Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: CCTV Cameras in Jails
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021/ MAGHA 13, 1942 (SAKA)

CCTV CAMERAS IN JAILS

225.  SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  jails  in  the  country  equipped  with  the  facility  of  video conferencing;

(b) whether CCTV cameras are installed in all the jails in the country;

(c)  whether  all  the  equipment  related  to  video  conferencing  and  CCTV cameras are updated from time to time; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  prison  statistics reported to it by States and Union Territories (UTs) and publishes it in its annual report 'Prison Statistics India'. The latest published report is of the year  2019.  As  per  the  latest  published  report  of  NCRB,  808  jails  in  the country are equipped with the facility of video conferencing.

(b): State/UT-wise  number  of  CCTVs  installed  in  various  prisons  of  the country as on 31 st  December, 2019 are given in Annexure.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.225 FOR 02.02.2021

(c) & (d): 'Prisons' is a State subject as per Entry 4 of List II of Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Administration and management of prisons, including  the  setting  up,  maintenance  and  upkeep  of  equipment related  to  video  conferencing and CCTV surveillance systems etc. is the responsibility  of  respective  State  Governments,  who  are  competent  to maintain  and  upgrade  these  equipments  from  time  to  time,  as  per requirement.

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## State/UT-wise number of CCTVs installed in Prisons as on 31st December, 2019

| Sl No.   | State/UT          |   Number of CCTVs |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |               258 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                58 |
| 3        | Assam             |               200 |
| 4        | Bihar             |              1044 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |              1612 |
| 6        | Goa               |                17 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |              2314 |
| 8        | Haryana           |               552 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |               366 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir@  |              1005 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |              1274 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |               928 |
| 13       | Kerala            |               826 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |               592 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |              1580 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                36 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                74 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                 0 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |                11 |
| 20       | Odisha            |              1520 |
| 21       | Punjab            |               879 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |              1529 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |                 2 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |                67 |
| 25       | Telangana         |              1061 |
| 26       | Tripura           |               139 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |              2757 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                77 |
| 29       | West Bengal #     |               280 |
| 30       | A & N Islands     |                 8 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |               157 |
| 32       | D&N Haveli *      |                25 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu *     |                70 |
| 34       | Delhi             |              1130 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |                 0 |
| 36       | Puducherry        |                 8 |
|          | Total             |             22456 |