Lok Sabha Question No. 2727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Rehabilitation Programmes for Prisoners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2727

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 11, 1938 (SAKA)

REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES FOR PRISONERS

2727. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  rehabilitation  programmes  for  prisoners  lodged  in prisons and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether such programmes have shown favourable outcome and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted survey or collected feedback from inmates about such programmes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the programmes have led to inmates earning sufficient wages through their term at the prison and after and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)  'Prisons' is a State subject as per entry 4 of List II of the Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India.  Therefore,  the administration and management of prisons is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments.

## L.S.US.NO.2727.FOR 02.08.2016

(c) to (d) As per data compiled by National Crime Records Bureau, a State/UT wise statement of Rehabilitation of Prisoners during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I.

## ANNEXURE-I

## Annexure referred to in part (c) to(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2727 for answer on 02.8.2016

| S. No.   | State/UT          | No. of prisoners to whom financial assistance provided   | No. of convicts rehabilitated   | Wages Paid per day to Convicts (in Rs.)   | Wages Paid per day to Convicts (in Rs.)   | Wages Paid per day to Convicts (in Rs.)   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|          |                   | on release                                               |                                 | Skilled                                   | Semi Skilled                              | Unskilled                                 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                                                        | 188                             | 70                                        | 50                                        | 30                                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                        | 0                               | 75                                        | 0                                         | 55                                        |
| 3        | Assam             | 100                                                      | 50                              | 75                                        | 0                                         | 55                                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 60                                                       | 1                               | 121                                       | 87                                        | 80                                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                                        | 0                               | 30                                        | 0                                         | 25                                        |
| 6        | Goa               | 0                                                        | 0                               | 80                                        | 60                                        | 50                                        |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 136                                                      | 69                              | 42                                        | 36                                        | 30                                        |
| 8        | Haryana           | 0                                                        | 70                              | 40                                        | 25                                        | 20                                        |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 8                                                        | 7                               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 170                                       |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1                                                        | 132                             | 72                                        | 60                                        | 60                                        |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 0                                                        | 22                              | 121                                       | 87                                        | 80                                        |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 0                                                        | 0                               | 90                                        | 80                                        | 70                                        |
| 13       | Kerala            | 0                                                        | 0                               | 53                                        | 35                                        | 21                                        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                                        | 0                               | 55                                        | 0                                         | 50                                        |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 28                                                       | 0                               | 55                                        | 50                                        | 40                                        |
| 16       | Manipur           | 0                                                        | 0                               | 12                                        | 10                                        | 8                                         |

| 17   | Meghalaya     |   100 |    0 | 70   | 60   | 50   |
|------|---------------|-------|------|------|------|------|
| 18   | Mizoram       |    37 |   43 | 15   | 12   | 10   |
| 19   | Nagaland      |    30 |    0 | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 20   | Odisha        |     8 |   95 | 40   | 40   | 40   |
| 21   | Punjab        |     0 |   27 | 35   | 30   | 25   |
| 22   | Rajasthan     |     0 |    0 | 40   | 30   | 20   |
| 23   | Sikkim        |     0 |    0 | 40   | 30   | 30   |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu    |    30 |  961 | 100  | 80   | 60   |
| 25   | Telangana     |     0 |  151 | 70   | 50   | 30   |
| 26   | Tripura       |     0 |    0 | 25   | 21   | 18   |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh |   339 |   15 | 40   | 30   | 25   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand   |     0 |  337 | 45   | 35   | 30   |
| 29   | West Bengal   |    59 |    0 | 35   | 30   | 20   |
| 30   | A & N Islands |     0 |    0 | 37   | 0    | 28   |
| 31   | Chandigarh    |     0 |    0 | 60   | 50   | 40   |
| 32   | D & N Haveli  |     0 |    0 | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 33   | Daman & Diu   |     0 |    0 | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 34   | Delhi         |     0 |   20 | 171  | 138  | 107  |
| 35   | Lakshadweep   |     0 |    0 | 0    | 0    | 0    |
| 36   | Puducherry    |     2 |    8 | 170  | 160  | 150  |
|      | Total         |   938 | 2196 |      |      |      |

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