Lok Sabha Question No. 400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Undertrial Prisons
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 400

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 9,1943 (SAKA)

UNDERTRIAL PRISONS

400. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether Government is aware that the percentage by which the prisoners locked in Indian jails at present is more than their capacity;
- (b)  the  number  of  undertrial  prisoners  locked  in  jails  for  more  than  one  year including the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the reasons for increase in the number of undertrial prisoners in the jails?

## ANSWER

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

(a): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles prison statistics reported to it by States and Union Territories (UTs) and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Prison Statistics India'. The latest published report is of the year 2019.  As  on  31.12.2019,  as  against  the  available  capacity  of  4,03,739,  there were 4,78,600 prisoners in the jails of the country, with a national occupancy rate of 118.5%.

(b): State/UT-wise details of undertrial prisoners locked in jails of the country as on 31 st  December,2019  are given in Annexure.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 400 FOR 30.11.2021

(c): '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 inmates is the responsibility  of  respective  State Governments.  No  specific  reasons  for  increase  in  the  number  of  under  trial prisoners has been provided by the States and UTs to NCRB.

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## State/UT-wise Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement as on 31 st  December, 2019

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   1to 2 Years |   2to 3 Years |   3to 5 Years |   Above 5 Years |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    |           143 |            24 |            18 |               1 |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |            14 |            12 |             9 |               5 |
| 3         | ASSAM             |           381 |           125 |            75 |              23 |
| 4         | BIHAR             |          3254 |          1518 |           949 |             270 |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      |          1749 |           569 |           172 |              46 |
| 6         | GOA               |           110 |            49 |             0 |              11 |
| 7         | GUJARAT           |          1457 |           731 |           639 |             223 |
| 8         | HARYANA           |          1844 |           642 |           193 |              16 |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |           331 |            93 |           131 |              13 |
| 10        | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |           556 |           281 |           205 |             201 |
| 11        | JHARKHAND         |          1920 |          1039 |           627 |             227 |
| 12        | KARNATAKA         |          1590 |           739 |           413 |             124 |
| 13        | KERALA            |           195 |            87 |            29 |              14 |
| 14        | MADHYA PRADESH    |          3991 |          1136 |           617 |             118 |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA       |          5153 |          3463 |          1828 |             394 |
| 16        | MANIPUR           |            98 |            53 |            41 |              17 |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA         |           114 |            60 |            51 |              18 |
| 18        | MIZORAM           |            34 |             7 |             3 |               0 |
| 19        | NAGALAND          |            45 |            11 |             8 |               0 |
| 20        | ODISHA            |          1849 |           859 |           769 |             275 |
| 21        | PUNJAB            |          2073 |           647 |           192 |              22 |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN         |          2033 |          1312 |           819 |             263 |
| 23        | SIKKIM            |            55 |             7 |             0 |               0 |
| 24        | TAMIL NADU        |           434 |           173 |            63 |              12 |
| 25        | TELANGANA         |            98 |            18 |            12 |               2 |
| 26        | TRIPURA           |            18 |             4 |             0 |               1 |
| 27        | UTTAR PRADESH     |         10174 |          6752 |          4569 |            2142 |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND       |           354 |           139 |            81 |              18 |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL#      |          1598 |           994 |           767 |             303 |
|           | TOTAL (STATES)    |         41665 |         21544 |         13280 |            4759 |
| 30        | A & N ISLANDS     |             6 |             3 |             5 |               0 |
| 31        | CHANDIGARH        |           182 |            17 |             5 |               0 |
| 32        | D & N HAVELI      |             9 |             3 |             1 |               0 |
| 33        | DAMAN & DIU       |             3 |             0 |             0 |               0 |
| 34        | DELHI             |          2265 |           880 |           757 |             252 |
| 35        | LAKSHADWEEP       |             0 |             0 |             1 |               0 |
| 36        | PUDUCHERRY        |             5 |             4 |             0 |               0 |
|           | TOTAL (UTs)       |          2470 |           907 |           769 |             252 |
| TOTAL     | (ALL-INDIA)       |         44135 |         22451 |         14049 |            5011 |

## Annexure