Lok Sabha Question No. 3175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Standards for Prison
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3175

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

STANDARDS FOR PRISON

3175. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the current prison to population ratio of India follow international standards;

(b) if so, the current prison to inmates ratio in the State of Telangana;

- (c) the total funds granted by the Government for the improvement of prison since 2014 to the State of Telangana, year-wise;

(d) whether the Government has received the Fund Utilisation Certificate for all the funds during the said period; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) and (b):      National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles prison statistics  reported  to  it  by  the  States  and  Union  Territories  (UTs)  and publishes  the  same  in  its  annual  publication  'Prison  Statistics  India'.  The latest published report is of the year 2020. State/UT-wise number of prisons, its available capacity and inmate population as on 31 st  December, 2020 are given in Annexure.

## LS.US.Q.NO.3175 FOR 22.03.2022

(c) to (e): Prisons'/'persons detained therein' is a 'State' subject under Entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Administration  and  management  of  prisons  and  prison  inmates  is  the responsibility  of  respective  State  Governments,  who  are  competent  for providing adequate funds and resources for improvement in prison infrastructure  and  facilities.    However,  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA) had released Rs. 1.70 crore, Rs. 1.38 crore and Rs.1.30 crore to the State Government of Telangana in the Financial Years (FY) 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20  respectively  for  E-prisons  project,  for  computerization  of  prison operations and digitization of prison records. Utilization Certificates of the amount released to the State Government of Telangana from FY 2017-18 to FY 2019-20 have been received.

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## ANNEXURE LS.US.Q.NO. 3175 FOR 22.03.2022

State/UT-wise number of prison, available capacity and inmate population as on 31 st  December, 2020

| Sl. No   | State/UT          |   Number of Prisons |   Available Capacity |   Inmate Population |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                 106 |                 8760 |                7375 |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                   2 |                  333 |                 253 |
| 3        | ASSAM             |                  31 |                 8938 |                9274 |
| 4        | BIHAR             |                  59 |                45862 |               51934 |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH      |                  33 |                13704 |               18068 |
| 6        | GOA               |                   1 |                  624 |                 524 |
| 7        | GUJARAT           |                  30 |                13762 |               15217 |
| 8        | HARYANA           |                  19 |                19306 |               18309 |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                  14 |                 2264 |                2427 |
| 10       | JHARKHAND         |                  31 |                17333 |               22190 |
| 11       | KARNATAKA         |                  57 |                14550 |               14308 |
| 12       | KERALA            |                  55 |                 7321 |                6049 |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH    |                 131 |                28675 |               45484 |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA       |                  60 |                24722 |               31825 |
| 15       | MANIPUR           |                   5 |                 1272 |                 625 |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA         |                   5 |                  650 |                1007 |
| 17       | MIZORAM           |                  10 |                 1623 |                1049 |
| 18       | NAGALAND          |                  11 |                 1450 |                 391 |
| 19       | ODISHA            |                  92 |                20819 |               18881 |
| 20       | PUNJAB            |                  25 |                23776 |               18470 |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN         |                 145 |                22907 |               22063 |
| 22       | SIKKIM            |                   2 |                  260 |                 452 |
| 23       | TAMIL NADU        |                 142 |                23592 |               14302 |
| 24       | TELANGANA         |                  37 |                 7845 |                6114 |
| 25       | TRIPURA           |                  13 |                 2179 |                 870 |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH     |                  73 |                60685 |              107395 |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND       |                  11 |                 3540 |                5969 |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL       |                  60 |                21476 |               25863 |
| 29       | A & N ISLANDS     |                   4 |                  309 |                 331 |
| 30       | CHANDIGARH        |                   1 |                 1120 |                 968 |
| 31       | D N H & DAMAN DIU |                   2 |                  130 |                 157 |
| 32       | DELHI             |                  16 |                10026 |               15995 |
| 33       | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                  14 |                 3660 |                4105 |
| 34       | LADAKH            |                   1 |                   80 |                  26 |
| 35       | LAKSHADWEEP       |                   4 |                   64 |                   3 |
| 36       | PUDUCHERRY        |                   4 |                  416 |                 238 |
|          | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) |                1306 |               414033 |              488511 |

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