Lok Sabha Question No. 504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Installation of CCTV Cameras
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 504

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19th DECEMBER, 2017/AGRAHAYANA 28, 1939 (SAKA) INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS

504.

SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Supreme Court has directed the  Government to install CCTV cameras in all prisons in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of prisons where CCTV cameras have been installed, State-wise; and
- (c)  the  time  by  which  all  prisons  are  likely  to  be  equipped  with  CCTV cameras?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a):  The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in its order dated 24.7.2015 in the matter of Crl. M.P. No. 16086 of 1997, Crl. M.P. No. 4201 of 1997 in WP (Crl)  No.  539  of  1986  -  Dilip  K.  Basu  vs  State  of  West  Bengal  and others  had  given  the  following  directions  for  installation  of  CCTV Cameras in prisons:

'The State Governments shall take steps to install CCTV cameras in all the prisons in their respective States within a period of one year from today but not later than two years.'

## LS US.Q NO. 504 FOR 19.12.2017

The Ministry of Home Affairs vide its letter dated December 10, 2015 had advised all States and Union Territories to take urgent suitable action to comply with the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in their State/UT.

(b) & (c): State/UT wise details of the number of CCTVs available in the Prisons in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, as compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, are at Annex I.

'Prisons'  is  a  State  subject  under  Entry  4  of  List  II  of  the  Seventh Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India  and  therefore  the  administration and management of prisons is the responsibility of State Governments.

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## L.S.US.Q NO. FOR 504 19.12.2017

## Annexure-I

State/UT-wise Number of CCTVs available in Prisons as on 31 st  December of 2014, 2015 and 2016*

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2015   | 2016*   |
|-----------|-------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| (1)       | (2)               | (3)    | (4)    | (5)     |
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 34     | 67     | 67      |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0      | 0      | 19      |
| 3         | ASSAM             | 6      | 10     | 10      |
| 4         | BIHAR             | 599    | 599    | 913     |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      | 210    | 203    | 386     |
| 6         | GOA               | 25     | 25     | 38      |
| 7         | GUJARAT           | 1371   | 1853   | 2196    |
| 8         | HARYANA           | 60     | 130    | 213     |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 22     | 22     | 22      |
| 10        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 185    | 335    | 318     |
| 11        | JHARKHAND         | 291    | 337    | 357     |
| 12        | KARNATAKA         | 406    | 406    | 612     |
| 13        | KERALA            | 6      | 6      | 52      |
| 14        | MADHYA PRADESH    | 283    | 405    | 480     |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA       | 379    | 730    | 730     |
| 16        | MANIPUR           | 1      | 34     | 1       |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA         | 2      | 2      | 2       |
| 18        | MIZORAM           | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 19        | NAGALAND          | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 20        | ODISHA            | 36     | 50     | 50      |
| 21        | PUNJAB            | 139    | 174    | 432     |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN         | 138    | 490    | 984     |
| 23        | SIKKIM            | 1      | 1      | 1       |
| 24        | TAMIL NADU        | 33     | 44     | 46      |
| 25        | TELANGANA         | 17     | 18     | 39      |
| 26        | TRIPURA           | 14     | 27     | 27      |
| 27        | UTTAR PRADESH     | 36     | 711    | 1380    |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND       | 38     | 38     | 38      |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL       | 45     | 79     | 280     |
|           | TOTAL (STATES)    | 4377   | 6796   | 9693    |
| 30        | A & N ISLANDS     | 2      | 2      | 6       |
| 31        | CHANDIGARH        | 36     | 55     | 82      |
| 32        | D & N HAVELI      | 7      | 8      | 8       |
| 33        | DAMAN & DIU       | 12     | 13     | 16      |
| 34        | DELHI             | 258    | 258    | 554     |
| 35        | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 36        | PUDUCHERRY        | 0      | 1      | 1       |
|           | TOTAL (UTs)       | 315    | 337    | 667     |
|           | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 4692   | 7133   | 10360   |

Source: Prison Statistics India                                  * Data is provisional