged under SLL
1. IPC Crimes
crimes which are specific to Arms /
Explosive related offences A total of 3,24,499 Undertrial
respectively. prisoners from various States and UTs
were lodged in jails for committing
IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs – crimes under IPC, in which 2,08,595
related Acts persons were charged for offences
affecting the Human Body, 2,384
A total of 7,253 convicts were persons for offences against Public
lodged in various jails of the country Tranquility, 94,160 persons for
for committing offences under Liquor & offences against Property, 1,276
Narcotics Drugs-related acts under persons were charged for offences
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on relating to documents & property
31st December, 2021. Punjab has marks and 12,418 persons for other
reported the highest number of IPC crimes accounting for 64.3%,
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0.7%, 29.0%, 0.4% and 3.8% Maharashtra (28,256) accounting for
respectively as on 31st December, 22.8%, 10.5% and 8.7% of the total
2021 (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 (74,116)
followed by Bihar (34,035) and
Offences relating
to Documents & Others*, 18084,
Offences against Property Marks, 5.6%
Public 1276, 0.4%
Tranquility, 2384,
0.7%
Offences against
Property, 94160,
29.0%
Offences
affecting the
Human Body,
208595, 64.3%
Total Undertrials under IPC Crimes - 3,24,499

* Includes ‘Other IPC Crimes’ and ‘Other Crime against women’.
Types of IPC Crimes – Undertrials
Chart 5.6
I. Offences affecting the Human Uttar Pradesh has reported the

Body highest number of Undertrials (48,758)
A total of 2,08,595 under trials were
Madhya Pradesh (18,413), accounting
for 23.4%, 11.1% and 8.8% of the total
for committing offences affecting the
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
5.3.
December, 2021.
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II. Offences against Public Arson (835), Criminal Breach of Trust
Tranquility (3,786), Cheating (7,807), Dacoity
(12,964), Prep. And assembly for
A total of 2,384 Undertrials were
Dacoity (7,068) and Robbery (15,153),
accounting for 7.1%, 39.2%, 3.2%,
for committing offences against public
0.9%, 4.0%, 8.3%, 13.8%, 7.5% and
tranquility under Indian Penal Code
16.1% of the total undertrial inmates
(IPC) as on 31st December, 2021.
lodged under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
offences against property as on 31st
number of Undertrials (632) followed
December, 2021 (Chart 5.7).
by Bihar (220) and Maharashtra (219)
accounting for 26.5%, 9.2% and 9.2% Uttar Pradesh has reported the
of the total Undertrials inmates lodged highest number of Undertrials (20,724)
under IPC crimes against Public followed by Bihar (9,230) and
Tranquility respectively (Table 5.3). Maharashtra (7,784) accounting for
III. Offences against Property 22.0%, 9.8% and 8.3% of the total
A total of 94,160 Undertrials were Undertrials inmates lodged under IPC
lodged in various jails of the country offences against property respectively.
for committing offences against State/UT-wise such details may be
property consisting of Burglary (6,651), seen in Table-5.3.
Thefts (36,868), Extortion (3,028),
Criminal Breach of Extortion, 3028,

Trust, 3786, 4.0% 3.2%
Prep. And Arson, 835, 0.9%
Assembly for
committing
Dacoity, 7068, 7.5%
Burglary, 6651,
7.1%
Thefts, 36868,
39.2%
Cheating, 7807,
8.3%
Robbery, 15153,
16.1%
Dacoity, 12964,
13.8%
Total Undertrials prisoners confined for IPC Offences against Property 94,160
Undertrials – IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.7
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IV. Offences relating to for accused of committing offences
Documents & Property Marks against women consisting of Rape
(44,134), Dowry Deaths (14,402),
Assault on women with intent to
outrage her modesty (5,604), Insult to
for committing offences relating to
the modesty of women (659) and
Documents & Property Marks under
cruelty by husband or relatives of
Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
husband (5,007) accounting for 63.2%,
December, 2021.
20.6%, 8.0%, 0.9%, and 7.2% of the
West Bengal has reported the total undertrial inmates lodged under
highest number of Undertrials (198) offences against women at the end of
followed by Uttar Pradesh (196) and 2021. (Chart 5.8, Table 5.3)
Madhya Pradesh (116) accounting for
15.5%, 15.4% and 9.1% of the total Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Undertrials inmates lodged under IPC highest number of Undertrials (20,929)
offences relating to documents & followed by Madhya Pradesh (6,264)
property marks respectively. State/UT- and Bihar (5,648) accounting for
wise such details may be seen in 30.0%, 9.0% and 8.1% of the total
Table-5.3. Undertrial inmates lodged under
offences against women respectively.
V. Offences against women (Table 5.3)
Cruelty by Insult to the
Husband or Modesty of
relatives of Women, 659,
Husband, 5007, 0.9%
Assault on 7.2%
Women with
intent to Outrage
her Modesty,
5604, 8.0%
Dowry Deaths,
14402, 20.6%
Rape, 44134,
63.2%
Total Undertrials under Offences against Women - 69,806

Distribution of Offences against Women-Under trials
Chart 5.8
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2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) 2,342 persons under Railways related
Crimes Acts, accounting for 2.6%, 4.7%,
14.3%, 65.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% as on
A total of 1,02,613 Undertrial 31st December, 2021 (Chart 5.9).
prisoners from various States and UTs
were lodged in jails for committing Bihar has reported the highest
crimes under SLL, in which 2,699 number of Undertrials (25,527)
Persons were charged of offences followed by Uttar Pradesh (16,490)
under women related Acts, 4,846 and West Bengal (7,976) accounting
Persons for offences under SC/ST for 24.9%, 16.1% and 7.8% of the total
related Acts, 14,677 Persons for Undertrials inmates lodged under SLL
offences under Arms/Explosive Acts, crimes respectively. The details can be
66,881 persons for offences under seen at Table 5.4.
liquor & narcotics drugs-related Acts,
2,264 persons for offences under
Foreigner & Passport related Acts and
Crime against
Women- related Foreigner &
Acts, 2699, 2.6% Passport- related
Indian Railways
Acts, 2264, 2.2%
Act, 2342, 2.3%
Crime against
SC/ST- related
Acts, 4846, 4.7%
Others*, 8904, 8.7%
Arms/Explosive-
related Acts, Liquor & Narcotics
14677, 14.3% Drugs- related
Acts, 66881, 65.2%
Total Undertrials (SLL Crime) - 1,02,613

* Includes ‘Other Regulatory & Enforcement Acts’ and ‘Miscellaneous Acts’.
Types of SLL Crimes - Undertrials
Chart 5.9
128
I. Crime against women - has reported the highest number of
related acts Undertrials (3,661) under various
sections of SLL followed by Bihar
A total of 2,699 Undertrials were (2,926) and Punjab (936) accounting
lodged in various jails of the country for 24.9 %, 19.9% and 6.4% of total
for committing offences against Undertrial inmates lodged under SLL
women related acts under Special and crimes which are specific to
Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st Arms/Explosive related offences.
December, 2021. Uttar Pradesh has
reported the highest number of IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
Undertrials (1,136) under various related Acts
sections of SLL followed by Bihar
(242) and Tamil Nadu (175) A total of 66,881 Undertrials
accounting for 42.1%, 9.0% and 6.5% were lodged in various jails of the
of the total Undertrial inmates lodged country for committing offences
under SLL crimes which are specific to relating to Liquor & Narcotics Drugs-
crime against Women. related acts under Special and Local
Laws (SLL) as on 31st December,
II. Crime against SC/ST - related 2021. Bihar has reported the highest
acts number of Undertrials (19,799) under
various sections of SLL followed by
A total of 4,846 Undertrials were Uttar Pradesh (7,214) and Punjab
lodged in various jails of the country (6,091) accounting for 29.6%, 10.8%
for committing offences against and 9.1% of total Undertrial inmates
SC/ST-related acts under Special and lodged under SLL crimes which are
Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st specific to Liquor & Narcotic Drugs
December, 2021. Uttar Pradesh has related offences.
reported the highest number of
Undertrials (1,649) under various V. Foreigner & Passport –
sections of SLL followed by Bihar related Acts
(1,578) and Rajasthan (353)
accounting for 34.0%, 32.6% and 7.3% A total of 2,264 Undertrials were
of the total Undertrial inmates lodged lodged in various jails of the country
under SLL crimes which are specific to for committing offences relating to
crime against SC/ST. Foreigner & Passport-related acts
under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
III. Arms/Explosive – related as on 31st December, 2021. West
Acts Bengal has reported the highest
number of Undertrials (1,191) under
A total of 14,677 Undertrials various sections of SLL followed
were lodged in various jails of the by Maharashtra (213) and Delhi (119)
country for committing offences under accounting for 52.6%, 9.4% and 5.3%
Arms/ Explosive-related acts under of total Undertrial inmates lodged
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on under SLL crimes which are specific to
31st December, 2021. Uttar Pradesh Foreigner & Passport related offences.
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State/UT-wise details on country under various IPC crimes and
Undertrials lodged under various 12,658 convicts were lodged under
offences of SLL can be seen in Table various SLL crimes. However, a total
5.4. of 3,24,499 Undertrials were lodged in
various jails of the country under
Comparison between Convicts V/s various IPC crimes and 1,02,613
Undertrials Undertrials were lodged under various
SLL crimes at the end of
A total of 1,10,113 convicts st
31 December, 2021 (Chart 5.10).
were lodged in various jails of the
324499
110113 102613
12658
IPC Crime SLL Crime
Convicts Undertrials

Total Convicts and Undertrials Inmates
Chart 5.10
Incidence of Recidivism
The above calculation is based on
A total of 3,333 convicts were convictions only. Repeat offenders
habitual offenders/recidivists which among Undertrials have not been
accounted for 3.2% of total convicts taken into account.
(1,04,735) admitted during the year
2021 (Table 5.5). States reporting   
highest share of habitual offenders to
convicts admitted during 2021 were
Delhi (28.5%), Mizoram (15.3%), A &
N Islands (8.8%), Nagaland (7.9%)
and West Bengal (7.7%).
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Table – 5.1
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Offences affecting the Human Body
Total
Sl. Assault on Women Offences
State/UT C.H. not
No. Dowry Attempt Kidnapping & with Intent to affecting the
Murder amounting Rape
Deaths to Murder Abduction Outrage her Human Body
to Murder
Modesty
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1472 13 27 42 20 120 7 1701
3 ASSAM 1691 92 33 113 24 90 1 2044
4 BIHAR 3689 182 434 783 239 518 15 5860
5 CHHATTISGARH 4635 202 66 346 195 1120 36 6600
6 GOA 26 3 0 5 1 11 2 48
7 GUJARAT 2725 191 30 74 81 607 11 3719
8 HARYANA 2355 168 250 330 305 669 38 4115
10 JHARKHAND 2827 75 326 205 128 635 11 4207
11 KARNATAKA 2128 84 85 184 79 497 9 3066
12 KERALA 1256 30 6 88 18 225 10 1633
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11203 444 225 1002 561 2790 116 16341
14 MAHARASHTRA 2166 141 12 237 57 747 67 3427
15 MANIPUR 33 0 1 0 0 24 2 60
16 MEGHALAYA 57 5 0 1 4 50 2 119
17 MIZORAM 59 5 0 9 1 39 0 113
18 NAGALAND 33 3 0 2 1 23 2 64
19 ODISHA 1416 56 50 111 41 505 7 2186
20 PUNJAB 1598 126 89 406 155 640 46 3060
21 RAJASTHAN 1975 63 38 464 123 871 11 3545
22 SIKKIM 28 6 0 1 1 6 8 50
23 TAMIL NADU 1890 259 96 386 184 247 9 3071
24 TELANGANA 1282 49 13 52 13 187 11 1607
25 TRIPURA 217 8 5 13 3 106 1 353
26 UTTAR PRADESH 16544 826 2496 837 625 2366 81 23775
27 UTTARAKHAND 1176 38 66 51 62 343 26 1762
28 WEST BENGAL 1335 34 91 133 60 304 2 1959
TOTAL (STATES) 64159 3128 4439 5883 2987 13913 535 95044
29 A & N ISLANDS 41 1 0 0 0 3 0 45
30 CHANDIGARH 30 9 3 9 17 36 0 104
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
32 DELHI 547 18 15 114 31 358 4 1087
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 87 3 1 6 0 48 0 145
34 LADAKH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 47 2 0 0 1 2 0 52
TOTAL (UTs) 754 33 19 129 49 448 5 1437
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 64913 3161 4458 6012 3036 14361 540 96481
131
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31 st December, 2021
Offences
against Public Offences against Property
Sl. Tranquility
State/UT
No.
Prep. and Criminal
Riots Thefts Extortion Robbery Dacoity Assembly for Breach of Cheating
Dacoity Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 117 0 40 28 0 5 14
3 ASSAM 0 73 4 5 0 0 13 10
4 BIHAR 14 153 10 116 146 26 16 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 10 0 93 90 0 10 18
6 GOA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 GUJARAT 1 16 0 59 79 16 3 3
8 HARYANA 15 339 31 202 205 72 24 27
10 JHARKHAND 11 66 36 36 108 25 26 8
11 KARNATAKA 12 42 6 54 58 14 3 10
12 KERALA 8 125 0 138 19 16 5 6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 50 171 13 382 291 48 39 110
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 424 20 114 106 36 5 49
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 125 0 4 0 0 3 7
18 NAGALAND 0 41 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 27 0 34 42 3 5 10
20 PUNJAB 3 356 76 85 117 49 31 80
21 RAJASTHAN 0 147 6 134 114 40 3 62
22 SIKKIM 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 93 257 24 228 90 21 10 64
24 TELANGANA 0 199 14 109 36 6 0 3
25 TRIPURA 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 11 445 12 304 268 60 4 43
27 UTTARAKHAND 8 68 0 26 12 7 3 7
28 WEST BENGAL 0 2 0 29 53 13 5 7
TOTAL (STATES) 228 3228 253 2195 1874 452 213 547
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 11 0 5 0 0 1 5
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 3 24 4 65 96 0 8 41
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 3 47 4 75 96 0 10 46
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 231 3275 257 2270 1970 452 223 593
132
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31 st December, 2021
Offences relating
Offences against
to Documents & Other Crime Against Women*
Property Total Total Other
Property Marks
Sl. Offences Crime
State/UT
No. against Cruelty by Against
Insult to the
Property Husband or Women
Arson Burglary Counterfeiting Modesty of
Relatives of
Women
Husband
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 4 208 2 72 0 72
3 ASSAM 9 19 133 6 6 0 6
4 BIHAR 6 20 499 10 60 11 71
5 CHHATTISGARH 23 27 271 4 31 0 31
6 GOA 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 15 191 4 19 0 19
8 HARYANA 1 60 961 12 24 1 25
10 JHARKHAND 4 10 319 12 121 0 121
11 KARNATAKA 1 46 234 2 30 0 30
12 KERALA 0 44 353 4 14 0 14
13 MADHYA PRADESH 28 52 1134 20 109 1 110
14 MAHARASHTRA 6 82 842 9 18 11 29
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
17 MIZORAM 0 0 139 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 8 51 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 2 6 129 0 2 0 2
20 PUNJAB 1 35 830 29 20 8 28
21 RAJASTHAN 3 76 585 27 28 0 28
22 SIKKIM 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 4 135 833 6 73 0 73
24 TELANGANA 0 9 376 22 13 0 13
25 TRIPURA 0 2 9 0 14 0 14
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5 82 1223 25 99 6 105
27 UTTARAKHAND 2 32 157 4 2 0 2
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 109 103 75 0 75
TOTAL (STATES) 96 765 9623 301 836 38 874
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 5 0 1 0 1
32 DELHI 0 0 238 1 0 40 40
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 0 1 0 1
34 LADAKH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 1 279 1 2 40 42
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 96 766 9902 302 838 78 916
* Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
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Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Convicts of offences against
Sl. Total Convicts (IPC
State/UT women (Total of column Other IPC Crimes
No. Crimes)
5+8+9+23+24)
(1) (2) (26) (27) (28)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 226 18 2001
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 39 13 121
3 ASSAM 130 33 2222
4 BIHAR 1038 15 6469
5 CHHATTISGARH 1253 174 7081
6 GOA 13 0 51
7 GUJARAT 667 197 4131
8 HARYANA 982 0 5128
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 143 27 510
10 JHARKHAND 1093 40 4710
11 KARNATAKA 621 168 3512
12 KERALA 255 15 2027
13 MADHYA PRADESH 3241 446 18101
14 MAHARASHTRA 855 96 4403
15 MANIPUR 27 0 60
16 MEGHALAYA 53 7 129
17 MIZORAM 39 27 279
18 NAGALAND 25 2 117
19 ODISHA 564 35 2352
20 PUNJAB 803 170 4120
21 RAJASTHAN 948 153 4338
22 SIKKIM 14 73 128
23 TAMIL NADU 425 9 4085
24 TELANGANA 224 38 2056
25 TRIPURA 126 26 403
26 UTTAR PRADESH 5048 373 25512
27 UTTARAKHAND 437 63 1996
28 WEST BENGAL 472 38 2284
TOTAL (STATES) 19761 2256 108326
29 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 45
30 CHANDIGARH 39 0 126
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 0 8
32 DELHI 417 15 1384
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 50 4 155
34 LADAKH 1 0 3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 6 66
TOTAL (UTs) 514 25 1787
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 20275 2281 110113
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Table – 5.2
Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
Crime Against Women – related Crime Against SC/ST – related
Acts Total Crime Acts Total Crime
Against Against SC/ST
Sl. No State/UT Dowry
Immoral Traffic Women – SC/ST (Prev. of Protection of –
Prohibition related Acts related Acts
(Prev.) Act Atrocities) Act Civil Rights Act
Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
3 ASSAM 2 2 4 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 11 0 11 65 0 65
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 2 0 2
8 HARYANA 23 17 40 9 1 10
10 JHARKHAND 22 1 23 8 0 8
11 KARNATAKA 4 21 25 17 0 17
12 KERALA 0 0 0 3 0 3
13 MADHYA PRADESH 47 3 50 78 5 83
14 MAHARASHTRA 8 24 32 2 0 2
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 2 0 2 6 0 6
20 PUNJAB 20 7 27 14 0 14
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 49 0 49
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 16 8 24 57 0 57
24 TELANGANA 7 0 7 7 0 7
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 61 6 67 111 15 126
28 WEST BENGAL 18 9 27 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 257 104 361 512 21 533
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 257 105 362 512 21 533
135
Arms/Explosive – related
Total Other Regulatory
Acts Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
Total Arms/ & Enforcement
related Acts Liquor &
Explosive & Explosive Acts
Sl. No State/UT Narcotics
Explosive – related
Arms Act Drugs –
Substances Acts Prohi- Excise NDPS related Acts Gambling Act
Act bition Act Act Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 2 7 0 5 49 54 0
3 ASSAM 10 11 21 0 0 133 133 0
4 BIHAR 268 25 293 0 116 308 424 10
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 39 40 0 5 272 277 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 0
7 GUJARAT 5 7 12 15 0 61 76 0
8 HARYANA 82 8 90 1 14 515 530 10
10 JHARKHAND 114 6 120 1 24 85 110 0
11 KARNATAKA 8 27 35 1 1 30 32 0
12 KERALA 13 2 15 0 26 109 135 6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 108 27 135 10 67 645 722 36
14 MAHARASHTRA 12 17 29 3 0 126 129 0
15 MANIPUR 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0
16 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 MIZORAM 2 0 2 8 10 41 59 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0
19 ODISHA 3 2 5 0 0 247 247 0
20 PUNJAB 141 13 154 3 63 2112 2178 11
21 RAJASTHAN 89 0 89 0 51 363 414 2
22 SIKKIM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 67 52 119 8 0 149 157 0
24 TELANGANA 5 0 5 0 0 27 27 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 186 9 195 2 68 661 731 9
27 UTTARAKHAND 36 0 36 1 8 136 145 0
28 WEST BENGAL 6 0 6 1 15 166 182 1
TOTAL (STATES) 1165 247 1412 54 473 6551 7078 86
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 5 0 5 0 0 43 43 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 23 22 45 0 4 103 107 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 28 22 50 0 4 171 175 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1193 269 1462 54 477 6722 7253 86
136
Railways – related
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts
Total Foreigner & Acts
Sl. No State/UT Passport –
Reg. of Indian Passport Foreign Exchange related Acts Indian Railways
Foreigners Act Act Regulation Act Act
(1) (2) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

3 ASSAM 1 13 0 14 3
4 BIHAR 1 1 0 2 6
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 3 0 0 3 1
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 11
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 0 2 11
12 KERALA 0 2 0 2 0
15 MANIPUR 7 0 0 7 0
16 MEGHALAYA 10 0 0 10 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 1 0 0 1 1
20 PUNJAB 1 11 0 12 6
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 9 9 0 18 16
24 TELANGANA 2 3 0 5 10
25 TRIPURA 0 9 0 9 0
28 WEST BENGAL 329 0 0 329 12
TOTAL (STATES) 401 57 0 458 254
29 A & N ISLANDS 48 0 0 48 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 1 0 0 1 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 49 0 0 49 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 450 57 0 507 254
137
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservation of
Total Total
Antiquities & Terrorist & Foreign Prevent- Other
Sl. Essential Miscell- Convicts
State/UT Art Distruptive Exchange & ion of SLL
No Commodi- aneous (SLL
Treasures Activities Act Prev. of Corrupt- Crimes
ties Act Acts Crimes)
Act (TADA) Smuggling ion Act
Activities Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 100
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 1 1 61 237
4 BIHAR 0 0 11 0 5 16 4 831
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 678
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
7 GUJARAT 0 0 2 0 2 4 395 493
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 20 20 22 733
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 14 14 8 296
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 2 0 6 8 125 249
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 9 9 120 1165
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 26 0 0 26 182 455
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 34
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 1 1 78 91
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 195
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 267
20 PUNJAB 0 0 2 0 10 12 14 2428
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 0 0 10 56 624
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
23 TAMIL NADU 5 0 0 0 29 34 19 444
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 68
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18
26 UTTAR PRADESH 8 2 0 0 23 33 158 1436
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 4 4 35 248
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 5 0 0 5 108 670
TOTAL (STATES) 13 2 58 0 127 200 1926 12308
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 64
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 53
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 6 0 14 20 11 185
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 29
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 11 0 15 26 49 350
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 13 2 69 0 142 226 1975 12658
138
Table – 5.3
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Offences affecting the Human Body
Total
Assault on Offences
Sl. C.H. not
State/UT Women with affecting
No. Amoun- Dowry Attempt To Kidnapping &
Murder Rape intent to the Human
ting To Deaths Murder Abduction
outrage her Body
Murder
Modesty
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 497 29 65 330 77 238 6 1242
3 ASSAM 1902 324 24 656 411 293 46 3656
4 BIHAR 9050 854 2232 6242 2053 2131 565 23127
5 CHHATTISGARH 3291 172 119 1189 366 2521 232 7890
6 GOA 137 0 0 30 12 46 25 250
7 GUJARAT 3401 116 35 439 286 1713 113 6103
8 HARYANA 4767 360 393 1561 709 1588 203 9581
10 JHARKHAND 4055 166 559 1653 687 1742 172 9034
11 KARNATAKA 3159 67 103 975 289 1583 153 6329
12 KERALA 490 289 35 342 209 528 102 1995
13 MADHYA PRADESH 8283 754 767 2403 1035 4637 534 18413
14 MAHARASHTRA 8459 463 113 2390 871 4212 886 17394
15 MANIPUR 76 0 2 16 6 15 13 128
16 MEGHALAYA 94 3 0 39 36 120 4 296
17 MIZORAM 43 2 0 13 0 51 0 109
18 NAGALAND 37 2 0 22 10 28 4 103
19 ODISHA 4199 267 261 1191 440 2944 154 9456
20 PUNJAB 2484 420 176 1649 435 1076 114 6354
21 RAJASTHAN 3720 526 345 1340 732 2643 67 9373
22 SIKKIM 26 0 0 10 8 24 3 71
23 TAMIL NADU 2278 197 100 1068 286 781 17 4727
24 TELANGANA 708 109 112 308 154 402 132 1925
25 TRIPURA 108 2 1 23 11 59 10 214
26 UTTAR PRADESH 13389 4646 8139 6875 4676 9309 1724 48758
27 UTTARAKHAND 714 58 126 257 132 655 115 2057
28 WEST BENGAL 4220 231 415 1767 813 1442 72 8960
TOTAL (STATES) 80070 10064 14122 32824 14751 41139 5475 198445
29 A & N ISLANDS 31 4 0 2 0 5 2 44
30 CHANDIGARH 98 25 0 32 37 80 3 275
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 80 2 0 14 6 45 1 148
32 DELHI 2733 222 219 1476 524 2238 111 7523
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1263 4 61 73 29 625 12 2067
34 LADAKH 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 72 0 0 13 0 0 0 85
TOTAL (UTs) 4282 257 280 1611 596 2995 129 10150
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 84352 10321 14402 34435 15347 44134 5604 208595
139
Offences against
Public Offences against Property
Sl. Tranquility
State/UT
No. Prep. and Criminal
Riots Thefts Extortion Robbery Dacoity Assembly for Breach of Cheating
Dacoity Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 57 552 12 101 102 36 37 181
3 ASSAM 7 1491 56 154 90 0 39 41
4 BIHAR 220 3619 391 1956 1534 699 303 247
5 CHHATTISGARH 77 602 35 339 217 39 59 112
6 GOA 0 31 0 26 3 0 0 23
7 GUJARAT 43 839 42 309 300 45 505 71
8 HARYANA 98 2636 182 636 750 400 184 215
10 JHARKHAND 126 1607 272 490 510 146 194 922
11 KARNATAKA 130 938 189 369 412 184 61 269
12 KERALA 88 499 8 266 114 73 34 83
13 MADHYA PRADESH 106 1390 127 965 553 339 198 427
14 MAHARASHTRA 219 2678 221 1169 1259 597 126 1130
15 MANIPUR 0 18 0 0 1 0 1 2
16 MEGHALAYA 1 90 9 26 27 0 0 1
17 MIZORAM 0 144 0 3 0 0 3 11
18 NAGALAND 0 68 37 5 1 0 4 0
19 ODISHA 11 1157 37 640 682 180 76 206
20 PUNJAB 120 3073 99 208 185 351 216 243
21 RAJASTHAN 128 1454 217 717 428 166 226 225
22 SIKKIM 0 13 0 3 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 98 1692 105 940 549 122 120 442
24 TELANGANA 12 558 115 269 119 10 73 153
25 TRIPURA 1 86 2 5 0 2 1 1
26 UTTAR PRADESH 632 6764 720 4002 3240 1174 1121 1646
27 UTTARAKHAND 12 695 29 215 49 5 50 141
28 WEST BENGAL 24 988 39 315 387 2491 90 123
TOTAL (STATES) 2210 33809 2948 14133 11527 7059 3722 6923
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 165 0 67 4 4 22 15
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 1 0 5 4 0 2 4
32 DELHI 174 2728 80 946 1426 5 39 855
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 118 0 0 3 0 1 10
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 46 0 2 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 174 3059 80 1020 1437 9 64 884
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2384 36868 3028 15153 12964 7068 3786 7807
140
Offences relating to
Sl. Offences against Property Total Offences Documents & Property
State/UT Marks
No. against Property
Arson Burglary Counterfeiting
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22)
3 ASSAM 1 317 2189 24
4 BIHAR 112 369 9230 76
6 GOA 0 0 83 0
7 GUJARAT 52 237 2400 92
8 HARYANA 29 390 5422 46
10 JHARKHAND 42 130 4313 6
11 KARNATAKA 10 361 2793 54
12 KERALA 6 158 1241 92
13 MADHYA PRADESH 112 384 4495 116
14 MAHARASHTRA 30 574 7784 67
15 MANIPUR 0 0 22 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 161 1
18 NAGALAND 0 8 123 1
19 ODISHA 20 214 3212 55
20 PUNJAB 22 340 4737 72
21 RAJASTHAN 21 269 3723 72
22 SIKKIM 1 0 17 0
23 TAMIL NADU 13 364 4347 26
24 TELANGANA 1 112 1410 6
25 TRIPURA 1 16 114 1
26 UTTAR PRADESH 268 1789 20724 196
27 UTTARAKHAND 16 37 1237 11
28 WEST BENGAL 3 25 4461 198
TOTAL (STATES) 803 6568 87492 1267
29 A & N ISLANDS 2 3 6 0
32 DELHI 30 57 6166 9
34 LADAKH 0 1 1 0
TOTAL (UTs) 32 83 6668 9
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 835 6651 94160 1276
141
Other Crime Against Women* Total Other Undertrials of
Crime Against offences against Total Under-
Sl. Cruelty by Other IPC
State/UT Insult to the Women women (Total of trials (IPC
No. Husband or Crimes
Modesty of Col (23) + Col column Crimes)
Relatives of (24) 5+8+9+23+24)
Women
Husband
(1) (2) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 70 24 94 403 434 2975
3 ASSAM 139 1 140 503 230 6246
4 BIHAR 671 49 720 5648 662 34035
5 CHHATTISGARH 35 10 45 2917 654 10497
6 GOA 0 0 0 71 43 376
7 GUJARAT 145 1 146 2007 384 9168
8 HARYANA 162 10 172 2356 0 15319
10 JHARKHAND 278 6 284 2757 134 13897
11 KARNATAKA 151 8 159 1998 838 10303
12 KERALA 75 25 100 765 399 3915
13 MADHYA PRADESH 298 28 326 6264 1263 24719
14 MAHARASHTRA 234 92 326 5537 2466 28256
15 MANIPUR 0 1 1 31 76 227
16 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 125 61 517
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 51 90 361
18 NAGALAND 1 0 1 33 14 242
19 ODISHA 234 4 238 3597 367 13339
20 PUNJAB 46 11 57 1423 367 11707
21 RAJASTHAN 227 9 236 3291 662 14194
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 27 86 174
23 TAMIL NADU 47 16 63 961 74 9335
24 TELANGANA 123 23 146 792 172 3671
25 TRIPURA 12 0 12 82 36 378
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1594 163 1757 20929 2049 74116
27 UTTARAKHAND 51 0 51 947 107 3475
28 WEST BENGAL 389 35 424 2353 534 14601
TOTAL (STATES) 4989 516 5505 66241 12268 307187
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 7 0 50
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 83 16 584
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 46 9 175
32 DELHI 16 143 159 2727 65 14096
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 2 700 55 2260
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 2 0 8
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 3 136
TOTAL (UTs) 18 143 161 3565 150 17312
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5007 659 5666 69806 12418 324499
As per data provided by States/UTs. * Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
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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. Against SC/ST
State/UT Immoral Protection of Against SC/ST
No Dowry Prohibi- Women – (Prev. of
Traffic Civil Rights – related Acts
tion Act related Acts Atrocities)
(Prev.) Act Act
Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 30 10 40 49 0 49
3 ASSAM 10 29 39 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 170 72 242 1578 0 1578
6 GOA 0 31 31 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 6 19 25 61 0 61
8 HARYANA 35 31 66 74 8 82
10 JHARKHAND 94 24 118 76 0 76
11 KARNATAKA 43 26 69 156 0 156
12 KERALA 4 5 9 27 6 33
13 MADHYA PRADESH 46 45 91 254 11 265
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 81 81 47 0 47
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 1 1 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 121 25 146 189 1 190
20 PUNJAB 51 81 132 37 0 37
21 RAJASTHAN 7 2 9 330 23 353
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 32 143 175 134 0 134
24 TELANGANA 44 57 101 93 0 93
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 934 202 1136 1649 0 1649
27 UTTARAKHAND 2 43 45 13 0 13
28 WEST BENGAL 7 130 137 7 0 7
TOTAL (STATES) 1636 1057 2693 4797 49 4846
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 6 0 6 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 6 0 6 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1642 1057 2699 4797 49 4846
143
Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
Arms/Explosive – related Acts
Total Arms/ related Acts Total Liquor &
Sl. No State/UT Explosive – Narcotics Drugs –
Explosive &
related Acts Prohibition related Acts
Arms Act Explosive Excise Act NDPS Act
Act
Substances Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 26 4 30 140 557 1756 2453
3 ASSAM 104 14 118 11 92 690 793
4 BIHAR 2723 203 2926 79 17563 2157 19799
5 CHHATTISGARH 115 111 226 30 255 1067 1352
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 63 63
7 GUJARAT 64 47 111 749 4 931 1684
8 HARYANA 621 25 646 2 171 1606 1779
10 JHARKHAND 816 92 908 4 314 543 861
11 KARNATAKA 91 74 165 0 66 617 683
12 KERALA 38 16 54 2 158 509 669
13 MADHYA PRADESH 691 19 710 5 1130 1724 2859
14 MAHARASHTRA 214 28 242 20 18 1713 1751
15 MANIPUR 72 26 98 0 0 83 83
16 MEGHALAYA 8 14 22 0 0 96 96
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 43 13 172 228
18 NAGALAND 24 0 24 0 0 57 57
19 ODISHA 303 21 324 9 496 3547 4052
20 PUNJAB 851 85 936 10 506 5575 6091
21 RAJASTHAN 587 5 592 7 359 2222 2588
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 43 43
23 TAMIL NADU 203 134 337 56 46 1249 1351
24 TELANGANA 70 9 79 28 52 587 667
25 TRIPURA 4 0 4 0 0 175 175
26 UTTAR PRADESH 3390 271 3661 85 2203 4926 7214
27 UTTARAKHAND 290 0 290 0 32 708 740
28 WEST BENGAL 567 29 596 0 215 4683 4898
TOTAL (STATES) 11881 1227 13108 1280 24254 38427 63961
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
30 CHANDIGARH 20 0 20 0 2 111 113
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
32 DELHI 832 20 852 0 483 847 1330
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 629 55 684 0 0 1422 1422
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 13 13 0 0 28 28
TOTAL (UTs) 1481 88 1569 0 485 2435 2920
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 13362 1315 14677 1280 24739 40862 66881
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Other
Regulatory & Railways –
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts Total
Enforcement related Acts
Acts Foreigner &
Sl. No State/UT
Passport –
Registration Foreign related Acts
Indian Indian Railways
Gambling Act of Foreigners Exchange
Passport Act Act
Act Regulation Act
(1) (2) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
3 ASSAM 110 0 37 0 37 140
4 BIHAR 180 16 4 0 20 607
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 11
7 GUJARAT 20 44 14 0 58 4
8 HARYANA 18 22 7 0 29 27
10 JHARKHAND 117 0 0 0 0 175
11 KARNATAKA 29 83 3 0 86 10
12 KERALA 2 19 26 0 45 24
14 MAHARASHTRA 29 9 204 0 213 209
15 MANIPUR 0 37 0 0 37 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 33 0 0 33 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 11 2 1 0 3 30
20 PUNJAB 67 5 34 0 39 63
21 RAJASTHAN 37 3 0 0 3 40
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 47 42 54 0 96 88
24 TELANGANA 34 28 8 0 36 42
25 TRIPURA 0 2 37 0 39 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 747 73 26 0 99 664
28 WEST BENGAL 61 1179 12 0 1191 54
TOTAL (STATES) 1627 1604 481 0 2085 2337
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 57 0 0 57 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 7 85 34 0 119 5
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 8 142 37 0 179 5
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1635 1746 518 0 2264 2342
145
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservati on Total Total

Other
Sl. Antiquities & Terrorist & of Foreign Miscell- Undertrials
State/UT Essential Prevention of SLL
No Art Distruptive Exchange & aneous (SLL
Commodi- Corruption Crimes
Treasures Activities Act Prev. of Acts Crimes)
ties Act Act
Act (TADA) Smuggling
Activities Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 17 17 191 2847
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 11 11 126 1374
4 BIHAR 9 1 4 0 57 71 104 25527
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 20 20 111 1791
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
7 GUJARAT 9 0 0 0 35 44 424 2431
8 HARYANA 7 0 0 0 44 51 203 2901
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 17 17 80 2352
11 KARNATAKA 28 0 0 0 26 54 127 1379
12 KERALA 3 4 0 0 0 7 134 977
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 6 6 318 4375
14 MAHARASHTRA 6 0 2 0 8 16 903 3491
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 286
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 197 349
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 279
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 84
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 5 5 64 4825
20 PUNJAB 5 0 0 0 67 72 366 7803
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 3 0 14 17 121 3760
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 128
23 TAMIL NADU 49 0 0 0 43 92 51 2371
24 TELANGANA 23 0 0 0 17 40 33 1125
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 220
26 UTTAR PRADESH 125 0 0 0 164 289 1031 16490
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 7 7 72 1199
28 WEST BENGAL 1 0 0 0 0 1 1031 7976
TOTAL (STATES) 265 5 9 0 560 839 5950 97446
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 108
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 DELHI 1 0 0 0 107 108 142 2569
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 2271
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 73
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 0 0 107 108 372 5167
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 266 5 9 0 667 947 6322 102613
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Table – 5.5
Incidence of Recidivism during the year 2021
Sl. Number of Convicts Number of Habitual % Share of Habitual Offenders
State/UT
No. Admitted During the year Offenders to Convicts Admitted
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1340 64 4.8
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 23 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 1939 0 0.0
4 BIHAR 2616 120 4.6
5 CHHATTISGARH 2631 0 0.0
6 GOA 92 0 0.0
7 GUJARAT 4245 0 0.0
8 HARYANA 3286 103 3.1
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 348 3 0.9
10 JHARKHAND 1901 66 3.5
11 KARNATAKA 1890 47 2.5
12 KERALA 5834 188 3.2
13 MADHYA PRADESH 14646 13 0.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 4624 0 0.0
15 MANIPUR 24 0 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 99 3 3.0
17 MIZORAM 1134 173 15.3
18 NAGALAND 140 11 7.9
19 ODISHA 1249 33 2.6
20 PUNJAB 8604 253 2.9
21 RAJASTHAN 7026 107 1.5
22 SIKKIM 47 0 0.0
23 TAMIL NADU 3405 7 0.2
24 TELANGANA 13136 381 2.9
25 TRIPURA 411 7 1.7
26 UTTAR PRADESH 16049 1001 6.2
27 UTTARAKHAND 2231 18 0.8
28 WEST BENGAL 3809 293 7.7
TOTAL (STATES) 102779 2891 2.8
29 A & N ISLANDS 57 5 8.8
30 CHANDIGARH 121 6 5.0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 30 0 0.0
32 DELHI 1510 431 28.5
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 198 0 0.0
34 LADAKH 2 0 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 38 0 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 1956 442 22.6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 104735 3333 3.2
Note: The above calculation is based on convictions only. Repeat offenders among undertrials have not been taken into account.
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Chapter 6
Prisoners –
Sentences
and
Incarceration
Chapter - 6
Prisoners- Sentences and Incarceration
Introduction years and 148 persons sentenced
during the year 2021) sentenced with
This chapter summarizes capital punishment were lodged in
duration of confinement of undertrial various jails, accounting for 0.4% of
prisoners and, sentence details of the total convicts. Uttar Pradesh has
convicted prisoners. Most of prison reported the highest number of such
inmates in the country are Undertrials. convicts accounting for 14.2% (67 out
Undertrial prisoners constitute 77.1% of 472) of total convicts sentenced with
of total prison inmates lodged in capital punishment in the country
various jails in the country at the end followed by Bihar (46, 9.7%),
of the year 2021. Maharashtra (44, 9.3%). State/UT-
wise such details may be seen in
Death Sentence Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
A total of 148 persons were II. Life Imprisonment

awarded death penalty during 2021 in
the country. Out of 148 persons 59.8% (73,508 out of 1,22,852)
awarded with capital punishment, of the total convicts were undergoing
Bihar reported 49 persons followed by sentence of life imprisonment. In 13
Uttar Pradesh (22), Andhra Pradesh States, the share of convicts
(13), Tamil Nadu (12), Jharkhand & undergoing life imprisonment was
Uttarakhand (6 each), Gujarat & more than the national average of
Rajashthan (5 each) and Haryana, 59.8%. These States/UTs were
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh (75.7%), Bihar
Maharashtra, West Bengal (4 each). (70.9%), Chhattisgarh (70.9%), Uttar
The death sentence of 35 convicts was Pradesh (70.3%), Jharkhand (69.0%),
commuted to life imprisonment during Telangana (68.8%), Gujarat (66.7%),
the year 2021. Out of 35 convicts Assam (63.9%), Karnataka (63.4%),
whose death sentence was commuted Uttarakhand (61.4%), Odisha (60.2%),
to life imprisonment, 22.9% (8) were Rajasthan (60.1%) and Goa (60.0%).
reported from Uttar Pradesh followed State/UT-wise such details may be
by Maharashtra 20.0% (7) and Tamil seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
Nadu 17.1% (6). State/UT-wise such
details may be seen in (Table-6.2). III. 10 years to 13+ years - Jail
Sentence
Convicts
A total of 18,956 convicts were
I. Capital Punishment undergoing sentences for a period
between 10 years to 13+ years,
A total of 472 convicts accounting for 15.4% of the total
(including 324 persons of previous
149
convicts. Majority of convicts confined followed by Arunachal Pradesh
within the State were reported from (30.8%) and Mizoram (23.6%).
Himachal Pradesh (39.9%) followed by State/UT-wise such details may be
Punjab (33.7%), Sikkim (32.6%) and seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
Meghalaya (30.5%). State/UT-wise
such details may be seen in Table- VII. 1 year to less than 2 years - Jail
6.1A & 6.1B. Sentence
IV. 7 years to 9+ years - Jail Sentence 2.8% (3,433 out of 1,22,852) of

the total convicts were undergoing
A total of 8,010 convicts sentences for the period 1 year to less
accounting for 6.5% of total convicts than 2 years. The highest share of
were undergoing sentences of 7 years convicts confined within the State was
to 9+ years. The highest share of reported from Nagaland (19.2%)
convicts confined within the State was followed by Mizoram (14.1%),
reported from DNH & Daman Diu Arunachal Pradesh (10.0%) and Tamil
(37.5%) followed by Ladakh (25.0%) Nadu (6.9%). State/UT-wise such
and Delhi (15.6%). State/UT-wise such details may be seen in Table-6.1A &
details may be seen inTable-6.1A & 6.1B.
6.1B.
VIII. 6 months to less than 1 year - Jail
V. 5 years to 6+ years - Jail Sentence Sentence
A total of 6,151 convicts 2.1% (2,602 out of 1,22,852) of

accounting for 5.0% of total convicts the total convicts were undergoing
were undergoing sentences for the sentences of six months to less than
period 5 years – 6+ years. The highest one year. The percentage of share of
percentage of share of convicts convicts confined within the State was
confined within the State was reported relatively high in Ladakh (25.0%)
from DNH & Daman Diu (37.5%) followed by DNH & Daman Diu
followed by Delhi (10.1%) and (12.5%) and Nagaland (10.8%).
Haryana & Sikkim (9.1% each). State/UT-wise such details may be
State/UT-wise such details may be seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
seen inTable-6.1A & 6.1B.
VI. 2 years to 4+ years - Jail Sentence
A total of 5,898 convicts

accounting for 4.8% 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 (45.0%) of
convicts confined within the State
150
6 Months – Less Less than 6
1 – less than 2
than 1 Year Months Capital
Years
2.1% 3.1% Punishment
2.8%
0.4%
2 – 4+ Years
4.8%
5 – 6+ Years
5.0%
7 – 9+ Years
6.5%
Life
10 – 13+ Years Imprisonment
15.4% 59.8%
Total Convicts
1,22,852
Distribution of Convicts undergoing various Period of Sentences
at the end of 2021
Chart – 6.1
Convicts in Jails due to Non- Undertrials

payment of Fine Amount after
Completion of their Sentence A total of 4,27,165 undertrial
prisoners lodged in various jails in the
Convicts who are imposed to country includes 4,09,346 Males,
pay fine but who are unable to pay the 17,745 Females and 74 Transgenders
imposed fine amount are supposed to as on 31st December, 2021. Uttar
go for such imprisonment as directed Pradesh (90,606) has reported
by Magistrates who convicted them. maximum detention of Undertrials
A total of 1,410 such convicts Maharashtra (31,752) accounting for
were imprisoned at the end of the year 21.2%, 13.9% and 7.4% of total
2021. State of Uttar Pradesh (761) has Undertrials detained in Jails. The details
reported highest numbers of such may be seen in (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &
prisoners imprisoned for non-payment Table 6.5).
of fine followed by Punjab (90) and
Madhya Pradesh (80). State/UT wise I. Upto 3 Months
prisoners, imprisoned (duration wise)
for non-payment of fine is presented in A total of 1,46,074 undertrial
Table (6.3). prisoners lodged in various jails in the
country includes 1,39,723 Males, 6,323
Females and 28 Transgenders as on
151
31st December, 2021. States/UTs who Undertrials (for a period of 6 to 12
have reported maximum detention of months) were Uttar Pradesh (15,993)
Undertrials (below 3 months) were Uttar followed by Bihar (11,308) and Madhya
Pradesh (26,727) followed by Bihar Pradesh (5,556) accounting for 22.7 %,
(22,252) and Madhya Pradesh (9,332) 16.1% and 7.9% of total such
accounting for 18.3%, 15.2% and 6.4% Undertrials detained in Jails. The
of total such Undertrials detained in highest percentage of undertrial
Jails. The highest percentage of prisoners within the State detained for 6
undertrial prisoners within the State to 12 months was reported from Ladakh
detained for Up-to 3 months was (50.0%) followed by Chandigarh
reported from Lakshadweep (80.0%) (31.1%) and Tripura (21.2%). (Chart
followed by Puducherry (77.0%) and 6.2, Table 6.4 &Table 6.5.).
Telangana (70.3%) and Chart 6.2,
Table 6.4 & Table 6.5). IV. 1 to 2 Years
A total of 56,233 inmates were

II. 3 to 6 Months
lodged in various jails in the country
A total of 86,525 inmates were including 53,980 Males, 2,252 Females
lodged in various jails in the country and 1 Transgenders as on 31st
including 82,643 Males, 3,849 Females December, 2021. States/UTs which
and 33 Transgenders as on 31st have reported maximum detention of
December, 2021. States/UTs who have Undertrials (for a period of 1 to 2 years)
reported maximum detention of were Uttar Pradesh (12,759) followed
Undertrials (for a period of 3 to 6 by Bihar (6,153) and Madhya Pradesh
months) were Bihar (16,456) followed (4,600) and accounting for 22.7%,
by Uttar Pradesh (16,426) and Madhya 10.9% and 8.2% of total such
Pradesh (6,134) accounting for 19.0%, Undertrials detained in Jails. The
19.0% and 7.1% of total such highest percentage of undertrial
Undertrials detained in Jails. The prisoners within the State detained for 1
highest percentage of undertrial to 2 years was reported from Goa
prisoners within the State detained for 3 (33.1%) followed by A & N Islands
to 6 months was reported from Manipur (29.7%) and DNH & Daman Diu
(27.9%) followed by Bihar (27.6%) and (25.4%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &Table
Odisha (27.5%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 6.5).
& Table 6.5).
V. 2 to 3 Years
III. 6 to 12 Months A total of 32,492 inmates were

A total of 70,318 inmates were
including 31,169 Males, 1,322 Females
and 1 Transgender as on 31st
including 67,587 Males, 2,721 Females
December, 2021. Uttar Pradesh has
and 10 Transgenders as on 31st
reported the highest number of inmates
December, 2021. States/UTs who have
(8,485) (26.1%) followed by
reported maximum detention of
Maharashtra (3,353) (10.3%) and West
152
Bengal (2,682) (8.3%). The percentage reported from Lakshadweep (20.0%)
of undertrial prisoners within the State followed by Ladakh (18.8%) and DNH &
detained for 2 to 3 years was less than Daman Diu (11.9%). (Chart 6.2, Table
10% of the total undertrials in all the 6.4 &Table 6.5)
States/UTs except Sikkim (17.2%), Goa
(14.1%), Ladakh (12.5%), A & N Islands VII. Above 5 Years
(12.0%), West Bengal (11.9%),
A total of 11,490 undertrials were
Rajasthan (10.8%), Himachal Pradesh
detained in jails for 5 years or more in
(10.6%), Maharashtra (10.6%),
the country including 11,108 Males and
Chandigarh (10.4%) and Meghalaya
382 Females as on 31st December,
(10.3%).(Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 & Table
2021. The highest number of such
6.5).
undertrials prisoners were reported from
VI. 3 to 5 Years Uttar Pradesh (3,368) accounting for
A total of 24,033 undertrials 29.3% of such undertrials prisoners
prisoners were detained for a period of confined for above 5 years followed by
3-5 years including 23,136 Males, 896 Maharashtra (1,915, 16.7%) and
Females and 1 Transgender in the Rajasthan (1,307, 11.4%) as on 31st
country as on 31st December, 2021. December, 2021. The highest
There were 6,848 (28.5%) such percentage of undertrial prisoners within
Undertrials prisoners in Uttar Pradesh the State detained for more than five
followed by Maharashtra (3,325) years was reported from Rajasthan
(13.8%) and West Bengal (2,226) (7.3%) followed by Ladakh (6.3%) and
(9.3%). The highest percentage of Maharashtra (6.0%). (Chart 6.2, Table
undertrial prisoners within the State 6.4 & Table 6.5).
detained for three to five years was
3 to 5 Years Above 5 Years
5.6% 2.7%
2 to 3 Years
7.6%
Upto 3 Months
34.2%
1 to 2 Years
13.2%
6 to 12 Months
16.5%
Total Undertrials
3 to 6 Months
4,27,165 20.3%
Distribution of Undertrials undergoing various Period of Sentences

at the end of 2021
Chart – 6.2
153
Table – 6.1 A
Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Capital Life 10 – 13+ 7 – 9+ 5 – 6+ 2 – 4+
State/UT
No. Punishment Imprisonment Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13 1593 182 109 32 31
3 ASSAM 8 1572 222 227 148 151
4 BIHAR 46 5180 1035 518 237 167
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 5501 1175 539 319 138
6 GOA 0 42 14 0 0 7
7 GUJARAT 8 3084 637 133 84 121
8 HARYANA 16 2836 1157 548 535 323
10 JHARKHAND 31 3455 786 242 182 182
11 KARNATAKA 27 2384 489 262 164 178
12 KERALA 17 1200 167 109 109 122
13 MADHYA PRADESH 39 11377 2628 1051 1344 1070
14 MAHARASHTRA 44 1871 849 506 344 232
15 MANIPUR 3 50 18 12 4 4
16 MEGHALAYA 0 97 67 20 11 16
17 MIZORAM 0 54 41 21 34 112
18 NAGALAND 0 31 24 11 3 20
19 ODISHA 11 1578 693 130 76 60
20 PUNJAB 10 1973 2220 601 464 447
21 RAJASTHAN 18 2982 611 408 276 305
22 SIKKIM 0 46 43 13 12 12
23 TAMIL NADU 17 1850 645 380 367 395
24 TELANGANA 6 1461 147 66 48 64
25 TRIPURA 4 245 76 29 28 19
26 UTTAR PRADESH 67 18953 3566 1411 829 929
27 UTTARAKHAND 18 1379 354 87 66 116
28 WEST BENGAL 37 1352 368 242 228 409
TOTAL (STATES) 451 72569 18568 7726 5969 5702
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 50 9 0 1 49
30 CHANDIGARH 0 78 44 16 10 10
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 1 0 3 3 0
32 DELHI 12 668 265 244 158 128
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 93 50 14 4 5
34 LADAKH 0 1 1 1 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 48 19 6 6 4
TOTAL (UTs) 21 939 388 284 182 196
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 472 73508 18956 8010 6151 5898
+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
154
Table – 6.1 A (Concluded)
Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. 6 Months – Less than
State/UT 1 – less than 2 Years Less than 6 Months Total
No. 1 Year
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
3 ASSAM 54 28 49 2459
4 BIHAR 64 41 13 7301
6 GOA 4 3 0 70
7 GUJARAT 226 187 146 4626
8 HARYANA 191 123 151 5880
10 JHARKHAND 70 16 42 5006
11 KARNATAKA 89 58 112 3763
12 KERALA 125 94 245 2188
13 MADHYA PRADESH 560 480 717 19266
14 MAHARASHTRA 172 317 526 4861
15 MANIPUR 3 0 0 94
17 MIZORAM 67 44 101 474
18 NAGALAND 25 14 2 130
19 ODISHA 33 18 21 2620
20 PUNJAB 318 220 328 6581
21 RAJASTHAN 203 92 67 4962
22 SIKKIM 6 0 0 132
23 TAMIL NADU 313 259 305 4531
24 TELANGANA 78 108 146 2124
25 TRIPURA 10 4 6 421
26 UTTAR PRADESH 505 284 412 26956
27 UTTARAKHAND 45 55 127 2247
28 WEST BENGAL 94 46 178 2954
TOTAL (STATES) 3379 2573 3777 120714
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 109
32 DELHI 42 16 36 1569
34 LADAKH 0 1 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 54 29 45 2138
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3433 2602 3822 122852
155
Table – 6.1 B
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. Capital Life Imprison- 10 –13+ 7 – 9+ 5 – 6+ 2 – 4+
State/UT
No. Punishment ment Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0.6 75.7 8.7 5.2 1.5 1.5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.0 35.4 10.8 5.4 5.4 30.8
3 ASSAM 0.3 63.9 9.0 9.2 6.0 6.1
4 BIHAR 0.6 70.9 14.2 7.1 3.2 2.3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.1 70.9 15.1 6.9 4.1 1.8
6 GOA 0.0 60.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
7 GUJARAT 0.2 66.7 13.8 2.9 1.8 2.6
8 HARYANA 0.3 48.2 19.7 9.3 9.1 5.5
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0.4 44.2 39.9 5.2 2.1 3.8
10 JHARKHAND 0.6 69.0 15.7 4.8 3.6 3.6
11 KARNATAKA 0.7 63.4 13.0 7.0 4.4 4.7
12 KERALA 0.8 54.8 7.6 5.0 5.0 5.6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0.2 59.1 13.6 5.5 7.0 5.6
14 MAHARASHTRA 0.9 38.5 17.5 10.4 7.1 4.8
15 MANIPUR 3.2 53.2 19.1 12.8 4.3 4.3
16 MEGHALAYA 0.0 44.1 30.5 9.1 5.0 7.3
17 MIZORAM 0.0 11.4 8.6 4.4 7.2 23.6
18 NAGALAND 0.0 23.8 18.5 8.5 2.3 15.4
19 ODISHA 0.4 60.2 26.5 5.0 2.9 2.3
20 PUNJAB 0.2 30.0 33.7 9.1 7.1 6.8
21 RAJASTHAN 0.4 60.1 12.3 8.2 5.6 6.1
22 SIKKIM 0.0 34.8 32.6 9.8 9.1 9.1
23 TAMIL NADU 0.4 40.8 14.2 8.4 8.1 8.7
24 TELANGANA 0.3 68.8 6.9 3.1 2.3 3.0
25 TRIPURA 1.0 58.2 18.1 6.9 6.7 4.5
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0.2 70.3 13.2 5.2 3.1 3.4
27 UTTARAKHAND 0.8 61.4 15.8 3.9 2.9 5.2
28 WEST BENGAL 1.3 45.8 12.5 8.2 7.7 13.8
TOTAL (STATES) 0.4 60.1 15.4 6.4 4.9 4.7
29 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 45.9 8.3 0.0 0.9 45.0
30 CHANDIGARH 0.0 43.6 24.6 8.9 5.6 5.6
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0.0 12.5 0.0 37.5 37.5 0.0
32 DELHI 0.8 42.6 16.9 15.6 10.1 8.2
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4.9 50.5 27.2 7.6 2.2 2.7
34 LADAKH 0.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP - - - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 56.5 22.4 7.1 7.1 4.7
TOTAL (UTs) 1.0 43.9 18.1 13.3 8.5 9.2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0.4 59.8 15.4 6.5 5.0 4.8
+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
156
Table – 6.1 B (Concluded)
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl. 1 – Less than 2 6 Months - Less than Less than 6
State/UT Total
No. Years 1 Year Months
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2.4 2.2 2.2 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 10.0 0.8 2 100
3 ASSAM 2.2 1.1 2.0 100
4 BIHAR 0.9 0.6 0.2 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.5 0.3 0.3 100
6 GOA 5.7 4.3 0 100
7 GUJARAT 4.9 4.0 3.2 100
8 HARYANA 3.2 2.1 2.6 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.9 0.7 0.8 100
10 JHARKHAND 1.4 0.3 0.8 100
11 KARNATAKA 2.4 1.5 3.0 100
12 KERALA 5.7 4.3 11.2 100
13 MADHYA PRADESH 2.9 2.5 3.7 100
14 MAHARASHTRA 3.5 6.5 10.8 100
15 MANIPUR 3.2 0.0 0.0 100
16 MEGHALAYA 0.0 1.8 2.3 100
17 MIZORAM 14.1 9.3 21.3 100
18 NAGALAND 19.2 10.8 1.5 100
19 ODISHA 1.3 0.7 0.8 100
20 PUNJAB 4.8 3.3 5.0 100
21 RAJASTHAN 4.1 1.9 1.4 100
22 SIKKIM 4.5 0.0 0.0 100
23 TAMIL NADU 6.9 5.7 7 100
24 TELANGANA 3.7 5.1 6.9 100
25 TRIPURA 2.4 1.0 1.4 100
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1.9 1.1 2 100
27 UTTARAKHAND 2.0 2.4 5.7 100
28 WEST BENGAL 3.2 1.6 6.0 100
TOTAL (STATES) 2.8 2.1 3.1 100
29 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 0.0 0 100
30 CHANDIGARH 4.5 5.0 2.2 100
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0.0 12.5 0 100.0
32 DELHI 2.7 1.0 2 100
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1.6 1.1 2.2 100
34 LADAKH 0.0 25.0 0 100.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP - - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 1.2 0.0 1 100.0
TOTAL (UTs) 2.5 1.4 2.1 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2.8 2.1 3.1 100
157
Table – 6.2
Details of Death Sentence during the year 2021
Number of Prisoners Number of Prisoners Whose
Sl. Awarded Capital Sentence Commuted to Life Number of Prisoners
State/UT
No. Punishment during the Imprisonment during Executed during the Year
Year the Year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 ASSAM 1 0 0
4 BIHAR 49 1 0
6 GOA 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 5 1 0
8 HARYANA 4 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 6 3 0
11 KARNATAKA 4 1 0
12 KERALA 1 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 2 1 0
21 RAJASTHAN 5 2 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 12 6 0
24 TELANGANA 1 0 0
25 TRIPURA 2 1 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 22 8 0
28 WEST BENGAL 4 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 147 35 0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 DELHI 1 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 148 35 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 2021
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 Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 6 0 0 6 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 1 0 5 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 7 0 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
10 JHARKHAND 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 17 2 0 19 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
12 KERALA 45 0 0 45 4 0 0 4 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 56 3 0 59 12 0 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 2 0 11 7 0 0 7 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 35 3 0 38 15 0 0 15 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
20 PUNJAB 54 3 0 57 13 1 0 14 11 0 0 11 6 0 0 6
21 RAJASTHAN 19 0 0 19 7 0 0 7 6 0 0 6 2 0 0 2
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 5 1 0 6 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
24 TELANGANA 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 191 0 0 191 82 11 0 93 75 2 0 77 103 3 0 106
27 UTTARAKHAND 52 0 0 52 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 13 0 0 13
28 WEST BENGAL 49 3 0 52 15 0 0 15 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 566 20 0 586 178 17 0 195 126 3 0 129 133 4 0 137
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 11 10 0 21 9 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 16 10 0 26 20 1 0 21 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 582 30 0 612 198 18 0 216 127 3 0 130 134 4 0 138
159
Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine Amount after
Completion of their Sentence as on 31st December 2021
3 years & above - Below 5
S. 5 years & above Total Convicts
State/UT years
No.
M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 11
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 2 0 14
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
8 HARYANA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 7
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 4 0 27
12 KERALA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 55
13 MADHYA PRADESH 4 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 77 3 0 80
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0 23
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 3 0 59
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 2 0 11
20 PUNJAB 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 86 4 0 90
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 34
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 12
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
25 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
26 UTTAR PRADESH 143 3 0 146 143 5 0 148 737 24 0 761
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 74 0 0 74
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 3 0 71
TOTAL (STATES) 152 3 0 155 153 5 0 158 1308 52 0 1360
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 11 0 32
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 39 11 0 50
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 153 3 0 156 153 5 0 158 1347 63 0 1410
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Table – 6.4
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
Sl. Upto 3 Months 3 to 6 Months 6 to 12 Months 1 to 2 Years
State/UT
No. M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3722 251 0 3973 1015 29 1 1045 448 18 0 466 190 9 0 199
3 ASSAM 4543 216 2 4761 1708 107 0 1815 597 12 0 609 131 21 0 152
4 BIHAR 21043 1209 0 22252 15636 820 0 16456 10837 471 0 11308 5960 193 0 6153
5 CHHATTISGARH 3335 143 0 3478 2425 78 0 2503 2251 100 0 2351 2224 120 0 2344
6 GOA 78 8 0 86 71 4 0 75 78 2 0 80 156 3 0 159
7 GUJARAT 3778 165 0 3943 1745 72 0 1817 1762 54 2 1818 1626 39 0 1665
8 HARYANA 6205 209 2 6416 3525 225 2 3752 3086 59 0 3145 2865 58 0 2923
10 JHARKHAND 4761 160 0 4921 3609 125 0 3734 2502 120 0 2622 2168 104 0 2272
11 KARNATAKA 3943 173 4 4120 2224 83 0 2307 1930 67 0 1997 1578 42 0 1620
12 KERALA 3199 73 0 3272 729 9 0 738 434 5 0 439 238 7 0 245
13 MADHYA PRADESH 8953 377 2 9332 5939 195 0 6134 5333 223 0 5556 4410 190 0 4600
14 MAHARASHTRA 7729 330 3 8062 5753 210 13 5976 4694 178 3 4875 4043 203 0 4246
15 MANIPUR 138 37 0 175 138 5 0 143 45 0 0 45 53 2 0 55
16 MEGHALAYA 237 8 0 245 129 3 0 132 137 6 0 143 147 2 0 149
17 MIZORAM 278 50 0 328 139 15 0 154 80 0 0 80 52 5 0 57
18 NAGALAND 128 11 0 139 70 1 0 71 47 0 0 47 34 1 0 35
19 ODISHA 4472 167 0 4639 4805 191 2 4998 2621 110 0 2731 2717 76 0 2793
20 PUNJAB 6724 365 0 7089 3768 314 0 4082 2980 169 0 3149 2328 105 0 2433
21 RAJASTHAN 4428 88 0 4516 2721 82 0 2803 2815 96 0 2911 2909 89 0 2998
22 SIKKIM 82 1 0 83 43 1 0 44 54 0 0 54 59 1 0 60
23 TAMIL NADU 6188 335 0 6523 2629 93 1 2723 1546 40 0 1586 610 20 0 630
24 TELANGANA 3119 253 0 3372 607 40 0 647 407 12 0 419 228 20 0 248
25 TRIPURA 271 11 0 282 111 8 0 119 127 0 0 127 53 1 0 54
26 UTTAR PRADESH 25740 986 1 26727 15631 793 2 16426 15304 686 3 15993 12139 619 1 12759
27 UTTARAKHAND 1373 65 0 1438 1008 46 2 1056 853 30 0 883 685 28 0 713
28 WEST BENGAL 7419 382 11 7812 2888 195 9 3092 2561 149 0 2710 2711 167 0 2878
TOTAL (STATES) 132406 6091 25 138522 79330 3753 32 83115 63931 2626 8 66565 50702 2146 1 52849
29 A & N ISLANDS 46 0 0 46 13 0 0 13 25 1 0 26 47 0 0 47
30 CHANDIGARH 121 7 0 128 134 9 0 143 211 12 0 223 110 6 0 116
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 35 0 0 35 29 0 0 29 24 2 0 26 44 1 0 45
32 DELHI 5858 180 3 6041 2501 63 1 2565 2589 55 2 2646 2266 69 0 2335
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1100 37 0 1137 613 21 0 634 795 25 0 820 793 30 0 823
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 2 0 0 2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 153 8 0 161 23 3 0 26 4 0 0 4 16 0 0 16
TOTAL (UTs) 7317 232 3 7552 3313 96 1 3410 3656 95 2 3753 3278 106 0 3384
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 139723 6323 28 146074 82643 3849 33 86525 67587 2721 10 70318 53980 2252 1 56233
161
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
st
as on 31 December, 2021
Sl. 2 to 3 Years 3 to 5 Years Above 5 Years Total
State/UT
No. M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 101 5 0 106 37 0 0 37 5 0 0 5 5518 312 1 5831
3 ASSAM 143 9 0 152 95 0 0 95 36 0 0 36 7253 365 2 7620
4 BIHAR 2148 64 0 2212 944 23 0 967 224 5 0 229 56792 2785 0 59577
5 CHHATTISGARH 899 59 0 958 560 31 0 591 54 9 0 63 11748 540 0 12288
6 GOA 68 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 13 462 19 0 481
7 GUJARAT 1033 29 0 1062 870 16 1 887 400 7 0 407 11214 382 3 11599
8 HARYANA 1321 20 0 1341 495 16 0 511 148 1 0 149 17645 588 4 18237
10 JHARKHAND 1215 64 0 1279 1034 55 0 1089 311 21 0 332 15600 649 0 16249
11 KARNATAKA 730 29 0 759 533 17 0 550 330 6 0 336 11268 417 4 11689
12 KERALA 105 4 0 109 55 1 0 56 33 0 0 33 4793 99 0 4892
13 MADHYA PRADESH 2101 77 0 2178 1077 30 0 1107 179 8 0 187 27992 1100 2 29094
14 MAHARASHTRA 3152 201 0 3353 3265 60 0 3325 1880 35 0 1915 30516 1217 19 31752
15 MANIPUR 30 1 0 31 43 0 0 43 21 0 0 21 468 45 0 513
16 MEGHALAYA 89 0 0 89 71 2 0 73 34 1 0 35 844 22 0 866
17 MIZORAM 16 0 0 16 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 570 70 0 640
18 NAGALAND 13 0 0 13 17 1 0 18 3 0 0 3 312 14 0 326
19 ODISHA 1175 53 0 1228 1133 49 0 1182 578 15 0 593 17501 661 2 18164
20 PUNJAB 1502 68 0 1570 728 52 0 780 400 7 0 407 18430 1080 0 19510
21 RAJASTHAN 1903 42 0 1945 1443 31 0 1474 1263 44 0 1307 17482 472 0 17954
22 SIKKIM 51 1 0 52 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 298 4 0 302
23 TAMIL NADU 155 7 0 162 60 4 0 64 13 5 0 18 11201 504 1 11706
24 TELANGANA 69 3 0 72 26 1 0 27 10 1 0 11 4466 330 0 4796
25 TRIPURA 14 1 0 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 577 21 0 598
26 UTTAR PRADESH 8112 373 0 8485 6597 251 0 6848 3271 97 0 3368 86794 3805 7 90606
27 UTTARAKHAND 342 17 0 359 196 7 0 203 21 1 0 22 4478 194 2 4674
28 WEST BENGAL 2556 125 1 2682 2080 146 0 2226 1093 84 0 1177 21308 1248 21 22577
TOTAL (STATES) 29254 1267 1 30522 21578 802 1 22381 10383 349 0 10732 387584 17034 68 404686
29 A & N ISLANDS 19 0 0 19 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 3 156 2 0 158
30 CHANDIGARH 70 5 0 75 31 1 0 32 1 0 0 1 678 40 0 718
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 17 0 0 17 21 0 0 21 4 0 0 4 174 3 0 177
32 DELHI 1407 37 0 1444 1066 74 0 1140 470 24 0 494 16157 502 6 16665
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 398 13 0 411 432 19 0 451 247 8 0 255 4378 153 0 4531
34 LADAKH 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 16 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 11 0 209
TOTAL (UTs) 1915 55 0 1970 1558 94 0 1652 725 33 0 758 21762 711 6 22479
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 31169 1322 1 32492 23136 896 1 24033 11108 382 0 11490 409346 17745 74 427165
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Table – 6.5
Percentage of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
Sl. Upto 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 5 Above 5
State/UT Total
No. Months Months Months Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 68.1 17.9 8.0 3.4 1.8 0.6 0.1 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 45.5 15.7 8.3 9.9 9.1 8.3 3.3 100
3 ASSAM 62.5 23.8 8.0 2.0 2.0 1.2 0.5 100
4 BIHAR 37.3 27.6 19.0 10.3 3.7 1.6 0.4 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 28.3 20.4 19.1 19.1 7.8 4.8 0.5 100
6 GOA 17.9 15.6 16.6 33.1 14.1 0.0 2.7 100
7 GUJARAT 34.0 15.7 15.7 14.4 9.2 7.6 3.5 100
8 HARYANA 35.2 20.6 17.2 16.0 7.4 2.8 0.8 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 23.9 12.5 20.3 19.6 10.6 10.0 3.0 100
10 JHARKHAND 30.3 23.0 16.1 14.0 7.9 6.7 2.0 100
11 KARNATAKA 35.2 19.7 17.1 13.9 6.5 4.7 2.9 100
12 KERALA 66.9 15.1 9.0 5.0 2.2 1.1 0.7 100
13 MADHYA PRADESH 32.1 21.1 19.1 15.8 7.5 3.8 0.6 100
14 MAHARASHTRA 25.4 18.8 15.4 13.4 10.6 10.5 6.0 100
15 MANIPUR 34.1 27.9 8.8 10.7 6.0 8.4 4.1 100
16 MEGHALAYA 28.3 15.2 16.5 17.2 10.3 8.4 4.0 100
17 MIZORAM 51.3 24.1 12.5 8.9 2.5 0.8 0.0 100
18 NAGALAND 42.6 21.8 14.4 10.7 4.0 5.5 0.9 100
19 ODISHA 25.5 27.5 15.0 15.4 6.8 6.5 3.3 100
20 PUNJAB 36.3 20.9 16.1 12.5 8.0 4.0 2.1 100
21 RAJASTHAN 25.2 15.6 16.2 16.7 10.8 8.2 7.3 100
22 SIKKIM 27.5 14.6 17.9 19.9 17.2 3.0 0.0 100
23 TAMIL NADU 55.7 23.3 13.5 5.4 1.4 0.5 0.2 100
24 TELANGANA 70.3 13.5 8.7 5.2 1.5 0.6 0.2 100
25 TRIPURA 47.2 19.9 21.2 9.0 2.5 0.2 0.0 100
26 UTTAR PRADESH 29.5 18.1 17.7 14.1 9.4 7.6 3.7 100
27 UTTARAKHAND 30.8 22.6 18.9 15.3 7.7 4.3 0.5 100
28 WEST BENGAL 34.6 13.7 12.0 12.7 11.9 9.9 5.2 100
TOTAL (STATES) 34.2 20.5 16.4 13.1 7.5 5.5 2.7 100
29 A & N ISLANDS 29.1 8.2 16.5 29.7 12.0 2.5 1.9 100
30 CHANDIGARH 17.8 19.9 31.1 16.2 10.4 4.5 0.1 100
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 19.8 16.4 14.7 25.4 9.6 11.9 2.3 100
32 DELHI 36.2 15.4 15.9 14.0 8.7 6.8 3.0 100
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 25.1 14.0 18.1 18.2 9.1 10.0 5.6 100
34 LADAKH 0.0 0.0 50.0 12.5 12.5 18.8 6.3 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 77.0 12.4 1.9 7.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 33.6 15.2 16.7 15.1 8.8 7.3 3.4 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 34.2 20.3 16.5 13.2 7.6 5.6 2.7 100
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Chapter 7
Prisoners –
Releases,
Transfers
and
Movements
Chapter – 7
Prisoners - Releases, Transfers and Movements
Prisoners are released either on of 93,077 convicts were released out of

temporary basis or permanent basis which 45,652 convicts were released
during the course of sentences and after completion of conviction period and
prosecution. Also, Prisoners may be 32,396 were released on bail. 2,350
transferred from one prison to another convicts were released prematurely and
due to security reasons, to appear in trial 6,712 prisoners were acquitted by higher
courts etc. This chapter discusses courts on appeal (Chart 7.1). A total of
releases, transfers and movements (to 198 convicts were released under pardon
Courts, Hospital) of Prisoners. during 2021, maximum such released
Convicts were reported in Uttar Pradesh (178)
followed by Uttarakhand (16),
I. Releases Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Punjab and
During the calendar year 2021, a total Rajashthan (1 each) (Table 7.1).
Transferred to Others*, 4254,

Pre-mature Other States, 4.6%
Release, 2350, 1713, 1.8%
2.5%
Released on
Appeal, 6712,
7.2%
Released after
Released on Bail, Completion of
32396, 34.8% Conviction Period,
45652, 49.0%
Total Convicts Released

93,077
* Includes ‘Pardons’ and ‘Other Releases’
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Convicts during the year 2021
Chart 7.1
II. Transfers Undertrials

A total of 1,713 convicts were I. Releases
transferred from one State to another
A total of 14,68,627 Undertrials
State during 2021. Punjab (1,087) and
were released during 2021 out of which
Uttar Pradesh (181), Telangana (116)
13,95,635 released on bail (Chart 7.2). A
and Kerala (75) have reported the
total of 24,507 Undertrials were acquitted
highest number of such transfer of
by the trial courts. States of Madhya
convicts to other States (Table 7.1).
165
Pradesh (3,718), Chhattisgarh (2,498), half(1/2) of the sentence for the accused
Uttar Pradesh (2149), Punjab (1,865), offences cumulatively are eligible for
Rajasthan (1,858), Bihar (1,422), Odisha release on personnel bond with or
(1,376), Maharashtra (1,278) and without sureties under this section) and
Jharkhand (1,118) have reported the the States of Uttar Pradesh (1,046),
major number of such acquittals. A total Rajasthan (286), West Bengal (76) and
of 14,148 Undertrials were released on Bihar (56) have reported the major
appeal from Higher courts. No undertrial number of such undertrials who were
was extradited during 2021 (Table 7.3). eligible for releases under this section.
A total of 591 (584 Males and 7
Releases under Section 436A Females) Undertrials were released
A total of 1,491 (1,472 Males and under the Section 436A of CrPc,
19 Females) Undertrials were eligible for maximum such releases were reported
release under the Section 436A of CrPc by Uttar Pradesh (343) followed by
(Undertrials who have undergone Rajasthan (121), West Bengal (57) and
imprisonment extending up to more than Bihar (49) (Table 7.4).
Released on Transferred to
Appeal, 14148, other States,
1.0% 10641, 0.7%
Other*, 23696,
Acquitted, 24507, 1.6%
1.7%
Released on Bail,
1395635, 95.0%
Total Undertrials Released
14,68,627

* includes ‘Extradited’ and Other Releases’.
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Undertrial Prisoners during 2021
Chart: 7.2
II. Transfers transfer of Undertrials to other States

A total of 10,641 undertrials were (Table 7.3).
transferred from one State to another
Detenues
State. Punjab (6,036), Uttar Pradesh
Releases
(982), Haryana (643), Jharkhand (475),
Telangana (360) and Delhi (352) have During the calendar year 2021, a
reported the highest number of such total of 9,409 Detenues were released
out of which 1,520 Detenues were
released after completion of detention
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period, 6,911 Detenues were released and Uttar Pradesh (144). A total of 523
before completion of the detention period such parole absconders were re-arrested
imposed. A total of 381 Detenues were (Table 7.2).
released on bail. A total of 597 Detenues
were reported under ‘Other releases’ Movement of inmates outside the jail
(Table 7.5). premises
I. Movement of Inmates to Courts
Parole
A total of 20,86,942 times inmates
During the year 2021, a total of went outside the jail premises to attend
28,763 persons were released on parole, courts during the year 2021. Bihar has
maximum of such parole releases were reported the highest number of times
reported by Madhya Pradesh (5,961) inmates were taken to courts (4,67,675)
followed by Punjab (2,926) and Haryana followed by Uttar Pradesh (2,79,388) and
(2,915). 860 prisoners released on parole West Bengal (2,11,253) accounting for
have absconded, maximum of such 22.4%, 13.4% and 10.1% of the total
parole absconders were reported by number of times inmates were taken to
Gujarat (241) followed by Punjab (237) courts (Chart 7.3, Table 7.6).
BIHAR 467675
WEST BENGAL 211253
DELHI 124255
CHHATTISGARH 110827
HARYANA 107268
GUJARAT 105475
TAMIL NADU 91043
ASSAM 74523
RAJASTHAN 72230
MAHARASHTRA 63256
PUNJAB 62225
TELANGANA 43291
ODISHA 37580
KARNATAKA 33703
UTTARAKHAND 31764
KERALA 10923
CHANDIGARH 6773
JHARKHAND 5477
TRIPURA 4198
A & N ISLANDS 2448
MEGHALAYA 2335
PUDUCHERRY 2173
NAGALAND 1758
SIKKIM 1207
MIZORAM 1080
DNH & DAMAN DIU 1030
GOA 953 Movement of Inmates to Courts
MANIPUR 748 20,86,942
LAKSHADWEEP 74
LADAKH 40
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000
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 number of times inmates who went outside
Hospitals for medical issues (63,896) followed by
West Bengal (40,657) and Tamil Nadu
A total of 4,36,732 times inmates (36,097) accounting for 14.6%, 9.3% and
went outside the jail premises for medical 8.3% of the total such movement of
attendance purpose during the year 2021. inmates. (Chart 7.4, Table 7.6).
Chhattisgarh has reported the highest
CHHATTISGARH 63896
WEST BENGAL 40657
TAMIL NADU 36097
GUJARAT 31555
RAJASTHAN 30798
KERALA 25492
HARYANA 25343
MAHARASHTRA 23214
ASSAM 15932
DELHI 15446
KARNATAKA 15230
TELANGANA 14224
UTTAR PRADESH 12474
BIHAR 7762
ODISHA 6933
PUNJAB 4803
GOA 3759
TRIPURA 3730
UTTARAKHAND 3238
JHARKHAND 2288
PUDUCHERRY 1396
DNH & DAMAN DIU 1033
SIKKIM 894
MANIPUR 738
MEGHALAYA 718
A & N ISLANDS 612
MIZORAM 607
NAGALAND 420
CHANDIGARH 354 Movement of Inmates for Medical Issues
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 162 4,36,732
LAKSHADWEEP 33
LADAKH 22
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000

Movements of Inmates outside the Jails (For Medical Issues)
Chart: 7.4
168
Mentally ill Prisoners inmates. Out of 9,180 inmates suffering
from mental illness, 41.3% (3,787) were
A total of 9,180 inmates were reported convicts, 58.4% (5,365) were Undertrials
as mentally ill out of total 5,54,034 and 0.3% (23) were Detenues as on 31st
inmates lodged in various jails in the December, 2021 (Chart 7.5, Table 7.7).
country as on 31st December, 2021,
accounting for 1.7% of total such
Detenues, 23,
Others, 5, (0.1%) (0.3%)
Convicts, 3787,
(41.3%)
Undertrials,
5365, (58.4%)

Inmates Suffering from Mental illness as on 31st December, 2021
Chart: 7.5
  
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Table – 7.1
Convicts Released during the year 2021
Released after Transfer
Pre- Total
Sl. Completion of Released Released -red to Other
State/UT mature Pardons (Col.3 To
No. Conviction on Bail on Appeal Other Releases
Release 9)
Period States
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 930 433 19 100 0 1 85 1568
3 ASSAM 1110 446 178 369 0 59 97 2259
4 BIHAR 425 617 61 1545 0 20 5 2673
5 CHHATTISGARH 642 812 236 106 1 1 477 2275
6 GOA 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 127
7 GUJARAT 1641 512 11 1259 0 15 30 3468
8 HARYANA 330 1332 67 125 0 44 60 1958
10 JHARKHAND 583 716 115 375 1 10 142 1942
11 KARNATAKA 731 871 137 123 0 3 0 1865
12 KERALA 4474 619 75 148 0 75 681 6072
13 MADHYA PRADESH 1827 6445 255 262 0 0 468 9257
14 MAHARASHTRA 2872 735 160 276 0 1 22 4066
15 MANIPUR 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 30
16 MEGHALAYA 49 3 0 5 0 0 0 57
17 MIZORAM 1085 0 2 0 0 0 1 1088
18 NAGALAND 84 1 2 0 0 0 2 89
19 ODISHA 327 1115 102 77 0 1 179 1801
20 PUNJAB 1034 1866 18 222 1 1087 374 4602
21 RAJASTHAN 1368 5154 292 212 1 41 185 7253
22 SIKKIM 29 1 0 0 0 0 9 39
23 TAMIL NADU 881 1490 1 281 0 1 347 3001
24 TELANGANA 11536 1015 0 25 0 116 10 12702
25 TRIPURA 327 22 0 13 0 0 42 404
26 UTTAR PRADESH 7918 6077 423 976 178 181 430 16183
27 UTTARAKHAND 1257 552 5 152 16 3 15 2000
28 WEST BENGAL 2815 564 42 42 0 6 382 3851
TOTAL (STATES) 44648 31494 2243 6703 198 1667 4056 91009
29 A & N ISLANDS 83 0 0 0 0 1 0 84
30 CHANDIGARH 37 93 3 2 0 5 0 140
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 25 0 2 0 0 12 0 39
32 DELHI 774 706 100 2 0 21 0 1603
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 64 100 0 3 0 6 0 173
34 LADAKH 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 25
TOTAL (UTs) 1004 902 107 9 0 46 0 2068
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 45652 32396 2350 6712 198 1713 4056 93077
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Table – 7.2
Persons Released on Parole, Parole Absconders / Arrests during the year 2021
Parole Absconders
Sl. Released on Parole % Parole Absconders % %
State/UT Arrested
No. share share share
M F Tr. T M F Tr. T M F Tr. T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 137 1 0 138 0.48 2 0 0 2 0.23 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 BIHAR 5 0 0 5 0.02 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 377 13 0 390 1.36 10 0 0 10 1.16 3 0 0 3 0.57
6 GOA 59 2 0 61 0.21 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2146 109 0 2255 7.84 195 1 45 241 28.02 176 0 0 176 33.65
8 HARYANA 2808 107 0 2915 10.13 91 3 0 94 10.93 57 3 0 60 11.47
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 619 19 0 638 2.22 7 0 0 7 0.81 5 0 0 5 0.96
10 JHARKHAND 255 4 0 259 0.90 7 0 0 7 0.81 0 0 0 0 0.00
11 KARNATAKA 965 41 0 1006 3.50 4 0 0 4 0.47 9 0 0 9 1.72
12 KERALA 936 12 0 948 3.30 7 0 0 7 0.81 3 0 0 3 0.57
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5748 213 0 5961 20.72 60 0 0 60 6.98 19 0 0 19 3.63
14 MAHARASHTRA 1391 83 0 1474 5.12 7 2 0 9 1.05 9 0 0 9 1.72
15 MANIPUR 10 0 0 10 0.03 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
17 MIZORAM 19 1 0 20 0.07 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
19 ODISHA 210 8 0 218 0.76 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
20 PUNJAB 2675 251 0 2926 10.17 222 15 0 237 27.56 130 20 0 150 28.68
21 RAJASTHAN 1442 14 0 1456 5.06 17 0 0 17 1.98 17 0 15 32 6.12
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
23 TAMIL NADU 2247 8 0 2255 7.84 1 0 0 1 0.12 0 0 0 0 0.00
24 TELANGANA 315 0 0 315 1.10 6 0 0 6 0.70 3 0 0 3 0.57
25 TRIPURA 13 0 0 13 0.05 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1633 98 313 2044 7.11 136 8 0 144 16.74 47 2 0 49 9.37
27 UTTARAKHAND 203 8 0 211 0.73 2 1 0 3 0.35 1 0 0 1 0.19
28 WEST BENGAL 1897 149 0 2046 7.11 11 0 0 11 1.28 2 0 1 3 0.57
TOTAL (STATES) 26110 1141 313 27564 95.83 785 30 45 860 100.00 481 25 16 522 99.81
29 A & N ISLANDS 8 0 0 8 0.03 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
30 CHANDIGARH 209 10 0 219 0.76 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0.19
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
32 DELHI 877 36 0 913 3.17 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 21 1 0 22 0.08 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 37 0 0 37 0.13 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 1152 47 0 1199 4.17 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0.19
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 27262 1188 313 28763 100.00 785 30 45 860 100.00 482 25 16 523 100.00
171
Table – 7.3
Undertrials Released / Transferred during the year 2021
Acquitted (By Released on
Sl. Released on Transferred to Other Total (Col.3
State/UT Lower Appeal (By Higher Extradited
No. Bail Other States Releases to 8)
Courts) Courts)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 96565 621 0 92 0 0 97278
3 ASSAM 4072 1 1635 245 0 547 6500
4 BIHAR 176862 1422 4187 75 0 47 182593
5 CHHATTISGARH 36833 2498 9 85 0 863 40288
6 GOA 882 116 0 0 0 0 998
7 GUJARAT 52193 1008 0 254 0 106 53561
8 HARYANA 34036 592 0 643 0 856 36127
10 JHARKHAND 31619 1118 319 475 0 351 33882
11 KARNATAKA 44949 419 213 24 0 0 45605
12 KERALA 38273 819 599 86 0 3502 43279
13 MADHYA PRADESH 99428 3718 183 0 0 2595 105924
14 MAHARASHTRA 71879 1278 0 81 0 58 73296
15 MANIPUR 1083 1 0 0 0 0 1084
16 MEGHALAYA 1152 29 0 2 0 17 1200
17 MIZORAM 2728 5 0 0 0 0 2733
18 NAGALAND 1215 151 2 5 0 0 1373
19 ODISHA 69647 1376 456 210 0 391 72080
20 PUNJAB 31980 1865 1337 6036 0 5033 46251
21 RAJASTHAN 89028 1858 246 149 0 1331 92612
22 SIKKIM 338 42 0 0 0 0 380
23 TAMIL NADU 85932 979 0 0 0 603 87514
24 TELANGANA 37406 451 0 360 0 68 38285
25 TRIPURA 2801 61 0 0 0 380 3242
26 UTTAR PRADESH 221042 2149 3509 982 0 1177 228859
27 UTTARAKHAND 11233 279 0 181 0 423 12116
28 WEST BENGAL 97434 968 1453 40 0 4819 104714
TOTAL (STATES) 1344491 23890 14148 10052 0 23500 1416081
29 A & N ISLANDS 534 0 0 0 0 0 534
30 CHANDIGARH 1200 150 0 28 0 1 1379
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 195 15 0 4 0 0 214
32 DELHI 42520 384 0 352 0 0 43256
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5453 68 0 201 0 195 5917
34 LADAKH 17 0 0 0 0 0 17
35 LAKSHADWEEP 32 0 0 0 0 0 32
36 PUDUCHERRY 1193 0 0 4 0 0 1197
TOTAL (UTs) 51144 617 0 589 0 196 52546
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1395635 24507 14148 10641 0 23696 1468627
172
Table – 7.4
Status of Undertrial Inmates under Section 436A of Cr.P.C. during the year 2021
Number of inmates eligible for pre- Number of inmates released under Section
Sl. mature release under Section 436A 436A of Cr.P.C.
States/UTs
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 55 1 0 56 48 1 0 49
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 11 0 0 11 8 0 0 8
11 KARNATAKA 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 9
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 284 2 0 286 121 0 0 121
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1042 4 0 1046 340 3 0 343
27 UTTARAKHAND 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2
28 WEST BENGAL 64 12 0 76 54 3 0 57
TOTAL (STATES) 1470 19 0 1489 582 7 0 589
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1472 19 0 1491 584 7 0 591
173
Table – 7.5
Detenues Released during the year 2021
Released on Released before
Sl. Released on Other Total Col.3 to
State/UT Completion of Completion of
No. Bail Releases 6
Detention Period Detention Period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 3 1 4
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 1
7 GUJARAT 74 3399 37 1 3511
8 HARYANA 9 0 0 0 9
11 KARNATAKA 9 37 0 0 46
12 KERALA 40 25 0 0 65
13 MADHYA PRADESH 130 159 23 149 461
14 MAHARASHTRA 120 28 3 128 279
15 MANIPUR 29 1 0 0 30
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 42 0 42 0 84
19 ODISHA 7 0 21 40 68
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 153 0 213 0 366
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 241 2805 0 9 3055
24 TELANGANA 459 262 6 109 836
25 TRIPURA 0 3 0 1 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 108 56 2 14 180
TOTAL (STATES) 1448 6785 350 452 9035
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 0 0 2 4
32 DELHI 2 0 5 0 7
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 66 126 4 143 339
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 72 126 31 145 374
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1520 6911 381 597 9409
174
Table – 7.6
Movement of inmates outside the jail premises during the year 2021
Inmates taken on
Sl. Visit of Inmates to Visit of Inmates for
State/UT remand, etc. during the
No. Courts Medical Attendance
period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22287 14641 1296
3 ASSAM 74523 15932 7019
4 BIHAR 467675 7762 740
5 CHHATTISGARH 110827 63896 188
6 GOA 953 3759 612
7 GUJARAT 105475 31555 5471
8 HARYANA 107268 25343 807
10 JHARKHAND 5477 2288 472
11 KARNATAKA 33703 15230 1984
12 KERALA 10923 25492 7878
13 MADHYA PRADESH 80425 24674 2600
14 MAHARASHTRA 63256 23214 8814
15 MANIPUR 748 738 13
16 MEGHALAYA 2335 718 86
17 MIZORAM 1080 607 72
18 NAGALAND 1758 420 22
19 ODISHA 37580 6933 1884
20 PUNJAB 62225 4803 702
21 RAJASTHAN 72230 30798 9314
22 SIKKIM 1207 894 0
23 TAMIL NADU 91043 36097 2492
24 TELANGANA 43291 14224 13311
25 TRIPURA 4198 3730 301
26 UTTAR PRADESH 279388 12474 40921
27 UTTARAKHAND 31764 3238 13141
28 WEST BENGAL 211253 40657 2998
TOTAL (STATES) 1937557 415551 123375
29 A & N ISLANDS 2448 612 0
30 CHANDIGARH 6773 354 16
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 1030 1033 43
32 DELHI 124255 15446 2832
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 12592 2285 3046
34 LADAKH 40 22 15
36 PUDUCHERRY 2173 1396 14
TOTAL (UTs) 149385 21181 5966
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2086942 436732 129341
175
Table – 7.7
Types of Inmates Suffering from Mental Illness as on 31 st December, 2021
Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 233 375 0 0 608
4 BIHAR 52 144 0 0 196
6 GOA 7 81 0 0 88
7 GUJARAT 153 145 4 0 302
8 HARYANA 33 17 0 0 50
10 JHARKHAND 89 59 0 0 148
11 KARNATAKA 185 295 0 0 480
12 KERALA 139 307 0 0 446
13 MADHYA PRADESH 449 148 0 0 597
14 MAHARASHTRA 270 291 2 0 563
15 MANIPUR 29 40 0 0 69
16 MEGHALAYA 9 30 0 0 39
17 MIZORAM 0 1 0 0 1
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 279 420 0 0 699
20 PUNJAB 36 22 0 1 59
21 RAJASTHAN 154 218 0 1 373
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 11 12 0 0 23
24 TELANGANA 68 76 0 0 144
25 TRIPURA 10 14 0 0 24
26 UTTAR PRADESH 940 841 11 0 1792
28 WEST BENGAL 114 245 0 3 362
TOTAL (STATES) 3677 4054 17 5 7753
29 A & N ISLANDS 9 7 0 0 16
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 96 1240 4 0 1340
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 110 1311 6 0 1427
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3787 5365 23 5 9180
176
Chapter 8
Deaths and
Illness in
Prisons
Chapter – 8
Deaths and Illness in Prisons
Death of a prisoner is always a modes: Hanging, Poisoning, Self-

matter of serious concern for prison Inflicted Injury, Drug Overdose,
administration. Sometimes, such Electrocution and Others.
deaths lead to law and order problems.
The Murder by Inmates
Deaths in jails have been category of Unnatural deaths has been
broadly classified into two categories further sub-categorized into following
i.e. Natural deaths and Unnatural causes: Firing, Stabbing, In-fighting /
deaths. Quarrelling and Others.
Natural Deaths The Accidental Deaths inside

Prison has been further
The category ‘Natural Deaths’ subcategorized into (i) Forces of
has been divided into deaths due to Nature (Natural Calamity like
Ageing and Illness. Illness has been Earthquake, flood, etc.) and (ii) Forces
further subcategorized into major other than Nature ((a) Snake bite
causes/diseases such as a)Heart (b) Electrocution (c) Drowning
Problems, b)Lung problems, c)Liver (d) Accidental Fall (e) Burn injuries
problems, d)Kidney problems, e)HIV, (f) Road/train accident (g) Drugs /
f)Cancer, g)Tuberculosis (TB), Alcoholic Consumption and (h)
h)Paralysis, i)Cholera/Diarrhea, Others).
j)Schizophrenia with Epilepsy, k)Brain
Hemorrhage, l)Intestine Perforation, Deaths during 2021
m)Due to Drugs/Alcohol withdrawal
Symptom and n)Others (illness other Total of 2,116 prisoners have
than the above). died, while they were in judicial
custody during 2021, in the country.
Un-natural Deaths Out of which, 1,879 were natural
deaths, 185 were due to un-natural
Unnatural deaths include causes and 52 deaths were reported
suicide, murder by inmates, death due as causes not known yet (while
to assault by outside elements, death furnishing the data). Natural deaths
due to firing, death due to negligence accounted for 88.8% (1,879 out of
or excesses, accidental deaths inside 2,116) and Un-Natural deaths
prison, etc. accounted for 8.7% (185 out of 2,116)
of the total deaths. Percentage share
Suicide under the category of different causes of deaths is
Unnatural deaths has been further presented in Chart 8.1, Table 8.1.
sub-categorized into the following
177
Natural Deaths and Others (13) (Chart 8.4, Table
8.4).
Out of the 1,879 Natural deaths,
there were 1,796 deaths due to Illness Out of 150 suicides, the
and 83 deaths due to Ageing. predominant mode was Hanging (139)
Furthermore, out of the 1,796 deaths followed by Poisoning (3), Self-Inflicted
due to illness, majority of the deaths Injury (2), Drug Overdose (1) and
were reported under Heart Problems Others (5) (Table 8.5). Accidental
(493), Lung related Ailments (294), Deaths mostly occurred due to Fall (2),
Cancer (103), Tuberculosis (TB) (83), Electrocution, Road/Train Accident,
Kidney problems (78), Liver related Drugs/Alcoholic Consumption and
Ailments (76), Brain Hemorrhage (57) Others (1 each) (Table 8.7).
and HIV (42) (Chart 8.2 & 8.3, Table
8.2 & 8.3). Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of unnatural deaths
Uttar Pradesh has reported the (42) followed by Haryana and West
highest number of deaths due to Bengal (16 each) and Delhi (12)
natural causes (439) followed by Bihar (Table 8.4).
(173) and Madhya Pradesh (151)
during 2021 (Chart 8.5 & Table 8.2). Out of 150 suicides, Uttar
Pradesh has reported the highest
Un-natural Deaths number of suicides (34) followed by
Haryana (14), Kerala, Madhya
Among 185 un-natural deaths in Pradesh and West Bengal (10 each)
prisons, Suicide (150) was the pre- and Delhi (8) during 2021.
dominant cause followed by Murder by
Inmates (11), Accidental Deaths (6), Three Deaths due to Assault by
Deaths due to Assault by Outside Outside Elements were reported
Elements (3), Deaths due to Firing (1), during 2021 (Table 8.4).
Deaths due to Negligence / Excess (1)
178
Unnatural Causes not
Deaths, 185, known yet, 52,
(8.7%) (2.5%)
Natural Deaths,
1879, (88.8%)

Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural & Un-natural causes during 2021
Chart – 8.1
Ageing, 83,
(4.4%)
Total Deaths
1,887
Illness, 1796,
Natural Deaths (95.6%)
1,879

Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural Causes during 2021
Chart – 8.2
179
Cholera/Diarrhea,
Others (illness
Schizophrenia 3, 0.2%
other than the
with Epilepsy, 5, above), 497,
0.3% 27.7% Heart, 493, 27.4%
Paralysis, 12,
0.7%
Instestine
Perforation, 22,
1.2%
Drugs/Alcohol Lung, 294, 16.4%

Withdrawal, 31,
HIV, 42, 2.3%
1.7%
Cancer, 103,
Brain 5.7%
Haemorrhage, Tuberculosis
57, 3.2% (TB), 83, 4.6%
Kidney, 78, 4.3%
Liver, 76, 4.2%
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to illness during 2021
Chart – 8.3
Death due to Death due to

Deaths due to Negligence / Assault by
firing, 1, 0.5% Excess, 1, 0.5% Outside
Accidental
Elements, 3, 1.6%
Deaths, 6, 3.2%
Others, 13, 7.0%
Murder by
Inmates, 11, 5.9%
Suicides, 150,
81.1%
Unnatural Deaths
185

Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Unnatural Causes during 2021
Chart – 8.4
180
UTTAR PRADESH 439
42
BIHAR 173
2
MADHYA PRADESH 151
10
PUNJAB 145
7
WEST BENGAL 141
16
MAHARASHTRA 123
8
HARYANA 81
16
TAMIL NADU 74
5
CHHATTISGARH 67
4
GUJARAT 66
8
JHARKHAND 64
4
DELHI 58
12
KARNATAKA 58
8
ODISHA 52
8
ANDHRA PRADESH 40
5
KERALA 29
11
RAJASTHAN 21
6
ASSAM 21
2
UTTARAKHAND 20
1 Natural Deaths
TELANGANA 17
3
JAMMU & KASHMIR 12 Un-Natural Deaths
2
HIMACHAL PRADESH 6
0
MEGHALAYA 5
2
NAGALAND 4
0
TRIPURA 3
0
MIZORAM 3
1
GOA 3
0
PUDUCHERRY 1
0
A & N ISLANDS 1
1 Total Natural Deaths 1,879
SIKKIM 1
1 Total Un-Natural Deaths 185
LAKSHADWEEP 0
0
LADAKH 0
0
D N H & DAMAN DIU 0
0
CHANDIGARH 0
0
MANIPUR 0
0
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0
0
0 100 200 300 400 500

Note: 52 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 2021
Chart – 8.5
181
Deaths (Natural & Un-natural) of years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Inmates in Jails during 2016-2021 and 2021 respectively. All these years,
Natural deaths accounted for more
Total of 1,655, 1,671, 1,839, than 85% of the total deaths (Chart
1,764, 1,887 and 2,116 deaths of 8.6).
prisoners were reported during the
2500
2116
27.9%
2000 1887
1839
1764
1655 1671 1879
1500 1638 1642

1494 1538
1424 32.0%
1000
500
-19.9%
231 189
144 160 185
133
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Deaths in Prisons 1655 1671 1839 1764 1887 2116
Natural Death 1424 1494 1638 1538 1642 1879
Unnatural Deaths 231 133 144 160 189 185
Note: Deaths reported under ‘Causes Not Known’ (44 in 2017, 57 in 2018, 66 in 2019, 56 in 2020 and 52 in 2021)
has been included in Total Deaths.
Trend of Inmates Deaths in Jails during 2016 to 2021

Chart – 8.6
  
182
Table – 8.1
Deaths of inmates in Prisons during the year 2021
Cause Not Total Deaths (Col.3
Sl. No. State/UT Natural Deaths Un-Natural Deaths
Known + Col.4 + Col. 5)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

3 ASSAM 21 2 0 23
4 BIHAR 173 2 0 175
6 GOA 3 0 0 3
7 GUJARAT 66 8 0 74
8 HARYANA 81 16 0 97
12 KERALA 29 11 0 40
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 3 1 0 4
18 NAGALAND 4 0 0 4
19 ODISHA 52 8 0 60
20 PUNJAB 145 7 0 152
21 RAJASTHAN 21 6 52 79
22 SIKKIM 1 1 0 2
23 TAMIL NADU 74 5 0 79
24 TELANGANA 17 3 0 20
25 TRIPURA 3 0 0 3
28 WEST BENGAL 141 16 0 157
TOTAL (STATES) 1807 170 52 2029
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 2
32 DELHI 58 12 0 70
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 72 15 0 87
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1879 185 52 2116
183
Table – 8.2
Natural Deaths in Prisons during the year 2021
Natural Deaths
Sl. No. State/UT
Ageing illness Total Natural Deaths
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 ASSAM 0 21 21
4 BIHAR 2 171 173
6 GOA 0 3 3
7 GUJARAT 2 64 66
8 HARYANA 13 68 81
10 JHARKHAND 0 64 64
11 KARNATAKA 0 58 58
12 KERALA 1 28 29
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 5 5
17 MIZORAM 0 3 3
18 NAGALAND 0 4 4
19 ODISHA 0 52 52
20 PUNJAB 0 145 145
21 RAJASTHAN 1 20 21
22 SIKKIM 0 1 1
23 TAMIL NADU 0 74 74
24 TELANGANA 0 17 17
25 TRIPURA 0 3 3
26 UTTAR PRADESH 42 397 439
28 WEST BENGAL 5 136 141
TOTAL (STATES) 83 1724 1807
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 58 58
34 LADAKH 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 1 1
TOTAL (UTs) 0 72 72
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 83 1796 1879
184
Table – 8.3
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2021
Illness
Sl.
State/UT Cholera/
No. Heart Lung Liver Kidney HIV Cancer TB Paralysis
Diarrhea
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 24 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 6 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 0
4 BIHAR 39 34 18 8 0 6 5 2 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 11 5 7 4 1 6 2 0 0
6 GOA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 17 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 0
8 HARYANA 21 15 0 1 4 3 4 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 10 11 4 7 1 7 3 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 16 11 2 1 2 1 2 2 0
12 KERALA 8 5 1 1 0 3 1 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 41 8 1 3 6 10 14 2 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 37 8 10 9 5 7 8 1 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 9 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 1
20 PUNJAB 17 16 5 8 5 3 5 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 3 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 32 6 2 5 2 7 6 2 0
24 TELANGANA 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25 TRIPURA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 123 130 11 14 2 31 13 1 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 41 19 5 6 5 5 4 2 1
TOTAL (STATES) 475 282 73 77 36 100 83 12 2
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 10 11 3 1 6 3 0 0 1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 18 12 3 1 6 3 0 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 493 294 76 78 42 103 83 12 3
185
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2021
Schizophren Drugs/
Sl. Brain Intestine
State/UT ia with Alcohol Others Total
No. Hemorrhage Perforation
Epilepsy Withdrawal
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 4 21
4 BIHAR 0 7 1 9 42 171
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 GUJARAT 1 1 0 2 33 64
8 HARYANA 0 0 5 4 11 68
10 JHARKHAND 0 1 1 0 19 64
11 KARNATAKA 0 1 0 0 20 58
12 KERALA 0 3 0 0 6 28
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 4 1 2 29 121
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 1 5
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 3 3
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 4
19 ODISHA 0 2 0 0 29 52
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 86 145
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 8 20
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 1 1
23 TAMIL NADU 0 1 0 0 11 74
24 TELANGANA 0 2 0 0 7 17
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 3
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 15 4 1 52 397
28 WEST BENGAL 1 3 3 7 34 136
TOTAL (STATES) 4 52 20 30 478 1724
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 1 2 2 1 17 58
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 3 0 0 2 12
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 1 5 2 1 19 72
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5 57 22 31 497 1796
186
Table – 8.4
Un-Natural Deaths of prisoners in Prisons during the year 2021
Deaths due
Deaths due to Negli-
Acci- Total Un-
Sl. Execu- Murder by to Assault Deaths due gence /
State/UT Suicide dental Others Natural
No. tion Inmates by Outside To Firing Excess by
Deaths Deaths
Elements Jail
Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
3 ASSAM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
8 HARYANA 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16
10 JHARKHAND 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
11 KARNATAKA 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
12 KERALA 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
13 MADHYA PRADESH 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
17 MIZORAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8
20 PUNJAB 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
21 RAJASTHAN 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
22 SIKKIM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 TAMIL NADU 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
24 TELANGANA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 34 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 42
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
28 WEST BENGAL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16
TOTAL (STATES) 139 0 9 2 1 1 5 13 170
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 12
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
34 LADAKH 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) 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 15
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 150 0 11 3 1 1 6 13 185
187
Table – 8.5
Mode of Suicide by Prison Inmates during the year 2021
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
8 HARYANA 14 0 0 0 0 0 14
10 JHARKHAND 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
11 KARNATAKA 5 0 0 0 0 1 6
12 KERALA 9 0 1 0 0 0 10
14 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
17 MIZORAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
20 PUNJAB 4 1 0 0 0 0 5
21 RAJASTHAN 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
22 SIKKIM 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
24 TELANGANA 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 32 0 0 0 0 2 34
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
TOTAL (STATES) 131 3 2 0 0 3 139
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 5 0 0 1 0 2 8
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
34 LADAKH 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) 8 0 0 1 0 2 11
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 139 3 2 1 0 5 150
188
Table – 8.6
Mode of Murder of Prisoners by Inmates in Jails during the year 2021
Sl. In-Fighting/
State/UT Firing Stabbing Others Total
No. Quarrelling
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 1 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 1 0 0 1
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 1 1 0 2
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1 1
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 3 3 2 1 9
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 1 1 0 2
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 1 1 0 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3 4 3 1 11
189
Table – 8.7
Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails during the year 2021
Accide- Forces other than Nature Total
ntal Accide-
Sl. Deaths Drugs/ ntal
State/UT Accide- Road/
No. due to Snake Electro- Drow- Burn Alcoholic Deaths
ntal Train Others Total
Forces of Bite cution ning Injuries Consump- (Col.3 +
Fall Accident
Nature tion Col.12)
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 5
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 6 6
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Chapter 9
Jail-Breaks,
Escapes &
Clashes/
Group
Clashes in
Prisons
Chapter–9
Jail Breaks, Escapes & Clashes/Group Clashes in Prison
Prison administration is an premises followed by Rajasthan (23) and

important component of criminal justice Uttar Pradesh (18).
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, 77 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
some offenders tend to escape, tend to Rajasthan (11) followed by Uttar Pradesh
breach peace inside jails and tend to (10), Punjab and Tamil Nadu (9 each).
commit offences habitually. These
offenders spoil the atmosphere of prisons. During the year 2021, a total of 312
persons escaped from lawful custody
Escapes (Police, Judicial custody) (Chart 9.1) and
During the year 2021, 235 120 such persons got arrested again.
prisoners were reported as escaped from Highest such percentage of re-arrest
judicial custody. Out of 235 prisoners (more than 1 person) with respect to total
escaped, 82 prisoners escaped from escapees in that State/UT was in Tamil
inside prison premises and 153 prisoners Nadu (92.3%), Nagaland (83.3%) and
escaped while they were outside prison Andhra Pradesh (81.8%). However, no
premises (Chart 9.1). State of West prisoner was reported as escaped out of
Bengal has reported escape of 45 lawful custody from 11 States/UTs.
prisoners while they were outside prison State/UT-wise such escape details are
presented in Chart 9.2 &Table 9.1.
Escapees from Escapees from

Police Custody, inside Prison, 82,
77, 24.7% 26.3%
Judicial
Custody
Escapees from
outside Prison,
Total Prisoners 153, 49.0%
Escaped 312
Types of Escapes by Prisoners during the year 2021
Chart – 9.1
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RAJASTHAN 58
WEST BENGAL 51
UTTAR PRADESH 33
MAHARASHTRA 28
PUNJAB 18
MADHYA PRADESH 14
TAMIL NADU 13
KERALA 13
BIHAR 11
ANDHRA PRADESH 11
CHHATTISGARH 8
ODISHA 7
ASSAM 7
NAGALAND 6
TRIPURA 5
MIZORAM 5
KARNATAKA 5
JHARKHAND 5
HIMACHAL PRADESH 4
HARYANA 4
MEGHALAYA 2
DELHI 1
CHANDIGARH 1
UTTARAKHAND 1
TELANGANA 1
PUDUCHERRY 0
LAKSHADWEEP 0
LADAKH 0
JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 Total Prisoners Escaped
DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 312
A & N ISLANDS 0
SIKKIM 0
MANIPUR 0
GUJARAT 0
GOA 0
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Prisoners Escaped during the year 2021
Chart – 9.2
Re-arrest Jail Breaks
During the year 2021, 120 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 Rajasthan (32) of 17 jail break incidents were reported
followed by Maharashtra (13) and Tamil during the year 2021. State of Rajasthan
Nadu (12). has reported (6) such incidents. The
details may be seen in Table 9.2.
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Clashes Clashes with use of Firearm
A total of 63 clashes/group clashes During the year 2021, 10 firing

inside jails were reported during the year incidence was reported from Punjab (9) &
2021. Highest of such clashes were Uttar Pradesh (1), in which, 3 inmates
reported by Madhya Pradesh (27) followed died. (Table 9.3).
by Maharashtra and Punjab (12).
Trend of Inmates Escaped
A total of 70 persons consisting of
66 prisoners and 4 jail officials got injured A total of 468, 355 and 312
in such clashes and 4 prisoners died in prisoners were reported as escaped from
such clashes (Table 9.3). the lawful custody during the years 2019,
2020 & 2021 respectively (Chart 9.3).
500
468
2019 2020 2021
450
400
355
350
323
312
300
250 235 235
200
145
150
120
100 77
50
0
From Judicial Custody From Police Custody Total Escapees
Trend of Inmates Escaped during 2019 to 2021

Chart – 9.3
  
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Table - 9.1
Details of Escapees during the year 2021
Judicial Custody
Sl. Escapees from Escapees from Escapees from Total Escapees Re-arrested
State/UT
No. inside outside Police Custody (Col.3+4+5) Escapees
Prison Prison
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
3 ASSAM 7 0 0 7 0
4 BIHAR 1 8 2 11 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 4 4 2
12 KERALA 2 10 1 13 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 4 1 0 5 0
18 NAGALAND 6 0 0 6 5
19 ODISHA 4 3 0 7 4
20 PUNJAB 4 5 9 18 7
21 RAJASTHAN 24 23 11 58 32
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 2 2 9 13 12
25 TRIPURA 0 4 1 5 0
28 WEST BENGAL 4 45 2 51 6
TOTAL (STATES) 82 153 75 310 120
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 1 1 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 2 2 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 82 153 77 312 120
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Table - 9.2
Jail Breaks - Number of incidences, injuries and deaths during the year 2021
Number of persons injured/killed
Sl. Number of Injured Killed
State/UT
No. incidences Jail Jail
Inmates Total Inmates Total
Personnel Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 5 5 1 6 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 17 6 1 7 0 0 0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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 6 1 7 0 0 0
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Table - 9.3
Clashes/Group Clashes (with use of Firearm) - incidences, injuries and deaths
during the year 2021
State/UT
Personnel Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 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 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 9 11 0 11 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 10 11 0 11 3 0 3
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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) 10 11 0 11 3 0 3
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Table - 9.3 (Continued)
Clashes/Group Clashes (without use of Firearm) - incidences, injuries and deaths
State/UT
Personnel Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 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 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 12 29 0 29 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 3 3 1 4 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 43 37 3 40 0 0 0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 6 14 1 15 1 0 1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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) 10 18 1 19 1 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 53 55 4 59 1 0 1
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Table - 9.3 (Concluded)
Clashes/Group Clashes (with use of Firearm + without use of Firearm) - incidences,
injuries and deaths during the year 2021
State/UT
Personnel Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 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 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 12 29 0 29 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 12 14 1 15 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 53 48 3 51 3 0 3
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 4 4 0 4 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 6 14 1 15 1 0 1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 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) 10 18 1 19 1 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 63 66 4 70 4 0 4
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Chapter 10
Rehabilitation
and Welfare
of Prisoners
Chapter – 10
Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners
The reformation and rehabilitation and respectful attitude in them towards

of offenders is the ultimate objective of the society.
the prison administration. In pursuance
to meet this objective, many A total of 89,761 prisoners had been
States/UTs under direction and educated in the country during the year
supervision of Central Government 2021. Out of the total prisoners
have been taking number of initiatives educated, 38,784 prisoners were
in the field of rehabilitation and welfare provided Elementary education, 32,544
of prison inmates. prisoners were provided Adult
education, 14,083 prisoners were
Central Government through provided higher education and 4,350
Ministry of Home Affairs is running prisoners were educated in the field of
various schemes not only for Computers (Table 10.1).
improvement of prison infrastructure
with emphasis on hygiene condition, The States of Bihar, Telangana and
but also organizing national as well as Tamil Nadu has reported that 8,923,
international conferences on 6,954 and 5,856 prisoners were
correctional administration for educated in the field of Elementary
sensitization of prison staff. The education. The States of Bihar, Uttar
Ministry of Home Affairs has framed Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have
„Model Prison Manual (2016)‟. reported that 7,470, 5,292 and 4,498
prisoners were educated in the field of
As prison is State subject, hence Adult education. The States of Uttar
overall supervision and management Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat have
of prisons is under direct control of reported that 4,101, 2,719 and 909
States/ UTs. Various good practices prisoners were educated in field of
adopted/ shared by the States/UTs Higher education. State/ UT wise such
have been summarised under details may be seen in Table 10.1.
following two broad heads:
A snapshot of good initiatives
A. Rehabilitation and welfare undertaken and as furnished by
B. Grievances States/UTs in the field of education is
detailed as below:
A. Rehabilitation and welfare
(i) Educational Program in
Some good initiatives adopted and States
as furnished by States/UTs towards
rehabilitation and welfare of prisoners 1. Andhra Pradesh: Apart from other
are summarised below under following educational facilities, Higher
head: education courses such as
Bachelors‟ Degree and Post
I. Education Graduate Courses through
Distance Education system in
Educating jail inmates not only collaboration with the Dr. B.R.
provides a corrective approach to the Ambedkar Open University and
psyche of the offender but also goes a Andhra University were conducted.
long way in developing a responsive
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2. Assam: Basic education courses 4. Chhattisgarh: Prisoners are
are conducted by jail teachers who provided with primary, secondary,
provide functional literacy to and higher 'classes' in the prisons
illiterate Prisoners and in those jails of the State.
where there are no Jail teachers,
education are imparted by the 5. Goa: IGNOU distance education
educated prisoners. courses have been provided to the
inmates.
Jails of Assam also facilitate free
education courses for those 6. Haryana: IGNOU (Indira Gandhi
candidates who have aspiration of National Open University) Centres
higher education through IGNOU have been set up in jails to enable
(Indira Gandhi National Open the prison inmates to study and
University) and KKHSOU (Krishna acquire higher qualifications after
Kanta Handiqui State Open 10+2 so as to provide them better
University). IGNOU centres are set employment opportunities after
up at Central Jail, Guwahati and their release from jails. Further,
Central Jail, Jorhat. 16 study National Institute of Open
centres have already been set Schooling (NIOS) Centres have
up by the KKHSOU in different been opened at all jails except
District and Central Jails of Assam. Palwal and Rewari which are very
A notable number of inmates have small and have population of 30 to
been enrolled in different courses 50 prisoners only, to enable the
and a section of them have already prison inmates to get education
been awarded degrees and diploma upto 10+2 level. No admission fee,
after successful completion of their examination fee or study fee is
respective courses. charged from the prisoners by
IGNOU and NIOS.
3. Bihar: Secondary/ Higher
Secondary course from National 7. Karnataka: Out of 15,000
Institute of Open School for the prisoners, almost 50% i.e. about
prisoner and certificate course form 7,500 are either illiterate or semi-
Indira Gandhi National Open literate. On the 1st November
University and Nalanda Open 2021, a massive „Literacy Program‟
University, Patna are provided to for all the 7,500 illiterate and semi-
the prisoners. literate prisoners in the State was
launched simultaneously in all the
Relaxation from Wearing of prison 52 prisons of the State with the
clothes in classrooms has been help of „Mass Education
allowed to the inmates and the Department‟ of the State
study materials like slates, chalk- government. This is one of the
pencils, books, notebooks, copies, largest literacy programs ever
registers, project file papers, pencil, attempted in the prisons in the
sharpener, eraser, pens etc. free of State and shall make the prisons in
cost and as per the requirement of the State as the largest learning
the students are been provided to places.
the inmates.
Uniqueness of the present literacy
Educated inmates are also been program is that the educated
involved in the teaching process. prisoners in the prisons are the
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„resource persons‟ for giving literary Schooling/ State Institute of Open
classes and for making the illiterate Schooling/ Odisha State Open
prisoners literate. „Mass Education University.
Department‟ has been giving
training to these educated 11. Punjab: All Jails are imparting
prisoners for this purpose. It is education to the prisoners lodged
being ensured with the help of in jails through National Institute of
„Mass Education Department‟ that Open Schooling (NIOS) and Indira
even after release, prisoners can Gandhi National Open University
continue with their literacy (IGNOU). 'Sikhya-Daat' program
programs outside the prisons with has been included in all prisons to
the help of local centers of the promote 'functional literacy'.
„Mass Education Department‟.
12. Rajasthan: Prisoners are
For further educational encouraged to pursue their
developments of the prisoners, education through Open School
„National Institute of Open System and Open University up to
Schooling‟ and other „Open Degree and PG Level.
Universities‟ are being involved.
„National Institute of Open 13. Sikkim: The prisoners are
Schooling‟ is planning to conduct encouraged to enhance their
8th and 10th level examinations in educational qualification while in
the prisons in the State in coming prison.
days.
14. Tamil Nadu: A programme has
8. Madhya Pradesh: Literacy been launched in co-ordination with
programmes are being conducted the Ministry of Human Resource
to make the illiterate prisoners read Development, Government of India
and write. Prisoners are and the Education Department of
encouraged to pursue their Tamil Nadu to achieve 100%
education up to Degree and PG literacy amongst the prison
Level. inmates. Indira Gandhi National
Open University is also conducting
9. Maharashtra: Primary education various courses for the benefit of
classes for Adults and Higher the prisoners.
Education facilities to prisoners
through Indira Gandhi National Education requirement is
Open University, Delhi and categorized based on the level of
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra individual‟s attainment as (i)
Open University, Nashik has been Primary level, (ii) Elementary
provided to the prisoners. School level, (iii) Higher Secondary
Computer education training level, (iv) Graduation and Post-
courses for prisoners. Graduation through Open
Universities and (v) Diploma and
10. Odisha: Willing and eligible Degree courses in order to facilitate
inmates are encouraged to pursue useful job oriented skills to the
higher studies of their own choice inmates. The services of the
in collaboration with Central/State educated inmates are utilized for
Govt. institutions such as IGNOU/ teaching. Through Education
National Institute of Open Department under special literacy
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mission / scheme, basic literacy is is conducted by Shakti Samadhan
being given to the illiterate and 20 students are enrolled.
prisoners in all prisons in Tamil
Nadu. Spoken English Programme is run
by Jail authority.
15. Telangana: Basic Education is
provided to the all the illiterate 19. Jammu & Kashmir: Educational
prisoners who are admitted into the Programmes viz., Adult Education,
Prison under the “Vidyadana Basic Literacy are being run in
Yojana”. Higher Education Jails. At present 5 IGNOU Centers
Graduation and Post-Graduation is are operational in Jails.
provided through the Distance
Education Programme from Dr. (ii) Library Facility in Prisons
B.R. Ambedkar Open University.
1. Andhra Pradesh: Libraries are
16. Tripura: Coaching provided to furnished with hundreds of books of
convicts for appearing 10th, 12th spiritual, devotional, stories of
and B.A. examinations. freedom fighters, different kinds of
stories etc. Book reading centres
17. Uttarakhand: IGNOU and NIOS are established in the prisons with
Center for Secondary & Senior the help of District Library
Secondary Educations. Graduate Authorities so as to improve
and Post Graduate courses have reading skills/habits, to get
been provided to the inmates. knowledge. Digital libraries are also
established with an intention to
18. Delhi: Basic literacy programme to develop computer / technical
provide fundamental literacy to the knowledge and also to develop
inmates under „Padho aur Padhao‟ reading skills.
is provided to the inmates. At
present 40 students are enrolled. 2. Bihar: Facility of library and
newspapers is provided in the
Different Jails have been appointed prisons.
as Accredited Agency (AA) for
National Indian Open School, an 3. Haryana: ‘Tinka Tinka foundation‟
autonomous body under the has started Tinka Prisons Library at
Ministry of HRD, Government of District Jail, Panipat to cater the
India- for class 8th certification needs of almost 1,000 inmates
compatible with NCERT books and lodged in this jail. Prison Library at
Syllabus. Central Jail, Ambala will be
inaugurated shortly for the
Higher education for inmates prisoners.
interested in pursuing various
degree and technical courses 4. Himachal Pradesh: Books from
offered by IGNOU to Tihar inmates. the library have been provided to
At present 20 inmates are enrolled the inmates.
in various courses.
5. Karnataka: Libraries are
Basic computer training and established in all central prisons
advance computer training course and district prisons to develop their
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literacy skills lifelong learning and 13. Delhi: Library/ e-library is run by
personal and cultural interest. CJ-06 and collaboration of Indian
Vision Foundation. Various kinds of
Libraries are stocked with books, magazine, tablets and
multilingual moral books, newspaper are available for
newspapers, magazines etc. inmates so that they can keep
themselves busy and updated.
6. Madhya Pradesh: Library facility is
provided to the prisoners. The prison library is properly
equipped with books, magazines,
7. Maharashtra: A Library has been and newspapers. Prisoners are
started inside all Prisons containing encouraged to develop reading
more than 54,111 books. Daily habits.
newspapers are kept inside the
Library for prisoners. Prisoners with A librarian is employed for the
reading hobbies get full benefit of management of books and other
the vast range of books in social reading material. Help of educated
subjects. prisoners are also obtained, under
the supervision of the librarian, to
8. Nagaland: Library facility with a run the library. Donation of books
large number of English, Hindi, and by NGOs is encouraged and
local dialect books are made welcomed.
available to the inmates.
A digitalized library with e-learning
Daily Newspapers are also materials is also provided, to the
provided to the inmates to keep prisoners.
them up to date with events of the
world. II. Health
9. Sikkim: Regular supply of State/UTs have taken various

newspapers and materials of measures to improve health care and
entertainment to the prisoner‟s sanitation, promote Swachh Bharat
barracks and access to Prison Abhiyan and Yoga and Meditation
library has been provided in the among prison inmates. A snapshot of
jails. such initiatives, as furnished by the
States/UTs is detailed as below:
10. Tamil Nadu: Prisoners are
provided with library facilities. The (i) Health Care & Sanitation
prisoners are availing these
facilities of borrowing books from 1. Andhra Pradesh: As per NHRC
the Libraries in the Prisons. norms, all the prisoners are being
screened at the time of their
11. Tripura: All District & Sub-Jail has admission in to jail by the
full-fledged library with huge books concerned Prison Medical Officers.
which are being provided to all the Necessary measures are being
inmates. taken in maintaining good health
condition and sound health of the
12. Odisha: There is a full-fledged prisoners by providing medical
library in the prison for the treatment in-time. Medical Diet is
prisoners. provided to the sick and ill health
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prisoners as recommended by the RO systems have been installed in
Jail Medical Officer. Special care this jail to provide safe drinking
and counselling sessions are being water.
conducted for the T.B., HIV,
Psychiatric and other prisoners Every prisoner on admission is
suffering from contagious disease medically examined and classified
to maintain their sound health. according to the existing rule.
Regular Medical camps are being
conducted in the Jails for checkup 3. Karnataka: Various measures
and find out medical needs of the taken to improve health of
prisoners and providing treatment prisoners are as follows:
accordingly.  Health Screening: Dental, Eye,
HIV, Heart check-ups.
The premises of the Prisons are  Health Awareness Program:
being kept neat and tidy, the living Tobacco, Cancer, HIV, Drugs
conditions are also improved in the etc.
barracks by providing fans and  Maintenance of Hygiene and
running water facility in toilets and supply of Nutrition food in the
maintaining hygiene to prevent prisons.
contaminate diseases. Drinking  Counselling & Psychotherapies
water is being provided through RO  Mental health programs: Peer-
water plants, hot and cold water support for mentally-ill patients.
dispensers are also provided to the
inmates. Further, hot water is being For counselling and
provided for bathing purpose of the psychotherapies of the prisoners,
old aged prisoners and sick 20 Psychiatric counsellors have
prisoners through solar water been appointed during 2021 and
heater systems so as to maintain deputed to various prisons in the
good health. State. To further empower these
Psychiatric Counsellors, a special
All the prisons are provided with two weeks prison specific training
sufficient cleaning objects like toilet program is being provided to them
cleaner, scented phenyl and other at the NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
cleaning materials so as to keep
the prison premises clean and After the NIMHANS training, these
hygiene. 20 Psychiatric counsellors and 8 of
the prison staff are going to work
2. Bihar: Sending of patients to the as the „Master Trainers‟ and are
nearest Civil Hospital if and when further going to train all the prison
advised by medical officer & staff in the State on counselling &
paramedical staff is being done by psychotherapies of the prisoners.
jail personnel and also OPD with Further with the help of NIMHANS,
certain medicines are provided in 38 prisoners have already been
the jail. trained during 2021 as „Master
Trainers‟ for the „Peer-support for
Regular full time Doctor has been mentally-ill patients‟ initiative for the
posted and 18 bedded hospitals mental health programs in the
has been set up in this jail. State prisons.
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For higher treatment inmates are 7. Nagaland: Health camps are
referred to district hospitals on the organized for the prisoners.
advice of medical officer of the
prison. AYUSHMAN BHARAT 8. Odisha: Yoga classes are being
yojana is being utilized in providing organized for the prisoners.
treatment to at various hospitals.
RO water plants have been 9. Punjab: Routine and special

installed in all prisons to provide medical camps are held from time
safe and hygienic potable water to to time with the help of district
inmates and to protect them from authorities and NGOs for inmates
water borne diseases. of Punjab. Eco-Conserve
Foundation, RSETI, Dhawantry
Medical Camps are being held in Ayurvedic and Sarbat da Bhalla
association with department of foundation work in different jails
health and family welfare services from time to time.
and various Medical colleges.
Many mental health and awareness
To mitigate the shortage of medical programs are organized in different
officers in prison hospital, retired jails against drug abuse.
government medical officers have
been appointed on contract basis 10. Rajasthan: Every prisoner on
and posted to various prisons. admission is medically examined
and classified according to the
4. Madhya Pradesh: Regular medical existing rule. Utmost care is being
check-up camps are organized for taken in providing treatment to the
the prisoners. sick prisoners. Jails have been
provided with in –house hospitals
5. Maharashtra: 549 health camps with proper medical staff.
were regularized across the jails
reaching out to 24,921 prisoners 11. Sikkim: Regular blood and sputum
with quality medical supplies and testing is carried for early detection
awareness among Prisoners. and treatment of diseases like T.B.,
Hepatitis, STDs, HIV+ cases for the
Social workers networking with prisoners.
Govt. Hospitals and NGO‟s
resulted in specialized health care The convicts above the age of 60
for terminally ill patients suffering years are treated as senior citizen
from cancer and HIV. and are taken out every day for
strolling around in the prison
Prisoners were vaccinated first and premises to keep them out of
second dose of vaccines. depression and keep them health.
Their health screening is carried
Telemedicine facility has started for out at a regular interval and proper
treating sick patients / Prisoners. care is maintained.
6. Manipur: Health hygiene 12. Tamil Nadu: Higher stress level

awareness was given by the due to prolonged confinement of
Medical Officers to the prisoners. the prisoners manifests itself into
violent behaviour, depression as
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well as suicidal tendencies. 14. A & N Islands: Separate session
Psychologists have therefore been for Mental Health of the inmates
appointed in all Central Prisons, was conducted for inmates
Special Prisons for Women, District suffering from mental health by the
Jails and District Jail & Borstal doctors of G.B. Pant Hospital, Port
School, Pudukottai to treat and Blair.
counsel the prisoners suffering
from depression and exhibiting 15. Delhi: Following steps have been
violent behaviour. Counselling taken for the improvement of health
instils confidence in the depressed of the prisoners:
mind of the prisoners and brings  10 bedded hospital with round-
forth trust in them which eliminates the-clock medical facilities.
suicidal tendencies. Prisoners  Constant medical observation
requiring psychiatric treatment are for seriously sick and terminally
also treated by admitting them in ill inmates.
the Government Institute of Mental  In-house facilities for X-ray,
Health, Chennai. The services of Dental clinic, ECG,
Psychiatrists from Government physiotherapy and Acupressure
Hospitals are also utilized to take Therapy.
care of those mentally ill prisoners.  Regular visits by various
Two Counsellors are engaged in Specialists in Medicine,
each Central Prisons and one Ophthalmologist, Skin,
Counsellor is engaged in each Psychiatric and Orthopedics.
Special Prisons for Women and  Special care for infants – Pre-
District Jail & Borstal School, natal & Post-natal care, timely
Pudukottai to ensure better mental vaccinations, Pulse Polio
health of the disturbed prisoners. Camps.
 Integrated counseling and
Reverse Osmosis Plant with testing (ICTC) for identifying
accessories with a capacity of 1000 HIV+ inmates.
litres per hour were installed in 9  Frequent Medical Check-up
Central Prisons and 500 litres per Camps for prisoners.
hour in 3 Special Prisons for
 R.O water is made available for
Women at Puzhal, Vellore and
drinking purpose for all inmates.
Trichy.
Experienced Medical and Para
The Waste Water Recycling Plant
Medical Staff drawn from Delhi
has been established in Central
Government Health Services
Prison, Vellore and Palayamkottai
professionally manage the Medical
at a cost of Rs.493.70 lakh.
Care in Delhi Prisons. Adequate
Further, Government have ordered
Health Staff i.e. Doctors, Para
to establish Waste Water Recycling
Medical Staff are deputed for round
Plant in Central Prison Coimbatore,
the clock health care of Prisoners.
Trichy, Salem and Cuddalore at a
cost of Rs.380.27 lakh.
The following are the basic features
of medical facilities being provided to
13. Uttarakhand: Pranic Healing
the prisoners:-
programme by Manurbhav NGO is
organised for the inmates.
 There are total 2 R.M.O, 112
Medical Officers, 31
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Pharmacists, 9 Lab Tech./Lab  Physiotherapy services started
Attendant and total 192 Other in CJ-1 to CJ-10.
Medical Staff deputed for  DOTS therapy is being provided
Prison Health Care. at all dispensaries of Central
 Prisoners are referred to Jail.
various specialty & Super  Round the clock emergency
Specialty hospitals for providing services are available in all
care as per standing orders. Jails.
Nodal Officers are designated in  A minor OT is also being
14 Hospitals of GNCTD and operated in Central Jail Hospital
Safdarjung Hospital where the for minor surgical procedures.
prison inmate in need are  Fully Automatic Equipped
referred. Also, specialists‟ Laboratories are functioning at
Doctors in 5 Specialties are Central Jail Hospital for
visiting Central Jail Tihar to Investigation facilities in the
provide the services. This has fields of Biochemistry,
minimized outside referral. Pathology etc.
 Committee to examine  X-Ray and ECG Facility are
terminally ill patients has been available in Central Jail Hospital
running efficiently providing for & Dispensaries of all Jails.
specific medical attention to the  Special Medical Diet for the
needy patients. HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis and
 One 120 bedded Hospital with other deserving inmates is
medicine, surgery, TB and being provided as per the
Psychiatry. standing orders.
 Mental Health Department is  Overall strength of Medical &
functioning for streamlining and Paramedical Staff has improved
effective delivery of mental with recruitment of residents
health services. and engagement of retired
 Psychiatric Emergency Services employees as consultant.
in CJ Hospital are available  There are dental units and
round the clock. Causality has Ayush Centre (Ayurvedic and
been upgraded exclusively for Unani Centre) for prisoners.
Psychiatry patients and
addicted patients and addicted 16. Jammu & Kashmir: Medical
patients on withdrawal facilities at par with the community
symptoms. standards available in all jails.
 Oral Substitution Therapy
(OST) started in CJH. IT helps Awareness Camps/Free Medical
in preventing spread of HIV Camps also being organized.
amongst drug abusers Psychotherapy and cognitive
particularly injection drug users. behavioral therapies for inmates
OST in Delhi Prisons will help suffering from sleep disorders.
the long term drug addicts to
effectively cope with their habit 17. Puducherry: The health camp
of addiction. such as Eye camp, Dental camp
 Isolation ward for TB patients and General Camp for all diseases
and other infective patients in were conducting regularly by the
CJH has been currently Jail Department, Puducherry for the
functioning. prisoners. While admission to the
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Prison, the prisoners are full maintain personal hygiene
screened by the Jail Medical /sanitizing in regular interval.
Officer, if any diseases such as HIV
and T.B symptoms were 5. Delhi: All the wards are
diagnosed, the particular prisoner surrounded with adjacent parks.
are referred to the Government The greenery of these parks is
General Hospital for further maintained by the Gardener of this
treatment. jail along with the help of
Horticulture Department. The
(ii) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan inmate are provided with clean and
hygiene environment.
1. Bihar: Prison in Bihar believes to
work upon the idea of “Swach (iii) Yoga and Meditation
Kara, Daksh Kara” and has
observed every single day as 1. Andhra Pradesh: After morning
cleanliness awareness day inside ablution, the prisoners practice
the prison premises where meditation every day in their
prisoners-staffs-officers trio have barracks. Moral lectures are being
ensured clean and healthy conducted to reduce mental stress
environment. Along with that, the among the inmates and to improve
prisoners are being encouraged to good behaviour and health.
practice healthy and clean habits.
2. Bihar: Yoga, Meditation and Art of
2. Karnataka: Swachha Abhiyana living classes are being organised
has been implemented in all in jails.
prisons encouraging prisoners to
keep their surroundings neat and 3. Himachal Pradesh: Inmates are
clean and follow self-hygiene. being motivated for yoga by prison
inmates and Art of Living.
3. Rajasthan: With a view to ensure
proper sanitation and hygiene in 4. Karnataka: Under „Navchethana‟
prisons, bathrooms are provided at initiative more than 2,700 prison
the ratio of 1:10. Fans, tube lights officers and 6,900 prisoners in all
and adequate ventilation have the Prisons in the State have
been provided at living already been given training in
accommodation i.e. cell and „Yoga and Meditation‟ by the „Art of
dormitories. At central prisons Living‟, and the „Isha‟ Foundations.
sewerage treatment plants have International Yoga day has been
been constructed. celebrated in all prisons of the
State.
4. A & N Islands: Department is
regularly motivating the prisoners 5. Madhya Pradesh: Regular yoga
towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to and meditation camps are
keep the surroundings neat & organised for the prison inmates.
clean.
6. Maharashtra: Daily meditation
Regularly monitored the hygiene course was conducted by Prajapita
condition of the prison and Bramhakumari Institute for
instructed the inmates to keep neat enhancement in Prisoners Mental
and clean the surroundings, and to Health.
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For the benefit of Prisoners‟ (i) Vocational Programs in
physical / mental fitness, States
awareness program on “YOGA”
was organized and regular training A total of 39,313 prisoners were
was imparted. The participation provided with various vocational training
level by prisoners was very good during the year 2021 (details can be
and successful. seen in the Table 10.2 & Chart 10.1).
State/UT-wise analysis of vocational
7. Punjab: Yoga and Meditation training imparted to prison inmates
camps are organized for the reveals that a good number of prison
prisoners. inmates in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala,
8. Sikkim: The Prisoners are Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
encouraged to carry out yoga in and Telangana were benefitted by
their respective barracks in the vocational training. A total of 7,190
morning. (18.3%), 4,637 (11.8%), 3,764 (9.6%),
2,952 (7.5%), 2,736 (7.0%), 2,374
9. Tamil Nadu: Yoga and meditation (6.0%), 2,296 (5.8%), 2,087 (5.3%),
classes are arranged for the 1,493 (3.8%) and 1,217 (3.1%) inmates
prisoners in the prison. were benefitted with various vocational
trainings in these States respectively
10. Uttar Pradesh: Yoga classes were during the year 2021.
organised for the prisoners.
11. Uttarakhand: Yoga training Vocational Training-Profession wise

programme by Shanti Kunj
Haridwar was organised for the The maximum numbers of prison
prisoners. inmates were trained in „tailoring‟
(15.6%) (6,115 out of 39,313) followed
12. Delhi: Aerobics and Yoga class are by „agriculture‟ (14.7%) (5,793 out of
held in CJ -06 in order to keep 39,313), „carpentry‟ (5.3%) (2,089 out of
prisoner physically and mentally fit. 39,313) and „weaving‟ (15.2%) (5,986
out of 39,313) (Chart 10.1 & Table-
13. Jammu & Kashmir: Yoga and 10.2).
meditation classes are organised
for the prisoners. State/UT-wise details reveal that
majority of training in tailoring activities
14. Puducherry: The convict prisoners were imparted in Uttar Pradesh (2,483)
are undergoing for Yoga practice at followed by Delhi (466) and Kerala
Central Prison, Puducherry. (342). A total of 1,508 inmates in Uttar
Pradesh, 1,029 inmates in Bihar and
III. Vocational Training 828 inmates in Kerala were imparted
training in agriculture. Maximum
Training is one of the important inmates imparted with training in
rehabilitations measures in the field of carpentry were in Haryana (400),
prison reforms. Nowadays training of Madhya Pradesh (250) and
prisoners in various vocational skills in Chhattisgarh (249). Uttar Pradesh
the Prison Institutions has received a lot (2,109), Rajasthan (1,768) and Madhya
of importance in almost all the Pradesh (485) were imparted training in
States/UTs. weaving. Jharkhand & Kerala (123
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each), Tamil Nadu (108) and Odisha Chhattisgarh (210) inmates were
(85) inmates were trained in making of trained in handloom during 2021.
soap & phenyl. Jharkhand (317),
Madhya Pradesh (265) and
Weaving
(15.2%)
Tailoring
(15.6%)
Others
(41.9%)
Carpentry
(5.3%)
Agriculture
Canning activities
Making of Soap &
(1.9%) Handloom (14.7%)
Phenyle
(3.5%) (1.9%)
Distribution of Prison Inmates by the Type of Vocational Training done during 2021
Chart – 10.1
A snapshot of good initiatives As a part to rehabilitation of

undertaken and as furnished by inmates the Prison Department is
States/UTs in the field of vocational running skill development cum
training is discussed below: production centres and these
centres are not only tools for
1. Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh reformation and rehabilitation of
Prisons Department has inmates. As such this Department
established Petroleum Outlets with has established certain industries
collaboration of HPCL and IOCL like, Steel Furniture Manufacturing,
authorities at the feasible places Tailoring, Weaving, Book Binding,
wherein the inmates are engaging Bakery, Shampoo, Phenyl, Toilet
as pump boys. Due to these Cleaner making, coir mats making
industries, the life convict prisoners etc., in the prisons.
are earning regular wages.
Moreover, even after release of the 2. Assam: For imparting skill to
prisoners after completion of their prisoners for their self- employment
sentence, the AP Prisons after release, training is provided in
Department is providing them work the following trades: tailoring, Soap
in these petroleum outlets as per making, Phenyl- making, carpentry,
their willing as a part of smithy, handloom, weaving, cane
rehabilitation and welfare of the and bamboo handicrafts and
inmates. furniture making etc. through the jail
industries in 17 Jails of Assam and
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rest of the Jails training is imparted prisoners are provided trainings
with the deputation of Craft such as basic fitting work, plumber,
instructor from other Jails. Moreover, basic woodwork, electrician course,
in Central Jail, Guwahati, LED bulb book binding, printing press,
making training camp has been sewing, woodworking, welding etc.
started for employment generation.
5. Haryana: Vocational Training
Most Jails offer employment programmes are being imparted to
opportunities for women prisoners, prison inmates in jails with the help
such as training on Tailoring, of RSETI/Lead Banks, Technical
Cutting and Beauty Parlour course Education Department, Haryana
and also give them computer and various NGOs in trades like
education so that they can resume Plumbing, Electrician, Motorcycle
an independent & dignified life after repairs, Refrigerator repairing, Hair
their release from the Jail. cutting, Beautician, Handicrafts,
Painting, Computer Data entry etc.
3. Bihar: For the rehabilitation of the Approximately, 3,134 prisoners
prisoners, the interested inmates have already been enrolled under
are trained in activities like the scheme for vocational training.
plantation and floriculture. Recently vocational courses have
also been started under PMKVY
Vocational training on hair- Scheme for prisoners of various
dressing, carpentry, electric & jails.
electronics‟ repairing to sweets-
making, mechanical and computer Bakery units have been installed in
repairing & operations etc. are all the big jails in the State, where
provided to the inmates. convicts are being trained in
making buns, bread and biscuits.
Organising of training camps in the
prison for Incense-Stick 6. Himachal Pradesh: Number of
manufacturing, Papad, Pickles & steps to make prisoners of this jail
Masala Powder production etc. skilful by deploying them in various
through RSETI and in addition to ventures in the jails like carpentry,
the above, vocational training tailoring, Bakery, weaving and
certificate courses in „Bakery & handlooms and dairy farming,
Confectionery‟ and „Basic vermin compost, horticulture. The
Computing‟ have been provided to Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India
the prisoners. under its SAMARTH program
organized a 6 days training of
Mushroom Farming Training held Weaving for inmates during the
for 30 Prisoners through R-SETI year.
Sponsored by State Bank of India
and related training certificates 7. Karnataka: Under „Navachethana‟,
were distributed to the above as an initiative on prisoner‟s
Prisoners for better rehabilitation in rehabilitation, skill development
the society after their release from programs are being organized for
the prison. all the prisoners in the State
prisons with the help of both
4. Chhattisgarh: Under the Chief governmental and non-
Minister's Kaushal Vikas Yojana, governmental organizations.
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25 sectors/trades like Electrician,  Through Rudset Institute
Carpentry, Gardener, Tailoring, IT, Central Secretariat, Ujire:
Apparels, Hospitality, Capital Photography and videography,
Goods etc. have been identified for General EDP, Refrigeration and
this purpose. 2,600 prisoners have air conditioning, Dairy farming
been already provided vocational and vermi composting, Pappad,
and skill training in the State during pickle and masala powder
2021. An ITI is also being making, Installation and service
established at Bangalore Central of CCTV camera, security alarm
Prison in coming days for achieving and smoke detector,
better skill development for the Embroidery and fabric painting,
prisoners. Paper cover, envelope and file
making, Electrical motor
Skill development and vocational rewinding and pump set repair
training programs were earlier service, Beauty parlour
being conducted only in the Central management, Ladies tailor,
Prisons in the State. Efforts are Sanitary-Pad Making, Welding
now on also to introduce some of and fabrication, Plumbing and
the skill development programs for sanitary works Barber course
the under trials in the district etc..
prisons in the State. Skill
development and vocational 8. Kerala: The Kerala Prison
training programs already identified Department has started 4
and agencies undertaking them petroleum outlets in partnership
under „Navchethana‟ initiative are with the Indian Oil Corporation
as follows: Limited. The unique feature of
these outlets is the employment of
 Through „Sri Sri Rural reformed prisoners to serve the
Development Program Trust‟, customers.
Art of Living Organization,
Electrician, Carpentry, Sanitary As a part of vocational training and
pad making, Beautician Course, imparting employment
Yoga & Meditation, Education, opportunities to the prison
Health & Hygiene, Tailoring etc. inmates, new equipment like the
lathe machines, shopping bag
 Through SAN-IT Solutions Pvt. making machines, stitching
Ltd., Bangalore: IT-ITES machines, carpentry machines and
Domestic data entry operator, tools etc. have been purchased for
Self-employed tailor-Hand the manufacturing units of the
embroidery, Metal arc welder, Central prisons. The prisoners are
Housekeeping, room attendant being imparted training in various
work etc. skills such as beautician course,
driving, tailoring, fashion designing,
 Through Mindtree Foundation, electrical hardware, building
Bangalore: FM Radio in all construction, food processing,
central prisons- Technical & bakery food making, plumbing,
Training Support. Mindtree screen printing, organic farming
Remote Data Entry Centre- etc.
Training.
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9. Madhya Pradesh: Prisoners are  Female Inmates: Courses
being trained in various vocational offered to female prisoners are
trades in jails of Madhya Pradesh. Beauty Parlor courses, Cutting
and Tailoring, Cooking,
10. Maharashtra: Vocational training embroidery etc. After their
to convicted prisoners in different release from jail, they can get
type of industrial section viz- benefit of such courses and
farming, black smithy, carpentry, earn their livelihood to
leather work, tailoring, all textile overcome the social stigma.
work, paper factory, bakery and
advanced technology which helps 15. Rajasthan: Prisoners are being
in generating income for the trained in vocational trades like
prisoners. masonry, plumbing, wiring, steel
furniture, weaving, book binding,
11. Manipur: For the welfare of women dyeing, black and scented phenyl,
prisoners 4 months vocational tailoring and certificates are being
training programmes in the trade of issued to those who have
tailoring and embroidery were completed the course.
conducted.
To impart computer training to the
12. Nagaland: Vocational training on educated prisoners, computers
gardening, tailoring, murrah making have been provided in prisons.
unit, bamboo handicrafts
workshops etc. are organised for 16. Sikkim: It is the usual practice in
the prisoners. the State Prison which has initiated
and implemented all possible
13. Odisha: In addition to existing jail vocational training for the prisoners
industries new food processing with the concept of rehabilitation
units were set up in prisons and and reintegration into the society
inmates were engaged with benefit after their incarceration.
of incentive/ wages & remission/
special remission as a welfare Various vocational units are in
measure. It also helps them to earn operation with a view to learning
livelihood on post-released period. and earning which would help them
in earning their livelihood after their
14. Punjab: Details of rehabilitative release from prison.
programs undertaken by the State
are as follows: 17. Tamil Nadu: To inculcate work
habits during their confinement in
 Male inmates: Skill development prisons and impart new skills,
training in trades like: several industries such as Sealing
Electrician, Welding, Carpenter, Wax Industry, Weaving Industry,
Floor Mill Operations, Tailoring, Boot Industry, Book Binding
Preparation of Soap, Plumbing, Industry, Tag Industry, Soap
Book Binding, Wall Painting, Industry, Tailoring Unit, Carpentry
Hair Dressing, Motor Winding, Unit, Shoe Polish Unit, Bakery Unit,
Agriculture Training, Basics of Hand Made Paper Unit, Fly Ash
Computer etc. is being provided Bricks Industry manufacturing cum
to jail inmates. training unit have also been
established. For offering practical
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experience to the prisoners, life- Both educational / vocational
coping skills and production skills courses and practical experience in
are being imparted enabling them the prison industries are included in
to have better employability on their this programme to enable the
release and preventing them from prisoners to take up employment or
reverting back to crimes. Further, self-employment after their release.
activities like Nursery
Development, Agricultural Petrol Retail Outlets have been
Production and Compost Making, established in association with M/s
etc. are also being conducted. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and
prison products such as uniform functioning as part of the Phase-I
clothes, belts, caps, uniform shoes, pilot project in Central Prisons,
shoe polish, raincoats, mosquito Puzhal-I, Vellore, Coimbatore,
nets required for Police, Fire & Palayamkottai and District Jail &
Rescue Services and Department Borstal School, Pudukottai for the
of Prisons and Correctional benefit of the general public and for
Services Departments and sealing their reformation and rehabilitation
wax, tags, file pads, postal covers, of the prisoners. During the year
gauze and bandage cloth, soap, 2021, Sales details of the
other textiles, fire buckets, iron cot, Petroleum products through prison
saline stand, barricade, trolley and petrol retail outlet functioning in
bed-side lockers, etc. are supplied prison premises is as follows:
to various Government Department
since, the Department of Prisons Total Sales Rs.2,21,80,19,416/-
and Correctional Services Gross Profit Rs.6,63,08,593/-
Department being a “Service Prisoners Rs.63,89,600/-
Department”, enjoys special Wages
privilege of supplying articles to Net Profit Rs.5,44,92,725/-
various Government Departments.
18. Telangana: Provides Jobs / Works
Various Reformation, Rehabilitation to released prisoners in the various
and Reintegration programmes for Jail Outlets Like Petrol Bunks and
the inmates are being conducted Jail Made Articles Sales Centre as
by Department of Prisons & a step of rehabilitation after the
Correctional Services. One such release of prisoner.
visionary programme is “PATTAM”
(a Tamil word meaning „Kite‟)– Provided various vocational and
Personality and Attitude Skill development trainings to
Transformation through the inmates.
therapeutic assistance and
management and it is the 19. Tripura: Vocational unit constantly
combined effort of Police, Judiciary, works for the future rehabilitation of
Department of Prisons & the convicts by engaging them for
Correctional Services and Non- manufacturing work of carpenter,
Government Organization. The weaving, tailoring, barbering,
PATTAM project is exclusively bamboo industries, bakery unit,
designed for the first time petty cycle mechanism and also for
offenders of young age (18-24 mason work etc. by providing
years) pursuant to the order of the proper training for increasing their
Hon‟ble High Court of Madras. skill etc. so that it helps prisoners in
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giving them employment after their conducted in collaboration with
release. Pearl Academy NGO.
20. Uttar Pradesh: The prisoners were  Weaving & Jewellery section:-
given training to make manure, Weaving and Jewellery section
sewing, masons, iron work, is being run by CJ06 inmates in
gardening, cooking and women which they are making purses,
prisoners were given training of caps and thread tops, and
beautician and education by Shiv artificial jewellery and is being
Nadar Foundation and Yoga delivered in Tihar Emporia and
program was done by Patanjali Yog other outlets for sale.
Samiti.
 Pottery and candle unit: this
21. A & N Islands: Department has unit is run by CJ 06 inmates in
organized vocational training in the which they are making various
trade of plumbering by registering kinds of candle and pottery
as Training Center through Skill items. These items are being
India Portal under Pradhan Mantri delivered in all jails, Tihar
Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) Emporia and outlets of various
apart from regular training in the courts.
field of making cane, bamboo &
wooden furniture/handicrafts,
 Pickle and Namkeen unit:
tailoring, weaving, cooking and
inmates make various namkeen
gardening are being provided to the
products i.e. Kaju masala,
prisoners on regular basis.
Namakpara, sattu kachori etc.
and pickle i.e. Lemon, Mix Veg,
22. Delhi: Skill development of
Chilly, Mango etc. These items
prisoners in the field of Tailoring,
are being delivered in all jails,
Weaving, Carpentry, Oil extraction,
Tihar Emporia and outlets of
making of Bakery items, making &
various courts.
printing of file covers, basic
computers courses etc. are being
given to the prisoners during the  Sanitary pad factory: This unit
year 2021. is run by CJ-06 and
collaboration of Pahal NGO
Various vocational courses are where inmates are trained to
conducted in CJ-06 to keep them make sanitary pads and also
busy and for providing provide work. This unit takes
vocation/work for betterment of care of the in-house needs of
female inmate and a source of the inmates.
livelihood inside and even after
their release from the jail. Rehabilitation Grant Scheme which
was run under the Department of
 Fashion Lab/Textile Unit: Social Welfare GNCTD through the
Fashion lab is available with the office of Chief Probation Officer.
following facilities like Screen The quantum of rehabilitation grant
Painting, Boutique and Block to female release prisoners shall be
Printing, Textiles in CJ-06. as under:
Basic Indian Wear Course
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 Quantum of Rehabilitation grant weaving, Tailoring work, Thread
to released prisoners who have weaving etc.
spent a period under
incarceration between 06
months and above up to 05 IV. Value of Goods Produced by
Years shall be rupees 30,000 Inmates
only.
The training of jail inmates in the
 Quantum of Rehabilitation grant vocational trades resulted in production
to released prisoners who have of articles which have market value.
spent a period under The details of gross value of such
incarceration above 05 years products in different States and UTs are
and up to 10 Years shall be given in Table- 10.3.
rupees 45,000 only
Tamil Nadu has reported the
 Quantum of Rehabilitation grant highest gross value of sale proceeds of
to released prisoners who have Rs.65.17 crore generated by the jail
spent a period under inmates followed by Telangana
incarceration above 10 years (Rs.41.61 crore) and Delhi (Rs.19.32
shall be rupees 55,000 only. crore) during the year 2021.
23. Jammu & Kashmir: Vocational The value of goods produced

trainings in trades like Plumbering, per inmate was highest in Chandigarh
Cutting & Tailoring, Embroidery, (Rs.95,114.24) followed by Telangana
Carpentry, Cloth Weaving, Candle (Rs.56,880.68) and Tamil Nadu
making etc. are made available in (Rs.36,176.67) during the year 2021.
all Jails.
Value of goods produced by
24. Puducherry: The Convict inmates in the year 2021 is presented in
prisoners are engaged in various Chart 10.2.
works at work shop such as Mat
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TAMIL NADU 65.17
TELANGANA 41.61
DELHI 19.32
UTTAR PRADESH 15.40
BIHAR 12.87
MAHARASHTRA 12.75
GUJARAT 11.24
JHARKHAND 9.01
ANDHRA PRADESH 8.65
CHANDIGARH 8.53
WEST BENGAL 8.43
KERALA 7.17
KARNATAKA 3.35
MADHYA PRADESH 2.44
CHHATTISGARH 2.43
ODISHA 1.86
RAJASTHAN 1.67
HARYANA 1.41
PUNJAB 1.33
UTTARAKHAND 0.61
ASSAM 0.16
MIZORAM 0.07
SIKKIM 0.04
TRIPURA 0.02
0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00
Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings (in Crores)

State/UT-wise Value of Goods Produced by Prison Inmates during 2021
Chart – 10.2
V. Wages The States/UTs of Delhi, Karnataka and

Tamil Nadu has reported that rupees
Prisoners who are engaged in 308, 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 248, 200 and 180 per
111.17, rupees 95.03 and rupees 87.63 day paid for semi-skilled works. The
were paid per day to Skilled, Semi- State Himachal Pradesh has paid
Skilled and Unskilled prisoners highest wages for unskilled works (300
respectively. rupees per day).
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VI. Food and Clothing A special diet is being served on
National festival days.
1. Bihar: Dietary articles are being
supplied as per jail manual. Children bellow 06 years of age
Varieties of breakfast are also who are accompanying their
being provided. Special diet is also mother prisoners are being
supplied to the old age men, provided with special diet, extra
women and women‟s child clothing and utensils.
prisoners. Canteen facility is also
provided in the prison for the 4. Nagaland: Canteen facility is
prisoners. provided to the inmates.
2. Haryana: Cashless Canteen 5. Odisha: Canteen facility is made

system have been established in all available in almost all prisons of the
the jails and all the sales/purchases State to facilitate prisoners in
are being done by way cashless getting their needs in order to avoid
system. rush of visitors for petty
requirements. Dry & wet food such
3. Karnataka: In a landmark idle, dosa, halwa, sweets, boiled
achievement, „Food Safety and egg etc. also made available in
Standards Authority of India‟ canteens at a fair price and in
(FSSAI) has awarded 4 Star hygienic condition.
certification to all the kitchens of
the 8 Central Prisons in the State. 6. Punjab: Catering team is provided
in the jails to improve the quality
Bangalore Central Prison was and presentation of food in prisons
awarded with the prestigious „Eat and to serve visitors on regular
Right Campus‟ certificate with a 4 visits or special programs.
star rating by the „FSSAI‟ in July
2021. In terms of hygiene and food 7. Rajasthan: Dietary articles are
quality, now Bangalore Central being supplied as per jail manual.
Prison stands at par with the Varieties of breakfast are also
„Unilever‟ and „Wipro‟ campuses in being provided. Special diet is also
Bangalore who have similar supplied to the old age prisoners.
certification from the „FSSAI‟. Other
7 Central Prisons have also 8. Sikkim: Extension of canteen
achieved certifications from the facility/bakery items to all prisoners
„FSSAI‟ on hygiene and food is provided in the jails.
quality. Efforts are also being put to
achieve „FSSAI‟ certifications for Allowing the prisoners to consume
the kitchens in the District Prisons cooked food brought by the visitors
in the State. after proper drill of procedure of
testing.
Varieties of Breakfast with tea are
being provided to the prisoners. The prisoners suffering from
Chicken /Mutton are given once in Tuberculosis are segregated and
a week. Fish provided once a week provide with high protein/special
in prisons located in coastal region. diet of egg and milk besides green
Egg is also served once in a week. vegetables. The diabetic prisoners
are also provided with special diet.
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All treatment and surgeries are has proved the best quality of food
done at the cost of prison. served to prisoners and food
products made in Model Jail
9. Tamil Nadu: All the non-vegetarian Chandigarh.
prisoners are provided with 115
grams of chicken and all vegetarian
prisoners are provided with potato VII. Telephone Facility
curry, kesari and a banana once in
a week. In the kitchen, stainless 1. Bihar: Telephone booth is installed
steel cooking vessels and trolleys in the prison so that the prisoners
are used and the food items are are connected to their families.
served to the prisoners in stainless
steel plates and mugs. Items like 2. Chhattisgarh: Prison calling
milk, bread, egg, chicken, etc. are system has been established in the
given to the prisoners as medical jail so that the prisoners can easily
diet to the sick prisoners on the contact their relatives during the
recommendation of the Medical time of emergency like pandemic
Officers. The above diet pattern is period.
in tune with the scale prescribed in
the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983 3. Goa: STD facility has been
in providing nutritious and balanced provided to the prisoners.
diet to the prisoners.
4. Haryana: Prison Inmate Calling
As prolonged consumption of Systems (PICS) have been
groundnut oil which contains installed in all the jails in Haryana,
surplus fat causes health issues to with the approval of the State
the prisoners, the Government Government. Earlier, the prisoners
have ordered to use of refined were allowed to speak to their
Sunflower Oil for preparation of family members twice a week. The
food for the prisoners for six days present Government has increased
from Monday to Saturday and to the timings of calling for 10 minutes
use Gingelly Oil on Sunday. daily for male and 15 minutes daily
for female inmates. By introducing
Clothing and bedding are provided this facility, the family members of
to the inmates as per the norms prisoners residing at far off places
laid down in the Tamil Nadu Prison need not take the trouble of
Rules, 1983. Terry cotton pants, travelling long distances and it has
shirts and large sized blankets are also helped saving their time,
provided to the convict inmates as money as well as reducing over-
uniform. The remand prisoners are crowding during Mulakat in Jails.
permitted to bring their own
clothing. If the remand prisoners 5. Himachal Pradesh: Calling facility
who do not have adequate clothes, has been given to the inmates to
they are provided with sufficient connect with their family members.
clothes to them at Government
cost. 6. Karnataka: All the prisons in the
State are provided with the „prison
10. Chandigarh: Model Jail, call system‟ to facilitate prisoners to
Chandigarh has been awarded as interact with their family members
an Eat Right Campus by FSSAI. It and legal advisors.
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7. Kerala: The telephone facility is 3 Special Prisons for Women,
being provided to the prison District Jail & Borstal School,
inmates through card system run Pudukottai, 9 District Jails and 2
by the prison department itself. Open Air Prisons, at a cost of
Three (3) telephone numbers are Rs.300.29 lakh.
allotted to the prisoners as per their
choice from where they can 13. Telangana: Telephone facility is
connect with their friends, relatives provided to the inmates.
and legal experts. The maximum
monetary limit for telephone calls 14. Delhi: Inmates are allowed to
per month is Rs.450/-. The foreign make call to their family members
prisoners are also provided with the through Inmate Calling System on
ISD facility to connect with their weekly basis and daily basis.
relatives and friends living in However, during the pandemic, the
abroad. inmates were allowed to make
weekly call to their family members
8. Madhya Pradesh: Telephone for free of cost, to reduce their
facility is provided to the prisoners. stress.
9. Odisha: Telephone facilities The facility of one time phone call

extended to the prison inmates for is also provided to the inmates who
contacting with their family/ do not have regular phone
relatives/ advocates. connections, which has gone a
long way in subsiding depression
10. Punjab: To prevent the and anxiety among prisoners and
unauthorized usage of mobile their families.
phones in the jails and to provide
ample opportunities to inmates to 15. Jammu & Kashmir: Introduction of
communicate with their relatives on Modern Facilities like Prison Inmate
phone, Prison Inmates Calling Calling system is provided in the
System has been installed in 23 jails of J & K.
jails of Punjab from where the
inmates can make calls to their
dear ones everyday up to 15 VIII. Video Conferencing/
minutes. Interview Rooms
11. Rajasthan: Telephone facility is

1. Arunachal Pradesh: E-mulakat
provided to the prisoners of
facility is available for interaction
Rajasthan Jail. After introducing the
with prisoners by their family
Telephone facility, smuggling of cell
members/advocates.
phones in to the prisons has been
drastically curtailed.
2. Bihar: E-Mulakat facility and Video
Conferencing for the prisoners
12. Tamil Nadu: Telephone facility
have been provided.
reduces the stress level of the
prisoners drastically as they are
3. Chhattisgarh: In case of
able to contact their family
unavailability of police force due to
members, friends and their
unavoidable reasons, the prisoners
advocates. 65 telephone booths
are produced before the Hon'ble
were installed in 9 Central Prisons,
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Court on the date of appearance communicate with their family
through video conferencing. members and legal advisors. The
equipments used for video-
4. Goa: Video Conferencing facility conferencing with the courts, after
has been provided to the prisoners. the court hours and on holidays, is
used for e-mulakat in all the prisons
5. Haryana: Modern interview rooms in the State.
have been constructed in all the
jails with facilities like intercoms, „Interview Rooms‟ at all the Central
fans, exhaust fans, sound proof Prisons in the State have been
glass etc. modernized and brought to
international standards to facilitate
6. Himachal Pradesh: Video meeting of prisoners with their
conferencing facility is provided to family and friends.
the inmates.
8. Kerala: The Video Conferencing
7. Karnataka: Video-conferencing system connecting the Courts and
facilities have been provided to all the Jails in the State has been
prisons in the State for virtual installed in Kerala.
production of the prisoners before
the courts. Almost 85% of prisoners 9. Madhya Pradesh: Video
in prisons in Karnataka are conferencing facility is being
presently being produced virtually provided in most of the jails in the
before the courts. This has ensured State for production of prisoners
productions of prisoners before the before courts.
courts on the due dates and
speedy trials of their cases. 10. Mizoram: Video conferencing
facilities are operated in 7 jails of
This virtual production of prisoners Mizoram.
has also saved quite a lot of State
police resources as a large number 11. Tamil Nadu: Interviews are
of armed and civil policemen and permitted to the prisoners to stay in
police vehicles that were earlier touch with their family members
required for prisoner‟s and relatives. The application forms
transportation from the prisons to for seeking interview with prisoners
the courts for their appearance are are supplied at free of cost and it
not needed any more and can be can also be downloaded from the
put to better use by the police Department of Prisons &
department. In case of notorious Correctional Services website. This
criminals, especially those facility helps the family members
belonging to terrorist or mafia and relatives of the prisoners to
groups, transporting them to courts apply for interview from remote
from the prisons was also a serious places without any difficulty. Prior
security risk, which got minimized appointment may also be fixed over
with their virtual production. phone to interview the prisoners.
During 2021, „E-mulakat‟, a video For the convenience of school and

calling system through e-prison college going children and working
software has also been made spouse of the prisoners, special
available to prisoners to interviews are arranged on the first
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Sunday of every month. The IX. Crèche and Nursery Facility for
Advocates are permitted to the Children
interview the prisoners on all days
except Sundays. Special interviews 1. Assam: construction works of
are also organized for Advocates Crèche-cum-Recreational Home at
on Saturdays upto 1.00 pm. District Jail Sivasagar, District Jail
Abhayapuri, District Jail Goalpara
12. Telangana: Video Conferencing and District Jail Hamren have
facility is provided to the inmates. already been completed. The
construction for Crèche-cum-
13. A & N Islands: Video conferencing Recreational Home at Central Jail
are being conducted for the Jorhat, District Jail Tinsukia, District
inmates of District Prison, Jail Sonari, District Jail Morigaon
Prothrapur between Prison and and District Jail Biswanath Charilai
Court. is under process.
14. Delhi: Inmates are allowed to meet 2. Bihar: Crèche facility for the
their family members/relatives and children living with their mother has
friends on regular basis physically. been provided in the jail of Bihar.
However, during the pandemic &
due to complete lockdown & 3. Karnataka: Children aged 03 years
restriction in movement a new and above are sent to Anganawadi
facility of e-Mulakat through Video located within the prison premises.
Conferencing was started which
has been hugely successful. This 4. Punjab: Modern Crèche have been
helped the inmates maintain established in 06 jails of Punjab
contact with not only their families and Woman jail for the Children of
but also their legal counsellors. women prisoners who come along
Female inmates are also allowed to with them in the jails. Teachers
meet their spouse and blood have been deployed for their
relation family member physically education.
and through jail to jail Video
conferencing. 5. Delhi: The incarcerated women are
allowed to keep children upto the
Court proceedings through VC and age of 6 with them & with a view to
WebEx and Video Conferencing providing such children an
facility for inmates to talk to their environment conducive for their
family members and counsel(s) are emotional & physical wellbeing.
arranged for the prisoners. Well-equipped crèche/ play school
run in collaboration with India
15. Jammu & Kashmir: E- mulakat, Vision Foundation functions inside
and modern interview rooms are the jail. Children above 05 years
provided for the inmates. are admitted to a Residential
School/ Hostels in collaboration
with Child Welfare Committee
(CWC) and India Vision
Foundation. At present 10 children
are enrolled in crèche. Children are
bifurcated according to their age
group from 0-3 and 3-6 and
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kept in crèche and Balwadi. 3. Himachal Pradesh: Indoor games
Children above 03 year are given like carom board; chess, luddo,
nursery school education by a volley ball etc. are being provided
special educator provided by to the inmates. Newspapers, TV
Cambridge Foundation School, set with DTH facility and books
thereby providing education at par from jail library are also being
with any other outside nursery provided for their recreational
school and thus contributing to their activities.
holistic development.
4. Karnataka: „Community Radio‟ has
been established at all the Central
X. Games and Recreation Prisons in the State to help
prisoners to share their
Activity
experiences and for providing
awareness and entertainment in
1. Assam: The prisoners are provided the Prisons in the State.
with outdoor and indoor games so
that they can pass their days with Sports materials (i.e. Volley ball,
mental peace and free from all kind Badminton, Caroms, Chess, etc.)
of mental stress. Carrom, Ludo, are provided in all central prisons
Chess, Playing cards, Volleyball and district prisons.
and Football are some of the indoor
Television sets have been provided
and outdoor games that are played in all prisons for recreation of
in the jails of Assam. inmates.
Wall magazines have been started Prisoners musical orchestra groups

in many jails where inmates are has been formed in some of the
encouraged to write poetry, essay central prisons and provided with
and articles of their choice. They are required musical instruments.
also provided facilities to draw &
sketch. One Wall Magazine Prisoners are trained in theatre art
'KARALIPI' has been inaugurated at and encouraged to enact drama in
District Jail, Mangaldai on various prestigious theatres.
8th September, 2021.
5. Madhya Pradesh: Games and
A musical school has been started recreational activities are provided
in Central Jail, Guwahati since to prisoners.
January 2018 for the prisoners to
enhance their musical abilities. 6. Maharashtra: Facility of indoor and
outdoor games like Kabaddi, Volley
2. Bihar: TVs, Radio and games ball, Carrom board, chess etc.
facilities like volleyball, chess
caroms, shuttle etc. has been Televisions installed for the
provided for recreation of the prisoners in barracks for watching
prisoners. national programs.
Musical instruments like Books (Religious, Social),

Harmonium, Naal, Jhaal, Jhika Government approved Newspapers
have been provided to prisoners. provided for the prisoners.
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Radio FM: A FM radio station indoor games like Ludo, Carrom,
limited to respective prison with Chess, etc.
prisoner himself as radio jockey
has been started in few central Jail Radio under the name Ujala
prisons. Punjab has been set up in following
jails which are run and managed by
For improvement in soft skills of jail inmates.
Prisoners there is several
competitions like essay writing, 11. Rajasthan: TVs and games
poem writing, debates, cultural facilities like caroms, shuttle, etc.
plays etc. are organized in Prison. have been provided for recreation
of the prisoners.
7. Manipur: Sports meet was held at
Manipur Central Jail, Imphal and 12. Sikkim: Installation of Colour TVs
Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa and with paid channels in the entire
most of the inmates participated in Prisoner‟s barrack has been done
this meet. in the prison for the prisoners.
8. Nagaland: Various indoor and 13. Tamil Nadu: Indoor and outdoor
outdoor games are arranged for the games are made available to the
inmates. prisoners of Tamil Nadu prison.
9. Odisha: Television with cable To reduce the depression of the

connection provided for prisoners to a great extent, music
entertainment and knowledge and other programmes have been
development. Newspapers in Odia broadcast through Radio. To
and English language also mitigate the loneliness and fear felt
provided for awareness of inmates by the prisoners, 96 FM Radios
on day-to-day happenings of along with amplifier and 384
external world. speakers have been purchased for
Sub Jails at a cost of Rs.14.55
Competitions such as, song, lakh.
dance, quiz, debate, different
indoor sports etc are also being 14. Telangana: Provides different
organized among the inmates in types of Indoor and Outdoor games
order to encourage their to the prisoners. Specialized
participation. Trophies & training is provided in volley Ball by
Certificates are being awarded to recruiting one specialist coach.
them on different occasions like Best standards Volley Ball ground
Independence Day, Republic Day have been established in the
and Prison Formation Days Institutions for the recreation of
th
(10 December each year since Inmates and staff.
2020) as a part of correctional
measure and to maintain their 15. Uttar Pradesh: Various indoor and
positive mentality. outdoor games are organized in the
prison. Sports facilities were also
10. Punjab: The prisoners are provided to the inmates.
engaged in outdoor games such as
Volleyball, Badminton, etc. and 16. A & N Islands: A friendly inter
barracks Volley ball, Carrom,
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Chess, Badminton tournament was 1 UMOLA GHAR has been
organized inside the prison to ease inaugurated at District Jail, Barpeta
the mental stress and winners were on 29th January, 2021 and one
awarded prizes. UMOLA GHAR has been
inaugurated for the children of
As a recreational measure, time to female inmates in collaboration with
time moral education classes an NGO SMC'89.
comprising of Indian and Foreign
inmates are conducted inside the 2. Bihar: Everyday bhajan
prison on several occasions. programmes is organised by
During this session the inmates prisoners.
were made aware of legal aids,
educational/recreational activities Cultural Program is organised on
by the Prison Officials. many occasion like Republic day,
Holi, Independence day, Christmas
17. Delhi: The prisoner's participation day & others.
in games and sports activities
within the prisons took a big jump 3. Himachal Pradesh: All festivals
with the organization of inter-ward are being celebrated in the prisons.
and inter-jail competitions. In all the Cultural programmes are being
prisons, sports items like volleyball, organized to make inmates aware
cricket, basketball, kho-kho, of the importance of the day.
kabbaddi, chess, carom etc. are
available for prisoners. Spiritual activities, musical
instruments like harmonium,
Competitions in music, dance, dholak, chimta, tabla etc. are being
sher-o-shairi, quawali, painting, provided to the inmates for cultural
quiz etc. are also available for activities.
inmates.
4. Karnataka: A musical singing
18. Jammu & Kashmir: Sports competition resembles to "Sa Re
tournaments are organized for the Ga Ma Pa" conducted for
inmates. prisoners.
19. Puducherry: The convict prisoners A quiz competition "Savira

are involved in dance practice Rupayee Saradar" which
which was sponsored by the resembles to "Kaun Banega
Aurobindo Society (private NGO). Crorepati" conducted for prisoners.
Sports competitions and cultural

XI. Spiritual and Cultural Activity programs are conducted on
National festivals like Republic day,
1. Assam: Facilities have been Independence Day, Gandhi Jayanti
provided to the jail inmates to etc. Winners are awarded with
participate in the cultural activities prizes.
particularly on Independence Day
and Republic Day. Cultural Prayer being a routine system held
programmes on the occasion of on every morning before breakfast.
Bihu festival etc. are also arranged
in some jails.
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5. Madhya Pradesh: Spiritual and fruits & flower bearing plant with
cultural activities are provided to the collection of Forest
the prisoners. Department.
6. Maharashtra: Cultural Programs 11. Chandigarh: “Rashtriya Poshan

such as light music, classical music Maah” was celebrated in Ladies
& dance etc. are organized in the ward of Model Jail, Chandigarh.
prison on festivals such as Makar
Sankranti, Holi, Id-e-Milad, 12. Jammu & Kashmir: Cultural
Rakshabandan, Ganesh activities are being conducted on
Chathurthi, Dashera, Deepavali, routine basis for the prisoners.
Christmas, World Women‟s Day
etc. and on the occasion of
National Festivals (Republic Day XII. Assistance to Prisoners
and Independence Day) Prisoners
are allowed to perform and present A total of 1,359 prisoners were
their talent in various activities like provided financial assistance on their
Dance, Singing, Act & Plays, release in the country during the year
Poems, etc. 2021. A total of 1,62,654 prisoners were
given legal aid in the country during the
Marathi Language Conservation year 2021. Delhi has reported highest
Fortnight was celebrated among number of prisoners 79,274 who were
prisoners. given legal aid followed by Gujarat
(11,343) and Tamil Nadu (8,839) (Table
7. Odisha: Regional festivals like 10.4). Various measures adopted and
Rathyatra, Holi, Dewali, Shree as furnished by States/UTs to provide
Ganesh Puja, Nuakhai, Id-Ul-Fitre, legal aid to needy prisoners are
Christmas Day & New Year Day discussed below:
etc. are being allowed to celebrate
by the inmates in order to keep 1. Bihar: The Prison Panchayat is
them free from mental tension and held regularly for the prisoners.
to live them happily with dignity. Convicted inmates who earned
money done by work, that money is
8. Punjab: All festivals and events of distributed through their saving
national importance are celebrated bank accounts.
among the prisoners, for examples:
Diwali, Lorhi, Christmas, Republic Facility of Saloon has been made
day, Independence Day, etc. available for the Inmates.
Establishment of sanitary pad
9. Uttar Pradesh: Various cultural vending machine inside the woman
programmes were organized in the ward.
prison for the prisoners.
2. Chhattisgarh: According to the jail
10. A & N Islands: A Cultural rules, the work allocation is done
programmes were presented by the by the allocation committee
inmates inside the prison. according to the ability of the
As a part of 72nd Vanmahotsava, prisoner. The amount to be paid to
2021 celebration, a mass tree the prisoners in lieu of work is
plantation drive was organized by given to Kushal Bandi - Rs 75 per
the Prison Department and planted
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day and Unskilled Bandi - Rs 60 Wages paid to the prisoners has
per day. been enhanced as per the
Government order. Rs. 250 for
For speedy disposal of the cases of highly skilled prisoners, Rs. 225 for
the prisoners under consideration, skilled prisoners, Rs. 200 for semi-
the prisoner application is sent to skilled prisoners and Rs. 175 for
the Hon'ble Court. unskilled prisoners.
Except every second and third Jan - dhan accounts have been
Saturday of the month, Jail Adalat created for inmates and wages are
is held on the remaining Saturdays being transferred directly to their
for the prisoners. accounts.
3. Himachal Pradesh: Wages are Some prisoners are selected and

being provided to the inmates for trained to work as para legal
their rehabilitation and earning. volunteers (PLV‟s) to assist the co
prisoners.
Initiative to make prisons free from
smoke and prohibited intoxication 5. Madhya Pradesh: For speedy
substance have been undertaken. disposal of cases, Jail Adalats are
being regularly conducted in
4. Karnataka: To curb criminal prisons.
activities inside and outside the
prisons and for continuous Following Supreme Court
monitoring of criminal intelligence, guidelines [under Sec.436 Cr.P.C.]
„Prison specific Committees‟ under arrangements have been made for
the Chairmanship of respective those prisoners who have
Police Commissioners and completed more than half of their
Superintendents of Police have maximum sentence for regular
been formed for all the prisons in monitoring by judiciary. At present
the State. there is no such pending case.
To streamline the Prison Timely disposal of parole cases

administration in the State, a and appeals against parole orders
revised “Karnataka Prison & was ensured through continuous
Correctional Services Manual- monitoring.
2021” which is framed in line with
the Model Prison Manual, 2016 of 6. Odisha: Financial assistance of
the MHA has been approved by the Rs.5000/- (rupees five hundred)
government. Karnataka is again only is being paid from Prisoners‟
among the few States in the Welfare Fund to the prematurely
country to revise „Prisons and released Life Convicts at the time
Correctional services Manual‟ of release from prisons for their
based on the „Model Prison self-employment as an initiative of
Manual‟ of the MHA. rehabilitation.
140 convicted prisoners released Convicted prisoners are allowed to

prematurely on their good conduct avail furlough twice in a year .i.e., 2
during the year. weeks in 1st phase and 3 weeks in
2nd phase. Parole provision for a
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period of 30 days is also availed by with their mothers until they attain
the convicts on specific grounds as the age of six years, if they cannot
laid down in the said rule. be otherwise suitably taken care of.
Prisoners engaged in Prison
Provision of special leave for a Industries are being paid on the
period of 12 days is also there for basis of their classification, viz.,
convicts to attend the obsequies Skilled, Semi-Skilled and Unskilled,
ceremony, marriage of relatives, at the rate of Rs.200/-, Rs.180/-
and serious health issue of the andRs.160/- (per day per prisoner)
family members. respectively as wages.
7. Sikkim: Wages earned by the Sanction has been accorded for 15

convicts are sent to their family additional posts of Civil Assistant
members by Money Order, Bank or Surgeons to 9 Central Prisons, 3
through visitors. Special Prisons for Women and
District Jail & Borstal School. For
The prison administration ensures health care of Women Prisoners,
speedy trial of the cases of one post of Civil Assistant Surgeon
prisoners, ensuring receipt of has been created each in Special
Charge-sheet within the stipulated Prisons for Women, Madurai and
period of 60 or 90 days as the case Coimbatore.
may be. If not, ensure release of
prisoners on bail either with surety 9. Telangana: The loan facility is
or without surety. provided to the long term and life
convict prisoners for their family
8. Tamil Nadu: Women prisoners are needs from the Prisoners Welfare
examined by a woman assistant Fund. Also, counseling has been
surgeon and the observations are provided to Habitual offenders
recorded in the Medical Sheet at under “Unnati” Programme.
the time of admission and
afterwards. Priority is given to the 10. A & N Islands: A weekly Undertrial
day to day care of pregnant women Review Committee meeting is
prisoners. Gynaecological being held under the Chairmanship
examination is also conducted and of Ld. Session Judge, Andaman &
pre-natal and post-natal care is Nicobar Islands, Port Blair and no
given according to the undertrial found to consider the
requirements of each case. case under the purview of 436 (A)
Emergency Leave is granted to the CrPC.
pregnant prisoners for having
delivery outside the Prisons. 11. Chandigarh: “NyaySeva Kendra –
Sanitary Napkins are being One Stop Solution Centre for
provided to the female prisoners at female prisoners” was inaugurated
free of cost. As per rules in force, in female Ward of Model Jail,
female prisoners are allowed to Chandigarh.
keep their children with them in
12. Delhi: After release of convict on
prison until they attain the age of
expiry of their sentence, a
six years, if they cannot be placed
recommended amount is given by
with relatives or other persons who
the jail administration for self-
can take care of them properly.
employment and rehabilitation.
Children born in prison may remain
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During the lodgment of inmates, counseling. Apart from the formal
Rs. 3500/- for one Child and Rs. education with the NGO support,
6500/- for more children of inmates the classes in various languages
is given by jail administration. like Urdu, Punjabi, German, French
etc. are also held. Some of the
Provided basic need items like NGOs have trained selected
clothes, under garments, bath prisoners on various trades and
soap, washing soap, hair oil, tooth have been bringing job for them
brush and tooth paste etc. to 1593 against payment of remuneration.
needy/poor/ Non Mulakati inmates These prisoners are also
through Welfare Office. rehabilitated by them after their
release.
There is a washing plant where
convicts are deputed after getting a 4. Puducherry: The prisoners who
short training and all the heavy have completed 14 years of their
clothes like blanket, durries, etc. life imprisonment were released
are washed here. after forming board and approval
from the Home Department. The
The facility of Open air gym has released prisoners are advised to
been provided with view to live a good life and necessary
encourage all inmates to maintain arrangements are arranged from
their physical wellness as well as the private NGOs if they required.
following social distancing and
exercising other preventive &
precautionary measures during the XIV. Drug De- addiction Centre
ongoing period of pandemic.
1. Karnataka: De - addiction center is
functioning at central prison
XIII. NGO Bengaluru and ICTC center are
functioning at all central prisons.
1. Nagaland: Various counseling and
seminars by NGOs and Churches 2. Punjab: Drug de-addiction Centers
for the inmates. has been established in 8 Central
jails. Medicines, Laboratory
2. Punjab: The support of NGOs e.g.: equipment, E.C.G. Machines and
Art of Living etc. helps in Urine/Blood Test Kits are provided;
maintaining overall physical and De-addiction treatment is given to
mental development of the the addicted prisoners. Campaigns
inmates. on prevention of drugs are driven
by Superintendents in the jails, and
3. Delhi: Time to time counselling is to cure the drug-addicted inmates,
conducted for female inmates by sports material and literature books
DLSA officials, NGOs and Jail are being provided to them.
authority, to ease out their stress,
depression & avoid any reckless 3. Sikkim: De-addiction and
attempts to self-harm. Counselling program for all those
arrested under NDPS Act, Sikkim
NGOs participation is mainly Anti-Drugs Act and other drugs
concentrated in the field of related offences have begun in
education, vocation and both the prisons of the State.
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4. Delhi: 120 bedded De-Addiction Legal aid is being provided to the
Center (ISO Certification) are needy prisoners through panel
running efficiently inside the prison. lawyers appointed by District legal
Other De-addiction programmes services authority to Jail legal
like Alcoholic Anonymous are also clinics located in prison premises.
being run under close supervision
of Senior Specialist. 5. Sikkim: Timely appointment of
Legal Aid Counsels and filing of
appeals in High Court & Supreme
XV. Legal Aid Clinics Court within the stipulated appeal
period. Even the counsels are
1. Bihar: Legal Aid Clinic conducts replaced with another counsel, if
quarterly camps for under-trial not satisfied.
prisoners.
6. Tamil Nadu: To offer Free Legal
2. Chhattisgarh: Legal and Clinic has Aid services to the prisoners, Legal
Aid Cell has been established in all
been established by the Legal
Central Prisons, Special Prisons for
Services Authority in the jail in Women, District Jails and Sub Jails
which free legal aid is provided to for the benefit of the prisoners by
the prisoners. the Tamil Nadu State Legal
Services Authority.
3. Haryana: Legal Aid Clinics have
been established in all the 19 jails Prisoners Adalat have been
by the Haryana State Legal established in all Central Prisons
Services Authority and Legal and Special Prisons for Women to
Advocates visit all the jails on expedite the disposal of the petty
regular basis, twice a week. Efforts cases and prevent overcrowding in
are being made to provide legal-aid the Prisons. The Magistrates
to the needy prisoners through the regularly conduct Prisoners Adalat
Free Legal Aid Society. Legal Aid and dispose the cases of prisoners
Society members visit the jails who plead guilty.
regularly and undertake to defend
the cases of prisoners in the 7. Tripura: There was a Legal Aid
Courts. They also meet the Clinic established by DLSA, West
prisoners collectively and Tripura where all sorts of legal help
individually to listen to their are being provided to the inmates
problems and sort out their by the active help of DLSA & Jail
grievances as per rules. Authority.
4. Karnataka: One post of Legal 8. Uttar Pradesh: Free Legal Aid was
Advisor has been created at Prison provided to the prisoners by
Head Quarters for advising on legal organizing a weekly camp by the
matters. Legal Services Authority.
Legal awareness camps are held in 9. A & N Islands: Human Rights Day
prisons in coordination with district had celebrated in the premises of
legal services authority. District Prison, Prothrapur.
Superintendent (Prison) stressed
about the steps being taken by the
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Prison Administration to safeguard The Law students from law faculty
their legal rights. and national law university are
visiting the Jail to help in legal aid
The District Legal Service Authority activities.
(DLSA), A&N Islands has
established Legal Aid Clinics for Regular drafting of application /
inmates of District Prison, petition/ appeal of the prisoner by
Prothrapur and has empanelled the advocates and legal panchayat
lawyers/retainer lawyers for holding formed by the legal literate
legal aid clinics inside the prison. prisoners.
From the empanelled The matter for release of sick,
lawyers/retainer lawyers visited infirm or old aged inmates are
District Prison, Prothrapur and taken up with court.
conducted a legal aid clinic inside
the prison for legal related matters. Custody, parole to the convicts on
the occasion of marriage, death,
10. Delhi: A legal Aid Cell is serious illness etc. by the
functioning in each Jail which is Superintendent Jail is being done
being visited by the advocates through Legal Aid clinic.
deployed by Delhi State Legal
Service Authority as well as Delhi 11. Puducherry: Free legal aid
High Court Legal Service services provided to the prisoners
Committee. The Legal Aid Cell is to convey them their rights and
being regularly visited by duties during their admission and to
secretaries of District Legal give information for getting bail to
Services Committee who on their the undertrial prisoners and to the
visit are ensuring that effective convicts prisoners to file appeal to
legal aid mechanism exist for the the High Court.
welfare of prisoners. It is also
being ensured that every eligible
prisoner is able to file his appeal at XVI. Steps during the pandemic
the State expenses and such
prisoners are being regularly 1. Bihar: The year 2020-21 brought
counselled by the prison authorities about a new challenge for the
as well as by the visiting legal aid entire globe where the pandemic
counsel. affected the lives of millions of
A free Legal Aid Cell in each Jail is people around the globe. Despite
there in which the stationary items, of this unfavourable situation, the
typing material, books etc. prison administration tide over the
are provided by the Jail difficult situation with the
Department. participation and cooperation of its
dedicated workforce. The prison
Delhi Legal Services Authority administration ensured the
deployed adequate advocates who vaccination of all staffs and inmates
are visiting the legal aid cells of the by organizing regular and periodic
Jail and giving legal aid. The vaccination camp. The prison
advocate deployed by Delhi High administration ensured effective
Court Legal Service Committee is compliance of protocols issued by
also regularly visiting. the concerned authority from time
to time and thereby protecting all
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staffs and inmates with the deadly lakh masks were manufactured by
waves of the pandemic the Prison inmates in the last two
successfully. years. These masks are utilized not
only by the Prison Department but
2. Karnataka: With the intensity of also by the other State Government
pandemic coming down and 100% Departments.
vaccination of the prisoners and
prison staff in the State, a set of During the pandemic, Government
innovative initiatives for the holistic has simplified the Rules pertaining
reformation of the prisoners in all to Parole release of convict
the prisons in the State, named prisoners and delegated to the
„Navachethana’ has been respective Central Prisons Heads.
launched since August 2021. As a preventive measure in
These measures also include maintaining social distance during
sensitization and re-training of all pandemic period, an additional
the prison officers and staff in the accommodation for 1,672 prisoners
State and are expected to has been created.
transform the prisons in the State in
an unparalleled way. As a preventive measure to avoid
spreading of pandemic disease
Reformative measures under various equipment like infrared
„Navchethana‟, aim for improving thermometer, pulse oximeter, hand
the physical and mental wellbeing sanitizers, oxygen concentrator
as well as educational and skill machine, disinfection tunnel and
levels of the prisoners. These face shields etc. have been
measures also strive to enhance procured.
the self-esteem and productivity of
the prisoners and are designed to 3. Kerala: The Prison Department
bring more positive atmosphere in has extended its helping hand in
the prisons in the State. These preventing the pandemic by
innovative reformative measures undertaking the manufacture of
have been formulated after a face masks and sanitizers in the
detailed and focused study and various jails and supplying these
have been made system driven. items to the general public at a very
These new initiatives under low cost.
„Navchethana‟ are definitely
expected to bring a new meaning 4. Mizoram: Utmost care was taken
to the prison reforms in Karnataka during the pandemic. All prisoners
and can be replicated in prisons in were issued face masks and
other States also. sanitizers. Interviews and all
religious and cultural services were
Pandemic has been successfully also discontinued.
managed in all the Prisons in the
State. An additional grant of Rs 7 5. Nagaland: Preventive measure
Crores was provided to all the and awareness programmes are
prisons in the State to deal with the conducted for the inmates to make
pandemic. them aware of the pandemic.
An extraordinary initiative towards 6. Odisha: Though, pandemic effect

pandemic, where more than 12 declined to the minimum, the
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practice of regular hand wash, use through video conferencing
of mask, maintenance of social system using e-mulakat system.
distancing is still adhered as a  Common areas of prisons like
preventive measure. Prisoners are toilets, hospital, prison premises
also being shifted from are frequently sanitized.
overcrowded jails to less populated  The High Powered Committee
jails for decongestion as and when has been formed to address the
situation so arises. possibilities of granting bail to
prisoners as per the directions
7. Tamil Nadu: The following steps of Hon‟ble Supreme Court of
have been taken by this India.
Department in order to contain the  Utmost care is given to the
spread of pandemic in prisons: prisoners of old age, pregnant
 If any of the prisoners has women prisoners, prisoners
symptoms like cough, cold, with co-morbidities and children
fever, difficulty in breathing, of women prisoners of below 6
they are isolated and tested. If years age staying with their
they are tested positive, they mothers in women prisons.
are sent to the respective  As on 31.12.2021, 100% of
District Headquarter Hospitals convict and remand prisoners
immediately. were vaccinated with 1st dose;
 Pulse oxy meters, Thermal 91.23% of convict and 23.42%
scanners are placed at the of remand prisoners were
entrance of every prison and vaccinated with 2nd dose.
prison offices. All the Staff and
prisoners who are entering the 8. Telangana: Due to the Pandemic
prison are screened at the of, all precautionary measures
entrance. have been taken up in all Jails of
 Sufficient number of Telangana State, like conducting
Soaps/Sanitizers are made thorough medical screening,
available in prison and usage of frequent hand washing, providing
the same is mandated. face masks and sanitizer to every
 Prisoners who are deployed to prisoner, vaccination to all the
work in petrol bunk outlets have prisoners etc. to curb the situation.
been instructed to wear mask.
 Visitors are not allowed inside 9. Uttar Pradesh: Industrial centers
prisons. Transfer of prisoners were kept closed due to pandemic
other than administrative in district jail, but 4000 no‟s of
grounds was not considered masks were manufactured by the
temporarily during the peak prisoners and hand free foot
period of pandemic. operator and touch free sanitizer
 Prisoners are not allowed to dispenser stand machine was
gather at a single place. manufactured for the prisoners.
Prisoner‟s interview was
suspended temporarily during 10. Delhi: During the year 2021, Delhi
the peak period of pandemic. was facing second wave of the
 Prisoners were allowed to make pandemic. Following steps and
video calls through android practice were adopted by the
mobile phones that time. Prison Administration to control the
Interview is also allowed pandemic situation:-
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 Newly admitted inmates were B. Grievances
kept in quarantine/isolation.
 Intense cleaning and regular Prisoners who are denied of their
sanitization of jail. lawful right or subjected to cruelty can
 Distribution of two washable approach and file complaints with
face masks amongst the Magistrates, Prison Authorities, Human
inmates. Rights Commissions, etc.
 Distribution of clean cloths and
daily utility kits amongst the I. Complaints to National
inmates for personal hygiene. Human Right Commission
 Maintenance of social (NHRC):
distancing amongst inmates.
 Awareness of inmates A total of 290, 355 and 376
personally as well as through complaints were received by NHRC
PA system regarding Do‟s and from prisoners or others (in-favor of
Don‟ts of protocol. the prisoners, others can also lodge
 Regular monitoring of medical complaints) in 2019, 2020 and 2021
status of inmates. respectively, showing a increase of
22.4% in 2020 over 2019 and an
 Regular counseling of inmates
increase of 5.9% in 2021 over 2020
from the volunteers of Mental
(Chart 10.3).
Health Foundation.
 The facility of Open air gym has
During the year 2021, highest
been provided with view to
number of complaints were received
encourage all inmates to
from the prisoners (or in-favor of the
maintain their physical wellness
prisoners others can also lodge
as well as following social
complaints) of the States/UTs of Delhi
distancing and exercising other
(92), Tamil Nadu (65) and Punjab (44).
preventive & precautionary
measures during the ongoing
A total of 199, 164 and 376
period of the pandemic.
complaints of prisoners were disposed
of by the NHRC in 2019, 2020 and
11. Jammu & Kashmir: During the 3rd
2021 respectively, showing a decrease
Wave of Pandemic all necessary
of 17.6% in 2020 over 2019 and an
steps were taken to secure health
increase of 129.3% in 2021 over 2020.
of Staff & Inmates. Inmates
A total of 166 complaints from
affected by the pandemic were
prisoners were pending with NHRC for
given necessary treatment &
suitable action (Table 10.6).
immunity boosting medicines were
provided to all inmates through
II. Complaints to State Human
AYUSH. Inmates were granted
Rights Commission (SHRC):
special parole as a welfare
measure. Face Masks were
A total of 464, 405 and 470
manufactured by Inmates which
complaints were received by SHRC
were used by Staff, Inmates &
from prisoners or Others (in-favour of
general public. All Inmates & Staff
the prisoners, other persons can also
were fully vaccinated.
lodge complaints) in 2019, 2020 and
2021 respectively, showing a decrease
of 12.7% in 2020 over 2019 and an
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increase of 16.0% in 2021 over 2020. respectively, showing a decrease of
(Chart 10.3). 43.4% in 2020 over 2019 and an
increase of 165.2% in 2021 over 2020.
The highest number of
complaints of prisoners was received by A total of 180 complaints from
the respective SHRC of the States of prisoners were pending with respective
Punjab (165), West Bengal (79) and SHRC for suitable action. Highest
Madhya Pradesh (57). number of such prisoner‟s complaints
A total of 279, 158 and 419 was pending with SHRC of the States
complaints of prisoners were disposed- of Punjab (92), Bihar (32) and Madhya
off by SHRC in 2019, 2020 and 2021 Pradesh (18) (Table 10.6).
500 464 470

450 419
2019 2020 2021 405
400 376 376
355
350
290 279
300
250
199
200 164 158
150
100
50
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 2019-2021
Chart – 10.3
Some good practices adopted and Under trail review committee

as furnished by States towards setting (UTRC) are functioning in all
up of the Grievance Redressal System prisons under the chairmanship of
are discussed below: respective session judge. UTRC
meetings were held frequently to
1. Karnataka: Grievances boxes are review the cases of under trail
being installed in all prisons prisoners under 436A CrPC.
facilitating inmates to put forth their
grievances in writing through these 2. Kerala: Public Address system has
boxes. been installed in Major Jails of
Kerala. A Handbook containing of
Prisoners are given opportunity to rights and duties of the prison
present their grievances before inmates is being issued to each
senior visiting officers who visits prisoner at the time of admission.
prisons.
The Complaint Boxes have been
installed in each block where
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prisoners can put their complaints. Director General of Police/ Director
These complaint boxes are opened General of Prisons & Correctional
in every month under the Services and Range Deputy
supervision of District Sessions Inspector General of Prisons
Court. These boxes are taken to enquire each and every prisoner
the Magistrate court every month and take prompt action to redress
and appropriate action is taken as their grievances. The
per the merit of each complaint. Superintendent of Prisons conducts
The Director General, of Prisons & Inspection Parade of all prisoners
Correctional Services periodically every week and hears the
visits the various jails in the State grievances of the prisoners and
and directly collects the complaints redresses them.
from the prisoners.
6. A & N Islands: Personal
3. Punjab: Helpline 181 (samadhan) grievances relating to the prisoners
for grievance redressal of prisoners family matter, legal matter etc.
is provided for the inmates. were heard and discussed during
the session conducted by prison
4. Rajasthan: The District & Sessions officials.
Judge conducts surprise inspection
and hear the grievances of 7. Delhi: A prisoner grievance cell is
prisoners. Nominated High Court working effectively under the
lawyers are conducting surprise charge of Petition Officer and
inspection and hear the grievances immediate remedial steps are
of prisoners with Deputy Collectors taken on the complaint/grievances
and nominated lawyers visit jails to of the prisoners. Prisoners have
check the hygiene and other been provided facilities to write
facilities. complaints and send them to senior
officers either through fixed
5. Tamil Nadu: Considering the complaint boxes located at
importance of redressal of convenient places in the jails or
grievances of prisoners, sealed even through the mobile petition
complaint boxes have been box meant for petitions addressed
installed in all the Central prisons to to D.G., which is taken to all the
enable the prisoners to ventilate enclosures in the Jails every day.
their grievances. These boxes are Petition boxes are taken in the jails
opened by the District and by the staff deployed at the prison
Sessions Judge on the first working headquarters and the key of the
day of every month and complaints boxes are handled by the office of
are forwarded to the appropriate the DG (Prisons). Jail
authorities for action. Superintendent, Deputy
Superintendent and even senior
Apart from this, Sessions Judges officers have frequent meetings
and Chief Judicial Magistrates with the prisoners openly where
make surprise visits to prisons prisoner grievances are listened
once in a month to check the carefully and solutions provided.
quality of food and other facilities
provided to the prisoners and   
enquire into their grievances.
During the annual inspections, the
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Table – 10.1
Details of Educational facilities for prisoners during the year 2021
No. of prisoners benefitted by
Sl.
State/UT
No.
Elementary Education Adult Education Higher Education Computer Course
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

3 ASSAM 530 261 52 150
4 BIHAR 8923 7470 802 154
5 CHHATTISGARH 1435 372 337 550
6 GOA 0 0 9 0
7 GUJARAT 793 706 909 35
8 HARYANA 1028 1127 801 375
10 JHARKHAND 1023 716 357 32
11 KARNATAKA 874 3172 53 90
12 KERALA 878 87 76 44
13 MADHYA PRADESH 1110 4498 395 90
14 MAHARASHTRA 251 965 677 224
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 4 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 379 832 535 155
20 PUNJAB 119 16 150 12
21 RAJASTHAN 1379 296 335 121
22 SIKKIM 0 0 1 0
23 TAMIL NADU 5856 1127 889 3
24 TELANGANA 6954 3768 263 628
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 3480 5292 4101 1162
28 WEST BENGAL 1033 576 16 40
TOTAL (STATES) 37455 31816 11171 3984
29 A & N ISLANDS 2 3 0 0
32 DELHI 1189 422 2719 224
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 93 274 158 142
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 1329 728 2912 366
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 38784 32544 14083 4350
• As per data provided by States/UTs.
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Table – 10.2
Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings under Vocational Course
Making % share of
Sl. Agri- Carp- Cann- Tailor- of Soap Hand- Total
State/UT Weav-ing Others Total
No. culture entry ing ing and loom Vocational
Phenyl Trg.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 48 10 0 108 20 24 8 677 895 2.28
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 15 12 12 10 30 34 12 26 151 0.38
4 BIHAR 1029 18 345 256 46 30 50 1178 2952 7.51
5 CHHATTISGARH 75 249 0 254 245 21 210 126 1180 3.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 182 89 15 92 183 9 9 552 1131 2.88
8 HARYANA 176 400 212 115 14 3 0 1376 2296 5.84
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 16 27 2 47 65 4 40 38 239 0.61
10 JHARKHAND 635 41 0 150 245 123 317 1225 2736 6.96
11 KARNATAKA 333 38 0 304 45 37 78 658 1493 3.80
12 KERALA 828 72 25 342 97 123 93 794 2374 6.04
13 MADHYA PRADESH 181 250 27 306 485 0 265 573 2087 5.31
14 MAHARASHTRA 23 113 40 51 49 8 16 199 499 1.27
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 7 22 0.06
16 MEGHALAYA 22 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 54 0.14
17 MIZORAM 4 5 0 5 3 1 5 1 24 0.06
18 NAGALAND 13 23 17 13 4 9 12 4 95 0.24
19 ODISHA 209 0 0 32 0 85 0 585 911 2.32
20 PUNJAB 3 164 0 112 190 23 0 384 876 2.23
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 329 1768 0 0 2540 4637 11.80
22 SIKKIM 16 12 0 5 0 0 0 83 116 0.30
23 TAMIL NADU 88 20 0 159 159 108 28 490 1052 2.68
24 TELANGANA 145 92 0 284 110 79 41 466 1217 3.10
25 TRIPURA 34 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 44 0.11
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1508 216 10 2483 2109 15 90 759 7190 18.29
27 UTTARAKHAND 76 28 0 18 24 0 20 144 310 0.79
28 WEST BENGAL 41 1 0 51 0 2 0 63 158 0.40
TOTAL (STATES) 5700 1907 707 5535 5891 740 1301 12958 34739 88.37
29 A & N ISLANDS 22 13 15 4 15 0 8 0 77 0.20
30 CHANDIGARH 56 26 6 52 0 0 0 176 316 0.80
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
32 DELHI 0 117 0 466 57 0 0 3124 3764 9.57
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 26 0 58 23 0 67 228 402 1.02
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.04
TOTAL (UTs) 93 182 21 580 95 0 75 3528 4574 11.63
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5793 2089 728 6115 5986 740 1376 16486 39313 100.00
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Table – 10.3
Value of Goods Produced by Inmates during the year 2021
Sl.
State/UT Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings (` In Crore )
No.
(1) (2) (3)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8.65
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.00
3 ASSAM 0.16
4 BIHAR 12.87
5 CHHATTISGARH 2.43
6 GOA 0.00
7 GUJARAT 11.24
8 HARYANA 1.41
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.45
10 JHARKHAND 9.01
11 KARNATAKA 3.35
12 KERALA 7.17
13 MADHYA PRADESH 2.44
14 MAHARASHTRA 12.75
15 MANIPUR 0.00
16 MEGHALAYA 0.00
17 MIZORAM 0.07
18 NAGALAND 0.00
19 ODISHA 1.86
20 PUNJAB 1.33
21 RAJASTHAN 1.67
22 SIKKIM 0.04
23 TAMIL NADU 65.17
24 TELANGANA 41.61
25 TRIPURA 0.02
26 UTTAR PRADESH 15.40
27 UTTARAKHAND 0.61
28 WEST BENGAL 8.43
TOTAL (STATES) 210.16
29 A & N ISLANDS 0.00
30 CHANDIGARH 8.53
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0.00
32 DELHI 19.32
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.23
34 LADAKH 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 28.09
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 238.25
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Table – 10.4
Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners during the year 2021
Rehabilitation Support Other Support
No. of prisoners to Wages paid per day to
Sl. whom financial No. of convicts No. of prisoners to whom legal convicts ( in ` )
State/UT
No assistance provided rehabilitated aid provided
on release Semi Un-
Skilled
Skilled skilled
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 731 53 0 784 200 180 160
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 15 0 145 75 - 55
3 ASSAM 31 8 0 39 67 25 0 92 3102 651 0 3753 M-75, F-100 M-55, F-80 -
4 BIHAR 54 2 0 56 0 0 0 0 3594 213 0 3807 156 112 103
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4695 438 0 5133 75 - 60
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 25 5 0 30 45 7 0 52 80 60 50
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 11006 333 4 11343 100 80 70
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1753 160 6 1919 60 50 40
9 #
HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 43 382 18 0 400 - - 300
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3688 372 0 4060 144 113 91
11 $
KARNATAKA 16 1 0 17 163 2 0 165 3545 193 0 3738 225 200 175
12 KERALA 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4516 313 0 4829 152 127 63
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3883 102 1 3986 120 - 72
14 MAHARASHTRA 150 3 0 153 29 0 0 29 6121 706 18 6845 67 61 48
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 40 30
16 MEGHALAYA 223 0 0 223 0 0 0 0 450 5 0 455 148.40 140.70 132.30
17 MIZORAM 64 0 0 64 398 0 0 398 752 127 0 879 30 24 20
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 2 0 106 135 125 115
19 ODISHA 13 2 0 15 0 2 0 2 1052 87 0 1139 70 60 50
20 PUNJAB 245 0 0 245 25 0 0 25 4563 440 0 5003 60 50 40
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 78 35 0 113 1752 43 0 1795 180 - 156
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 1 0 158 40 30 30
23 TAMIL NADU 100 8 0 108 543 31 0 574 7768 1071 0 8839 200 180 160
24 TELANGANA 12 0 0 12 312 0 0 312 1117 82 0 1199 70 50 30
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 14 0 123 33 28 24
26 UTTAR PRADESH 314 25 0 339 12 0 0 12 6250 244 1 6495 40 30 25
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1729 103 0 1832 67 52 44
28 WEST BENGAL 5 0 0 5 35 2 0 37 3824 216 0 4040 100 90 80
TOTAL (STATES) 1234 49 0 1283 1734 102 0 1836 76818 6009 30 82857 - - -
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 54 20 0 0 20 110 - 87
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 7 0 307 110 100 90
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
32 DELHI 71 5 0 76 15 3 0 18 71167 8065 42 79274 308 248 194
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 165 9 0 174 72 - 60
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 20 2 0 22 180 160 150
TOTAL (UTs) 71 5 0 76 79 3 0 82 71672 8083 42 79797 - - -
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1305 54 0 1359 1813 105 0 1918 148490 14092 72 162654 - - -
# 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 2021
No. of NGOs No. of NGOs
working working Medical Counselling by NGOs Legal Counselling by NGOs
Sl.
State/UT exclusively for exclusively for
No.
Prison Welfare of
Reforms Women Prisoners M F Tr. Total M F Tr. Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 23 13 625 105 0 730 1720 365 0 2085
4 BIHAR 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 25 8 967 30 0 997 448 16 0 464
8 HARYANA 20 8 4747 177 1 4925 4247 149 0 4396
10 JHARKHAND 4 5 67 5 0 72 225 200 0 425
11 KARNATAKA 44 9 1030 77 0 1107 1823 53 0 1876
12 KERALA 36 13 2638 71 0 2709 1224 314 0 1538
13 MADHYA PRADESH 39 6 1540 5 0 1545 250 16 0 266
14 MAHARASHTRA 78 19 3393 95 0 3488 2465 489 19 2973
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 3 0 16 0 0 16 121 4 0 125
17 MIZORAM 11 2 25 32 0 57 115 118 0 233
18 NAGALAND 6 0 456 34 0 490 340 22 0 362
19 ODISHA 42 20 390 33 0 423 707 99 0 806
20 PUNJAB 17 3 174 57 0 231 189 17 0 206
21 RAJASTHAN 24 13 783 15 0 798 30 0 0 30
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 16 2 33686 143 0 33829 3179 94 0 3273
24 TELANGANA 1 0 8 0 0 8 44 0 0 44
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 96 52 7470 1339 0 8809 6448 269 0 6717
27 UTTARAKHAND 4 4 210 0 0 210 0 5 0 5
28 WEST BENGAL 15 7 323 62 0 385 3197 688 12 3897
TOTAL (STATES) 535 196 58548 2280 1 60829 26772 2918 31 29721
29 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 74 3 0 77 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 44 6 2853 11536 23 14412 1997 3512 10 5519
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 52 6 2927 11539 23 14489 1997 3512 10 5519
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 587 202 61475 13819 24 75318 28769 6430 41 35240
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Table – 10.6
Number of complaints received by various Commissions
and their disposals during the year 2021
National Human Rights Commission (N H R C) State Human Rights Commission (S H R C)
% of % of
No. of No. of
Sl. Complaint Complaint
State/UT No. of Complaints No. of No. of Complaints No. of
No. Disposed Disposed off
Complaints Disposed Complaints Complaints Disposed Complaints
off to Total to Total
Received Off during Pending Received Off during Pending
Complaints Complaints
the year the year
Received Received
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 1 0.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 2 2 0 100.0 3 3 0 100.0
4 BIHAR 40 8 35 20.0 42 14 32 33.3
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 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 0 100.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 1 100.0 1 1 0 100.0
10 JHARKHAND 11 5 6 45.5 0 0 0 0.0
11 KARNATAKA 4 0 4 0.0 7 30 7 428.6
12 KERALA 25 25 0 100.0 27 27 0 100.0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 3 5 0 166.7 57 99 18 173.7
14 MAHARASHTRA 5 4 5 80.0 4 8 1 200.0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
19 ODISHA 40 57 0 142.5 9 1 8 11.1
20 PUNJAB 44 12 32 27.3 165 73 92 44.2
21 RAJASTHAN 11 11 1 100.0 40 39 3 97.5
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
23 TAMIL NADU 65 74 23 113.8 22 31 1 140.9
24 TELANGANA 1 0 3 0.0 0 0 1 0.0
25 TRIPURA 1 2 0 200.0 0 0 0 0.0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 15 12 10 80.0 2 2 0 100.0
27 UTTARAKHAND 8 3 15 37.5 8 5 16 62.5
28 WEST BENGAL 7 87 0 1242.9 79 83 0 105.1
TOTAL (STATES) 283 309 135 109.2 470 419 180 89.1
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
32 DELHI 92 66 31 71.7 0 0 0 0.0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0.0 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) 93 67 31 72.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 376 376 166 100.0 470 419 180 89.1
242
SC/ST Commission OBC Commission
% of % of
No. of No. of
the year the year
Received Received
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 100.0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 1 1 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
23 TAMIL NADU 3 3 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (STATES) 4 4 0 100.0 1 1 0 100.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0.0 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) 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4 4 0 100.0 1 1 0 100.0
243
Other Commissions Total
% of % of
No. of No. of
the year the year
Received Received
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 1 100.0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.0 5 5 0 100.0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0.0 82 22 67 26.8
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 0 0 0 0.0 3 3 0 100.0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0.0 11 5 6 45.5
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0.0 11 30 11 272.7
12 KERALA 5 5 0 100.0 58 58 0 100.0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 61 105 18 172.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0.0 9 12 6 133.3
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0.0 49 58 8 118.4
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0.0 209 85 124 40.7
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0.0 51 50 4 98.0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0.0 90 108 24 120.0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 4 0.0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 200.0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 18 18 0 100.0 35 32 10 91.4
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0.0 16 8 31 50.0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0.0 86 170 0 197.7
TOTAL (STATES) 23 23 0 100.0 781 756 315 96.8
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0.0 92 66 31 71.7
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 100.0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0.0 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) 0 0 0 0.0 93 67 31 72.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 23 23 0 100.0 874 823 346 94.2
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Chapter 11
Prison Staff
– Strength
and Training
Chapter – 11
Prison Staff-Strength and Training
Sanctioned and Actual strength of jail at the end of the year 2021. Bihar has
officials reported the highest number of vacant
executive staff post (2,605) followed by
Prisons Staff Strength, based on
Uttar Pradesh (2,050) and Punjab (1,703)
their duties and responsibilities, are
accounting for 13.8%, 10.9 % and 9.0%
categorized into the following five
of the total vacant post of 18,852 (Chart
categories: Executive, Medical,
11.1, Table 11.3).
Correctional, Ministerial and Others.
II. Correctional Staff
Information on the sanctioned
strength as well as actual strength of the A total of 886 Correctional staff was
staff in various jails as on 31st December, actually posted in Indian jails against the
2021 is presented in Table 11.1 showing sanctioned strength of 1,391 at the end of
that Nagaland (99.7%) and Arunachal the year 2021. Bihar has reported the
Pradesh (90.9%) have filled more than highest number of vacant correctional staff
90% of the sanctioned posts. State/UT post (128) followed by Maharashtra (86)
wise comparison of vacant post shows and Odisha (67) accounting for 25.3%,
that Bihar has reported the highest number 17.0% and 13.3% of the total vacant post
of vacancies (3,980) followed by Uttar of 505 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3). States
Pradesh (2,904) and Jharkhand (1,969). having no correctional staff are Andhra
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,
An analysis of the sanctioned and Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarkhand,
actual posted staff strength in jails shows DNH & Daman & Diu, Ladakh,
that the actual strength of the jail staff Lakshadweep, Goa, Puducherry, Punjab
posted against the sanctioned strength in and Haryana.
Ladakh (16.9%), Jharkhand (40.7%),
Sikkim (47.7%), Punjab (53.7%), Bihar III. Medical Staff
(53.8%), Uttarakhand (57.3%), Jammu & A total of 2080 Medical staff was
Kashmir (57.7%), Tripura (60.4%), Assam actually posted in Indian jails against
(61.4%), Goa (62.4%), Gujarat (64.5%), sanctioned strength of 3,497 at the end of
Chhattisgarh (66.4%), Haryana (66.7%), A the year 2021. Bihar has reported the
& N Islands (68.2%), Andhra Pradesh highest number of vacant medical staff
(71.0%) and Mizoram (71.5%), is much post (244) followed by Uttar Pradesh (201)
lower than the All India average and West Bengal (145) accounting for
percentage (72.0%). 17.2%, 0.1% and 0.1 each of the total
vacant post of 1,417 (Chart 11.1, Table
Jail Officials
11.3).
I. Executive Staff
IV. Ministerial Staff
A total of 54,955 executive staffs
including 5,382 Officers and 49,573 sub- A total of 3,433 Ministerial Staff was
cadre staff were actually posted in Indian actually posted in Indian jails against
jails against sanctioned strength of 73,807 sanctioned strength of 5,363 at the end of
the year 2021. Punjab has reported the
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highest number of vacant ministerial staff 10.4% and 8.9% of the total vacant post of
posts (225) followed by Bihar (200) and 1,930 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3).
Maharashtra (171) accounting for 11.7%,
80000 73807
70000
Sanctioned Actual
60000 54955
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000 5363 3433 3497 2080 5421 3095

1391 886
0
Executive Staff Ministerial Staff Medical Staff Correctional Staff Others
Sanctioned & Actual Strength of Jail Staff in the Country as on 31st December, 2021
Chart 11.1
Number of Inmates per Staff as on inmates) and Assam (13) for each staff in
31st December, 2021 their jails (729 jail staff, 10,079 inmates).
At all India level, there were 8 inmates for
The prison institutions are each jail staff in all jails in the country
managed by five categories of personnel (Table 11.2).
viz., executive staff, ministerial staff,
correctional staff, medical staff and other II. Number of Inmates per
staff. The number of inmates per official Correctional Staff
is a real indicator of how well inmates are
looked after in the prisons. The number A few States having more than
of inmates per jail official, correctional 2,000 inmates with no correctional staff
staff and medical staff is given in i.e. Andhra Pradesh (7,950 inmates),
Table 11.2. Haryana (24,158 inmates), Punjab
(26,146 inmates) and Uttarakhand
I. Number of Inmates per Jail Staff (6,921). Rajasthan, Jharkhand,
Telangana and Tripura have only one
As on 31st December 2021 a total
correctional staff for 22,938, 21,257,
of 5,54,034 inmates were lodged in
7,316 and 1,033 inmates respectively.
various jails of the country. Also, the Nagaland has only two correctional staff
actual strength of executive jail staff was for 500 inmates.
54,955 in various prisons. Among all the
States, Jharkhand has reported the III. Number of Inmates per Medical
highest number of Inmates (19) for each Staff
staff in their jails (1,100 jail staff, 21,257
inmates) followed by Bihar (14) for each Uttar Pradesh has reported 1
staff in their jails (4,639 jail staff, 66,879 medical staff per 643 inmates (183
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medical staff, 1,17,789 inmates) followed Haryana (493) inmates (49 medical staff,
Maharashtra (504) inmates (73 medical 24,158 inmates) as on 31st December,
staff, 36,853 inmates), Karnataka (499) 2021. D&N Haveli & Daman & Diu and
inmates (31 medical staff, 15,473 Lakshadweep reported no medical staff.
inmates) and Uttarakhand (494) inmates
(14 medical staff, 6,921 inmates) and
JHARKHAND 19
BIHAR 14
UTTAR PRADESH 13
ASSAM 13
CHHATTISGARH 12
DNH & DAMAN DIU 11
UTTARAKHAND 11
PUNJAB 11
ODISHA 9
MAHARASHTRA 8
MADHYA PRADESH 8
HARYANA 8
WEST BENGAL 7
JAMMU & KASHMIR 6
DELHI 6
RAJASTHAN 6
GUJARAT 6
CHANDIGARH 5
TELANGANA 4 At National Level:
8 Inmates per Staff in all jails in India
SIKKIM 4
(as on 31st December, 2021)
MEGHALAYA 4
KARNATAKA 4
HIMACHAL PRADESH 4
ANDHRA PRADESH 4
TAMIL NADU 3
MIZORAM 3
KERALA 3
GOA 3
PUDUCHERRY 2
A & N ISLANDS 2
TRIPURA 2
LADAKH 1
MANIPUR 1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Number of Inmates per Staff for each State/UT
Chart 11.2
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Women Staff highest number of women staff in their Jail
Actual strength of women jail Department (1,039) followed by Karnataka
officials of different ranks (State/UT-wise) (1,024) and Bihar (999). The status of
is given in Table-11.4. A total of 8,881 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 13.6
JHARKHAND 8.5
PUNJAB 6.4
GOA 6.3
UTTAR PRADESH 5.6
CHHATTISGARH 5.3
ASSAM 4.6
CHANDIGARH 4.6
HARYANA 4.6
WEST BENGAL 4.0
GUJARAT 3.3
BIHAR 3.1
TELANGANA 2.9
ODISHA 2.8
ANDHRA PRADESH 2.6
JAMMU & KASHMIR 2.3
MAHARASHTRA 2.2
MADHYA PRADESH 1.8
TRIPURA 1.8
DELHI 1.7
MIZORAM 1.1
TAMIL NADU 1.1
PUDUCHERRY 1.1
RAJASTHAN 1.0
MANIPUR 0.9
A & N ISLANDS 0.9
MEGHALAYA 0.7
KERALA 0.7
KARNATAKA 0.6
SIKKIM 0.2
NAGALAND 0.2
LAKSHADWEEP 0.0
LADAKH 0.0
DNH & DAMAN DIU 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Number of Women Inmates for Each Woman Staff
Chart 11.3
248
Training of Jail Officers/Staff Trend of Staff Strength
(Refresher / Specialized /
Re-orientation Courses) during the During the period 2016-2021, the
year 2021 sanctioned strength of Jail staff has
increased by 9.7% (from 81,568 in 2016
Among the States/UTs, Karnataka to 89,479 in 2021). However, the actual
has reported highest share of 155.1% in strength of jail staff has increased by
training its Jail staffs (refresher/ 20.8% (increased from 53,370 in 2016 to
specialized/ re-orientation) during 2021 64,449 in 2021) (Chart 11.4). As on
followed by Delhi (29.0%), Gujarat 31.12.2016, the number of vacant posts
(28.1%) and Madhya Pradesh (28.0%) was 28,198 which has declined to 25,030
(Table 11.5) as on 31st December, 2021.
100000
Figures in % 89479
indicates growth 90000 9.7%
percentage 81568
during 2016- 80000
2021.
70000 64449
20.8%
60000
53370
50000
40000
28198 -11.2%
30000 25030
20000
10000
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sanctioned Strength 81568 83288 85840 87610 87961 89479
Actual Strength 53370 57307 60024 60737 61296 64449
Vacant 28198 25987 25816 26873 26671 25030

st
Trend of Sanctioned Strength, Actual Strength and Vacant Strength of

Jail Staff/Officials during 2016-2021
Chart 11.4
  
249
Table – 11.1
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff as on 31 st December, 2021
Total Jail Staff
Sl. % of actual to
State/UT
No. Sanctioned Actual Vacant sanctioned
strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2637 1872 765 70.99
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 187 170 17 90.91
3 ASSAM 1188 729 459 61.36
4 BIHAR 8619 4639 3980 53.82
5 CHHATTISGARH 2468 1638 830 66.37
6 GOA 274 171 103 62.41
7 GUJARAT 3707 2389 1318 64.45
8 HARYANA 4093 2731 1362 66.72
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 755 585 170 77.48
10 JHARKHAND 2701 1100 1601 40.73
11 KARNATAKA 4248 3202 1046 75.38
12 KERALA 2403 2137 266 88.93
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6902 5587 1315 80.95
14 MAHARASHTRA 5068 4226 842 83.39
15 MANIPUR 579 507 72 87.56
16 MEGHALAYA 292 230 62 78.77
17 MIZORAM 431 308 123 71.46
18 NAGALAND 583 581 2 99.66
19 ODISHA 2898 2132 766 73.57
20 PUNJAB 4251 2282 1969 53.68
21 RAJASTHAN 4438 3375 1063 76.05
22 SIKKIM 199 95 104 47.74
23 TAMIL NADU 5452 4779 673 87.66
24 TELANGANA 1927 1543 384 80.07
25 TRIPURA 675 408 267 60.44
26 UTTAR PRADESH 11461 9052 2409 78.98
27 UTTARAKHAND 1030 590 440 57.28
28 WEST BENGAL 4785 3566 1219 74.52
TOTAL (STATES) 84251 60624 23627 71.96
29 A & N ISLANDS 148 101 47 68.24
30 CHANDIGARH 203 157 46 77.34
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU * 18 16 2 88.89
32 DELHI 3250 2617 633 80.52
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1415 817 598 57.74
34 LADAKH 71 12 59 16.9
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 105 18 85.37
TOTAL (UTs) 5228 3825 1403 73.16
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 89479 64449 25030 72.03
* 6 officer posts are on additional charge.
250
Table 11.2
Number of Inmates Per Staff as on 31st December, 2021
Jail Officials Correctional Staff Medical Staff Total No.
Total Prison
of
Total No. of No. of Staff
No. of inmates
Sl. Number inmates inmates (including per prison
State/UT No. of inmates No. of No. of
No. of ministerial
per per staff (Col
Inmates Staff per jail Staff Staff staff and
correctio- medical 3/
official others)
nal Staff staff Col 10)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7950 1572 5 0 - 44 180 1872 4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 251 135 1 0 - 9 27 170 1
3 ASSAM 10079 651 15 17 592 40 251 729 13
4 BIHAR 66879 3823 17 261 256 246 271 4639 14
5 CHHATTISGARH 20061 1495 13 46 436 56 358 1638 12
6 GOA 551 141 3 0 - 2 275 171 3
7 GUJARAT 16597 2068 8 5 3319 87 190 2389 6
8 HARYANA 24158 2369 10 0 - 49 493 2731 8
10 JHARKHAND 21257 907 23 1 21257 79 269 1100 19
11 KARNATAKA 15473 2850 5 23 672 31 499 3202 4
12 KERALA 7111 1921 3 27 263 39 182 2137 3
13 MADHYA PRADESH 48513 4994 9 65 746 103 471 5587 8
14 MAHARASHTRA 36853 3711 9 101 364 73 504 4226 8
15 MANIPUR 611 336 1 0 - 31 19 507 1
16 MEGHALAYA 1089 156 6 0 - 18 60 230 4
17 MIZORAM 1116 245 4 0 - 9 124 308 3
18 NAGALAND 500 434 1 2 250 5 100 581 0
19 ODISHA 20804 1737 11 94 221 102 203 2132 9
20 PUNJAB 26146 1988 13 0 - 62 421 2282 11
21 RAJASTHAN 22938 2936 7 1 22938 118 194 3375 6
22 SIKKIM 434 83 5 0 - 5 86 95 4
23 TAMIL NADU 18015 3787 4 91 197 119 151 4779 3
24 TELANGANA 7316 1094 6 1 7316 27 270 1543 4
25 TRIPURA 1033 340 3 1 1033 12 86 408 2
26 UTTAR PRADESH 117789 7958 14 44 2677 183 643 9052 13
27 UTTARAKHAND 6921 538 12 0 - 14 494 590 11
28 WEST BENGAL 25769 3244 7 46 560 72 357 3566 7
TOTAL (STATES) 529090 52025 10 830 637 1646 321 60624 8
29 A & N ISLANDS 267 59 4 1 267 6 44 101 2
30 CHANDIGARH 897 127 7 14 64 6 149 157 5
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 185 16 11 0 - 0 - 16 11
32 DELHI 18295 2049 8 22 831 343 53 2617 6
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4970 575 8 19 261 76 65 817 6
34 LADAKH 20 10 2 0 - 1 20 12 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 5 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 305 94 3 0 - 2 152 105 2
TOTAL (UTs) 24944 2930 8 56 445 434 57 3825 6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 554034 54955 10 886 625 2080 266 64449 8
- indicates No Staff
251
Table – 11.3
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31 st December, 2021
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 20
4 BIHAR 1 1 2 0 5 2 65 58
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 1 1 1 1 1 17 7
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
7 GUJARAT 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 3
8 HARYANA 3 3 1 0 1 0 22 20
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 22
11 KARNATAKA 1 1 5 3 0 0 16 14
12 KERALA 1 1 4 4 0 0 7 7
13 MADHYA PRADESH 3 1 5 3 0 0 53 27
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 1 5 3 0 0 10 4
15 MANIPUR 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 MEGHALAYA 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 5
17 MIZORAM 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 8
18 NAGALAND 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5
19 ODISHA 2 2 5 5 1 1 20 19
20 PUNJAB 1 1 4 4 1 1 10 7
21 RAJASTHAN 3 3 3 3 0 0 29 14
22 SIKKIM 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1
23 TAMIL NADU 1 1 6 6 0 0 13 10
24 TELANGANA 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 4
25 TRIPURA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1 1 10 4 2 0 70 51
27 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 6
28 WEST BENGAL 2 2 5 4 4 4 29 24
TOTAL (STATES) 37 32 70 52 23 18 473 345
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
32 DELHI 1 1 2 2 1 1 18 17
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 1 1 1 0 0 17 9
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL (UTs) 4 5 3 4 3 1 39 31
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 41 37 73 56 26 19 512 376
252
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl. Dy. Supdt. Asstt. Supdt. Jailor Dy. Jailor
State/UT
No.
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 37 26 0 0 62 60 152 102
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 30 27 0 0
4 BIHAR 69 32 218 174 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 23 6 159 49 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 2 2 8 5 0 0
7 GUJARAT 8 7 12 5 30 12 151 83
8 HARYANA 51 46 88 49 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 0 29 7 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 43 26 131 114 0 0
12 KERALA 2 2 175 158 25 25 30 30
13 MADHYA PRADESH 78 52 269 156 0 0 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 29 16 40 23 106 75 297 229
15 MANIPUR 3 1 0 0 7 6 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0
18 NAGALAND 4 4 0 0 8 8 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 91 87 0 0
20 PUNJAB 90 60 123 89 0 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 36 6 0 0 76 48 188 136
22 SIKKIM 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 16 6 39 21 48 46
24 TELANGANA 23 23 0 0 40 39 70 58
25 TRIPURA 3 0 0 0 8 3 4 3
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 94 80 474 280
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 13 5 44 2
28 WEST BENGAL 3 1 0 0 41 32 100 75
TOTAL (STATES) 473 291 1174 752 857 665 1565 1044
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
30 CHANDIGARH 4 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 76 63 312 233 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 2 27 16 0 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 1 0 1 0 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) 93 71 353 262 1 1 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 566 362 1527 1014 858 666 1566 1045
253
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 44 4 1 315 242
3 ASSAM 99 67 0 0 165 120
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 360 267
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 21 14 224 79
6 GOA 14 9 0 0 27 19
7 GUJARAT 221 192 8 1 436 305
8 HARYANA 62 30 3 3 231 151
10 JHARKHAND 69 9 19 10 148 48
11 KARNATAKA 176 160 0 0 372 318
12 KERALA 0 0 4 4 248 231
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 15 9 423 248
14 MAHARASHTRA 168 165 8 2 664 518
15 MANIPUR 30 11 23 22 67 41
16 MEGHALAYA 7 4 0 0 19 13
17 MIZORAM 15 1 1 1 37 20
18 NAGALAND 17 17 1 1 38 38
19 ODISHA 104 37 116 109 339 260
20 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 229 162
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 335 210
22 SIKKIM 12 11 0 0 27 16
23 TAMIL NADU 278 222 550 534 951 846
24 TELANGANA 0 0 35 35 176 162
25 TRIPURA 0 0 15 4 32 11
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 651 416
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 70 16
28 WEST BENGAL 46 33 38 28 268 203
TOTAL (STATES) 1373 1014 867 784 6912 4997
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 4 2 9 6
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 10 10
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 0 0 1 2 6
32 DELHI 0 0 41 1 451 318
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 5 60 34
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 5 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 12 10
TOTAL (UTs) 2 0 50 9 549 385
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1375 1014 917 793 7461 5382
254
Executive Staff
Jail Cadre Staff
Sl.
State/UT Head Warders Head Matron Warders
No.
Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 355 351 0 0 1461 979
3 ASSAM 81 58 9 3 725 457
4 BIHAR 605 371 0 0 4929 2741
5 CHHATTISGARH 228 176 0 0 1521 1149
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 10 0
7 GUJARAT 477 374 28 27 1976 1265
8 HARYANA 290 276 50 50 2615 1816
10 JHARKHAND 246 7 0 0 1770 767
11 KARNATAKA 535 419 0 0 2677 2113
12 KERALA 446 444 0 0 1281 1093
13 MADHYA PRADESH 910 400 0 0 4698 4344
14 MAHARASHTRA 566 559 0 0 2964 2576
15 MANIPUR 41 39 0 0 269 256
16 MEGHALAYA 16 7 0 0 132 109
17 MIZORAM 38 38 0 0 257 187
18 NAGALAND 58 58 1 0 334 334
19 ODISHA 235 231 1 1 1637 1243
20 PUNJAB 546 446 30 21 2422 1068
21 RAJASTHAN 613 529 0 0 2907 2193
22 SIKKIM 20 19 0 0 99 34
23 TAMIL NADU 1056 1042 0 0 2204 1899
24 TELANGANA 214 214 8 8 819 683
25 TRIPURA 90 11 0 0 440 318
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1474 1394 62 24 7329 5747
27 UTTARAKHAND 83 55 8 4 688 442
28 WEST BENGAL 251 208 1 0 3118 2677
TOTAL (STATES) 9571 7810 209 147 49845 36976
29 A & N ISLANDS 15 10 0 0 71 43
30 CHANDIGARH 26 24 0 0 130 93
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 2 1 0 0 10 6
32 DELHI 416 373 58 55 1235 1004
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 110 98 0 0 781 419
34 LADAKH 8 5 0 0 23 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 16 12 0 0 71 63
TOTAL (UTs) 593 523 58 55 2321 1632
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10164 8333 267 202 52166 38608
255
Executive Staff
Jail-Cadre Staff
Executive Staff (Total)
Sl. Other Jail Cadre Sub-Total (Jail Cadre
State/UT Matron
No. Staff Staff)
Actual Actual Actual Sanctioned Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1816 1330 2131 1572
3 ASSAM 0 0 69 13 884 531 1049 651
4 BIHAR 0 0 534 444 6068 3556 6428 3823
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 2 204 89 1958 1416 2182 1495
6 GOA 5 3 163 119 178 122 205 141
7 GUJARAT 147 89 42 8 2670 1763 3106 2068
8 HARYANA 0 0 160 76 3115 2218 3346 2369
10 JHARKHAND 8 4 142 81 2166 859 2314 907
11 KARNATAKA 5 0 0 0 3217 2532 3589 2850
12 KERALA 87 73 94 80 1908 1690 2156 1921
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5 2 0 0 5613 4746 6036 4994
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 66 58 3596 3193 4260 3711
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 310 295 377 336
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 44 27 192 143 211 156
17 MIZORAM 0 0 7 0 302 225 339 245
18 NAGALAND 0 0 4 4 397 396 435 434
19 ODISHA 3 2 0 0 1876 1477 2215 1737
20 PUNJAB 194 109 270 182 3462 1826 3691 1988
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 4 3530 2726 3865 2936
22 SIKKIM 0 0 34 14 153 67 180 83
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 3260 2941 4211 3787
24 TELANGANA 37 27 0 0 1078 932 1254 1094
25 TRIPURA 0 0 4 0 534 329 566 340
26 UTTAR PRADESH 216 174 276 203 9357 7542 10008 7958
27 UTTARAKHAND 23 10 28 11 830 522 900 538
28 WEST BENGAL 3 0 392 156 3765 3041 4033 3244
TOTAL (STATES) 775 520 2549 1575 62949 47028 69861 52025
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 86 53 95 59
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 156 117 166 127
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 1 1 3 2 16 10 18 16
32 DELHI 176 120 190 179 2075 1731 2526 2049
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 31 24 922 541 982 575
34 LADAKH 0 0 15 0 46 9 51 10
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 9 0 0 96 84 108 94
TOTAL (UTs) 186 130 239 205 3397 2545 3946 2930
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 961 650 2788 1780 66346 49573 73807 54955
256
Correctional Staff
Probation Officer / Phychologist / Social Worker / Sub Total
Sl.
State/UT Welfare Officer Psychiatrist Others (Correctional Staff)
No.
(1) (2) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46)
3 ASSAM 0 0 2 0 17 17 19 17
4 BIHAR 194 139 0 0 195 122 389 261
5 CHHATTISGARH 7 4 0 0 84 42 91 46
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 GUJARAT 2 1 2 1 5 3 9 5
8 HARYANA 0 0 2 0 9 0 11 0
10 JHARKHAND 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 8 4 21 19 29 23
12 KERALA 28 27 0 0 0 0 28 27
13 MADHYA PRADESH 16 7 0 0 64 58 80 65
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 8 3 179 98 187 101
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 2
19 ODISHA 60 29 0 0 101 65 161 94
20 PUNJAB 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 8 1 8 1
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 89 77 15 11 3 3 107 91
24 TELANGANA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
25 TRIPURA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 70 44 70 44
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 53 44 14 2 0 0 67 46
TOTAL (STATES) 456 331 57 23 769 476 1282 830
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 CHANDIGARH 3 3 1 1 10 10 14 14
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 15 13 10 9 17 0 42 22
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 2 0 0 50 17 52 19
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 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) 21 19 11 10 77 27 109 56
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 477 350 68 33 846 503 1391 886
257
Medical Staff
Resident Medical
Lab Technician Sub Total (Medical
Sl. 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) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22 19 11 9 3 1 24 15 60 44
3 ASSAM 31 8 29 21 6 4 8 7 74 40
4 BIHAR 226 85 106 73 16 0 142 88 490 246
5 CHHATTISGARH 46 20 55 33 6 2 9 1 116 56
6 GOA 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 13 2
7 GUJARAT 32 28 26 23 6 4 38 32 102 87
8 HARYANA 36 19 28 16 5 4 30 10 99 49
10 JHARKHAND 49 8 16 10 4 3 127 58 196 79
11 KARNATAKA 27 9 17 10 7 5 29 7 80 31
12 KERALA 12 10 13 11 6 3 20 15 51 39
13 MADHYA PRADESH 58 16 93 53 5 4 39 30 195 103
14 MAHARASHTRA 44 35 47 33 9 5 0 0 100 73
15 MANIPUR 9 8 6 6 0 0 25 17 40 31
16 MEGHALAYA 5 5 5 5 0 0 10 8 20 18
17 MIZORAM 4 0 4 3 0 0 7 6 15 9
18 NAGALAND 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
19 ODISHA 94 36 90 64 0 0 6 2 190 102
20 PUNJAB 42 28 48 34 3 0 6 0 99 62
21 RAJASTHAN 37 24 0 0 8 6 108 88 153 118
22 SIKKIM 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 3 7 5
23 TAMIL NADU 43 38 21 17 0 0 65 64 129 119
24 TELANGANA 22 12 14 5 4 0 18 10 58 27
25 TRIPURA 3 3 9 5 1 0 4 4 17 12
26 UTTAR PRADESH 139 89 144 61 44 18 57 15 384 183
27 UTTARAKHAND 10 1 19 12 0 0 3 1 32 14
28 WEST BENGAL 110 25 92 39 0 0 15 8 217 72
TOTAL (STATES) 1115 532 923 561 133 59 804 494 2975 1646
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 6 6
30 CHANDIGARH 2 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 7 6
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 130 110 38 30 13 10 210 193 391 343
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 20 12 28 21 10 6 51 37 109 76
34 LADAKH 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 7 1
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) 155 126 74 56 25 17 268 235 522 434
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1270 658 997 617 158 76 1072 729 3497 2080
258
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff
Ministerial Staff
Others (Not
Other Non- Gazetted Sub Total (Ministerial included Total
Sl. Officer
State/UT Staff Staff) in above category)
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Ioned ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (65) (66)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 8 275 188 283 196 163 60 2637 1872
3 ASSAM 5 3 35 14 40 17 6 4 1188 729
4 BIHAR 40 12 295 123 335 135 977 174 8619 4639
5 CHHATTISGARH 8 6 71 35 79 41 0 0 2468 1638
6 GOA 0 0 55 28 55 28 0 0 274 171
7 GUJARAT 18 6 319 174 337 180 153 49 3707 2389
8 HARYANA 3 2 156 96 159 98 478 215 4093 2731
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 19 13 19 13 169 100 2701 1100
11 KARNATAKA 16 8 225 157 241 165 309 133 4248 3202
12 KERALA 11 11 106 100 117 111 51 39 2403 2137
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 273 158 278 159 313 266 6902 5587
14 MAHARASHTRA 27 19 465 302 492 321 29 20 5068 4226
15 MANIPUR 0 0 46 35 46 35 116 105 579 507
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 13 11 13 11 48 45 292 230
17 MIZORAM 1 1 24 18 25 19 52 35 431 308
18 NAGALAND 8 8 36 36 44 44 96 96 583 581
19 ODISHA 17 8 244 144 261 152 71 47 2898 2132
20 PUNJAB 16 11 434 214 450 225 7 7 4251 2282
21 RAJASTHAN 12 9 189 168 201 177 211 143 4438 3375
22 SIKKIM 0 0 12 7 12 7 0 0 199 95
23 TAMIL NADU 13 10 594 479 607 489 398 293 5452 4779
24 TELANGANA 8 6 256 156 264 162 350 259 1927 1543
25 TRIPURA 1 0 90 55 91 55 0 0 675 408
26 UTTAR PRADESH 10 8 391 261 401 269 598 598 11461 9052
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 18 10 18 10 80 28 1030 590
28 WEST BENGAL 6 4 82 46 88 50 380 154 4785 3566
TOTAL (STATES) 234 142 4775 3063 5009 3205 5124 2918 84251 60624
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 7 5 7 5 39 30 148 101
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 10 7 10 7 6 3 203 157
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 16
32 DELHI 37 27 181 126 218 153 73 50 3250 2617
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 16 14 83 42 99 56 173 91 1415 817
34 LADAKH 0 0 12 1 12 1 1 0 71 12
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 1 6 5 8 6 5 3 123 105
TOTAL (UTs) 55 42 299 186 354 228 297 177 5228 3825
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 289 184 5074 3249 5363 3433 5421 3095 89479 64449
259
Table – 11.4
Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31 st December, 2021
Officers Jail Cadre Staff Correctional Staff
Dy.SP/ Proba-
Sl. DG/Addl. Head Other Psycho-
State/UT Jailor/Dy. tion Social
No DG/IG/Addl. Other Warder Warder Jail logist/
Jailor/Asst. Officer/ Worker
IG Officers / Head & Matron Cadre Psychia-
Jailor/Asst. Welfare & Others
/DIG/ Supdt. Matron Staff trist
Supdt. Officer
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 10 1 19 53 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 2 6 0 7 56 6 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 5 37 0 31 805 30 38 0 18
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 11 0 0 116 15 1 0 10
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 3 0 27 89 0 0 0 1
8 HARYANA 1 3 1 50 0 76 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 1 2 1 0 83 0 0 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 3 55 0 83 762 0 0 0 11
12 KERALA 0 40 4 0 73 0 11 0 0
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6 27 0 3 909 0 2 0 16
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 43 1 4 470 7 0 1 5
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 4 53 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 2 0 5 68 0 0 0 1
19 ODISHA 3 22 4 1 204 0 7 0 8
20 PUNJAB 0 13 0 21 109 26 0 0 0
21 RAJASTHAN 3 15 0 26 565 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 1 13 3 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 6 32 49 83 208 0 21 7 1
24 TELANGANA 0 6 2 8 27 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 3 30 0 106 593 26 0 0 5
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 4 8 3 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 3 9 0 0 292 27 6 2 0
TOTAL (STATES) 39 368 65 498 5634 219 86 10 81
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 3 38 0 55 120 31 2 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 0 1 1 35 2 0 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 5 38 1 58 175 33 2 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 44 406 66 556 5809 252 88 11 82
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Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31 st December, 2021
Medical Staff Ministerial Staff
Sl.
State/UT Resident Medical Lab Techni- Non- Others Total
No. Pharm-
Officer/ Medical cian/Lab Others Officer Gazetted
acists
Officer Attendant Staff
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 2 0 8 4 48 4 157
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 6 1 4 1 93
4 BIHAR 10 4 0 5 1 8 7 999
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 9 1 0 0 7 0 171
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 GUJARAT 2 0 0 5 1 35 8 172
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 5 0 10 23 169
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 10 0 3 2 102
11 KARNATAKA 3 5 2 6 0 52 42 1024
12 KERALA 2 5 1 3 6 57 11 213
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 12 1 4 0 26 33 1039
14 MAHARASHTRA 5 3 2 0 2 75 5 624
15 MANIPUR 4 2 0 9 0 10 22 54
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 2 0 7 8 34
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 5 1 5 9 77
18 NAGALAND 0 1 0 0 3 17 34 131
19 ODISHA 1 2 0 0 0 12 2 266
20 PUNJAB 1 2 0 0 4 39 0 215
21 RAJASTHAN 1 0 1 12 0 16 15 654
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 22
23 TAMIL NADU 15 6 0 21 2 158 63 672
24 TELANGANA 2 1 0 1 0 40 75 162
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 22
26 UTTAR PRADESH 3 1 0 2 1 26 101 897
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 21
28 WEST BENGAL 4 2 0 0 0 12 30 387
TOTAL (STATES) 63 59 8 111 26 692 501 8460
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
30 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 20 2 0 26 5 25 0 327
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1 1 4 0 5 12 66
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TOTAL (UTs) 23 3 1 32 5 31 12 421
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 86 62 9 143 31 723 513 8881
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Table – 11.5
Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher / Specialised / Re-orientation Courses)
Sl. No. of Personnel Trained
No. State/UT
Actual Staffs Staffs Trained % share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1872 234 12.50
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 170 1 0.59
3 ASSAM 729 59 8.09
4 BIHAR 4639 417 8.99
5 CHHATTISGARH 1638 58 3.54
6 GOA 171 18 10.53
7 GUJARAT 2389 672 28.13
8 HARYANA 2731 504 18.45
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 585 20 3.42
10 JHARKHAND 1100 31 2.82
11 KARNATAKA 3202 4966 155.09
12 KERALA 2137 143 6.69
13 MADHYA PRADESH 5587 1566 28.03
14 MAHARASHTRA 4226 203 4.80
15 MANIPUR 507 14 2.76
16 MEGHALAYA 230 11 4.78
17 MIZORAM 308 46 14.94
18 NAGALAND 581 37 6.37
19 ODISHA 2132 324 15.20
20 PUNJAB 2282 460 20.16
21 RAJASTHAN 3375 507 15.02
22 SIKKIM 95 0 0.00
23 TAMIL NADU 4779 307 6.42
24 TELANGANA 1543 172 11.15
25 TRIPURA 408 3 0.74
26 UTTAR PRADESH 9052 723 7.99
27 UTTARAKHAND 590 1 0.17
28 WEST BENGAL 3566 513 14.39
TOTAL (STATES) 60624 12010 19.81
29 A & N ISLANDS 101 10 9.90
30 CHANDIGARH 157 33 21.02
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 16 0 0.00
32 DELHI 2617 759 29.00
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 817 91 11.14
34 LADAKH 12 0 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 105 0 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 3825 893 23.35
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 64449 12903 20.02
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Chapter 12
Prison –
Budget and
Infrastructure
Chapter – 12
Prison - Budget and Infrastructure
A. Prison Budget The allocated annual budget was

the highest in Uttar Pradesh (Rs. 1,204.5
Provision of adequate fund is crores) during 2021-22 among all the
prerequisite in effective functioning of States/UTs, followed by Bihar (Rs. 797.3
prison institutions. In this context, crores), Karnataka (Rs. 467.3 crores),
information on prison budget with details of Madhya Pradesh (Rs. 462.4 crores) and
sanctioned budget, plan expenditure, non- Delhi (Rs. 461.2 crores). The details may
plan expenditure and other expenditures be seen in (Table 12.1).
have been collected and presented in this
chapter. Besides, information on cost of Expenditure (Planned & Non-planned)
maintenance and development of various
infrastructures in jails have also been Expenditure on specific planned
presented separately. activities under the Five Year Plan is
termed as Planned expenditure.
Sanctioned Budget
Expenditure made for meeting
The sanctioned budget for the year day-to-day expenses and running
2021-22 (Rs.7,619.2 crores) has increased establishments like payment of salaries,
by 13.0% in comparison to the year 2020- wages, rent, etc. come under the Non-
21 (Rs. 6,740.6 crores) at All-India level. Planned expenditure. Non-Planned
The details can be seen in Table 12.1. expenditure may also include activities
for development of existing infrastructure
Tripura has reported maximum and bringing about improvements in the
increase (162.0%) in budget provision prisons.
during 2021-22 over 2020-21, followed by
Arunachal Pradesh (107.6%), Karnataka Details of State/UT-wise Plan and
(46.1%), Jharkhand (40.1%) and Bihar Non-Plan budget with actual expenditure
(35.8%). for the year 2021-22 are presented in
Table 12.3.
However, the sanctioned budget in
seven States/UTs, namely, Chhattisgarh, I. Planned
Telangana, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, West
Bengal, Puducherry and Uttarakhand have The highest Plan expenditure was
declined during the financial year 2021-22 reported in Haryana (Rs. 350.3 crores)
over the previous financial year 2020-21. followed by Karnataka (Rs. 193.1 crores)
The highest such decline was reported in and Jharkhand (Rs. 115.0 crores) during
Uttarakhand (85.3%) followed by 2021-22.
Puducherry (17.8%), West Bengal
(16.4%), Andhra Pradesh (5.4%), Assam II. Non-Planned
(2.7%), Telangana (2.1%) and The highest Non-Plan expenditure
Chhattisgarh (0.4%). was reported from Uttar Pradesh (Rs.
928.6 crores) followed by Bihar (Rs. 541.0
263
crores), Delhi (Rs. 440.8 crores) and Expenses on Prison Inmates
Madhya Pradesh (416.1 Crores). The total The share of Expenses on inmates
sanctioned budget and actual expenditure in Total Annual Expenditure for each
was equal in case of Tamil Nadu (Rs. State/UT during financial year 2021-22 is
390.2 crores), Kerala (Rs. 173.5 crores), shown in Chart 12.1. The comparison has
Arunachal Pradesh (Rs. 18.5 crores), been made on the basis of share of
Mizoram (Rs. 25.8 crores), Chandigarh expenses on inmates to total annual
(Rs. 23.8 crores), A &N Islands (Rs 10.6 expenditure of the respective States/UTs.
Crores) and DNH & Daman Diu (Rs 0.8 Haryana has reported the highest share of
Crores). In all the States and UTs, the total expenses on inmates (100.0%) out of the
expenditure incurred was less than their total annual expenditure followed by
sanctioned budget except Telangana Andhra Pradesh (96.8%), Uttarakhand
State. (96.5%) and DNH & Daman Diu (88.5%).
HARYANA 100.0
ANDHRA PRADESH 96.8
UTTARAKHAND 96.5
D N H & DAMAN DIU 88.5
LAKSHADWEEP 74.0
DELHI 49.2
CHHATTISGARH 46.4
CHANDIGARH 40.0
BIHAR 37.9
JHARKHAND 36.9
MADHYA PRADESH 32.7
WEST BENGAL 26.8
ODISHA 24.3
UTTAR PRADESH 23.5
ASSAM 22.1
KERALA 21.7
SIKKIM 20.4
TELANGANA 19.1
GUJARAT 19.1
MEGHALAYA 18.8
RAJASTHAN 17.8
TAMIL NADU 17.3
MAHARASHTRA 15.6
PUNJAB 14.7 The Share of Expenses on Inmates
MIZORAM 14.0 in Total Annual Expenditure at
A&N ISLANDS 13.1
KARNATAKA 12.9
National Level: 31.3%
MANIPUR 12.2
GOA 10.5
LADAKH 10.0
TRIPURA 9.9
PUDUCHERRY 8.6
NAGALAND 5.6
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0

Note: % Share is calculated based on the expenditure figure in Rupees.
% Share of Expenses on Inmates in Total Annual Expenditure
Chart – 12.1
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The share of expenses on inmates Punjab (14.7%) and Maharashtra (15.6%).
in total annual expenditure at National Share of expenditure on prison inmates
level is 31.3%. States which are spending spent for food, clothing, medical,
significantly less than the National vocational, educational facilities, welfare
Average are Nagaland (5.6%), Arunachal activities and other expenses for the year
Pradesh (7.6%), Himachal Pradesh 2021-2022 has been presented in Chart
(8.0%), Puducherry (8.6%), Tripura 12.2. State/UT wise such details have
(9.9%), Ladakh (10.0%), Goa (10.5%), been presented in Table 12.4.
Manipur (12.2%), Karnataka (12.9%), A &
N Islands(13.1%), Mizoram (14.0%),
Others
37.8%
Food
54.3%
Vocational/
Educational
0.6%
Clothing
1.3% Welfare Activities Medical
1.0% 5.0%

Percentage Distribution of Expenditure on Various Items on Prison Inmates
during 2021-2022
Chart – 12.2
I. Food during 2021-22 followed by Uttar Pradesh

Approximately, 54.3% of the total (Rs.13.50 crores) and Madhya Pradesh
money spent on prison inmates was for (Rs.12.58 crores).
Food only. Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest food expenditure of Rs.205.00 III. Welfare
crores followed by Bihar (Rs.177.36 West Bengal has reported the
crores) and Madhya Pradesh (Rs.93.66 highest expenditure (Rs.10.32 crores) on
crores) during the financial year 2021-22. welfare activities of prison inmates
followed by Kerala (Rs.4.77 crores) and
II. Medical Jharkhand (Rs.2.67 crores) during the
financial year 2021-22.
Delhi has reported the highest
medical expenditure of Rs.28.01 crores
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IV. Clothing maximum expenditure under the head
Bihar had spent considerable 'Other expenses'.
amount of Rs.5.67 crores on clothing Sanctioned Annual Budget and Actual
during the financial year 2021-22. Some of Expenditure during 2016-2017 to
the other States/UTs which spent 2021-2022
considerable amount on clothing were
Madhya Pradesh (Rs.5.00 crores) and During 2016-17 to 2021-22 (Chart-
Jharkhand (Rs.3.98 crores). 12.3), the sanctioned annual budget has
increased by 39.5% (Rs. 5,463.38 crores
V. Vocational / Educational in 2016-17 to Rs. 7,619.24 crores in 2021-
22) and the actual expenditure has
Out of 20 States/UTs, which
increased by 36.0% (Rs. 4,944.73 crores
reported vocational/ educational expenses
in 2016-17 to Rs. 6,727.28 crores in 2021-
on inmates for the financial year 2021-
22). During the financial year 2016-17,
2022, the highest expenditure was
90.5% (Rs. 4,944.73 crores spent out of
reported from Chandigarh (Rs.4.65
Rs. 5,463.38 crores) of the sanctioned
crores) followed by Karnataka (Rs.3.71
budget was utilized, whereas, during the
crores) and Chhattisgarh (Rs. 2.43 crores).
financial year 2021-22, 88.3%
VI. Other Expenses (Rs.6,727.28 crores spent out of
Haryana (Rs.306.52 crores), Delhi Rs.7,619.24 crores) of the sanctioned
(Rs.162.48 crores) and Andhra Pradesh budget was utilized.
(Rs.141.89 crores) have reported
9000.00
Figures in % 8000.00 7619.24

indicates growth
percentage 7000.00
during 2016-17 - 39.5%
2021-22. 6727.28
6000.00 5463.38
Budget (in Rs. Crore)
5000.00 36.0%
4944.73
4000.00
3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
0.00
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Actual Expenditure (in
4944.73 4753.39 5308.10 6058.08 5814.36 6727.28
Crore)
Sanctioned Annual Budget
5463.38 5253.73 6093.38 6942.34 6740.55 7619.24
(in Crore)

Sanctioned Annual Budget vis-à-vis Actual Expenditure during 2016-2017 to 2021-2022
Chart – 12.3
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B. Prison Infrastructure
2. Haryana: Construction of District Jail
Measures have been taken to Panipat and Nuh having capacity of
improve the infrastructure of the prisons. 870 and 900 prisoners has been
Some of the important initiatives taken in completed and inaugurated. The
this regard are as under: construction of new jails at Rewari
having capacity of 1,000 prisoners is
I. Jail Constructed in progress.
12 new jails constructed during the 3. Karnataka: State Prisons and

year 2021, out of which 5 were Sub Jails 3 Correction Services Department has
Central Jails and 2 each were, District jails taken up creation of 35% of additional
and Open Jail. (Table 12.5). capacity i.e. accommodation to house
5,500 additional prisoners at a cost of
1. Gujarat: The State Government has Rs 450 Crores.
earmarked an amount of Rs.127.16
crores from the annual budget in the Four new Central Prisons, each
year 2021-2022 for the construction of with capacity to house 1,000
new jails, various construction / prisoners, are presently under
repairing work at different jails of construction at Vijayapura, Bidar,
Gujarat State. Further, a budgetary Bengaluru and Mangalore at an
provision of Rs.157.5 crores has been overall cost of Rs.410 Crores.
made for the F.Y. 2022-2023. Similarly construction of additional
barracks for 1,500 prisoners is being
The construction work of new taken up at Kalaburgi, Ballari, Mysuru,
district jail at Vartej in Bhavnagar Haveri, Hubballi, Gokak, Udupi and
District, at Godhra, Botad and Anand Koppal Prisons premises at a total
District is in progress. The newly cost of 40 Crores.
constructed Ankleshwar Taluka Sub
was made functional recently. These new constructions of the
prisons in the State have also been
A provision of Rs.3.5 crores taken with all the facilities and
has been made in F.Y. 2022-2023 for specifications as provided in the
construction of new District Jail at Dev ‘Model Prison Manual’ of the MHA.
Bhumi Dwarka.
As most of the prison’s buildings in
A land has been procured for the State were constructed pre-
construction of new District Jail at independence and hence were
Samervav, Gir-Somnath, Chhapi, deficient on the number of toilets and
Banaskantha and Ekalbara, Chhota bathrooms as required in the ‘Model
Udepur District. A budgetary Prison Manual’ of the MHA. A sum of
provision has also been made for Rs 5.55 Crores has been provided to
Rs.22.7 crores, Rs.22.7 crores and various prisons in the state during
Rs.13.6 crores respectively during the 2021 for construction of 60 additional
F.Y. 2022-2023. toilets and 322 bathrooms. Karnataka
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will be soon among the few states in Women Jails and 1 was ‘Other jails’ (Table
the country to have adequate toilets 12.6).
and bathrooms in all the prisons in the
state as provided in the ‘Model Prison III. Quarters for Jail Staff
Manual’.
As on 31.12.2021, the total
II. Jails Renovated/Extended sanctioned staff strength was 89,479 and
actual strength of all jail staff was 64,449.
A total of 278 jails were renovated/ As against 64,449 staff strength, the actual
expanded during the year 2021. State of number of quarters available at National
Madhya Pradesh (95) has reported level was 39,159 during 2021. A
highest number of jails renovation comparison between Sanctioned Staff
/expansion during 2021 followed by Strength, Actual Staff Strength and Actual
Assam (31) and Karnataka & Odisha (29 Number of Quarters available at National
each). Out of 278 jails renovated/ level is placed below in Chart 12.4. The
expanded, 112 were District Jails, 91 were percentage share of Number of Quarters
Sub Jails, 60 were Central Jails, 6 were Available to Actual Staff Strength at
Special Jails and Open Jails each, 2 were National level was 60.8% as on
31st December 2021 (Table 12.7).
100000
89,479
90000
80000
70000 64,449
60000
50000
39,159
40000
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
IV. Infrastructure Development floor sitting arrangements. The class

room has been equipped with good
1. Bihar: Prisons have been provided quality White-Board, 55 inch LED TV,
proper Desk & Bench instead of on-
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Projector with proper Projector-Screen I. Security Devices (other than
and Computer System. The class CCTV)
room has been differently coloured
and the iron-bars have been covered 1. Gujarat: A tendering process for
with curtains. Decorating the walls of purchase of various administrative /
the class room with appropriate security equipment such as Non-
educational posters and maps etc. are Linear Junction Detector (NLJD),
provided to the prisoners. Sonography Machine, Roti Making
Machine, Baggage Scanner for
2. Chhattisgarh: New barracks have various jails across the State have
been constructed in the jails so that been given. Moreover, a purchase
the problem of overcrowding can be order has been placed for Door
reduced. Frame Metal Detector and Fire
Extinguisher Machine for Dahod Sub
Jail.
V. Vehicles Available
A purchase procedure for
As on 31st December 2021, a total installing Full Body Scanner Machine
of 2,530 vehicles (723 Ambulances, 563 at Lajopore-Surat Jail is in progress.
Motorcycles, 346 Jeeps, 313 Cars, 149
Tractors, 125 Vans, 884 Lorries and 227 2. Haryana: For the security of jails, 13
other vehicles) were available in Indian sniffer dogs have been deployed in 13
prisons. Uttar Pradesh (221), Telangana jails viz Central Jail, Ambala, Central
(206) and Madhya Pradesh (204) have Jail-I, Hisar, District Jails, Karnal,
reported the highest number of vehicles in Panipat, Yamunanagar, Sonipat,
their jails. Out of 723 Ambulances, Faridabad, Gurugram, Rohtak,
Madhya Pradesh has reported 95 Kurukshetra, Jind, Jhajjar and Sirsa.
ambulances followed by Uttar Pradesh
(77) and West Bengal (55). No ambulance 3. Karnataka: To enhance security
was reported by Arunachal Pradesh, measures in Prisons, latest modern
Assam, Sikkim, DNH & Daman Diu, security equipment like Non Liner
Ladakh and Lakshadweep. (Table 12.8). Junction Detection, (NLJD) Mobility
Enhanced Spectrum Analyser
VI. Electronic Equipment (MESA), Hand Held Metal Detector
(HHMD) and Deep Search Metal
As on 31st December 2021, a total Detector (DSMD) have been provided
of 70,187 electronic devices were to all the Central Prisons and
available with Prison Departments of Mangalore District Prison in the State.
States/UTs. Out of which, there were As an initiative to provide full proof
37,812 CCTVs, 10,166 Walkie Talkies, security to the Prisons in the State,
9,661 Computers, 5,069 Metal Detectors, Karnataka State Industrial Security
1,992 Phones, 554 FAX Machines, 327 Force (KSISF) has been deployed at
VHF Sets, 0 Electronic Typewriters and all the Central Prisons and Mangalore
District Prison in the State.
4,606 other electronic equipment available
in Indian Prisons (Table 12.9). 4. Kerala: As a part of strengthening
prison security, X-ray Baggage
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Scanners and multi-purpose Door- 4. Kerala: The CCTV Surveillance
Frame Metal detector have been system has been installed in all the
installed in all the Central Prisons. jail institutions of Kerala.
5. Punjab: On the recommendations of 5. Madhya Pradesh: CCTV camera

the report on Nabha Jail Break have been installed in the high
incident (Nov. 2016), the security of security Jails. They are being
the prisons was thoroughly beefed up monitored 24 hrs. at Jail Headquarter
(esp. after construction of High level to keep a watch on the activities
Security Zones) which has been very of jails.
successful to manage and control the
activities of hardcore criminals. 6. Punjab: CCTV cameras have been
NLJDs, X-ray Baggage Scanners, installed in the jails.
DFMDs, HHMDs and anti-riot kits
have been procured and distributed 7. Tamil Nadu: The Close Circuit TV
among all prisons. (CCTV) has been installed in the
District Jail, Prothrapur to monitor the
6. Tamil Nadu: A sum of Rs.21.85 lakh
movement of police escorts
towards the purchase of 9 Drones
personnel’s, prison & CRPF staffs,
with colour cameras has been
relatives/friends of prisoners, coming
sanctioned for 9 Central Prisons.
to jail for various purpose such as to
meet the prisoners, signing the bail
II. CCTV Camera
bond and accompanying the released
prisoners.
1. Bihar: CCTV cameras are installed in
the prison for security purposes. 8. A & N Islands: The Close Circuit TV
(CCTV) has been installed in the
2. Haryana: Total 655 CCTV Cameras District Jail, Prothrapur to monitor the
have been installed at all the sensitive movement of police escorts
places in all the jails for strengthening personnel’s, prison & CRPF staffs,
security. CCTV Control Rooms have relatives/friends of prisoners, coming
also been established in all the jails to jail for various purpose such as to
for round-the-clock monitoring of meet the prisoners, signing the bail
security arrangements. 100 No’s of bond & Vakalatama and
Body Worm Cameras have been accompanying the released prisoners.
provided at all the jails. 512 Walkie-
Talkie sets are available in the jails of
VII. Video Conferencing
Haryana.
A total of 1,102 jails out of 1,319
One Baggage Scanner each have
Jails were equipped with Video
been installed in District Jail,
Conferencing (VC) facility at the end of the
Gurugram and District Jail, Panipat.
year 2021. Madhya Pradesh has reported
Baggage Scanners are proposed to
that 123 jails of the State have equipped
be installed in other jails also.
with VC facility followed by Tamil Nadu
(117), Rajasthan (92), Andhra Pradesh
3. Karnataka: CCTV cameras are
(78) and Odisha (76) (Chart 12.5).
installed in the prison.
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Out of 1,102 jails equipped with Sub jails, 400 jails were District jails and
Video Conferencing facility, 459 jails were 143 were Central Jails (Table 12.10).
MADHYA PRADESH 123

TAMIL NADU 117
RAJASTHAN 92
ANDHRA PRADESH 78
ODISHA 76
UTTAR PRADESH 72
WEST BENGAL 60
BIHAR 57
KERALA 54
MAHARASHTRA 48
KARNATAKA 39
CHHATTISGARH 31
ASSAM 31
GUJARAT 30
JHARKHAND 29
PUNJAB 24
TELANGANA 21
HARYANA 19
DELHI 16
HIMACHAL PRADESH 15
JAMMU & KASHMIR 13
TRIPURA 13
UTTARAKHAND 11
MIZORAM 7
NAGALAND 5
MEGHALAYA 5
PUDUCHERRY 4
DNH & DAMAN DIU 2
Total Number of Jails in the Country : 1,319
SIKKIM 2
MANIPUR
Toal Number of Jails equipped with VC facility : 1,102
2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2
LADAKH 1
CHANDIGARH 1
A & N ISLANDS 1
GOA 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

State/UT wise Number of Jails with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2021
Chart – 12.5
VIII. Computerization of Prisons communicate with their family

members and legal advisors.
1. Bihar: E-Prisons Software designed
by NIC in which day to day data of 3. Kerala: At the time of admission of
prisoners being uploaded has been prisoners; along with the personal
implemented in this jail. information and case details, the
photographs and fingerprints of the
prisoners are being captured and
2. Karnataka: E-Mulakat a video calling stored through e-prison software.
system through e-prison software has
been made available to prisoners to 4. Mizoram: Operationalisation of e-
Prisons in all jails.
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5. A & N Islands: The Prison cost of Rs.2.41 crore, has been
Department of this Union Territory has functioning well, sanction has been
implemented the e-prison portal in accorded for Rs.2,132.83 lakh for
District Jail, Prothrapur and updated establishing Solar power plants in
prisoners information, case details, other Central Prisons.
case action, property details, name of
the visitors, accommodation, 6. Delhi: With a view to contribute to a
photographs, fingerprint, etc. in Prison clean and sustainable environment
Management Software. Solar panels are installed which takes
care of the hot water requirement of
6. Jammu & Kashmir: E-Courts have prison inmates during the winter
been started in the jails of Jammu & season.
Kashmir.
  
IX. Solar Power Generation for
prisons
1. Andhra Pradesh: Hot water is being

provided for bathing purpose to the
old aged prisoners and sick prisoners
through solar water heater systems so
as to maintain good health.
2. Haryana: 18 Grid Connected Roof-top

Solar Power Plants have been
installed at various jails of Haryana,
(except two small jails, District Jail,
Rewari and District Jail, Palwal), as
well as Head Office. The total capacity
of these Solar grid power plants are
about 4.5 MW.
3. Karnataka: Solar water heaters are

established to provide hot water to the
sick prisoners.
4. Sikkim: Prison department provides

24 hrs. running hot water in the entire
Prisoner’s barrack from solar powered
water heaters.
5. Tamil Nadu: As the Roof Top Solar

Photo Voltaic System with grid
connectivity at Puzhal Prison Complex
established by Tamil Nadu Energy
Development Agency (TEDA) at a
272
Table 12.1
Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22
and Percentage Variation in 2021-22 over 2020-21
Total Sanctioned Budget (in ` Crore) Percentage Variation in
Sl.
State/UT 2021-22 over
No. 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2020-21
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 195.6 188.5 178.4 -5.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 16.0 14.5 30.1 107.6
3 ASSAM 139.2 116.4 113.2 -2.7
4 BIHAR 689.0 587.2 797.3 35.8
5 CHHATTISGARH 184.2 196.7 195.9 -0.4
6 GOA 17.8 14.1 15.5 9.9
7 GUJARAT 189.1 195.0 198.1 1.6
8 HARYANA 350.3 348.3 392.3 12.6
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 44.4 46.2 53.4 15.6
10 JHARKHAND 190.1 220.2 308.6 40.1
11 KARNATAKA 307.7 319.8 467.3 46.1
12 KERALA 148.5 173.2 193.0 11.4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 430.2 423.6 462.4 9.2
14 MAHARASHTRA 386.2 421.5 455.9 8.2
15 MANIPUR 29.4 30.9 34.0 10.0
16 MEGHALAYA 27.5 24.4 25.8 5.7
17 MIZORAM 31.8 24.9 25.8 3.6
18 NAGALAND 58.0 57.1 57.6 0.9
19 ODISHA 199.7 210.8 219.4 4.1
20 PUNJAB 268.9 262.5 328.1 25.0
21 RAJASTHAN 237.5 220.5 265.7 20.5
22 SIKKIM 7.5 10.2 10.5 2.9
23 TAMIL NADU 381.5 370.5 390.2 5.3
24 TELANGANA 107.6 124.6 122.0 -2.1
25 TRIPURA 8.4 13.7 35.9 162.0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1165.6 1125.6 1204.5 7.0
27 UTTARAKHAND 55.9 31.2 4.6 -85.3
28 WEST BENGAL 371.4 413.4 345.5 -16.4
TOTAL (STATES) 6239.2 6185.5 6930.9 12.1
29 A & N ISLANDS 9.5 10.4 10.6 1.9
30 CHANDIGARH 20.0 20.7 23.8 15.0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU+ 0.9 1.4 1.7 21.4
32 DELHI 490.4 363.0 461.2 27.1
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR* 154.2 146.5 179.9 22.8
34 LADAKH - 2.3 2.3 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 28.1 10.7 8.8 -17.8
TOTAL (UTs) 703.2 555.1 688.4 24.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6942.3 6740.6 7619.2 13.0
'+' combined data of erstwhile D & N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for FY 2019-20.
'*' data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for FY 2019-20.
273
Table – 12.2
Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year
2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 (` in crores)
Sl. Total Sanctioned Budget (Rs. in Crores) Actual Expenditure (Rs. in Crores)
State/UT
No. 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 195.6 188.5 178.4 172.9 170.1 173.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 16.0 14.5 30.1 15.4 14.4 30.0
3 ASSAM 139.2 116.4 113.2 103.2 81.9 91.7
4 BIHAR 689.0 587.2 797.3 601.2 490.8 590.4
5 CHHATTISGARH 184.2 196.7 195.9 156.1 141.5 158.1
6 GOA 17.8 14.1 15.5 12.9 14.1 13.1
7 GUJARAT 189.1 195.0 198.1 151.5 160.9 181.9
8 HARYANA 350.3 348.3 392.3 272.6 316.0 350.3
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 44.4 46.2 53.4 44.3 45.9 50.1
10 JHARKHAND 190.1 220.2 308.6 180.8 209.6 294.7
11 KARNATAKA 307.7 319.8 467.3 232.6 305.5 462.1
12 KERALA 148.5 173.2 193.0 141.6 162.5 190.6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 430.2 423.6 462.4 383.8 394.5 416.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 386.2 421.5 455.9 350.3 347.0 405.8
15 MANIPUR 29.4 30.9 34.0 22.9 25.6 27.2
16 MEGHALAYA 27.5 24.4 25.8 13.7 16.9 24.1
17 MIZORAM 31.8 24.9 25.8 27.7 24.9 25.8
18 NAGALAND 58.0 57.1 57.6 58.0 57.0 57.5
19 ODISHA 199.7 210.8 219.4 170.5 174.9 195.0
20 PUNJAB 268.9 262.5 328.1 248.4 252.2 305.3
21 RAJASTHAN 237.5 220.5 265.7 212.6 198.5 228.5
22 SIKKIM 7.5 10.2 10.5 7.5 9.4 9.9
23 TAMIL NADU 381.5 370.5 390.2 354.8 370.5 390.2
24 TELANGANA 107.6 124.6 122.0 110.5 102.2 139.1
25 TRIPURA 8.4 13.7 35.9 8.3 13.1 33.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1165.6 1125.6 1204.5 970.8 810.4 928.6
27 UTTARAKHAND 55.9 31.2 4.6 47.7 31.1 4.4
28 WEST BENGAL 371.4 413.4 345.5 343.7 359.7 334.1
TOTAL (STATES) 6239.2 6185.5 6930.9 5416.1 5301.2 6112.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 9.5 10.4 10.6 9.4 10.3 10.6
30 CHANDIGARH 20.0 20.7 23.8 20.2 20.7 23.8
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU+ 0.9 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.8 1.7
32 DELHI 490.4 363.0 461.2 468.1 352.1 441.8
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR* 154.2 146.5 179.9 120.1 120.4 127.7
34 LADAKH - 2.3 2.3 - 0.1 1.4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 28.1 10.7 8.8 23.3 8.7 8.2
TOTAL (UTs) 703.2 555.1 688.4 642.0 513.2 615.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6942.3 6740.6 7619.2 6058.1 5814.4 6727.3
'+' combined data of erstwhile D & N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for FY 2019-20.
'*' data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for FY 2019-20.
274
Table – 12.3
Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2021-2022
(` in Crore)
Total Annual Budget Actual Expenditure
Expenditure on
Sl. Account of Funds
State/UT Total
No. Plan Non-Plan Total Plan Non-Plan made Available
(Col.6+7+8)
by Other
Agencies
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 12.5 165.9 178.4 5.5 167.9 0.0 173.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 11.5 18.5 30.1 11.5 18.5 0.0 30.0
3 ASSAM 20.1 93.1 113.2 15.5 73.9 2.3 91.7
4 BIHAR 196.3 601.1 797.3 49.4 541.0 0.0 590.4
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.0 195.9 195.9 0.0 158.1 0.0 158.1
6 GOA 0.0 15.5 15.5 0.0 13.1 0.0 13.1
7 GUJARAT 0.0 198.1 198.1 0.0 180.2 1.7 181.9
8 HARYANA 392.3 0.0 392.3 350.3 0.0 0.0 350.3
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 12.0 41.4 53.4 12.0 38.1 0.0 50.1
10 JHARKHAND 116.3 192.2 308.6 115.0 179.8 0.0 294.7
11 KARNATAKA 193.3 274.1 467.3 193.1 269.0 0.0 462.1
12 KERALA 19.5 173.5 193.0 17.0 173.5 0.0 190.6
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0.0 462.4 462.4 0.0 416.1 0.0 416.1
14 MAHARASHTRA 26.3 429.6 455.9 10.4 387.3 8.1 405.8
15 MANIPUR 0.0 34.0 34.0 0.0 27.2 0.0 27.2
16 MEGHALAYA 0.0 25.8 25.8 0.0 24.1 0.0 24.1
17 MIZORAM 0.0 25.8 25.8 0.0 25.8 0.0 25.8
18 NAGALAND 4.1 53.5 57.6 4.1 53.4 0.0 57.5
19 ODISHA 32.2 187.3 219.4 29.3 165.7 0.0 195.0
20 PUNJAB 0.0 328.1 328.1 0.0 305.3 0.0 305.3
21 RAJASTHAN 38.4 227.3 265.7 11.4 217.1 0.0 228.5
22 SIKKIM 0.0 10.5 10.5 0.0 9.9 0.0 9.9
23 TAMIL NADU 0.0 390.2 390.2 0.0 390.2 0.0 390.2
24 TELANGANA 23.4 98.6 122.0 22.7 116.2 0.3 139.1
25 TRIPURA 0.0 35.9 35.9 0.0 33.9 0.0 33.9
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0.0 1204.5 1204.5 0.0 928.6 0.0 928.6
27 UTTARAKHAND 0.0 4.6 4.6 0.0 4.4 0.0 4.4
28 WEST BENGAL 61.0 284.5 345.5 44.2 289.7 0.1 334.1
TOTAL (STATES) 1159.2 5771.7 6930.9 891.4 5208.1 12.5 6112.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 10.6 10.6 0.0 10.6 0.0 10.6
30 CHANDIGARH 0.0 23.8 23.8 0.0 23.8 0.0 23.8
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0.9 0.8 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.0 1.7
32 DELHI 0.0 461.2 461.2 0.0 440.8 1.0 441.8
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9.4 170.5 179.9 5.1 122.6 0.0 127.7
34 LADAKH 0.0 2.3 2.3 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 8.8 8.8 0.0 8.2 0.0 8.2
TOTAL (UTs) 10.4 678.0 688.4 6.0 608.3 1.0 615.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1169.6 6449.7 7619.2 897.4 5816.3 13.5 6727.3
275
Table – 12.4
Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2021-2022
Expenses (` In Crore)
Sl.
State/UT Vocational/ Welfare
No. Food Clothing Medical Others # Total
Educational Activities
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 23.95 0.97 0.41 0.36 0.29 141.89 167.87
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2.00 0.05 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.01 2.28
3 ASSAM 15.23 0.00 0.75 0.16 0.04 4.11 20.28
4 BIHAR 177.36 5.67 6.25 0.23 0.00 34.27 223.78
5 CHHATTISGARH 49.81 1.53 5.65 2.43 0.00 13.84 73.26
6 GOA 1.33 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.38
7 GUJARAT 31.58 0.89 0.95 0.01 0.25 1.10 34.79
8 HARYANA 40.70 0.03 3.07 0.00 0.00 306.52 350.31
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.83 0.04 0.78 0.00 0.09 0.27 4.02
10 JHARKHAND 67.65 3.98 3.11 0.01 2.67 31.44 108.86
11 KARNATAKA 45.84 0.68 4.76 3.71 0.05 4.47 59.50
12 KERALA 24.99 0.20 0.85 0.28 4.77 10.28 41.38
13 MADHYA PRADESH 93.66 5.00 12.58 0.67 0.51 23.59 136.01
14 MAHARASHTRA 54.35 0.19 1.59 0.01 0.00 7.20 63.34
15 MANIPUR 1.85 0.12 0.13 0.00 0.06 1.16 3.31
16 MEGHALAYA 3.85 0.26 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.54
17 MIZORAM 3.34 0.03 0.17 0.05 0.00 0.03 3.61
18 NAGALAND 2.94 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.11 3.23
19 ODISHA 39.15 0.53 2.24 0.00 0.00 5.47 47.39
20 PUNJAB 36.96 2.40 5.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.75
21 RAJASTHAN 33.68 1.32 1.44 0.10 0.64 3.50 40.68
22 SIKKIM 1.45 0.01 0.37 0.05 0.14 0.00 2.02
23 TAMIL NADU 44.67 0.51 0.62 0.06 0.00 21.65 67.51
24 TELANGANA 20.04 0.85 0.60 0.07 0.42 4.54 26.52
25 TRIPURA 2.63 0.02 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.20 3.35
26 UTTAR PRADESH 205.00 0.00 13.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 218.50
27 UTTARAKHAND 0.85 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.00 3.32 4.23
28 WEST BENGAL 57.86 1.76 7.45 0.01 10.32 12.31 89.71
TOTAL (STATES) 1085.55 27.09 73.94 8.23 20.30 631.26 1846.38
29 A & N ISLANDS 1.33 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 1.38
30 CHANDIGARH 4.21 0.22 0.39 4.65 0.03 0.03 9.53
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 1.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.24 1.53
32 DELHI 26.28 0.43 28.01 0.02 0.02 162.48 217.23
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 23.87 0.03 3.84 0.26 0.14 1.79 29.92
34 LADAKH 0.09 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.03
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.70 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.71
TOTAL (UTs) 57.79 0.69 32.29 4.93 0.20 164.58 260.47
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1143.34 27.78 106.23 13.16 20.50 795.85 2106.86
# may include expenses incurred on sanitation, Hygiene, the transport facilities for movement of prisoners during Remand, Trials, Transfers
and Hospital etc.
276
Table – 12.5
State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed during the year 2021
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KERALA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
14 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 PUNJAB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 3 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 10
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 LADAKH 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 12
277
Table – 12.6
Number of Jails Renovated / Expanded during the year 2021
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 6 22 1 0 0 1 1 0 31
4 BIHAR 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
5 CHHATTISGARH 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 HARYANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 JHARKHAND 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 KARNATAKA 7 13 8 0 0 1 0 0 29
12 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 35 49 0 0 0 0 0 95
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 25
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 NAGALAND 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
19 ODISHA 4 5 18 0 0 0 2 0 29
20 PUNJAB 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
21 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TELANGANA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 TRIPURA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
28 WEST BENGAL 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 8
TOTAL (STATES) 51 108 90 2 0 6 6 1 264
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
34 LADAKH 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) 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 60 112 91 2 0 6 6 1 278
278
Table – 12.7
Details of Quarters Available for Prison Officials as on 31st December, 2021
No. of Quarters % share of
Sl. Total Sanctioned Actual Staff
State/UT Available Quarters to Actual
No. Staff Strength Strength
(Actuals) Staff Strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2637 1872 488 26.1
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 187 170 52 30.6
3 ASSAM 1188 729 535 73.4
4 BIHAR 8619 4639 1154 24.9
5 CHHATTISGARH 2468 1638 1356 82.8
6 GOA 274 171 10 5.8
7 GUJARAT 3707 2389 1795 75.1
8 HARYANA 4093 2731 2457 90.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 755 585 218 37.3
10 JHARKHAND 2701 1100 766 69.6
11 KARNATAKA 4248 3202 1184 37.0
12 KERALA 2403 2137 414 19.4
13 MADHYA PRADESH 6902 5587 3475 62.2
14 MAHARASHTRA 5068 4226 2405 56.9
15 MANIPUR 579 507 79 15.6
16 MEGHALAYA 292 230 254 110.4
17 MIZORAM 431 308 213 69.2
18 NAGALAND 583 581 106 18.2
19 ODISHA 2898 2132 1752 82.2
20 PUNJAB 4251 2282 1145 50.2
21 RAJASTHAN 4438 3375 952 28.2
22 SIKKIM 199 95 31 32.6
23 TAMIL NADU 5452 4779 2052 42.9
24 TELANGANA 1927 1543 556 36.0
25 TRIPURA 675 408 252 61.8
26 UTTAR PRADESH 11461 9052 12703 140.3
27 UTTARAKHAND 1030 590 402 68.1
28 WEST BENGAL 4785 3566 787 22.1
TOTAL (STATES) 84251 60624 37593 62.0
29 A & N ISLANDS 148 101 97 96.0
30 CHANDIGARH 203 157 57 36.3
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU* 18 16 0 0.0
32 DELHI 3250 2617 1126 43.0
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1415 817 254 31.1
34 LADAKH 71 12 14 116.7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 105 18 17.1
TOTAL (UTs) 5228 3825 1566 40.9
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 89479 64449 39159 60.8
* 6 officer posts are on additional charge.
279
Table – 12.8
Details of Vehicles Available in Jails as on 31st December, 2021
Number of Vehicles Available
Sl
State/UT Ambu- Motor
No. Jeep Car Tractor Van Lorry Others Total
lance Cycle
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 26 38 20 31 10 3 0 9 137
3 ASSAM 0 1 0 1 0 29 0 0 31
4 BIHAR 18 0 32 3 3 0 0 19 75
5 CHHATTISGARH 28 31 9 15 0 0 7 5 95
6 GOA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 GUJARAT 26 65 8 33 10 3 13 16 174
8 HARYANA 24 49 2 2 7 2 0 0 86
10 JHARKHAND 47 1 9 0 2 7 3 4 73
11 KARNATAKA 36 66 40 29 12 0 0 16 199
12 KERALA 35 42 44 38 3 5 3 3 173
13 MADHYA PRADESH 95 22 12 20 0 2 25 28 204
14 MAHARASHTRA 47 12 3 8 33 6 8 2 119
15 MANIPUR 2 1 10 1 1 0 1 1 17
16 MEGHALAYA 5 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 19
17 MIZORAM 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
18 NAGALAND 4 1 5 1 0 4 0 16 31
19 ODISHA 14 3 4 2 2 2 0 7 34
20 PUNJAB 27 26 16 6 7 10 0 0 92
21 RAJASTHAN 41 4 14 5 0 0 0 12 76
22 SIKKIM 0 3 10 0 0 0 2 3 18
23 TAMIL NADU 40 31 34 11 10 3 6 2 137
24 TELANGANA 25 81 0 51 11 20 1 17 206
25 TRIPURA 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 15
26 UTTAR PRADESH 77 19 46 19 32 5 4 19 221
27 UTTARAKHAND 10 12 6 0 4 1 1 2 36
28 WEST BENGAL 55 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 57
TOTAL (STATES) 700 544 333 286 148 116 74 184 2385
29 A & N ISLANDS 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
30 CHANDIGARH 1 3 2 3 1 0 5 2 17
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DELHI 15 7 2 19 0 1 3 26 73
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 5 6 2 0 3 1 15 37
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 8
TOTAL (UTs) 23 19 13 27 1 9 10 43 145
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 723 563 346 313 149 125 84 227 2530
280
Table – 12.9
Details of Electronic Equipments used in Prisons as on 31st December, 2021
Number of Electronic Equipments Available
Communication Devices Security Devices Misc

Sl.
State/UT Compu-
No.
ters Electronic
Walkie Metal
Phone Fax VHF Set CCTV Type- Others
Talkie Detector
writer
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 163 125 12 49 795 9 488 0 24
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 771 0 160 0 0
4 BIHAR 1155 42 5 2 1087 153 502 0 67
5 CHHATTISGARH 296 61 25 22 1617 172 247 0 106
6 GOA 0 1 0 0 17 2 15 0 0
7 GUJARAT 519 69 33 35 2201 275 642 0 184
8 HARYANA 464 298 22 0 655 95 474 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 381 108 0 9 2826 196 326 0 51
11 KARNATAKA 486 76 30 10 1293 420 304 0 245
12 KERALA 0 61 2 0 1342 141 566 0 306
13 MADHYA PRADESH 1162 250 95 14 1245 795 793 0 487
14 MAHARASHTRA 560 111 14 23 1882 234 788 0 132
15 MANIPUR 16 2 2 0 36 26 36 0 8
16 MEGHALAYA 24 0 0 20 164 16 38 0 2
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 2
18 NAGALAND 26 1 1 0 96 0 120 0 0
19 ODISHA 1723 0 86 0 2666 258 257 0 1433
20 PUNJAB 500 83 3 27 1118 128 260 0 25
21 RAJASTHAN 25 103 0 0 1717 394 617 0 0
22 SIKKIM 0 0 1 0 38 0 22 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 389 40 8 8 556 97 396 0 232
24 TELANGANA 225 0 44 0 1186 111 578 0 76
25 TRIPURA 0 9 8 0 161 44 62 0 4
26 UTTAR PRADESH 895 192 62 69 3600 635 729 0 205
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 3 7 0 341 25 117 0 37
28 WEST BENGAL 679 65 38 2 920 57 306 0 32
TOTAL (STATES) 9787 1713 504 290 28819 4322 9061 0 3684
29 A & N ISLANDS 15 10 1 3 8 13 10 0 5
30 CHANDIGARH 18 1 1 0 201 2 50 0 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 35 3 2 0 0
32 DELHI 18 100 7 3 7069 438 387 0 785
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 313 167 35 31 1599 285 134 0 131
34 LADAKH 6 1 1 0 73 2 3 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 5 0 8 4 14 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 379 279 50 37 8993 747 600 0 922
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10166 1992 554 327 37812 5069 9661 0 4606
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Table – 12.10
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2021
Central Jails District Jails Sub Jails Women Jails
Sl.
State/UT No. of Jails No. of Jails No. of Jails No. of Jails
No. Total Jails Total Jails Total Jails Total Jails
with VC with VC with VC with VC
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 4 8 8 91 65 2 1
3 ASSAM 6 6 22 22 1 1 0 0
4 BIHAR 8 8 31 31 17 16 2 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 5 20 19 8 7 0 0
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 4 11 11 9 9 2 2
8 HARYANA 3 3 16 16 0 0 0 0
10 JHARKHAND 7 7 16 15 7 6 0 0
11 KARNATAKA 8 8 21 20 25 10 1 1
12 KERALA 4 3 13 12 16 16 3 3
13 MADHYA PRADESH 11 11 41 40 73 72 0 0
14 MAHARASHTRA 9 9 28 26 4 0 1 0
15 MANIPUR 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0
17 MIZORAM 1 1 8 6 0 0 1 0
18 NAGALAND 1 1 10 4 0 0 0 0
19 ODISHA 5 5 9 9 73 59 1 1
20 PUNJAB 10 9 7 7 5 5 1 1
21 RAJASTHAN 9 9 26 25 60 52 7 4
22 SIKKIM 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 TAMIL NADU 9 9 14 10 96 80 5 5
24 TELANGANA 3 2 7 7 20 11 1 1
25 TRIPURA 1 1 2 2 10 10 0 0
26 UTTAR PRADESH 7 5 62 62 2 2 2 2
27 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 7 7 2 2 0 0
28 WEST BENGAL 8 8 13 13 30 30 1 1
TOTAL (STATES) 130 125 411 389 553 455 30 24
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
30 CHANDIGARH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
32 DELHI 14 14 0 0 0 0 2 2
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 2 10 9 1 1 0 0
34 LADAKH 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 18 18 13 11 11 4 2 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 148 143 424 400 564 459 32 26
282
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2021
Borstal Schools Open Jails Special Jails Others Total
Sl. No. of No. of No. of No. of

State/UT No. of
No. Total Jails Total Jails Total Jails Total Jails Total
Jails
Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails
with VC
VC VC VC 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 78
3 ASSAM 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 31 31
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 59 57
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 4 2 2 2 0 0 32 30
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
10 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 32 29
11 KARNATAKA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 57 39
12 KERALA 1 1 3 3 15 15 1 1 56 54
13 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 131 123
14 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 19 12 1 1 1 0 64 48
15 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
16 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
17 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7
18 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5
19 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 92 76
20 PUNJAB 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 26 24
21 RAJASTHAN 1 1 39 0 2 1 0 0 144 92
22 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
23 TAMIL NADU 12 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 142 117
24 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 37 21
25 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
26 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 75 72
27 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 11
28 WEST BENGAL 0 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 60 60
TOTAL (STATES) 19 14 88 25 38 31 3 1 1272 1064
29 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
30 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 DNH & DAMAN DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
32 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
33 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 13
34 LADAKH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
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 3 3 0 0 47 38
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 14 88 25 41 34 3 1 1319 1102
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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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Editorial Board
Ms. Divya Singh, ISS Statistical Officer (Statistics)
Shri C. Sivakumar Technical Officer (Statistics)
Mrs. Seema Rani Junior Technical Officer (Statistics)
Mrs. Garima Ojha Junior Technical Officer (Statistics)
Shri Ashok Kumar Data Entry Operator – B (Statistics)
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Prison Statistics India

National Crime Records Bureau

National Crime Records Bureau

It is my proud privilege to present the 27th edition of the Bureau’s annual

Prison is an integral part of the criminal justice system and its

The Bureau, in this publication, is presenting data on various facets of

I express my sincere gratitude to all Directors General/ Inspectors General

NCRB welcomes your valuable suggestions and feedback in the attached

31st August, 2022

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, 2021 63

2.10D Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2021 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, 2021 67

2.11D Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021 68

2.12A Education Profile of Detenues 69

2.12B Domicile of Detenues 70

2.12C Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021 71

2.12D Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2021 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, 2021 75

2.13D Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2021 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