Lok Sabha Question No. 4468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Youth Serving in Jails
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4468

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  JANUARY, 2019/, PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)

YOUTH SERVING IN JAILS

4468. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of youths serving jail time, State-wise;

(b) the details regarding the current schemes/policies for the skill development of inmates in jails especially for the youth; and

(c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  inmates  are  engaged  in employment-oriented skill development for easier reintegration into the society upon release?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per latest published data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),

State/UT-wise and age group-wise (16-18 years & 18-30 Years) details of inmates lodged in prisons as on 31.12.2015are given in Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): 'Prisons' and 'persons detained therein' are State subjects under List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The State Governments are, therefore, competent to devise and implement suitable schemes and policies for skill  development  of  inmates  in  prisons  and  to  engage  them  in  employmentoriented skill development for their re-integration into the society upon release. However,  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  various advisories to State

## LS.US.Q.NO.4468 FOR08.01.2019

Governments and Union Territory Administrations from time to time on efficient Prison  Administration,  Prison  Management  and  providing  vocational  and  skill development training to prison inmates. A Model Prison Manual, 2016 has also been forwarded to all States and UTs, which, inter alia, provides for measures to be taken for providing vocational training and skill development programmes to prison inmates.

## STATE/UT-WISE INMATES UNDER 16-18 YEARS AND 18-30 YEARS AGE-GROUP AS ON 31.12.2015

|     |                   | 16 - 18 YEARS   | 16 - 18 YEARS   | 16 - 18 YEARS   | 18 - 30 YEARS   | 18 - 30 YEARS   | 18 - 30 YEARS   |
|-----|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Sl. | State/UT          | Male            | Female          | Total           | Male            | Female          | Total           |
| 1   | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2779            | 98              | 2877            |
| 2   | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0               | 0               | 0               | 109             | 1               | 110             |
| 3   | ASSAM             | 0               | 0               | 0               | 3250            | 118             | 3368            |
| 4   | BIHAR             | 0               | 0               | 0               | 11252           | 333             | 11585           |
| 5   | CHHATTISGARH      | 0               | 0               | 0               | 8417            | 332             | 8749            |
| 6   | GOA               | 0               | 0               | 0               | 106             | 13              | 119             |
| 7   | GUJARAT           | 0               | 0               | 0               | 4869            | 163             | 5032            |
| 8   | HARYANA           | 0               | 0               | 0               | 8957            | 243             | 9200            |
| 9   | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0               | 0               | 0               | 805             | 12              | 817             |
| 10  | JAMMU &KASHMIR    | 0               | 0               | 0               | 907             | 31              | 938             |
| 11  | JHARKHAND         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 7491            | 281             | 7772            |
| 12  | KARNATAKA         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 6784            | 271             | 7055            |
| 13  | KERALA            | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2768            | 47              | 2815            |
| 14  | MADHYA PRADESH    | 0               | 0               | 0               | 18026           | 412             | 18438           |
| 15  | MAHARASHTRA       | 16              | 0               | 16              | 11246           | 446             | 11692           |
| 16  | MANIPUR           | 0               | 0               | 0               | 270             | 11              | 281             |
| 17  | MEGHALAYA         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 665             | 6               | 671             |
| 18  | MIZORAM           | 0               | 0               | 0               | 687             | 44              | 731             |
| 19  | NAGALAND          | 0               | 0               | 0               | 261             | 3               | 264             |
| 20  | ODISHA            | 0               | 0               | 0               | 6749            | 205             | 6954            |
| 21  | PUNJAB            | 0               | 0               | 0               | 9614            | 379             | 9993            |
| 22  | RAJASTHAN         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 7986            | 198             | 8184            |
| 23  | SIKKIM            | 0               | 0               | 0               | 121             | 11              | 132             |
| 24  | TAMILNADU         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 4512            | 108             | 4620            |
| 25  | TELANGANA         | 0               | 0               | 0               | 2431            | 91              | 2522            |
| 26  | TRIPURA           | 0               | 0               | 0               | 402             | 11              | 413             |
| 27  | UTTAR PRADESH     | 32              | 0               | 32              | 33825           | 932             | 34757           |
| 28  | UTTARAKHAND       | 0               | 0               | 0               | 1200            | 41              | 1241            |
| 29  | WEST BENGAL       | 0               | 0               | 0               | 8732            | 541             | 9273            |
|     | TOTAL (STATES)    | 48              | 0               | 48              | 165221          | 5382            | 170603          |
| 30  | A & N ISLANDS     | 0               | 0               | 0               | 161             | 4               | 165             |
| 31  | CHANDIGARH        | 0               | 0               | 0               | 358             | 14              | 372             |
| 32  | D & N HAVELI      | 0               | 0               | 0               | 93              | 8               | 101             |
| 33  | DAMAN &DIU        | 0               | 0               | 0               | 21              | 0               | 21              |
| 34  | DELHI             | 0               | 0               | 0               | 7684            | 173             | 7857            |
| 35  | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0               | 0               | 0               | 11              | 0               | 11              |
| 36  | PUDUCHERRY        | 0               | 0               | 0               | 59              | 2               | 61              |
|     | TOTAL (UTs)       | 0               | 0               | 0               | 8387            | 201             | 8588            |
|     | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 48              | 0               | 48              | 173608          | 5583            | 179191          |

Source: Prison Statistics India