Prison Statistics India
2018

National Crime Records Bureau

(Ministry of Home Affairs)
Government of India
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New Delhi - 110 037.
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(Ministry of Home Affairs)
Government of India
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New Delhi - 110 037.
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 FOREWORD

As Director of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), I feel proud to present

the 24th edition of the annual publication ‘Prison Statistics India 2018’ (PSI 2018).

Since 1995, this annual publication has been providing comprehensive statistical

information on various aspects of prison administration to various stakeholders viz.

Parliamentarians, Policy makers, Central & State/UT Governments, Prison

Administrators, Criminologists, Researchers, Academicians, etc.

This report consists of twelve chapters, dedicated to various aspects of prison

administration viz. type of prisons and its occupancy, prisoners types and

demography particulars, details of Indian and Foreign prisoners, offence-wise

distribution of convicts and undertrials, sentences and incarceration of prisoners,

releases, transfers and movements of inmates, deaths of prisoners, jail breaks,

escapes & firing in prisons, rehabilitation and welfare of prisoners, prison staff

strength and prison budget and expenditure.

 I express my sincere thanks to all Directors General / Inspectors General of

Prisons and Prison Departments of the States/UTs for furnishing the data to bring

out this publication.

I commend the dedication and hard work put in by the Officers and Staff of the

Statistical Branch of the Bureau in bringing out this publication. I also take this

opportunity to appreciate the efforts of the PSI Publication Team of the Bureau in

publishing three editions of the PSI report, PSI-2016, 2017 & 2018 in the current

year.

The Bureau, on its own initiative, has digitized and made available all editions

of the ‘Prison Statistics India’ publication, since 1995, on NCRB website

http://ncrb.gov.in, under proactive disclosure of information for more transparency.

NCRB welcomes the valuable suggestions and feedback from the readers of

this publication, in the form attached at the end of this report, for further improvement

in content and quality of future editions.

(Ram Phal Pawar)

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23 December, 2019
New Delhi
 CONTENTS
Chapter
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CONTENTS i-v

DISCLAIMER & LIMITATIONS vi

METHODOLOGY vii-viii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix-xxiv

Chapter-1 Prisons – Types and Occupancy 1 – 18

1.1 Types of Jails in the Country 19

1.2 Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails 20

1.3 Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate 21-23

1.4 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails 24

1.5 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails 25

1.6 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails 26

1.7 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails 27

1.8 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools 28

1.9 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails 29

1.10 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails 30

1.11 Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails 31

Chapter-2 Prisoners – Types and Demography 33 – 44

2.1 Types of Prison Inmates 45-46

2.2 Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates 47

2.3 Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails (Sex-wise) 48-49

2.4 Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails (Sex-wise) 50-51

2.5 Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails (Sex-wise) 52-53

2.6 Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails 54

2.7 Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools (Sex-wise) 55-56

2.8 Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails (Sex-wise) 57-58

2.9 Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails (Sex-wise) 59-60

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2.10A Education Profile of Convicts 61

2.10B Domicile of Convicts 62

2.10C Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018 63

2.10D Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018 64

2.11A Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners 65

2.11B Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners 66

2.11C Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018 67

2.11D Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018 68

2.12A Education Profile of Detenues 69

2.12B Domicile of Detenues 70

2.12C Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018 71

2.12D Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018 72

2.13A Education Profile of Other Prisoners 73

2.13B Domicile of Other Prisoners 74

2.13C Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018 75

2.13D Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018 76

2.14 Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts 77

2.15 Age-group wise Percentage Share of Undertrials to Total Undertrials 78

2.16 Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails 79

2.17 Number of Women Prisoners with Children 80

2.18 Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group 81

2.19 Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age Group 81

2.20 Inmates admitted during the year 82

Chapter-3 Indian Prisoners 83 – 89

3.1 Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) 90-91

3.2 Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 92-93

3.3 Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 94-95

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3.4 Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 96-97

3.5 Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups 98-99

Chapter-4 Foreign Prisoners 101 – 108

4.1 Foreign Inmates 109

4.2 Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails 110-111

4.3 Foreign Convicts by Nationality 112-114

4.4 Foreign Undertrials by Nationality 115-117

Chapter-5 Prisoners - Offence wise 119 – 130

5.1 Convicts by Type of Offences under IPC 131-134

5.2 Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws 135-138

5.3 Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under IPC 139-142

5.4 Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws 143-146

5.5 Incidence of Recidivism 147

Chapter-6 Prisoners - Sentences and Incarceration 149 – 153

6.1A Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence 154-155

6.1B Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence 156-157

6.2 Details of Death Sentence 158

Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine
6.3 159-160
Amount after Completion of their Sentence
6.4 Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement 161-162

6.5 Percentage of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement 163

Chapter-7 Prisoners - Releases, Transfers and Movements 165 – 169

7.1 Convicts Released 170

7.2 Persons Released on Parole, Parole Absconders / Arrests 171

7.3 Undertrials Released / Transferred 172

7.4 Status of Undertrial Inmates under Section 436A of Cr.P.C. 173

7.5 Detenues Released 174

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7.6 Movement of inmates outside the jail premises 175

7.7 Types of Inmates Suffering from Mental Illness 176

Chapter-8 Deaths and Illness in Prisons 177 – 182

8.1 Deaths of inmates in Prisons 183

8.2 Natural Deaths 184

8.3 Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) 185-186

8.4 Un-natural Deaths of prisoners 187

8.5 Mode of Suicide by Prison Inmates 188

8.6 Mode of Murder of Prisoners by Inmates in Jails 189

8.7 Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails 190

Chapter-9 Jail Breaks, Escapes & Firing in Prisons 191 – 193

9.1 Details of Escapees 194

9.2 Incidence of Jail breaks, Group clashes and Firing in jail 195

9.3 Incidence of deaths and injuries in clashes in jails 196

Chapter-10 Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners 197 – 214

10.1 Details of Educational facilities for prisoners 215

10.2 Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings Under Vocational Course 216

10.3 Value of Goods Produced by Inmates 217

10.4 Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners 218

10.5 NGOs working for the Welfare of Prisoners 219

10.6 Number of complaints received by NHRC & SHRC and their disposals 220

Chapter-11 Prisons Staff – Strength and Training 221 – 225

11.1 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff 226

11.2 Number of Inmates Per Staff 227

11.3 Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff 228-235

11.4 Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff 236-237

Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher/Specialised/Re-orientation

11.5 238
Courses)
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Chapter-12 Prison - Budget and Infrastructure 239 – 245

Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2016-17, 2017-18 &
12.1 246
2018-19 and Percentage Variation in 2018-19 over 2017-18

Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year

12.2 247
2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-198

12.3 Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2018-2019 248

12.4 Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2018-2019 249

12.5 State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed 250

12.6 Number of Jails Renovated/Expanded 251

12.7 Details of Quarters Available to Prison Officials 252

12.8 Details of Vehicles Available in Jails 253

12.9 Details of Electronic Equipments Used in Prisons 254

12.10 Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility 255-256

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 DISCLAIMER

The information published in this report has been

obtained from all States/UTs Prison Headquarters.
NCRB has only compiled and collated the data and
presented it in the form of this report. NCRB shall
not be responsible for authenticity of information.
Any discrepancy observed in this report, however,
may be brought to the notice of the Bureau.

LIMITATIONS

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for

the year 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been
used to arrive at national level figures.

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Methodology
 

 
 Methodology for Data Collection & Publication

A. Data Collection and Compilation Process

I. The publication year refers to the calendar year i.e. 1st January to
31st December 2018.
II. The data collection process including clarifications from States/UTs Prison
Department was started in July, 2019 and continued till December, 2019.

A.1 Action by States/UTs Prisons Department

I. The annual States/UTs data for “Prison Statistics India” is furnished
by the Prison Department of all 36 States/UTs as per the NCRB
prescribed proformae in hardcopy as well as in softcopy through
Software Application developed by NCRB.
II. A training is conducted every year for the functional officials / dealing
hands of all States/UTs Prison Department to explain various issues of
data reporting/data quality including entry of data in input tables.
III. The consolidation of State level data is done by Prison Department of
the concerned States/UTs and the consolidated data is shared with
NCRB.
IV. First level data validation is done at the Prison(s) level during the data
capturing process itself through the validation checks provided in the
NCRB software. However, this is done where prison is equipped with
computers and related infrastructure.
V. Second level data validation is done at the time of consolidation by the
State/UT Prison Department through the NCRB’s Application.
VI. Data received at NCRB are scrutinized for any discrepancy. If any
discrepancy noticed, the same are communicated to the respective
State/UT for clarification, verification and rectification.
VII. Amendments, if any, in the rectified data are incorporated in the
database by NCRB.

A. 2 Compilation at NCRB
I. After receiving the final data from all States/UTs, all India data is
generated by NCRB.
II. The national level tables for the “Prison Statistics India” are generated
through the Application software and cross checked for data
discrepancies, if any.
III. The additional tables are prepared and made available on NCRB
website. Details of these additional tables are given in Para-B.
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B. List of Additional Tables of Prison Statistics India-2018 on NCRB Portal

S.No. Table Name

1. State/UT-wise Number of Jails (2016-2018)*
2. Capacity, Inmate Population & Occupancy Rate of Jails (2016-2018)*
3. State/UT-wise Types of Prison Inmates (2016-2018)*
State/UT-wise Distribution of Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on
4.
31st December 2018
State/UT-wise Distribution of Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on
5.
31st December 2018
6. Number of Women Prisoners with Children Admitted during 2018
7. State/UT-wise Types of Indian National Prisoners (2016-2018)*
8. State/UT-wise Types of Foreign National Prisoners (2016-2018)*
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Convicts to Total Foreigners
9.
Convicted by Age-groups as on 31st December 2018
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreigner Under trials in Jails by Sex and Age-
10.
groups as on 31st December 2018
State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of Foreigner Under trials to Total
11.
Foreigners Under trials by Age-groups as on 31st December 2018
Distribution of Foreigner Detenues in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as on
12.
31st December 2018
Age-group wise Percentage of Foreign Detenues to Total Foreign Detenues as
13.
on 31st December 2018
State/UT-wise Distribution of Foreign Others in Jails by Sex and Age-groups as
14.
on 31st December 2018
15. State/UT-wise Convicts Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2016-2018)*
16. State/UT-wise Undertrials Confined in Major IPC Crimes (2016-2018)*
State/UT-wise Convicts Confined for Capital Punishment & Life Imprisonment
17.
(2016-2018)*
18. State/UT-wise Convicts and Undertrials Released during 2016-2018
19. State/UT-wise Deaths of Prisoners during 2016-2018
20. State/UT-wise Jail Breaks, Clashes and Firing in Jail reported during 2016-2018
State/UT-wise Complaints Received from National Human Rights Commission
21. (NHRC) & State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and their disposal during
2016-2018
22. State/UT-wise Strength of Prison Officials (2016-2018)*
23. State/UT-wise No. of Jail Inspections by Different Visitors during 2018
24. Jail Details as on 31st December 2018

25. Crime Committed by Prison Staff against Prisoners during the year 2018

st
* Figures as on 31 December of the respective year

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 Prison Statistics India–2018
Executive Summary

Prisons – Types & Occupancy

No. of Actual Capacity No. of Prisoners at Occupancy Rate at
Year
Prisons of Prisons the end of the year the end of the year

2016 1,412 3,80,876 4,33,003 113.7%

2017 1,361 3,91,574 4,50,696 115.1%

2018 1,339 3,96,223 4,66,084 117.6%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been
used.
Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year

1. The total number of prisons at national level has decreased from 1,412 in
2016 to 1,339 in 2018, having decreased by 5.17% during 2016-2018.
2. The 1,339 prisons in the country consist of 628 Sub Jails, 404 District Jails,
144 Central Jails, 77 Open Jails, 41 Special Jails, 24 Woman Jails, 19 Borstal
School and 2 Other than the above Jails.
3. The highest number of jails were reported in Tamil Nadu (138) followed by
Rajasthan (130), Madhya Pradesh (130), Andhra Pradesh (105), Karnataka
(104) and Odisha (91). These Six (6) States together cover 52.13 % of total
jails in the country as on 31st December, 2018.
4. Delhi has reported the highest number of Central jails (14) in the country.
However, States/UTs like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, A & N Island, D &
N Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep have no central Jail as on
31st December, 2018.
5. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of District jails (61). However,
States/UTs like Goa, Chandigarh, D & N Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi,
Lakshadweep and Puducherry have no District Jail as on 31st December,
2018.
6. Tamil Nadu has highest number of Sub-jails (96). However, States/ UTs like
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Chandigarh and Delhi have no sub-jail in their States/UTs, as on
31st December, 2018.

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7. Only 15 States/UTs were having Woman Jails (24 Woman Jails) with a total
capacity of 5,593 in India. These States/ UTs (number of Jails, Inmates
Capacity) are – Tamil Nadu (5) (2018), Kerala (3) (232), Bihar (2) (152),
Rajasthan (2) (450), Delhi (2) (648), Andhra Pradesh(1) (160), Gujarat(1)
(210), Karnataka(1) (100), Maharashtra(1) (262), Odisha(1) (55), Punjab(1)
(320), Telangana(1) (250), Uttar Pradesh(1) (420), West Bengal(1) (226) and
Mizoram (1) (90). The rest of 21 States/ UTs have no separate Women Jail as
on 31st December, 2018.
8. The actual capacity of prisons has increased from 3,80,876 in 2016 to
3,96,223 in 2018 (as on 31st December of each year), having increased by
4.03% during 2016-2018. Number of prisoners lodged in various jails has
increased from 4,33,003 in 2016 to 4,66,084 in 2018 (as on 31st December of
each year), having increased by 7.64% during the period.
9. Out of the total capacity 3,96,223 in 1,339 prisons in 2018, the Central Jails of
the country were having the highest capacity of inmates (1,75,820) followed
by the District Jails (capacity of 1,55,490 inmates) and the Sub Jails (capacity
of 44,916 inmates). Among the other types of Jails Special Jails, Open Jails
and Women Jails were having a capacity of 6,594, 5,667 and 5,593 inmates
respectively as on 31st December, 2018. The highest number of inmates were
lodged in Central Jails (2,09,278) followed by District Jails (2,06,518) and Sub
Jails (36,775) as on 31st December, 2018. The number of inmates in Woman
Jails were 3,243.
10. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest capacity in their jails (capacity of
58,914 inmates in 71 jails contributing 14.87% of total capacity) followed by
Bihar (capacity of 41,441 inmates in 58 Jails contributing 10.46% of total
capacity) and Madhya Pradesh (capacity of 28,601 inmates in 130 jails
contributing 7.2% of total capacity).
11. Out of the 4,66,084 prisoners, 4,46,842 were male prisoners and 19,242 were
female prisoners.
12. The occupancy rate has increased from 113.7% in 2016 to 117.6% in 2018
(as on 31st December of each year).
13. The highest occupancy rate was in District Jails (132.8%) followed by Central
Jails (119.0%) and Sub Jails (81.9%). The occupancy rate in Woman Jails
was 58% as on 31st December, 2018.

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 14. Uttar Pradesh (1,04,011) has reported the highest number of prisoners in its
jails contributing 22.3% followed by Madhya Pradesh (42,057), Bihar
(38,685), Maharashtra (35,884), West Bengal (23,092) and Punjab (22,486)
as on 31st December, 2018. These states together are contributing around
57.1% of total prisoners at national level.
15. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest occupancy rate (176.5%) followed by
Sikkim (157.3%) and Delhi (154.3%) as on 31st December, 2018.
16. The capacity in 24 Women Jails was 5,593 with the actual number of woman
prisoners in these Woman Jails was 3,243 (Occupancy Rate: 58%).The
capacity of Woman Inmates in other types of Jail (i.e. except Woman Jails)
was 21,668 with the actual number of woman inmates in these jails was
15,999 (Occupancy Rate: 73.8%) as on 31st December, 2018.
17. Uttarakhand has reported the highest female occupancy rate (164.9%)
followed by Chhattisgarh (146.6%) and Maharashtra (128.1%). However, the
highest number of female inmates were confined in the Jails of Uttar Pradesh
(4,053) followed by Maharashtra (1,620) and Madhya Pradesh (1,509).

Prisoners – Types & Demography

No. of No. of Undertrial No of No. of Other Total No. of
Year
Convicts* Prisoners* Detenues* Inmates* Prisoners*
2016 1,35,683 2,93,058 3,089 1,173 4,33,003
2017 1,39,149 3,08,718 2,136 693 4,50,696
2018 1,39,488 3,23,537 2,384 675 4,66,084
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has
been used.
* Figures are as on 31st December of each year

1. During the whole year 2018, a total of 18,47,258 inmates were admitted in
various jails of the country.
2. A total of (4,66,084) prisoners as on 31st December, 2018 were confined in
various jails across the country. The number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
and Detenues were reported as 1,39,488, 3,23,537 and 2,384 respectively
accounting for 29.9%, 69.4% and 0.5% respectively at the end of 2018. Other
prisoners accounted for 0.1% (675 prisoners) of total prisoners

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3. Convicted Prisoners
a. The number of convicted prisoners has increased from 1,35,683 in
2016 to 1,39,488 in 2018 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 2.8% during this period.
b. Out of total 1,39,488 convicts, the highest number of convicted
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails (65.1%, 90,755 convicts)
followed by District Jails (28.8%, 40,136 convicts) and Open Jails
(2.7%, 3,749 convicts) as on 31st December,2018.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the most number of convicts (20.5%,
28,660 convicts) in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (13.4%,
18,626 convicts) and Maharashtra (6.4%, 8,908 convicts) at the end of
2018.
d. Among the 1,39,488 convicts, 270 were civil convicts.
4. Undertrial Prisoners
a. The number of undertrial prisoners has increased from 2,93,058 in
2016 to 3,23,537 in 2018 (as on 31st December of each year), having
increased by 10.4% during this period.
b. Among the 3,23,537 undertrial prisoners, the highest number of
undertrial prisoners were lodged in District Jails(51.3%, 1,65,988
undertrials) followed by Central Jails(35.9%, 1,16,183 undertrials) and
Sub Jails(10.5%, 34,051 undertrials) as on 31st December,2018.
c. Uttar Pradesh has reported the most number of undertrials (23.2%,
75,206 undertrials) in the country followed by Bihar (9.7%, 31,488
undertrials) and Maharashtra (8.3%, 26,898 undertrials) at the end of
2018.
d. Among the 3,23,537 undertrial prisoners, only 101 were civil inmates.
5. Detenues
a. The number of detenues has decreased from 3,089 in 2016 to 2,384 in
2018 (as on 31st December of each year), having decreased by
22.82% during this period.
b. Among the 2,384 detenues, the highest number of detenues were
lodged in Central Jails(76.3%, 1,818 detenues) followed by District

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 Jails(11.7%, 280 detenues) and Special Jails(4.9%, 117 detenues)
as on 31st December,2018.
c. Tamilnadu has reported the most number of detenues (31.1%, 741) in
the country followed by Gujarat (19%, 452) and Telangana (12.2%,
292) at the end of 2018.
6. Woman Prisoners with Children
a. There were 1,732 women prisoners with 1,999 children as on 31st
December, 2018.
b. Among these women prisoners, 1,376 women prisoners were
undertrial prisoners who were accompanied by 1,590 children and 355
convicted prisoners who were accompanied by 408 children.
7. Age-group of the Prisoners
a. As on 31st December, 2018 the most number of inmates (2,02,398
inmates, 43.4%) were belonging to the age group 18- 30 years
followed by the age group 30- 50 years (2,01,966 inmates, 43.3%).
b. 61,621 inmates (13.2%) were belonging to the age group above 50
years.
c. 99 inmates belonged to the age group of 16-18 years.
8. Education
a. Among the 4,66,084 prisoners, literacy profile of 1,87,441 (40.2%)
prisoners were Below Class X, 1,01,109 (21.7%) prisoners were Class
X & above but below Graduation, 29,839 (6.4%) prisoners were having
a Degree, 7,871(1.7%) prisoners were Post Graduates and 4,920
(1.1%) prisoners were Technical Diploma/Degree holders.
b. A total of 1,34,904 prisoners were Illiterate.
9. Domicile of Origin of Prisoners
a. Among the 4,66,084 prisoners as on 31st December, 2018, around
91.2% (4,24,877 inmates) of prisoners belonged to the State followed
by prisoners belonging to the Other States (7.7%, 36,039 inmates) and
prisoners belonging to the Other Country (1.1%, 5,168 inmates).
b. Among the 1,39,488 convicts, 92.1% convicts (1,28,419 inmates)
belonged to the State while 6.4% (8,961 inmates) and 1.5% (2,108
inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country respectively.

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 c. Maharashtra has reported the most number of other State domicile
convicts (15%, 1,348 convicts) followed by Haryana (14.5%, 1,296
convicts) and Delhi (9.3%, 837 convicts) as on 31st December, 2018.
d. Among the 3,23,537 undertrial prisoners, 90.9% inmates (2,94,004
inmates) belonged to the State while 8.3% (26,922 inmates) and 0.8%
(2,611 inmates) belonged to the Other States and Other Country
respectively.
e. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of undertrial prisoners of
other states (18.8%, 5,065 inmates) followed by Uttar Pradesh (12.7%,
3,425 inmates) and Delhi (11.3%, 3,033 inmates) at the end of 2018.

Foreign Prisoners
No. of Prisoners at No. of Foreign Share of Foreign
Year
the end of the year Prisoners Prisoners
2016 4,33,003 6,370 1.5%
2017 4,50,696 4,917 1.1%
2018 4,66,084 5,168 1.1%
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has
been used.
Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year

1. The number of prisoners of foreign nationality (as on 31st December of each

year) has decreased from 6,370 in 2016 to 5,168 in 2018, having decreased
by 18.9% during this period.
2. The percentage share of foreign prisoners out of total prisoners has
decreased from 1.5% in 2016 to 1.1% in 2018 (as on 31st December of each
year).
3. Among 5,168 prisoners of foreign nationality at the end of 2018, 4,381 were
Males and 787 were females.
4. Among these foreign national prisoners, 40.8% (2,108 inmates) were
Convicts, 50.5% (2,611 inmates) were Undertrials and 0.8% (43 inmates)
were Detenues. However, there were 406 other foreign national inmates
lodged in various jails accounting for 7.9% of total foreign national prisoners at
the end of 2018.

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 5. Among the foreign convicts, the highest number of foreign convicts were from
Bangladesh (68.8%, 1,451 convicts) followed by Nepal (10.6%, 224 convicts)
and Pakistan (6.3%,133 convicts) at the end of 2018.
6. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign-convicts lodged in
their jails (65.4%, 1,379) followed by Uttar Pradesh (6.2%, 130) and Delhi
(4.6%, 97) at the end of 2018.
7. Among the foreign Undertrials the highest number of foreign undertrials were
from Bangladesh (40%, 1,044 undertrial) followed by Nigeria (18.7%,489
undertrial) and Nepal (17.6%, 459 undertrial) at the end of 2018.
8. West Bengal has reported the highest number of foreign-undertrial lodged in
their jails (22.06%, 576) followed by Maharashtra (19.45%, 508) and Delhi
(11.7%, 306) at the end of 2018.

Prisoners – Type of Offences

1. Convicts
a. Among the convicts under IPC crimes (1,22,441) lodged in various jails
in the country, around 84.95% of convicts have committed Offences
affecting Human Body (1,04,017 inmates) and around 10.56% of
convicts have committed Offences against Property (12,939 inmates)
as on 31st December, 2018.
b. Among the convicts of Offences against Human Body, the highest
number of inmates were convicted for Murder (66.49%, 69,165
convicts) followed by convicts of Rape (11.61%, 12,076 convicts) and
convicts of Attempt to Murder (8.02%, 8,341 convicts) as on 31st
December, 2018.
c. Among the convicts of Offences against Woman, the highest number of
inmates were convicted for Rape (60.81%, 12,076 convicts) followed
by convicts of Dowry Deaths (28.73%, 5,705 convicts) as on 31st
December, 2018.
d. Among the convicts under SLL crimes (16,777) lodged in various jails
in the country, the highest number of inmates were convicted under
Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (54.3%, 9,113 convicts)
followed by convicts of Arms/Explosive - Related Acts (12.93%, 2,207

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 convicts) and convicts of Foreigner & Passport - Related Acts (8.27%,
1,389 convicts) as on 31st December, 2018.
e. Among 1,92,452 convicts who were admitted during the year 2018, the
number of habitual offenders were 7,865 (4.08% of all convicts).

2. Undertrials
a. Among the undertrial prisoners under IPC crimes (2,53,523) lodged in
various jails in the country, around 63.5% of undertrial prisoners have
committed Offences affecting Human Body (1,60,925 inmates) followed
by prisoners of Offences against Property (28.9%, 73,240 inmates) as
on 31st December, 2018.
b. Among the undertrial prisoners of Offences against Woman, the
highest number of inmates were undertrial for Rape (58%, 32,761
inmates) followed by inmates undertrial for Dowry Death (25%, 14,144
inmates) at the end of 2018.
c. Among the undertrial prisoners under SLL crimes (69,913) lodged in
various jails in the country, the highest number of inmates were
undertrial under Liquor & Narcotics Drugs - Related Acts (55%, 38,413
inmates) followed by inmates undertrial under Arms/Explosive -
Related Acts (17%, 12,138 inmates) and inmates undertrial under
Crime Against Women - Related Acts (Dowry Prohibition Act and
Immoral Traffic (Prev.) Act) (4%, 2,563 inmates) at the end of 2018.

Prisoners – Sentences & Incarceration

1. Convicts
a. A total of 402 prisoners, who had been sentenced for Capital
Punishment, were lodged in various jails of the country as on 31 st
December, 2018. Out of these 402 prisoners, 186 prisoners were
sentenced for capital punishment during the year 2018.
b. Among the 1,39,488 convicted prisoners, the number of prisoners
who were sentenced to Life Imprisonment were 74,873 accounting
for 53.68% of total convicts. This is followed by 15.08% of total
convicted prisoners (21,028) who were sentenced for 10 - 13+ years

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 of imprisonments and 7.75% of total convicted prisoners (10,817)
who were sentenced for 7- 9+ years of imprisonments.

2. Undertrials
a. Among 3,23,537 undertrial prisoners, around 74.66% of prisoners
were confined for a period of less than 1 year or 1 year (2,41,541
prisoners), as on 31st December, 2018. Out of this, most number of
undertrial prisoners (1,17,012 prisoners) were confined for up to 3
months accounting for 36.17% of total Undertrials. This is followed
by 69,180 undertrial prisoners who were confined for 3-6 months
and 55,349 undertrial prisoners who were confined for 6-12 months.
b. However, there were also 40,217 undertrial prisoners (12.43% of
total Undertrials) confined for 1 to 2 years followed by 22,359
undertrial prisoners (6.91% of total Undertrials) confined for 2 to 3
years and 14,316 undertrial prisoners (4.42% of total Undertrials)
confined for 3 to 5 years as on 31st December, 2018.
c. Also there were 5,104 undertrial prisoners (accounting for 1.58% of
total undertrial prisoners) who were confined for more than 5 years.

Prisoners – Releases, Transfers and Movements

1. Convicts
a. A total of 1,92,409 convicts were released (including 1,581 convicts
getting transferred to other States/UTs) during the year 2018.
b. Out of 1,92,409 convicts, 56.06% of convicts (1,07,881) were
released after completion of conviction period during 2018.
c. A total of 9,586 convicts were released subsequent to the acquittal
on appeal from Higher Courts.
d. A total of 4,360 convicts were released before completion of
sentence awarded.
e. A total of 221 convicts were pardoned for their offence committed.

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2. Undertrials
a. A total of 15,35,871 undertrial prisoners were released during 2018,
out of which 92.97% of undertrial prisoners (14,27,942) were
released on bail.
b. A total of 59,357 undertrial prisoners were released based on
acquittal on first instance and 24,651 undertrial prisoners were
released subsequent to the acquittal on appeal.
c. 33 undertrial prisoners were extradited to foreign countries.
d. A total 1,072 undertrial prisoners were released under Section 436A
of CrPc during 2018.

3. Detenues
a. A total of 7,253 detenues were released during 2018 out of which
15.8% detenues (1,148) were released on completion of detention
period and 74.6% detenues (5,412) were released before
completion of detention period.

4. Movements
To Courts:
a. A total of 46,58,152 times, inmates were taken to the Courts on
legal proceedings. Among all the States/UTs, Bihar has reported
the highest number of movements of inmates to courts
(7,57,139) followed by Uttar Pradesh (4,31,707) and Madhya
Pradesh (4,10,907) during 2018.
To Hospitals:
a. A total of 4,86,087 times, inmates were taken to the Hospitals.
Among all the States/UTs, Kerala has reported the highest
number of movements of inmates for medical assistance
(66953) followed by Maharashtra (47,060) and Bihar (46,029)
during 2018.
b. There were 6,623 prisoners who were suffering from mental
illness as on 31st December, 2018.

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Deaths and illness in Prisons
Total No. of Deaths No. of Natural No. of Un-natural
Year
in Prisons Deaths Deaths (incl. Suicide)
2016 1,655 1,424 231

2017 1,671 1,494 133

2018 1,845# 1,639 149

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has
been used.
$ Rajasthan has reported that causes of 57 deaths not known.

1. Number of deaths in prisons has increased marginally from 1,655 in 2016 to

1,845 in 2018, having increased by 11.48% during 2018.
2. Number of deaths due to natural causes has increased from 1,424 in 2016 to
1,639 in 2018, having increased by 15.10% during 2018.
3. Out of 1,639 Natural Deaths furnished by the States 1,559 inmates have died
due to illness and 80 inmates have died due to ageing.
4. Out of 1,466 (West Bengal has not provided the breakup of 93 deaths due to
illness, which is not included here) deaths due to illness, 28% (411) inmates
have died due to heart-diseases and 15.8% (231) inmates have died due to
lung diseases.
5. Number of un-natural deaths in prisons has decreased by 35.50% from 231 in
2016 to 149 in 2018.
6. Among the 149 un-natural deaths of inmates, 129 inmates have committed
suicide, 5 inmates died in accidents, 10 inmates were murdered by inmates
and 1 inmates died due to assault by outside elements during 2018. For a
total of 57 inmates’ deaths, cause of the death is yet to be known.

Jail Breaks, Escapees & Firing in Prisons

1. A total of 673 prisoners escaped during 2018 where 113 escapees (16.79%)
had escaped from the police custody and 560 escaped from judicial custody.
2. A total of 133 escapees were re-arrested during 2018.
3. There were 30 incidences of jail break occurred during 2018.
4. 106 Instances of clashes/group clashes occurred during 2018.

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Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisons
1. A total of 2,250 convicted inmates were rehabilitated during 2018.
2. A total of 1,346 inmates were given financial assistance on their release
during 2018.
3. A total of 1,47,605 inmates were provided legal aid during 2018.
4. The number of prisoners benefitted from Elementary Education, Adult
Education, Higher Education and Computer Course were respectively 53,009,
40,122, 14,380 and 8,443 during 2018. Also 54,426 inmates were imparted
various vocational trainings by the jail-authorities during 2018.
5. A total of 1,44,511 inmates had been given medical counselling and 1,01,535
inmates had been given legal counselling by NGOs during 2018.
6. The total value of goods produced by inmates during 2018 was `463.493
Crore.
7. There were 1,802 NGOs who were working exclusively for prison reforms
during the year 2018.
8. A total of 322 complaints were received by National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) during 2018 out of which 71.4% complaints (230) were
disposed of by them.
9. A total of 519 complaints were received by State Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) during 2018 out of which 65.9% complaints (342) were disposed.

Prison Staff - Strength & Training

1. The sanctioned strength of jail-staff was 85,840 while the actual strength was
60,024 as on 31st December, 2018. Among the jail-staffs, the sanctioned
strength of Officers, Jail-cadre Staff and Correctional Staff were 6,944, 64,545
and 1,065 respectively while the actual strengths were 4,630, 46,248 and 616
respectively.
2. The sanctioned strength of Medical Staff was 3,220 while the actual strength
was 1,914 as on 31st December, 2018.
3. The actual strength of woman jail officers/staffs was 7,042 (including 252
medical staff).
4. Out of the 60,024 jail staff, 18.8% (11,285) staff were trained under various
Refresher/Specialised/re-orientation courses during 2018.

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Prison – Budget & Infrastructure
1. The total budget for the financial year 2018-19 for all prisons in the country
was ` 6,068.7 Crore. The actual expenditure was ` 5,283.7 Crore which is
87.06% of total annual budget for FY 2018-19.
2. A total of ` 1,776.074 Crore was spent on inmates during FY 2018-19 which is
almost 33.61% of total annual expenditure of all prisons for FY 2018-19.
3. Almost 50.2% (` 891.232 Crore) of total expenses on inmates were spent on
Food followed by 4.3% (` 76.487 Crore) on Medical matters, 1.4% (` 24.664
Crore) on welfare activities, 1.4 %(` 24.692 Crore) on Clothing and 0.5%
(` 8.139 Crore) on Vocational/ Educational trainings.
4. Among all the states/UTs, Andhra Pradesh has spent the highest share of
their total expenditure on inmates (99.20%, ` 155.243 Crore) followed by
Haryana (79.71%, ` 209.796 Crore) and Chhattisgarh (71.94%, ` 54.315
Crore) during the FY 2018-19.
5. Among the 1,339 prisons, 329 prisons were renovated/expanded during 2018.
6. Among the 1,339 prisons, 745 prisons were having Video Conference facility
as on 31st December 2018.
7. A total of 32,582 quarters were available against the actual staff strength of
60,024 as on 31st December, 2018.

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 PRISONER OCCUPANCY RATE
AS ON 31.12.2018

Prisoner Occupancy Rate

Note:
Occupancy Rate means number of inmates staying in jails All India Average: 117.6
against the authorized capacity for 100 inmates. Upto 60.0 (6)

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data 60.1 to 80.0 (5)
furnished for 2017 has been used. 80.1 to 100.0 (7)
100.1 to 120.0 (9)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 120.1 to 140.0 (1)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF Above 140.0 (8)

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 CONVICTS IN JAILS
AS ON 31.12.2018

Note: Number of Convicts

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data
Upto 100 (6)
furnished for 2017 has been used.
101 to 500 (7)
501 to 1,000 (3)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 1,001 to 5,000 (11)
5,001 to 10,000 (7)
10,001 to 15,000 (0)
Above 15,000 (2)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF
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 UNDERTRIALS IN INDIA
AS ON 31. 12.2018

Note: Number of Undertrials

Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data
furnished for 2017 has been used. Upto 250 (7)
251 to 1,000 (7)
1,001 to 3,000 (2)
 As per data provided by States/UTs. 3,001 to 5,000 (4)
5,001 to 10,000 (3)
10,001 to 15,000 (7)
15,001 to 30,000 (4)
Map powered by DevInfo, UNICEF Above 30,000 (2)

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 Chapter 1
Prisons –
Types
and
Occupancy
 

 
 Chapter – 1

Prisons – Types and Occupancy

Introduction year 2018 is the twenty fourth in the

series.
Prison administration is an
Prisons exist at three levels such
important component of criminal justice
as Taluk level, District level and
system. Prison institutions are known by
Zonal/Range level and Jails at these
different names in different countries like
levels are called as Sub Jail, District
‘Correctional Facilities’, ‘Detention
Jail and Central Jail respectively.
Centre’, ‘Jails’, ‘Remand Centre’ etc.
Generally, capacity in terms of
There is a paradigm shift in social view
infrastructure, available prison staffs &
point towards prisoners in last century.
powers vested in them, security, facilities
Earlier system of prison with punitive
to prisoners such as medical, educational
attitude where in inmates were forcibly
and rehabilitation etc. are progressively
confined and deprived a variety of
better from Sub jail to Central Jail.
freedom as a form of punishment has
changed with a change in social
State/UT wise Number of prisons,
perception towards prison and prisoners.
Capacity and Inmate Occupancy in the
It is now treated as correction or
Country as on 31st December, 2018
improvement facility which itself indicates
that there is more emphasis on
I. State/UT wise Number of
reformation of prisoners than to punish
Prisons:
them.

As on 31st December, 2018 there

In last few decades, prison
were 1,339 Jails in the country. State of
population has increased tremendously
Tamil Nadu has the highest number (138
which creates number of challenges
out of 1,339) of jails among the States/UTs
before prison administration like security
followed by Rajasthan (130), Madhya
& safety in prison, hygiene issues,
Pradesh (130), Andhra Pradesh (105)
overcrowding, etc. In recent years the
Karnataka (104) and Odisha (91). These
Supreme Court of India has come down
six States together covers 52.13 % of total
heavily on sub-human conditions existing
jails in the country as on 31st December,
in prisons especially on overcrowding in
2018 (Chart – 1.1). Details on number of
prisons. This report contains
jails in the States/UTs is given in Table
comprehensive information at the
1.1.
national level on majority of such aspects
of these institutions. This report for the

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 TAMILNADU 138
RAJASTHAN 130
MADHYA PRADESH 130
ANDHRA PRADESH 105
KARNATAKA 104
ODISHA 91
UTTAR PRADESH 71
MAHARASHTRA* 64
WEST BENGAL# 59
BIHAR 58
KERALA 55
TELANGANA 49
CHHATTISGARH 33
ASSAM 31
JHARKHAND 30
GUJARAT 29
PUNJAB 24
HARYANA 19
DELHI 16
JAMMU & KASHMIR 14
HIMACHAL PRADESH 14
TRIPURA 13
UTTARAKHAND 11
NAGALAND 11
MIZORAM 10
MEGHALAYA 5
MANIPUR 5
PUDUCHERRY 4 Total Number of Prisons
LAKSHADWEEP 4
A & N ISLANDS 4
1,339
SIKKIM 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2
DAMAN & DIU 1
D & N HAVELI 1
CHANDIGARH 1
GOA 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Number of Jails

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

* Sub jails under the control of Revenue Department is not included;
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Number of Prisons as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT wise)
Chart – 1.1

II. State/UT wise Capacity of (24,095), Punjab (23,488), Tamil Nadu

Prisons: (22,792) and Rajasthan (21,892) as on
31st December, 2018. These seven States
As on 31st December 2018, total together have 55.83% of the total capacity
available capacity of all the prisons in the of all prisons in the country as on 31st
country is 3,96,223. Uttar Pradesh has December, 2018 (Chart – 1.2). Details on
reported the highest capacity of prisons the capacity of prisons in the States/UTs is
(58,914) followed by Bihar (41,441), given in Table 1.2.
Madhya Pradesh (28,601), Maharashtra

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 UTTAR PRADESH 58914
BIHAR 41441
MADHYA PRADESH 28601
MAHARASHTRA 24095
PUNJAB 23488
TAMILNADU 22792
RAJASTHAN 21892
WEST BENGAL# 21772
ODISHA 19176
HARYANA 18471
JHARKHAND 16094
KARNATAKA 13711
GUJARAT 13345
CHHATTISGARH 12063
DELHI 10026
ASSAM 8888
ANDHRA PRADESH 8786
TELANGANA 7195
KERALA 6806
UTTARAKHAND 3540
JAMMU & KASHMIR 2660
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2178
TRIPURA 2174
MIZORAM 1601
NAGALAND 1450
MANIPUR 1272
CHANDIGARH 1120
MEGHALAYA 650
GOA 624
Total Capacity of Prisons
PUDUCHERRY 416 3,96,223
A & N ISLANDS 309
SIKKIM 246
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 233
D & N HAVELI 70
LAKSHADWEEP 64
DAMAN & DIU 60
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000
Number of Jails

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Capacity of Prisons as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.2

III. States/ UTs wise Inmates Maharashtra (35,884), West Bengal

Population in Prison: (23,092) and Punjab (22,486). These six
States together contributes 57.1%
A total of 4,66,084 prisoners as on (2,66,215 inmates) of total inmates lodged
31st December, 2018 were confined in in various Jails as on 31st December, 2018
various jails across the country. Uttar (Chart – 1.3). State/ UT wise details on
Pradesh has lodged highest number of inmate population in prisons is given in
Inmates (1,04,011) followed by Madhya Table 1.2.
Pradesh (42,057), Bihar (38,685),

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 UTTAR PRADESH 104011
MADHYA PRADESH 42057
BIHAR 38685
MAHARASHTRA 35884
WEST BENGAL# 23092
PUNJAB 22486
JHARKHAND 20629
RAJASTHAN 20134
HARYANA 19270
CHHATTISGARH 18494
ODISHA 16501
DELHI 15468
GUJARAT 14980
KARNATAKA 13944
TAMILNADU 13674
ASSAM 8282
KERALA 7638
ANDHRA PRADESH 6988
TELANGANA 5550
UTTARAKHAND 5311
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3085
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2254
MIZORAM 1677
TRIPURA 1042
CHANDIGARH 1035
MEGHALAYA 933
MANIPUR 920
NAGALAND 442
GOA 435
SIKKIM 387 Total Inmate Population
PUDUCHERRY 268 4,66,084
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 245
A & N ISLANDS 184
DAMAN & DIU 59
D & N HAVELI 39
LAKSHADWEEP 1
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Inmates in Number

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Inmate Population in Prisons as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.3

IV. State/UT wise Prison prison inmates. Overcrowding results in

Occupancy Rate as on poor hygiene, lack of sleep etc. Keeping in
st
31 December, 2018 view the human rights of the prisoners, it is
essential that they are given reasonable
Overcrowding refers to the situation space and facilities in jails.
in which more inmates are staying than the
sanctioned strength. In recent years, it is Occupancy rate is defined as
one of the biggest problems faced by number of inmates staying in jails against

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the authorized capacity for 100 inmates. In Puducherry (64.4%), Tamil Nadu (60%),
other words, if occupancy rate of any jail is Andaman & Nicobar Islands (59.5%),
100, it means the number inmates are as Dadra & Nagar Haveli (55.7%), Tripura
per authorized capacity of the jail. (47.9%), Nagaland (30.5%) and
Overcrowding in jail means occupancy Lakshadweep (1.6%), though on the
rate is more than 100. other dates of the year the occupancy
could have been higher or lower also.
NCRB is collecting data on
occupancy of jail as on 31st December Among the States, Uttar Pradesh
2018 which may not be true reflection of has reported the highest overcrowding
occupancy for the whole year, as it may (176.5%) followed by Sikkim (157.3%),
vary on day to day basis. Chhattisgarh (153.3%), Uttarakhand
(150%), Maharashtra (148.9%), Madhya
It is evident from the information Pradesh (147%) and Meghalaya
made available by States/UTs regarding (143.5%). Among Union Territories, Delhi
population of inmates in various prisons as has reported the highest overcrowding
on 31st December, 2018 (Table 1.2) that (154.3%) (Chart 1.4). Occupancy rate in
the prison population was manageable at various Jails as on 31st December, 2018
the end of the year 2018 (as on 31st in respect of States/UTs is presented in
December, 2018) in 12 States and 6 UTs Table 1.2.
as the occupancy rate in these
States/UTs remained less than 100%.
These States and UTs are Daman & Diu
(98.3%), Punjab (95.7%), Bihar (93.3%),
Assam (93.2%), Chandigarh (92.4%),
Rajasthan (92%), Odisha (86.1%),
Andhra Pradesh(79.5%), Telangana
(77.1%), Manipur(72.3%), Goa (69.7%),

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 UTTAR PRADESH 176.5
SIKKIM 157.3
DELHI 154.3
CHHATTISGARH 153.3
UTTARAKHAND 150
MAHARASHTRA 148.9
MADHYA PRADESH 147
MEGHALAYA 143.5
JHARKHAND 128.2
JAMMU & KASHMIR 116
GUJARAT 112.3
KERALA 112.2
WEST BENGAL# 106.1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 105.2
MIZORAM 104.7
HARYANA 104.3
HIMACHAL PRADESH 103.5
KARNATAKA 101.7
DAMAN & DIU 98.3
PUNJAB 95.7
BIHAR 93.3
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
ASSAM 93.2 All Prisons: 117.6
CHANDIGARH 92.4
RAJASTHAN 92
ODISHA 86.1
ANDHRA PRADESH 79.5
TELANGANA 77.1
MANIPUR 72.3
GOA 69.7
PUDUCHERRY 64.4
TAMILNADU 60 Occupancy Rate
A & N ISLANDS 59.5
D & N HAVELI 55.7
TRIPURA 47.9
NAGALAND 30.5
LAKSHADWEEP 1.6
0 50 100 150 200

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Prisons Occupancy Rate in States/UTs as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.4
State/UT wise Distribution of Different Schedule VII of the Constitution of India.
Types of prisons, their Capacity, Prison Establishments in different
Inmates Population and Occupancy States/UTs comprise several tiers of jails.
Rate in the Country as on
st
31 December, 2018 The various type of Jail institutions
which are in existence in the States/UTs
Types of Prisons are Central jails, District jails and Sub
Prison and its administration is a jails. The other types of jail establishments
State Subject as it is listed in List II in are women jails, borstal schools, open jails
and special jails.

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I. Central Jail (144) even at lower formation. These States
are Tamil Nadu (96), Andhra Pradesh
The criteria for a jail to be (91), Madhya Pradesh (73), Odisha (73),
categorised as a central jail differs from Karnataka (72), Rajasthan (60),
State to State. However, the common Telangana (32) and West Bengal (31),
feature observed in all the States/UTs that while 9 States/UTs have no sub-jails
the prisoners sentenced to imprisonment (namely Arunachal Pradesh, Goa,
for a longer period (more than 2 years) are Haryana, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
confined in the Central Jails, which have Nagaland, Sikkim, Chandigarh and Delhi)
larger capacity (more than 1,000 inmates) (Table 1.1).
in comparison to other jails. These jails
also have rehabilitation capacities. IV. Open Jail (77)

Delhi had the highest number of 14 Open jails are special Jails that
central jails followed by Madhya Pradesh exclusively confines only convicted
(11), Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan & prisoners. Convict Prisoners with good
Tamil Nadu (9 each) and Bihar, Karnataka, behaviour, satisfying certain norms
West Bengal (8 each). Arunachal Pradesh, prescribed in the prison rules are lodged in
Meghalaya, A & N Island, D & N Haveli, open prisons. Minimum security is kept in
Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep have no such prisons and prisoners are engaged in
central Jail (Table 1.1). agricultural activities.

II. District Jail (404) Only 17 States have reported about

the functioning of open jails in their
District jails (capacity for around jurisdiction. Amongst these States,
500 inmates) serve as the main prisons in Rajasthan has reported the highest
some of the States/UTs. State of Uttar number of 31 open jails followed by
Pradesh has the highest number of district Maharashtra (19), Madhya Pradesh(5),
jails (61) followed by Madhya Pradesh Gujarat ,Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West
(41), Bihar (31) and Maharashtra (28) Bengal (3 each) The remaining 11 States
(Table 1.1). – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka,
Goa, Chandigarh, D & N Haveli, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and
Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Uttarakhand have one open jail each
Puducherry have no District Jail as on 31st (Table 1.1).
December, 2018(Table 1.1).
The States Arunachal Pradesh,
III. Sub Jail (628) Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Jammu &
Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nine States have reported Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttar Pradesh
comparatively higher number of sub-jails and all the UTs do not have any Open Jail
(capacity for around 200 inmates) in their State/UT (Table 1.1).
revealing a well-organized prison set-up

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V. Special Jail (41) VII. Borstal School (19)

Special jail means any prison The primary objective of borstal

provided for the confinement of a particular schools is to ensure care, welfare and
class or particular classes of prisoners & rehabilitation of young offenders in a
provides limited access with the different environment suitable for children
permission of higher authorities. Offenders and keep them away from contaminating
may include prisoners involved in terrorist atmosphere of the prison. The young
and extremists activities, inmates who offenders in conflict with law detained in
have committed serious violations of borstal schools are provided various
prison discipline, inmates showing vocational trainings. They are also given
tendencies towards violence and education with the help of trained
aggression, habitual offenders, drug teachers.
peddlers, etc.
Tamil Nadu has 12 borstal schools
Out of the 13 States/UTs having and 7 States namely, Himachal Pradesh,
Special jail, Kerala has the highest number Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab,
of special jails (16) followed by West Rajasthan & Telangana (1 each) have
Bengal (5), Telangana (4), Tamil Nadu (3), reported borstal schools in their respective
Gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
Puducherry (2 jails each) and Assam,
Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, VIII. Other Jails (2)
Maharashtra & Rajasthan (1 jail each)
(Table 1.1). To cover all the jails across the
country, Jails that are not covered under
VI. Women Jail (24) the known Jail types (Central jail, District
Jail, Sub-jail, Women jail, Borstal school,
Women jails are special Jails that Open jail, Special jail) are covered under
exclusively confines only female prisoners the Type “Other Jails”.
& these Jails are called as Women Jail.
Women jail may exist at sub-divisional, Only two States namely Kerala and
district & central (Zone/Range) level. Maharashtra (1 each) have other jails in
their jurisdiction (Table 1.1).
Women jails exclusively for women
prisoners exist only in 15 States/UT (Table
1.1). Tamil Nadu (5), having highest
number of Women Jails followed by
Kerala (3) and Rajasthan, Bihar, Delhi (2
each). Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mizoram,
Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal have one
women jail each.

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Number of Jails, Capacity, Inmate Table - 1.3 showing that central jail and
Population and Occupancy Rate at district jails are overcrowded and the
National level as on 31st December occupancy rate of District Jail (132.8%) is
2018 the highest among all types of Prisons
followed by central jail (119%). Various
Occupancy rate of various types of types of Prisons and their Occupancy
Prisons at national level is 117.6. Rate as on 31st December, 2018 are as
Occupancy rate of various types of prison under:
is presented at Chart - 1.5 (below) and

500000 132.8 140

466084

450000 119
117.6
120
400000
396223

350000 100
88.9
81.9
300000
80

250000 66.6

209278 206518 58
60
200000
175820
155490
38.7
150000 40

100000
44916 1.7 20
50000 36775
5667 6594
5593
3777 5859 3243 625 1615 9 528
0 0
All Jails Central District Sub-Jail Open Jail Special Women Borstal Other
Jail Jail Jail Jail School Jails

No. of Inmates Actual Capacity Occupancy Rate

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Occupancy Rate of Various types of Prisons at National Level
as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.5

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 Table 1(A)
Number Population
Sl. Occupancy
Type of Capacity of
No. Rate
Jails Inmates
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 CENTRAL JAIL 144 175820 209278 119.0

2 DISTRICT JAIL 404 155490 206518 132.8

3 SUB-JAIL 628 44916 36775 81.9

4 SPECIAL JAIL 41 6594 5859 88.9

5 OPEN JAIL 77 5667 3777 66.6

6 WOMEN JAIL 24 5593 3243 58.0

7 BORSTAL SCHOOL 19 1615 625 38.7

8 OTHERS 2 528 9 1.7

9 TOTAL 1339 396223 466084 117.6

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Note: Figures as on 31st December 2018

I. Central Jail overcrowding in jails but overcrowding

A total of 2,09,278 inmate may differ on day to day and jail to jail
population consisting of 2,02,547 males basis. At the end of the year 2018 (as on
and 6,731 females were lodged in various 31st December, 2018), 14 States and 1
Central jails of the country against the total UTs have reported more than 100%
Capacity of 1,75,820 consisting of occupancy rate. Chhattisgarh has
1,68,821 male and 6,999 female as on 31st reported the highest overcrowding
December, 2018. (196.1%) followed by Maharashtra
(170.7%)and Delhi (159.3%). Capacity
Prison population in central jails for male and female inmates and their
were manageable at the end of the year occupancy rate in Central Jails as on 31st
2018 (as on 31st December, 2018) in 13 December, 2018 in respect of States/UTs
States and 2 UT as the occupancy rate in are presented in Table 1.4.
these States/UTs remained less than
100%. These States and UTs are Punjab II. District Jail
(99.8%), Telangana (98.2%), Haryana
(95.2%), Mizoram (94.6 %), Uttarakhand A total of 2,06,518 inmate population
(93.8%), Chandigarh (92.4%), Jammu & consisting of 1,98,408 males and 8,110
Kashmir (90.7%), Bihar (90.7%), Assam females were lodged in various Districts
(84.8%), Manipur (84%), Tamil Nadu jails of the country against the total
(72.4%), Goa (69.7%), Puducherry Capacity of 1,55,490 consisting of
(69.3%), Tripura (49%) and Nagaland 1,45,805 male and 9,685 female as on 31st
(22.3%). December, 2018. The highest number of
inmates were lodged in the jails of Uttar
The Occupancy rate of Central Jail Pradesh (90,823) followed by Bihar
at National level is 119% which shows (21,720) and Haryana (16,129).

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 Prison population in District jails were 2018. The highest number of inmates
manageable at the end of the year 2018 were lodged in jails of Odisha (7,391)
(as on 31st December, 2018) in 10 followed by Madhya Pradesh (6,404) and
States/UT as the occupancy rate in these West Bengal (3,375).
States/UTs remained less than 100%.
These States and UTs are Karnataka Prison population of Sub - jails were
(97.8%), West Bengal(95.9%), Kerala manageable at the end of the year
(94.6%), Punjab (87.7%), Tripura 2018(as on 31st December, 2018) in 12
(74.3%), Andhra Pradesh (67.1%), States and 5 UTs as the occupancy rate
Telangana (63.1%),A & N Islands in these States/UTs remained less than
(62.8%), Tamil Nadu (47.7%) and 100%.These States and UTs are Daman
Nagaland (36.2%). & Diu (98.3%), Jharkhand (95.8%),
Punjab (91.6%), Chhattisgarh (84.7%),
The Occupancy rate of District Jails at Rajasthan (72.3%), Odisha (68.4%),
National level is 132.8% which shows Bihar(58.9%), Maharashtra (57.1%), D &
overcrowding in jails but overcrowding N Haveli (55.7%), Tamil Nadu (48.2%),
may differ on day to day and jail to jail Tripura (40.7%), Telangana (37.9%),
basis. 18 States have reported more than Karnataka (37.6%), A & N
100% occupancy rate. The occupancy rate Islands(37.5%), Puducherry (25%), and
in these states are Uttar Pradesh(183%), Lakshadweep (1.6%).
Jharkhand (174.6%), Sikkim (161.7%),
Uttarakhand (158.1%), Madhya Pradesh The Occupancy rate of Sub Jails at
(144.5%), Meghalaya (143.5%), Jammu & National level was 81.9 which may differ
Kashmir (131.4%), Maharashtra (125.1%), on day to day and jail to jail basis. 9 States
Mizoram (114.2%), Himachal Pradesh have reported more than 100% occupancy
(112.3%), Chhattisgarh (110.8%), Gujarat rate. These States/UTs are Uttarakhand
(107.6%), Haryana (106.3%), Arunachal (237.1%), Assam (236.4%), Uttar Pradesh
Pradesh (105.2%), Rajasthan (103.9%), (216.3%), Kerala (178.2%), Gujarat
Odisha (103.8%), Assam (103%), and (142%), Jammu & Kashmir (138.1%),
Bihar (102.1%). Capacity for male and West Bengal (135.5%), Himachal Pradesh
female inmates and their occupancy rate (124.1%) and Madhya Pradesh (121.2%),
in District Jails as on 31st December, . Capacity for male and female inmates
2018 in respect of States/UTs are and their occupancy rate in Sub Jails as
presented in Table 1.5. on 31st December, 2018 in respect of
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.6.
III. Sub Jail
IV. Open Jail
A total of 36,775 inmate population A total of 3,777 inmate population
consisting of 35,972 males and 803 consisting of 3,651 males and 126 females
females were lodged in various Sub jails of were lodged in various Open jails of the
the country against the total Capacity of country against the total Capacity of 5,667
44,916 inmate consisting of 40,579 males inmates consisting of 5,547 males and 120
and 4,337 females as on 31st December, females as on 31st December, 2018. The

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highest number of inmates were lodged in country against the total Capacity of 5,593
jails of Maharashtra (1235) followed by inmates as on 31st December, 2018. The
Rajasthan (1019) and Kerala (431). highest number of inmates were lodged in
jails of Delhi (530) followed by Tamil Nadu
The Occupancy rate of Open Jails at (520) and Maharashtra (417).
National level was 66.6% and West
Bengal (114.6%) have reported highest The Occupancy rate of Women jails at
overcrowding in open jails, followed by National level was 58% and Maharashtra
Bihar (93.3%). However, overcrowding (159.2%) has reported highest
may differ on day to day and jail to jail overcrowding in Women jails, followed by
basis. Capacity for male and female West Bengal (142%) and Bihar (107.9%).
inmates and their occupancy rate in Open However, overcrowding may differ on day
Jails as on 31st December, 2018 in to day and jail to jail basis. Capacity for
respect of States/UTs are presented in male and female inmates and their
Table 1.9. occupancy rate in Women jails as on 31st
December, 2018 in respect of States/UTs
V. Special Jail are presented in Table 1.7
A total of 5,859 inmate population
consisting of 5,639 males and 220 females VII. Borstal School
were lodged in various Special jails of the A total of 625 inmate population
country against the total Capacity of 6,594 consisting of 616 males and 9 females
inmates consisting of 6,079 males and 515 were lodged in various Borstal schools of
females as on 31st December, 2018. The the country against the total Capacity of
highest number of inmates were lodged in 1,615 inmates consisting of 1,603 males
jails of Kerala (1665) followed by Odisha and 12 females as on 31st December,
(1257) and West Bengal (1005). 2018. The highest number of inmates
were lodged in jails of Punjab (284)
The Occupancy rate of Special jails at followed by Tamil Nadu (225) and Kerala
National level was 88.9% and Kerala (59).
(162.9%) has reported highest The Occupancy rate of Borstal
overcrowding in Special jails, followed by schools at National level was 38.7% and
Jammu & Kashmir (131.1%) and West none of the States/ UTs is showing
Bengal (117.3%). However, overcrowding overcrowding i.e States/ UTs where prison
may differ on day to day and jail to jail occupancy rate is more than 100%.
basis. Capacity for male and female However, overcrowding may differ on day
inmates and their occupancy rate in to day and jail to jail basis. Capacity for
Special jails as on 31st December, 2018 in male and female inmates and their
respect of States/UTs are presented in occupancy rate in Borstal schools as on
Table 1.10. 31st December, 2018 in respect of
States/UTs are presented in Table 1.8.
VI. Women Jail
A total of 3,243 inmates population
were lodged in various Women jails of the

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Analysis & Findings: Occupancy rate in District Jails for
I. Male, Female and Overall male was the highest (136.1%) among all
Occupancy Rate in Different types types of jail, while the occupancy rate for
of Prisons in India as on female was (83.7%). The overall
31st December, 2018 occupancy rate in district jails at national
level was also the highest (132.8%)
The overall occupancy rate in all among all types of Jail.
jails at national level was 117.6% whereas
the occupancy rate for male and female
In Sub-Jails, the occupancy rate for
were 121.1%and 70.6% respectively.
male (88.6%) was much higher than that
Occupancy Rate in Central Jails at
of female (18.5%). The overall occupancy
national level for Male and Female were
rate in Sub-Jails at national level was
120% and 96.2% respectively at the end
81.9% . The occupancy rate in women-
of year 2018 with an overall occupancy
jails was (58%) and overall occupancy
rate which was 119%.
rate in Open-jails was 66.6%

160.0
Male Female Overall
140.0 136.1
132.8

120.0 119.0 121.1

117.6
120.0
105.0

100.0 96.2
Occupancy Rate (in %)

92.8
88.6 88.9
83.7 81.9
80.0 75.0
70.6
65.8 66.6
58.0 58.0
60.0

42.7
38.4 38.7
40.0

18.5
20.0

0.0 1.70.01.7
0.0
Central District Sub-Jail Women Borstal Open Jail Special Others All Jails
Jail Jail Jail School Jail

Types of Jail

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Male, Female and Overall Occupancy Rate of various types of Prisons
as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.6

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II. State/UT-wise Number of Women Tamil Nadu (5) was having the
Jails and Their Occupancy Rate as highest number of Women Jails, however
on 31st December, 2018 the women occupancy rate in women jails
in Tamil Nadu is the lowest 25.8%. Kerala
As on 31st December, 2018 there and Bihar & Rajasthan were having 3 and
were only 24 Women Jails in the country 2 women jails (each) respectively.
wherein 3,243 female inmates (16.9%)out
of 19,242 female inmates at national level Maharashtra (159.2%) has reported
were lodged. 21 States/UTs were not highest overcrowding in Women jails,
having any Women Jail separately. followed by West Bengal (142%) and
Bihar (107.9%).

MAHARASHTRA 159.2
1

WEST BENGAL# 142

1

BIHAR 107.9
2

TELANGANA 92.4
1

DELHI 81.8
2

ODISHA 70.9
1

ANDHRA PRADESH 69.4

1

PUNJAB 56.9
1

KERALA 55.2
3

KARNATAKA 54
1

UTTAR PRADESH 53.8

1

MIZORAM 51.1
1

RAJASTHAN 44
2

GUJARAT 36.2
1

TAMILNADU 25.8
5

0 50 100 150 200

Occupancy Rate (in %) No. of Women Jail

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Occupancy Rate of Women Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.7

14
III. Occupancy Rate (in %) of Female total female inmates (15,999) were lodged
Inmates in Other Jails (Except in other type of Jails.
Women Jails) as on
st
31 December, 2018 State/UT wise comparison of
occupancy rate of female inmates in jails
A total of 19,242 female inmates were (except Women Jails) is presented below
lodged in various prisons at national level showing that Uttarakhand (164.9%) has
out of which only 16.9%(3,243) female reported the highest occupancy rate
inmates were lodged in Women Jail as on followed by Chhattisgarh (146.6%) and
31st December 2018. Around 83.1% of Uttar Pradesh (134.8%).
UTTARAKHAND 164.90
CHHATTISGARH 146.60
UTTAR PRADESH 134.80
MAHARASHTRA 119.90
JHARKHAND 112.30
JAMMU & KASHMIR 91.00
BIHAR 84.80
MADHYA PRADESH 84.40
MIZORAM 71.70
WEST BENGAL# 69.80
GOA 66.00
PUNJAB 62.50
HIMACHAL PRADESH 57.40
GUJARAT 56.40
RAJASTHAN 53.40
KARNATAKA 48.50
MEGHALAYA 47.30
KERALA 44.80
ANDHRA PRADESH 43.00
HARYANA 42.30
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 41.70
D & N HAVELI 40.00
TELANGANA 39.50
ASSAM 39.50
TRIPURA 31.80
ODISHA 30.20
CHANDIGARH 30.00
MANIPUR 26.80
SIKKIM 22.50 Number of Women Prisoners in All Jails
TAMILNADU 21.50
PUDUCHERRY 17.80 (except Women Jails)
A & N ISLANDS 15.00
DAMAN & DIU 5.00 15,999
NAGALAND 5.00
LAKSHADWEEP* 0.00
DELHI@ 0.00
0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 140.0 160.0 180.0
Occupancy Rate (in %)
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
* Lakshadweep has no earmarked capacity for women inmates.
@ Delhi has no earmarked capacity for women inmates other than women jails.
Occupancy Rate (in %) of Women Inmates in All Jails (except Women Jails)
as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 1.8

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IV. Capacity of Prisons, Inmates period, the number of jails has a decrease
Occupancy and overall Occupancy of -3.7%(1,391 jails in 2013 to 1,339 jails
Rate of all Prisons at National in 2018). However, the capacity of inmates
Level during 2013-2018 has an increase of 13.9%(3,47,859 in
2013 to 3,96,223 in 2018). Thus, the
During the period 2013-2018 the Occupancy Rate of all the prisons at
no. of Inmates has increased from national level has a decrease of -
4,11,992 to 4,66,084 in 2018 showing an 0.7%(118.4% in 2013 to 117.6% in 2018).
increase of 13.1%. During the same
500000 466084 200.0

411992 180.0
450000 13.1%
Capacity of Prisons & No. of Inmates

396223 160.0
400000
13.9%
347859 140.0

Occupancy Rate (in %)

350000

-0.7% 120.0
300000 118.4 117.6
100.0
250000
80.0

200000
60.0

150000
40.0

100000 20.0

50000 0.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
No. of Inmates 411992 418536 419623 433003 450696 466084
Capacity of Prisons 347859 356561 366781 380876 391574 396223
Occupancy Rate (in %) 118.4 117.4 114.4 113.7 115.1 117.6
 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year

Capacity of Prisons, No. of Inmates and Occupancy Rate of Prisons during 2013-2018
Chart – 1.9

16
V. Capacity, Actual Inmate women inmates has decreased by 4.5%
Population in Women Jails vis-à- in the same period..
vis Women Inmates in Other Jails
during 2013-2018 Capacity of women Inmates in Other
Jails (except Women Jails) has increased
Capacity of Women Jails has by 11.4% during 2013-2018, the actual
increased by 15.9% during 2013- number of women inmates in these jails
st
2018(status as on 31 December of each has increased by 8.2% during the same
year), however the actual number of period.

25000
Capacity and Acutal Number of Women Inmates

Figures in % 21668
indicates growth 11.4%
percentage 19459
20000
during 2013-
2018.
15999
14792 8.2%
15000

10000

15.9% 5593
4827
5000

3396 -4.5% 3243

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Capacity of Women Inmates in
19459 20375 20715 20871 21601 21668
Other Jails
Actual No. of Women Inmates in
14792 14680 14849 15376 15854 15999
Other Jails
Capacity of Women Jails 4827 4837 4748 5197 5400 5593
Actual No. of Women Inmates in
3396 3001 2985 3122 3019 3243
Woman Jails

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year

Occupancy trend of Women prisoners in Women Vs Other Jail during 2013-2018

Chart – 1.10

17
VI. Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate at national level in 2018 (as on 31st
(in %) in Women Jails vis-à-vis December). Similarly, the occupancy rate
Women Inmates in Other Jails of women inmates in other jails decreased
during 2013-2018 from 76% in 2013 to 73.8% in 2018.

The occupancy rate in women jails

has decreased from 70.4% in 2013 to 58%

80.0 76.0 80.0

73.8

Occupancy Rate of Women Inmates in Jails Except Women

70.0 70.0
70.4

60.0 60.0
Occupancy Rate in Women Jails

58.0
50.0 50.0

40.0 40.0

Jails
30.0 30.0

20.0 20.0

10.0 10.0

0.0 0.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Occupancy Rate (in %) in
70.4 62.0 62.9 60.1 55.9 58.0
Women Jails
Occupancy Rate (in %) of
Women Inmates in Other 76.0 72.0 71.7 73.7 73.4 73.8
Jails
 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year

Women Prisoners Occupancy Rate during 2013-2018

Chart – 1.11

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 Table – 1.1
Types of Jails in the Country as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Central District Sub Women Borstal Open Special
Others Total
No. Jail Jail Jail Jail School Jail Jail
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 8 91 1 0 1 0 0 105
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 ASSAM 6 22 1 0 0 1 1 0 31
4 BIHAR 8 31 16 2 0 1 0 0 58
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 12 16 0 0 0 0 0 33
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 GUJARAT 4 11 8 1 0 3 2 0 29
8 HARYANA 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 14
11 JHARKHAND 7 15 6 0 1 1 0 0 30
12 KARNATAKA 8 21 72 1 0 1 1 0 104
13 KERALA 3 12 16 3 1 3 16 1 55
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 41 73 0 0 5 0 0 130
@
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 28 4 1 1 19 1 1 64
16 MANIPUR 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
18 MIZORAM 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
19 NAGALAND 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
20 ODISHA 5 9 73 1 0 1 2 0 91
21 PUNJAB 9 7 5 1 1 1 0 0 24
22 RAJASTHAN 9 26 60 2 1 31 1 0 130
23 SIKKIM 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
24 TAMIL NADU 9 10 96 5 12 3 3 0 138
25 TELANGANA 3 7 32 1 1 1 4 0 49
26 TRIPURA 1 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 13
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 61 2 1 0 0 2 0 71
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 11 31 1 0 3 5 0 59
TOTAL (STATES) 128 403 618 22 19 77 39 2 1308
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
TOTAL (UTs) 16 1 10 2 0 0 2 0 31
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 404 628 24 19 77 41 2 1339

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

@ Maharashtra reported that Sub Jails under the control of Revenue Department are not included.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Table 1.1 – Page 1 of 1

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 Table – 1.2
Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate of Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Available Capacity Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7921 865 8786 6574 414 6988 83.0 47.9 79.5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 209 24 233 235 10 245 112.4 41.7 105.2
3 ASSAM 8204 684 8888 8012 270 8282 97.7 39.5 93.2
4 BIHAR 39875 1566 41441 37322 1363 38685 93.6 87.0 93.3
5 CHHATTISGARH 11423 640 12063 17556 938 18494 153.7 146.6 153.3
6 GOA 574 50 624 402 33 435 70.0 66.0 69.7
7 GUJARAT 12268 1077 13345 14415 565 14980 117.5 52.5 112.3
8 HARYANA 16971 1500 18471 18635 635 19270 109.8 42.3 104.3
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2042 136 2178 2176 78 2254 106.6 57.4 103.5
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2527 133 2660 2964 121 3085 117.3 91.0 116.0
11 JHARKHAND 15243 851 16094 19673 956 20629 129.1 112.3 128.2
12 KARNATAKA 12597 1114 13711 13398 546 13944 106.4 49.0 101.7
13 KERALA 6402 404 6806 7433 205 7638 116.1 50.7 112.2
14 MADHYA PRADESH 26813 1788 28601 40548 1509 42057 151.2 84.4 147.0
15 MAHARASHTRA 22830 1265 24095 34264 1620 35884 150.1 128.1 148.9
16 MANIPUR 1022 250 1272 853 67 920 83.5 26.8 72.3
17 MEGHALAYA 595 55 650 907 26 933 152.4 47.3 143.5
18 MIZORAM 1327 274 1601 1499 178 1677 113.0 65.0 104.7
19 NAGALAND 1270 180 1450 433 9 442 34.1 5.0 30.5
20 ODISHA 17316 1860 19176 15917 584 16501 91.9 31.4 86.1
21 PUNJAB 21723 1765 23488 21401 1085 22486 98.5 61.5 95.7
22 RAJASTHAN 20686 1206 21892 19532 602 20134 94.4 49.9 92.0
23 SIKKIM 206 40 246 378 9 387 183.5 22.5 157.3
24 TAMIL NADU 20244 2548 22792 13040 634 13674 64.4 24.9 60.0
25 TELANGANA 6520 675 7195 5151 399 5550 79.0 59.1 77.1
26 TRIPURA 2023 151 2174 994 48 1042 49.1 31.8 47.9
27 UTTAR PRADESH 55656 3258 58914 99958 4053 104011 179.6 124.4 176.5
28 UTTARAKHAND 3406 134 3540 5090 221 5311 149.4 164.9 150.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 19887 1885 21772 21613 1479 23092 108.7 78.5 106.1
TOTAL (STATES) 357780 26378 384158 430373 18657 449030 120.3 70.7 116.9
30 A & N ISLANDS 269 40 309 178 6 184 66.2 15.0 59.5
31 CHANDIGARH 1000 120 1120 999 36 1035 99.9 30.0 92.4
32 D & N HAVELI 60 10 70 35 4 39 58.3 40.0 55.7
33 DAMAN & DIU 40 20 60 58 1 59 145.0 5.0 98.3
34 DELHI 9378 648 10026 14938 530 15468 159.3 81.8 154.3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 64 0 64 1 0 1 1.6 0.0 1.6
36 PUDUCHERRY 371 45 416 260 8 268 70.1 17.8 64.4
TOTAL (UTs) 11182 883 12065 16469 585 17054 147.3 66.3 141.4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 368962 27261 396223 446842 19242 466084 121.1 70.6 117.6
# Occupancy Rate = Inmate Population x 100
Total Capacity
Occupancy Rate <100 shows space available for inmates in prisons.
Occupancy Rate >100 shows overcrowding in prisons.
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate as on 31st December, 2018
State/UT Central Jail District Jail Sub Jail
Sl.
No. Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy
Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3814 4212 110.44 1711 1148 67.10 2801 1471 52.52
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 233 245 105.15 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 4000 3394 84.85 4383 4516 103.03 33 78 236.36
4 BIHAR 15636 14186 90.73 21274 21720 102.10 4275 2518 58.90
5 CHHATTISGARH 6707 13151 196.08 3088 3423 110.85 2268 1920 84.66
6 GOA 624 435 69.71 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 7740 8903 115.03 3437 3697 107.56 1168 1659 142.04
8 HARYANA 3298 3141 95.24 15173 16129 106.30 0 0 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 859 924 107.57 1025 1151 112.29 29 36 124.14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1035 939 90.72 1375 1807 131.42 160 221 138.13
11 JHARKHAND 9618 11002 114.39 4481 7822 174.56 1795 1719 95.77
12 KARNATAKA 7810 9394 120.28 3817 3732 97.77 1828 688 37.64
13 KERALA 2127 2721 127.93 1894 1791 94.56 473 843 178.22
14 MADHYA PRADESH 13826 21993 159.07 9409 13594 144.48 5284 6404 121.20
15 MAHARASHTRA 14841 25333 170.70 6938 8680 125.11 63 36 57.14
16 MANIPUR 1095 920 84.02 100 0 0.00 77 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 650 933 143.54 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 480 454 94.58 1031 1177 114.16 0 0 0.00
19 NAGALAND 600 134 22.33 850 308 36.24 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 3122 4068 130.30 3518 3653 103.84 10805 7391 68.40
21 PUNJAB 17613 17569 99.75 4203 3685 87.68 777 712 91.63
22 RAJASTHAN 9309 9360 100.55 6085 6324 103.93 4407 3186 72.29
23 SIKKIM 186 290 155.91 60 97 161.67 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 14009 10147 72.43 2235 1065 47.65 3232 1557 48.17
25 TELANGANA 3606 3540 98.17 2047 1291 63.07 821 311 37.88
26 TRIPURA 1000 490 49.00 222 165 74.32 952 387 40.65
27 UTTAR PRADESH 7769 11788 151.73 49631 90823 183.00 306 662 216.34
28 UTTARAKHAND 552 518 93.84 2062 3261 158.15 626 1484 237.06
29 WEST BENGAL# 13746 14091 102.51 4289 4112 95.87 2490 3375 135.54
TOTAL (STATES) 165022 193097 117.01 155221 206349 132.94 44670 36658 82.06
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 269 169 62.83 40 15 37.50
31 CHANDIGARH 1120 1035 92.41 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 70 39 55.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 60 59 98.33
34 DELHI 9378 14938 159.29 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 64 1 1.56
36 PUDUCHERRY 300 208 69.33 0 0 0.00 12 3 25.00
TOTAL (UTs) 10798 16181 149.85 269 169 62.83 246 117 47.56
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 175820 209278 119.03 155490 206518 132.82 44916 36775 81.88
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.3 (Continued)
Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate as on 31st December, 2018
State/UT Women Jail Borstal School Open Jail
Sl.
No. Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy
Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 160 111 69.38 0 0 0.00 300 46 15.33
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 100 29 29.00
4 BIHAR 152 164 107.89 0 0 0.00 104 97 93.27
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 210 76 36.19 0 0 0.00 140 90 64.29
8 HARYANA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 15 1 6.67 250 142 56.80
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0.00 100 40 40.00 100 46 46.00
12 KARNATAKA 100 54 54.00 0 0 0.00 80 30 37.50
13 KERALA 232 128 55.17 90 59 65.56 468 431 92.09
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 82 66 80.49
15 MAHARASHTRA 262 417 159.16 105 11 10.48 1612 1235 76.61
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 90 46 51.11 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 55 39 70.91 0 0 0.00 125 93 74.40
21 PUNJAB 320 182 56.88 500 284 56.80 75 54 72.00
22 RAJASTHAN 450 198 44.00 20 4 20.00 1357 1019 75.09
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 2018 520 25.77 692 225 32.51 260 84 32.31
25 TELANGANA 250 231 92.40 93 1 1.08 150 79 52.67
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 420 226 53.81 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 300 48 16.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 226 321 142.04 0 0 0.00 164 188 114.63
TOTAL (STATES) 4945 2713 54.86 1615 625 38.70 5667 3777 66.65
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 648 530 81.79 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 648 530 81.79 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5593 3243 57.98 1615 625 38.70 5667 3777 66.65
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.3 (Concluded)
Jails-wise Capacity, Inmate Population and Occupancy Rate as on 31st December, 2018
State/UT Special Jail Other Jail Total
Sl.
No. Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy Available Inmate Occupancy
Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate Capacity Population Rate
(1) (2) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 8786 6988 79.54
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 233 245 105.15
3 ASSAM 372 265 71.24 0 0 0.00 8888 8282 93.18
4 BIHAR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 41441 38685 93.35
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 12063 18494 153.31
6 GOA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 624 435 69.71
7 GUJARAT 650 555 85.38 0 0 0.00 13345 14980 112.25
8 HARYANA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 18471 19270 104.33
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2178 2254 103.49
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 90 118 131.11 0 0 0.00 2660 3085 115.98
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 16094 20629 128.18
12 KARNATAKA 76 46 60.53 0 0 0.00 13711 13944 101.70
13 KERALA 1022 1665 162.92 500 0 0.00 6806 7638 112.22
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 28601 42057 147.05
15 MAHARASHTRA 246 163 66.26 28 9 32.14 24095 35884 148.93
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1272 920 72.33
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 650 933 143.54
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1601 1677 104.75
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1450 442 30.48
20 ODISHA 1551 1257 81.04 0 0 0.00 19176 16501 86.05
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 23488 22486 95.73
22 RAJASTHAN 264 43 16.29 0 0 0.00 21892 20134 91.97
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 246 387 157.32
24 TAMIL NADU 346 76 21.97 0 0 0.00 22792 13674 59.99
25 TELANGANA 228 97 42.54 0 0 0.00 7195 5550 77.14
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2174 1042 47.93
27 UTTAR PRADESH 788 512 64.97 0 0 0.00 58914 104011 176.55
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3540 5311 150.03
29 WEST BENGAL# 857 1005 117.27 0 0 0.00 21772 23092 106.06
TOTAL (STATES) 6490 5802 89.40 528 9 1.70 384158 449030 116.89
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 309 184 59.55
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1120 1035 92.41
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 70 39 55.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 60 59 98.33
34 DELHI 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 10026 15468 154.28
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 64 1 1.56
36 PUDUCHERRY 104 57 54.81 0 0 0.00 416 268 64.42
TOTAL (UTs) 104 57 54.81 0 0 0.00 12065 17054 141.35
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 6594 5859 88.85 528 9 1.70 396223 466084 117.63

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.4
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Central Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of
Central Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 3634 180 3814 4049 163 4212 111.42 90.56 110.44
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 6 3793 207 4000 3267 127 3394 86.13 61.35 84.85
4 BIHAR 8 15207 429 15636 13780 406 14186 90.62 94.64 90.73
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 6290 417 6707 12261 890 13151 194.93 213.43 196.08
6 GOA 1 574 50 624 402 33 435 70.03 66.00 69.71
7 GUJARAT 4 7260 480 7740 8585 318 8903 118.25 66.25 115.03
8 HARYANA 3 3048 250 3298 3056 85 3141 100.26 34.00 95.24
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 814 45 859 899 25 924 110.44 55.56 107.57
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1000 35 1035 915 24 939 91.50 68.57 90.72
11 JHARKHAND 7 9153 465 9618 10456 546 11002 114.24 117.42 114.39
12 KARNATAKA 8 7355 455 7810 9036 358 9394 122.86 78.68 120.28
13 KERALA 3 2127 0 2127 2721 0 2721 127.93 0.00 127.93
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 13138 688 13826 21108 885 21993 160.66 128.63 159.07
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 14389 452 14841 24629 704 25333 171.17 155.75 170.70
16 MANIPUR 2 845 250 1095 853 67 920 100.95 26.80 84.02
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 1 480 0 480 454 0 454 94.58 0.00 94.58
19 NAGALAND 1 600 0 600 134 0 134 22.33 0.00 22.33
20 ODISHA 5 2973 149 3122 3957 111 4068 133.10 74.50 130.30
21 PUNJAB 9 16406 1207 17613 16873 696 17569 102.85 57.66 99.75
22 RAJASTHAN 9 9088 221 9309 9150 210 9360 100.68 95.02 100.55
23 SIKKIM 1 165 21 186 282 8 290 170.91 38.10 155.91
24 TAMIL NADU 9 14009 0 14009 10147 0 10147 72.43 0.00 72.43
25 TELANGANA 3 3526 80 3606 3474 66 3540 98.53 82.50 98.17
26 TRIPURA 1 975 25 1000 459 31 490 47.08 124.00 49.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 7709 60 7769 11681 107 11788 151.52 178.33 151.73
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 552 0 552 518 0 518 93.84 0.00 93.84
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 13058 688 13746 13264 827 14091 101.58 120.20 102.51
TOTAL (STATES) 128 158168 6854 165022 186410 6687 193097 117.86 97.56 117.01
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 1 1000 120 1120 999 36 1035 99.90 30.00 92.41
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 14 9378 0 9378 14938 0 14938 159.29 0.00 159.29
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 275 25 300 200 8 208 72.73 32.00 69.33
TOTAL (UTs) 16 10653 145 10798 16137 44 16181 151.48 30.34 149.85
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 168821 6999 175820 202547 6731 209278 119.98 96.17 119.03
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.5

Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of District Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number
No. of Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
District
Jails Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 1528 183 1711 1074 74 1148 70.29 40.44 67.10
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2 209 24 233 235 10 245 112.44 41.67 105.15
3 ASSAM 22 3926 457 4383 4376 140 4516 111.46 30.63 103.03
4 BIHAR 31 20519 755 21274 21006 714 21720 102.37 94.57 102.10
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 2980 108 3088 3375 48 3423 113.26 44.44 110.85
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 11 3217 220 3437 3591 106 3697 111.63 48.18 107.56
8 HARYANA 16 13923 1250 15173 15579 550 16129 111.89 44.00 106.30
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 9 937 88 1025 1099 52 1151 117.29 59.09 112.29
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 1277 98 1375 1710 97 1807 133.91 98.98 131.42
11 JHARKHAND 15 4258 223 4481 7471 351 7822 175.46 157.40 174.56
12 KARNATAKA 21 3431 386 3817 3609 123 3732 105.19 31.87 97.77
13 KERALA 12 1798 96 1894 1769 22 1791 98.39 22.92 94.56
14 MADHYA PRADESH 41 8703 706 9409 12970 624 13594 149.03 88.39 144.48
15 MAHARASHTRA 28 6504 434 6938 8258 422 8680 126.97 97.24 125.11
16 MANIPUR 2 100 0 100 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 5 595 55 650 907 26 933 152.44 47.27 143.54
18 MIZORAM 8 847 184 1031 1045 132 1177 123.38 71.74 114.16
19 NAGALAND 10 670 180 850 299 9 308 44.63 5.00 36.24
20 ODISHA 9 3277 241 3518 3539 114 3653 108.00 47.30 103.84
21 PUNJAB 7 3965 238 4203 3478 207 3685 87.72 86.97 87.68
22 RAJASTHAN 26 5813 272 6085 6186 138 6324 106.42 50.74 103.93
23 SIKKIM 1 41 19 60 96 1 97 234.15 5.26 161.67
24 TAMIL NADU 10 2235 0 2235 1065 0 1065 47.65 0.00 47.65
25 TELANGANA 7 1823 224 2047 1201 90 1291 65.88 40.18 63.07
26 TRIPURA 2 216 6 222 158 7 165 73.15 116.67 74.32
27 UTTAR PRADESH 61 46876 2755 49631 87128 3695 90823 185.87 134.12 183.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 7 1952 110 2062 3099 162 3261 158.76 147.27 158.15
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 3946 343 4289 3922 190 4112 99.39 55.39 95.87
TOTAL (STATES) 403 145566 9655 155221 198245 8104 206349 136.19 83.94 132.94
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 239 30 269 163 6 169 68.20 20.00 62.83
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 1 239 30 269 163 6 169 68.20 20.00 62.83
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 404 145805 9685 155490 198408 8110 206518 136.08 83.74 132.82
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.6
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Sub-Jails
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of Sub
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 91 2459 342 2801 1405 66 1471 57.14 19.30 52.52
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 1 25 8 33 78 0 78 312.00 0.00 236.36
4 BIHAR 16 4045 230 4275 2439 79 2518 60.30 34.35 58.90
5 CHHATTISGARH 16 2153 115 2268 1920 0 1920 89.18 0.00 84.66
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 8 1051 117 1168 1615 44 1659 153.66 37.61 142.04
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 26 3 29 35 1 36 134.62 33.33 124.14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 160 0 160 221 0 221 138.13 0.00 138.13
11 JHARKHAND 6 1632 163 1795 1662 57 1719 101.84 34.97 95.77
12 KARNATAKA 72 1655 173 1828 677 11 688 40.91 6.36 37.64
13 KERALA 16 469 4 473 843 0 843 179.74 0.00 178.22
14 MADHYA PRADESH 73 4890 394 5284 6404 0 6404 130.96 0.00 121.20
@
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 49 14 63 35 1 36 71.43 7.14 57.14
16 MANIPUR 1 77 0 77 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 73 9429 1376 10805 7118 273 7391 75.49 19.84 68.40
21 PUNJAB 5 777 0 777 712 0 712 91.63 0.00 91.63
22 RAJASTHAN 60 4144 263 4407 3180 6 3186 76.74 2.28 72.29
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 96 2896 336 3232 1494 63 1557 51.59 18.75 48.17
25 TELANGANA 32 744 77 821 306 5 311 41.13 6.49 37.88
26 TRIPURA 10 832 120 952 377 10 387 45.31 8.33 40.65
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 283 23 306 637 25 662 225.09 108.70 216.34
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 602 24 626 1425 59 1484 236.71 245.83 237.06
29 WEST BENGAL# 31 1979 511 2490 3277 98 3375 165.59 19.18 135.54
TOTAL (STATES) 618 40377 4293 44670 35860 798 36658 88.81 18.59 82.06
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 30 10 40 15 0 15 50.00 0.00 37.50
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 1 60 10 70 35 4 39 58.33 40.00 55.71
33 DAMAN & DIU 1 40 20 60 58 1 59 145.00 5.00 98.33
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 4 64 0 64 1 0 1 1.56 0.00 1.56
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 8 4 12 3 0 3 37.50 0.00 25.00
TOTAL (UTs) 10 202 44 246 112 5 117 55.45 11.36 47.56
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 628 40579 4337 44916 35972 803 36775 88.65 18.52 81.88
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
@ Maharashtra reported that Sub Jails under the control of Revenue Department are not included.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.7

Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Women Jails

as on 31st December, 2018
Number
Sl. Total Capacity of Occupancy Rate
State/UT of Women Inmate Population
No. Inmates (in %)
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 160 111 69.38
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.00
4 BIHAR 2 152 164 107.89
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 1 210 76 36.19
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 100 54 54.00
13 KERALA 3 232 128 55.17
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 262 417 159.16
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 1 90 46 51.11
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 1 55 39 70.91
21 PUNJAB 1 320 182 56.88
22 RAJASTHAN 2 450 198 44.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 5 2018 520 25.77
25 TELANGANA 1 250 231 92.40
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 420 226 53.81
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 226 321 142.04
TOTAL (STATES) 22 4945 2713 54.86
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 2 648 530 81.79
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 2 648 530 81.79
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 24 5593 3243 57.98
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.8

Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Borstal Schools

as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of

Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of Inmates
Borstal
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 15 0 15 1 0 1 6.67 0.00 6.67
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 100 40 0 40 40.00 0.00 40.00
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 KERALA 1 78 12 90 50 9 59 64.10 75.00 65.56
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 105 0 105 11 0 11 10.48 0.00 10.48
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 PUNJAB 1 500 0 500 284 0 284 56.80 0.00 56.80
22 RAJASTHAN 1 20 0 20 4 0 4 20.00 0.00 20.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 12 692 0 692 225 0 225 32.51 0.00 32.51
25 TELANGANA 1 93 0 93 1 0 1 1.08 0.00 1.08
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (STATES) 19 1603 12 1615 616 9 625 38.43 75.00 38.70
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 1603 12 1615 616 9 625 38.43 75.00 38.70
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.9
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Open Jails
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of Open
Jails Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 300 0 300 46 0 46 15.33 0.00 15.33
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 1 100 0 100 29 0 29 29.00 0.00 29.00
4 BIHAR 1 104 0 104 97 0 97 93.27 0.00 93.27
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 3 140 0 140 90 0 90 64.29 0.00 64.29
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 250 0 250 142 0 142 56.80 0.00 56.80
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 1 100 0 100 44 2 46 44.00 0.00 46.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 80 0 80 30 0 30 37.50 0.00 37.50
13 KERALA 3 448 20 468 423 8 431 94.42 40.00 92.09
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 82 0 82 66 0 66 80.49 0.00 80.49
15 MAHARASHTRA 19 1512 100 1612 1169 66 1235 77.31 66.00 76.61
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 1 125 0 125 93 0 93 74.40 0.00 74.40
21 PUNJAB 1 75 0 75 54 0 54 72.00 0.00 72.00
22 RAJASTHAN 31 1357 0 1357 969 50 1019 71.41 0.00 75.09
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 3 260 0 260 84 0 84 32.31 0.00 32.31
25 TELANGANA 1 150 0 150 79 0 79 52.67 0.00 52.67
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 300 0 300 48 0 48 16.00 0.00 16.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 164 0 164 188 0 188 114.63 0.00 114.63
TOTAL (STATES) 77 5547 120 5667 3651 126 3777 65.82 105.00 66.65
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 77 5547 120 5667 3651 126 3777 65.82 105.00 66.65
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.10
Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Special Jails
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number
No. of Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
Special
Jails Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 1 360 12 372 262 3 265 72.78 25.00 71.24
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2 600 50 650 534 21 555 89.00 42.00 85.38
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 90 0 90 118 0 118 131.11 0.00 131.11
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 1 76 0 76 46 0 46 60.53 0.00 60.53
13 KERALA 16 982 40 1022 1627 38 1665 165.68 95.00 162.92
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 243 3 246 153 10 163 62.96 333.33 66.26
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 2 1512 39 1551 1210 47 1257 80.03 120.51 81.04
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 RAJASTHAN 1 264 0 264 43 0 43 16.29 0.00 16.29
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 3 152 194 346 25 51 76 16.45 26.29 21.97
25 TELANGANA 4 184 44 228 90 7 97 48.91 15.91 42.54
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 788 0 788 512 0 512 64.97 0.00 64.97
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 5 740 117 857 962 43 1005 130.00 36.75 117.27
TOTAL (STATES) 39 5991 499 6490 5582 220 5802 93.17 44.09 89.40
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 88 16 104 57 0 57 64.77 0.00 54.81
TOTAL (UTs) 2 88 16 104 57 0 57 64.77 0.00 54.81
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 41 6079 515 6594 5639 220 5859 92.76 42.72 88.85
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 1.11

Capacity, Inmates Population and Occupancy Rate of Other Jails

as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number Total Capacity of Inmates Inmate Population Occupancy Rate (in %)
No. of
Other Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Jails
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 KERALA 1 500 0 500 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 28 0 28 9 0 9 32.14 0.00 32.14
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (STATES) 2 528 0 528 9 0 9 1.70 0.00 1.70
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2 528 0 528 9 0 9 1.70 0.00 1.70
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Prisoners –
Types and
Demography
 

 
 Chapter – 2
Prisoners – Types and Demography
This chapter presents statistical Share of Convicts, Undertrial Inmates,
information on different categories of Detenues and Other Inmates as on
prison inmates like convicts, under-trials, 31st December, 2018
detenues and their age & gender profiles.
Besides, details on women prison inmates A total of (4,66,084) prisoners as on
including those staying with children have 31st December, 2018 were confined in
also been presented in this chapter. various jails across the country. The
number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates
Prison inmates lodged in various jails and Detenues were reported as 1,39,488,
are categorised as Convicts, Undertrials 3,23,537 and 2,384 respectively
and Detenues. A convict is a person found accounting for 29.9%, 69.4% and 0.5%
guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court respectively at the end of 2018. Other
of law and person serving a sentence in prisoners accounted for 0.1%(675
prison. An Undertrial is a person who is prisoners) of total prisoners as on 31st
currently on trial in a court of law. A December, 2018.
detenue is any person held lawfully in
custody. However, ‘Other’ category refers Only 15 states have reported lodging of
to any person other than above mentioned civil prisoners in its jails. Out of 1,39,488
categories. convicts, 270 were civil convicts and out of
3,23,537 undertrials prisoners, 101 were
civil undertrial inmates.

Detenues, 2384,
0.51% Others, 675, 0.14%

Convicts, 139488,
29.93%

Undertrials,
Total Inmates 323537, 69.42%

4,66,084
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Share of Different Types of Prisoners as on 31st December 2018
Chart 2.1

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Convicts Jails (2.7%, 3,749 convicts) as on
31st December,2018 [Chart 2.2].
Jail–wise & State/UT–wise Distribution
of Convicted Prisoners in Different Uttar Pradesh has reported the most
Types of Jail as on 31st December, number of convicts (20.5%, 28,660) in the
2018 country followed by Madhya Pradesh
(13.4%, 18,626) and Maharashtra (6.4%,
The highest number of convicted
8,908) at the end of 2018[Table 2.1].
prisoners were lodged in Central Jails
State/UT-wise, Sex-wise distribution of
(65.1%, 90,755 convicts) out of total
convicted prisoners in different types of
1,39,488 convicts followed by District
jail is presented in Tables 2.3-2.9.
Jails(28.8%, 40,136 convicts) and Open

Women Jail, 1,128,

Special Jail, 1,087, *Other Jails, 33,
0.81%
0.78% 0.02%

Sub Jail, 2,600,

1.86%

Open Jail, 3,749,

2.69%

District Jail,
40,136, 28.77%

Central Jail,
90,755, 65.06%

Total Convicted Prisoners 1,39,488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

* Other Jails include Borstal Schools, etc.
Convicted Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.2

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Undertrials and Sub Jails(10.5%, 34051 undertrials)
as on 31st December,2018 [Chart 2.3].
Jail-wise & State/UT–wise Distribution
of Undertrial Prisoners in Different Uttar Pradesh has reported the most
Types of Jails as on 31st December, number of undertrials (23.2%, 75,206) in
2018 the country followed by Bihar (9.7%,
31,488) and Maharashtra (8.3%, 26,898)
The highest number of undertrial
at the end of 2018. State/UT-wise, Sex-
prisoners were lodged in District
wise distribution of undertrials prisoners
Jails(51.3%, 1,65,988 undertrials) out of
in different types of jail is presented in
total 3,23,537 undertrials followed by
Table 2.3-2.9.
Central Jails(35.9%, 1,16,183 undertrials)

Women Jail, 2051, *Other Jails, 6705,

0.6% 2.0%

Special Jail, 4654,

1.4%
Sub Jail, 34051,
10.3%

Central Jail,
116183, 35.2%

District Jail,
165988, 50.4%

Total Undertrial Prisoners 3,23,537

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
* Other Jails include Borstal School, Open Jails, etc.
Undertrial Prisoners in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.3

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Detenues detenues) as on 31st December, 2018
[Chart 2.4].
State/UT – wise Distribution of
Detenues in Different Types of Jails as Tamil Nadu has reported the most
on 31st December, 2018 number of detenues (31.1%, 741) in the
country followed by Gujarat (19%, 452)
The highest number of detenues were and Telangana (12.2%, 292) at the end of
lodged in Central Jails (76.3%, 1,818 2018. State/UT-wise, Sex-wise
detenues) out of total 2,384 detenues distribution of detenues prisoners in
followed by District Jails (11.7%, 280 different types of jail is presented in Table
detenues) and Special Jails (4.9%, 117 2.3-2.9.

Special Jail, 117, *Other Jail, 105,

4.9% 4.4%

Women Jail, 64,

2.7%

District Jail, 280,

11.7%

Central Jail, 1818,

76.3%

Total Detenues 2,384

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

* Other Jails include Borstal School, Sub Jails, etc.
Detenues in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.4

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Other Inmates Demographic Profile (Education and
Domicile) of Prison Inmates
Distribution of Other Inmates in
Different Jails as on 31st December, Demographic profile of prison inmates
2018 refer to classification of inmates on the
basis of their educational status and
Certain inmates who are not classified domicile status of inmates [Table 2.10A –
under Convicts, Undertrials and Table 2.13B].
Detenues, are termed as Other Inmates.
There were 675 other inmates lodged in Education Profile
various jails of the country as on 31st I. Prison Inmates
December, 2018. The highest number of
Other category prisoners were lodged in Among the 4,66,084 prisoners as on
Central Jails (77.3%, 522) followed by 31st December, 2018 the highest
District Jails (16.9%, 114) and Sub Jails number of prisoners were having
(5.6%, 38). education Below Class X(40.2%,
1,87,441) followed by Prisoners With No
Education (28.9%, 1,34,904) and
prisoners with education Class X And
Above But Below Graduation(21.7%,
1,01,109) [Chart 2.5].

Holding Tech. Post Graduate,

Degree /Diploma, 7871, 1.7%
4920, 1.1%

Graduate, 29839,
6.4% Illiterate, 134904,
28.9%

Class X & above

but below
Graduation,
101109, 21.7%

Total Inmates
Below Class X,
4,66,084
187441, 40.2%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Educational Profile of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.5

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II. Convicts IV. Detenues
A total of 38,031 out of 1,39,488
686 out of 2,384 detenues were
convicts lodged in various jails in the
illiterate and 923 were educated below
country were reported as illiterate and
class Xth standard. These two categories
58,541 convicts were educated below
accounted for 28.8% and 38.7% of total
class Xth standard. These two categories
detenues respectively, which together
accounted for 27.3% and 42% of total
constitutes 67.5%(1,609 out of 2,384) of
convicts (1,39,488) respectively.
total detenues as on 31st December,
State/UT-wise educational profile of
2018.
convicts is presented in Table 2.10A.
III. Undertrials
Domicile Profile
Out of 3,23,537 Undertrials lodged
I. Prison Inmates
in various jails in the country, a total of
95,853 Undertrial prisoners were illiterate
Among the 4,66,084 prisoners as on
and 1,27,796 were educated below class
31st December, 2018 around 91.2% of
Xth standard. These two categories have
prisoners belong to the State followed by
accounted for 29.6% and 39.5% of total
prisoners belonging to the Other States
Undertrial prisoners respectively which
(7.7%) and prisoner belonging to the
taken together constitutes 69.1%
Other Country (1.1%) [Chart – 2.6].
(2,23,649 out of 3,23,537) of the total
undertrial inmates.

Belongs to other Belongs to other

State, 36039, 7.7% Country, 5168,
1.1%

Belongs to same
Total Inmates 4,66,084
State, 424877,
91.2%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Domicile of Origin of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.6

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II. Convicts [Chart 2.7]. Convicts of other countries
contribute 1.5% of all convicts (2,108
Among the 1,39,488 convicted-inmates
convicts out of 1,39,488) as on 31st
lodged in various jails in the country,
December, 2018. State/UT-wise domicile
1,28,419 convicted-inmates belong to the
of origin of convicts is presented in Table
respective states accounting for 92.1% of
2.10B.
all inmates followed by Convicts from
other states (6.4%, 8,961 convicts)

Belongs to Other
Belongs to Other
Country, 2108,
State, 8961, (6.4%)
(1.5%)

Belongs to same
State, 128419,
(92.1%)

Total Convicts
1,39,488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Domicile of Origin of Convicted Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.7

A total of 8,961 convicts has been States/UTs which contributed around

reported as non-domicile of the State 8.3% (26,922) and Undertrial prisoners of
(Belongs to Other State) where they are other countries accounted for 0.8%
incarcerated. Maharashtra has reported (2,611) of total Undertrial prisoners as on
the most number of such convicts (15%, 31st December, 2018 (Table 2.11B).
1,348 convicts) followed by Haryana
(14.5%, 1,296 convicts) and Delhi (9.3%, IV. Detenues
837 convicts) as on 31st December, 2018.
92.4% (2,204 out of 2,384) of
III. Undertrials detenues belonged to the same State/UT
while only 5.7% (137) of detenues were
Around 90.9% (2,94,004 out of belonging to the different States/UTs as
3,23,537) of total Undertrial prisoners on 31st December, 2018. 43 detenues
were from the same State/UT. This is were belonging to other countries (Table
followed by undertrial prisoners of other 2.12B).

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Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as Among the convicts, inmates
on 31st December, 2018 belonging to the age group 30- 50 Years
were more (69,504) than the inmates of
As on 31st December, 2018 the any other age groups. However, in case
most number of inmates (2,02,398) were of undertrial prisoners, inmates belonging
belonging to the age group 18-30 Years to the age group 18- 30 Years were the
followed by the age group 30-50 Years highest (1,57,450 Undertrial inmates)
(2,01,966). 61621 inmates were followed by inmates belonging to the age
belonging to the age group Above 50 group 30- 50 Years(1,31,000 Undertrial
Years. Only 99 inmates were belonging to inmates) and inmates of more than 50
age group 16-18 years as on years of age (35004) as on
31st December, 2018. st
31 December, 2018 [Chart 2.8].

250000
16-18 Years 18-30 Years
30-50 Years Above 50 Years
202398201966
200000

157450

150000
131000

100000

69504 61621

50000 43560 35004

26416
1112 265
1123 141 350
8 83 8 0 60 99
0
Convicts Undertrial Detenues Other Inmates Total
Prisoners

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Age-group wise Type of Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.8

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Women Prisoners with Children as on
31st December, 2018 Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of Women with children
There were 1,732 women (451 women with 509 children) followed
prisoners with 1,999 children as on 31st by Bihar (158 women with 196 children)
December, 2018. Among these women and West Bengal (147 women with 192
prisoners, 1,376 women prisoners were children) as on 31st December, 2018,
undertrial prisoners who were Only 8 States/UTs have no women
accompanied by 1,590 children and 355 inmates with children [Chart 2.10].
convicted prisoners who were
accompanied by 408 children [Chart 2.9]
[Table 2.17].

2500
No. of Women Prisoners No.of Children

1999
2000
1732
1590
1500 1376

1000

500 355 408

1 1
0
Convicts Undertrials Other Inmates Total

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Type of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.9

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 UTTAR PRADESH 509
451
BIHAR 196
158
WEST BENGAL# 192
147
JHARKHAND 156
125
MADHYA PRADESH 148
124
MAHARASHTRA 117
97
CHHATTISGARH 104
90
TAMIL NADU 68
68
ASSAM 66
57
No. of Children
HARYANA 64
63
PUNJAB 54
54 No. of Women Inmates with Children
RAJASTHAN 49
45
GUJARAT 43
37
ODISHA 42
41
KARNATAKA 36
30
TELANGANA 34
30
DELHI 30
28
ANDHRA PRADESH 24
23 Total Women Inmates with Children 1,732
JAMMU & KASHMIR 17
16 Total Number of Children 1,999
MIZORAM 14
14
UTTARAKHAND 10
9
MANIPUR 7
7
HIMACHAL PRADESH 7
7
MEGHALAYA 6
5
TRIPURA 2
2
CHANDIGARH 2
2
GOA 1
1
A & N ISLANDS 1
1

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
State/UT-wise Women Inmates with Children as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 2.10

Indian and Foreign Inmates as on female inmates, 18,455 (95.9%) were

31st December 2018 Indians and 787 (4.1%) were Foreigners
[Table 2.19].
Out of total 4,66,084 prison inmates,
4,60,916 (98.9%) inmates were Indians
and 5168 (1.1%) inmates were
Foreigners [Table 2.18]. Out of 19,242

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State/UT – wise Inmates Admitted Among the States/UTs, Uttar Pradesh
during 2018 has reported the highest number of
inmates (3,46,372) admitted during 2018
State/UT – wise prisoners admitted followed by Bihar (2,10,496) and Madhya
during the year in various jails of the Pradesh (1,56,563) accounting for 18.8%,
country is presented in Table 2.20. 11.4% and 8.5% respectively of total
During the year 2018, a total of number of inmates at national level
1,8,47,258 inmates were admitted in [Chart 2.11].
various jails of the country.

UTTAR PRADESH 346372

BIHAR 210496
MADHYA PRADESH 156563
MAHARASHTRA 120736
RAJASTHAN 102337
WEST BENGAL# 91144
GUJARAT 87301
TELANGANA 78570
KARNATAKA 77727
ODISHA 67797
PUNJAB 66552
ANDHRA PRADESH 61418
DELHI 60742
HARYANA 59051
JHARKHAND 54487
TAMIL NADU 52487
CHHATTISGARH 49716
ASSAM 30481
KERALA 20964
UTTARAKHAND 15995
JAMMU & KASHMIR 9508
MIZORAM 5439
HIMACHAL PRADESH 4320
TRIPURA 3563
CHANDIGARH 2766
PUDUCHERRY 2122
MEGHALAYA 2040
NAGALAND 1805
MANIPUR 1649
GOA 1228
SIKKIM 598 Total Inmates Admitted during 2018
A & N ISLANDS 441 18,47,258
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 399
D & N HAVELI 274
DAMAN & DIU 130
LAKSHADWEEP 40
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
State/UT-wise Inmates Admitted during 2018
Chart 2.11

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Trend in Number of Convicts, in 31st December, 2018). Among the
Undertrial Inmates, Detenues and inmates, number of convicts during 2013 -
Other Inmates in 2013-2018 2018 has increased by 7.6% whereas the
number of undertrial inmates has
The number of inmates in the prisons increased by 16.2%. Also, the number of
has increased by 13.1% during 2013 to detenues has decreased by 23.4% during
2018(from 4,11,992 inmates in the same period. [Chart 2.12].
st
31 December, 2013 to 466,084 inmates

500000
466084
14000
Total Inmates, Undertrial and Convicted Inmates

450000
13.1%
411992

400000 12000

Detenues and Other Inmates

350000
323537
10000

300000 16.2%
278503

8000
250000

200000 6000

150000 7.6% 139488

129608
4000
3113
100000 -23.4%
2384
2000
50000 -12.1% 675
768

Year
0 0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Inmates 411992 418536 419623 433003 450696 466084
Undertrial Inmates 278503 282879 282076 293058 308718 323537
Convicts 129608 131517 134168 135683 139149 139488
Detenues 3113 3237 2562 3089 2136 2384
Other Inmates 768 903 817 1173 693 675

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
Trend in Number of Different Types of Prison Inmates during 2013-2018
Chart 2.12

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 Table – 2.1

Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2018

State/UT Convicts Undertrials
Sl.
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2595 150 2745 3938 263 4201
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 123 4 127 112 6 118
3 ASSAM 3105 91 3196 4900 179 5079
4 BIHAR 6916 272 7188 30397 1091 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 7899 438 8337 9637 500 10137
6 GOA 140 9 149 262 24 286
7 GUJARAT 4363 203 4566 9630 332 9962
8 HARYANA 6814 253 7067 11794 382 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 833 33 866 1343 45 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 227 5 232 2452 116 2568
11 JHARKHAND 4754 219 4973 14892 737 15629
12 KARNATAKA 3612 205 3817 9768 341 10109
13 KERALA 2635 54 2689 4754 151 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 17913 713 18626 22329 794 23123
15 MAHARASHTRA 8494 414 8908 25692 1206 26898
16 MANIPUR 93 3 96 752 64 816
17 MEGHALAYA 118 1 119 789 25 814
18 MIZORAM 675 39 714 824 139 963
19 NAGALAND 114 1 115 297 7 304
20 ODISHA 3704 129 3833 12194 455 12649
21 PUNJAB 8152 387 8539 13209 695 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 5431 183 5614 14082 419 14501
23 SIKKIM 158 6 164 220 3 223
24 TAMIL NADU 3545 149 3694 8779 456 9235
25 TELANGANA 1916 147 2063 2968 226 3194
26 TRIPURA 491 22 513 501 26 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 27509 1151 28660 72304 2902 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 1993 94 2087 3097 127 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 5763 490 6253 15567 911 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 130085 5865 135950 297483 12622 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 77 4 81 101 2 103
31 CHANDIGARH 424 16 440 575 20 595
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 1 34 4 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 14 1 15 44 0 44
34 DELHI 2810 113 2923 12053 417 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 77 1 78 174 7 181
TOTAL (UTs) 3403 135 3538 12982 450 13432
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 133488 6000 139488 310465 13072 323537
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.1 (Concluded)

Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2018

State/UT Detenues Others Total
Sl.
(Col.5+8+
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total 11+14)
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 28 1 29 13 0 13 6988
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 245
3 ASSAM 4 0 4 3 0 3 8282
4 BIHAR 3 0 3 6 0 6 38685
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 20 0 20 18494
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 435
7 GUJARAT 422 30 452 0 0 0 14980
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 19270
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2254
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 283 0 283 2 0 2 3085
11 JHARKHAND 27 0 27 0 0 0 20629
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 6 0 6 13944
13 KERALA 44 0 44 0 0 0 7638
14 MADHYA PRADESH 177 0 177 129 2 131 42057
15 MAHARASHTRA 78 0 78 0 0 0 35884
16 MANIPUR 8 0 8 0 0 0 920
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 933
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1677
19 NAGALAND 22 1 23 0 0 0 442
20 ODISHA 14 0 14 5 0 5 16501
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 40 3 43 22486
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 6 13 0 13 20134
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
24 TAMIL NADU 712 29 741 4 0 4 13674
25 TELANGANA 266 26 292 1 0 1 5550
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 1 0 1 1042
27 UTTAR PRADESH 141 0 141 4 0 4 104011
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5311
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 283 78 361 23092
TOTAL (STATES) 2275 87 2362 530 83 613 449030
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 184
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1035
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
34 DELHI 13 0 13 62 0 62 15468
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 9 0 0 0 268
TOTAL (UTs) 22 0 22 62 0 62 17054
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2297 87 2384 592 83 675 466084
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.2

Percentage Share of Different Types of Prison Inmates as on 31st December, 2018

Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 39.3 60.1 0.4 0.2 100.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 51.8 48.2 0.0 0.0 100.0
3 ASSAM 38.6 61.3 0.0 0.0 100.0
4 BIHAR 18.6 81.4 0.0 0.0 100.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 45.1 54.8 0.0 0.1 100.0
6 GOA 34.3 65.7 0.0 0.0 100.0
7 GUJARAT 30.5 66.5 3.0 0.0 100.0
8 HARYANA 36.7 63.2 0.1 0.0 100.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 38.4 61.6 0.0 0.0 100.0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7.5 83.2 9.2 0.1 100.0
11 JHARKHAND 24.1 75.8 0.1 0.0 100.0
12 KARNATAKA 27.4 72.5 0.1 0.0 100.0
13 KERALA 35.2 64.2 0.6 0.0 100.0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 44.3 55.0 0.4 0.3 100.0
15 MAHARASHTRA 24.8 75.0 0.2 0.0 100.0
16 MANIPUR 10.4 88.7 0.9 0.0 100.0
17 MEGHALAYA 12.8 87.2 0.0 0.0 100.0
18 MIZORAM 42.6 57.4 0.0 0.0 100.0
19 NAGALAND 26.0 68.8 5.2 0.0 100.0
20 ODISHA 23.2 76.7 0.1 0.0 100.0
21 PUNJAB 38.0 61.8 0.0 0.2 100.0
22 RAJASTHAN 27.9 72.0 0.0 0.1 100.0
23 SIKKIM 42.4 57.6 0.0 0.0 100.0
24 TAMIL NADU 27.0 67.5 5.4 0.0 100.0
25 TELANGANA 37.2 57.5 5.3 0.0 100.0
26 TRIPURA 49.2 50.6 0.1 0.1 100.0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 27.6 72.3 0.1 0.0 100.0
28 UTTARAKHAND 39.3 60.7 0.0 0.0 100.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 27.1 71.4 0.0 1.6 100.0
TOTAL (STATES) 30.3 69.1 0.5 0.1 100.0
30 A & N ISLANDS 44.0 56.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
31 CHANDIGARH 42.5 57.5 0.0 0.0 100.0
32 D & N HAVELI 2.6 97.4 0.0 0.0 100.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 25.4 74.6 0.0 0.0 100.0
34 DELHI 18.9 80.6 0.1 0.4 100.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 29.1 67.5 3.4 0.0 100.0
TOTAL (UTs) 20.7 78.8 0.1 0.4 100.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 29.9 69.4 0.5 0.1 100.0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.3
(Central Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2240 71 2311 1768 92 1860
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 1262 35 1297 2005 92 2097
4 BIHAR 4701 105 4806 9076 301 9377
5 CHHATTISGARH 7760 437 8197 4493 453 4946
6 GOA 140 9 149 262 24 286
7 GUJARAT 3648 151 3799 4644 150 4794
8 HARYANA 1225 32 1257 1831 53 1884
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 506 16 522 393 9 402
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 126 2 128 645 22 667
11 JHARKHAND 4359 210 4569 6072 336 6408
12 KARNATAKA 3481 171 3652 5539 187 5726
13 KERALA 2072 0 2072 605 0 605
14 MADHYA PRADESH 14125 602 14727 6792 282 7074
15 MAHARASHTRA 6859 336 7195 17712 368 18080
16 MANIPUR 93 3 96 752 64 816
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 249 0 249 205 0 205
19 NAGALAND 48 0 48 65 0 65
20 ODISHA 1201 41 1242 2752 70 2822
21 PUNJAB 6326 261 6587 10507 432 10939
22 RAJASTHAN 3988 53 4041 5152 157 5309
23 SIKKIM 158 6 164 124 2 126
24 TAMIL NADU 3459 0 3459 5980 0 5980
25 TELANGANA 1443 43 1486 1773 23 1796
26 TRIPURA 286 21 307 172 10 182
27 UTTAR PRADESH 9359 16 9375 2321 91 2412
28 UTTARAKHAND 380 0 380 138 0 138
29 WEST BENGAL# 4948 388 5336 8033 361 8394
TOTAL (STATES) 84442 3009 87451 99811 3579 103390
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 424 16 440 575 20 595
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2810 0 2810 12053 0 12053
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 53 1 54 138 7 145
TOTAL (UTs) 3287 17 3304 12766 27 12793
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 87729 3026 90755 112577 3606 116183
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.3 (Concluded)
Types of Prison Inmates in Central Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others Total
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 28 0 28 13 0 13 4212
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3394
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 3 0 3 14186
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 8 0 8 13151
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 435
7 GUJARAT 293 17 310 0 0 0 8903
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3141
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 924
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 143 0 143 1 0 1 939
11 JHARKHAND 25 0 25 0 0 0 11002
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 4 0 4 9394
13 KERALA 44 0 44 0 0 0 2721
14 MADHYA PRADESH 176 0 176 15 1 16 21993
15 MAHARASHTRA 58 0 58 0 0 0 25333
16 MANIPUR 8 0 8 0 0 0 920
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 454
19 NAGALAND 21 0 21 0 0 0 134
20 ODISHA 3 0 3 1 0 1 4068
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 40 3 43 17569
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 4 6 0 6 9360
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 290
24 TAMIL NADU 704 0 704 4 0 4 10147
25 TELANGANA 258 0 258 0 0 0 3540
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0 0 0 490
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 1 0 0 0 11788
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 518
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 283 78 361 14091
TOTAL (STATES) 1779 17 1796 378 82 460 193097
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1035
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 13 0 13 62 0 62 14938
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 9 0 0 0 208
TOTAL (UTs) 22 0 22 62 0 62 16181
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1801 17 1818 440 82 522 209278
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.4
(District Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 179 2 181 895 72 967
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 123 4 127 112 6 118
3 ASSAM 1735 55 1790 2634 85 2719
4 BIHAR 1987 61 2048 19014 653 19667
5 CHHATTISGARH 109 1 110 3262 47 3309
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 413 5 418 3153 100 3253
8 HARYANA 5589 221 5810 9963 329 10292
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 179 17 196 920 35 955
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 98 3 101 1553 94 1647
11 JHARKHAND 333 7 340 7137 344 7481
12 KARNATAKA 96 4 100 3511 119 3630
13 KERALA 93 0 93 1676 22 1698
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3292 111 3403 9588 512 10100
15 MAHARASHTRA 450 4 454 7799 418 8217
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 118 1 119 789 25 814
18 MIZORAM 426 27 453 619 105 724
19 NAGALAND 66 1 67 232 7 239
20 ODISHA 1135 42 1177 2402 72 2474
21 PUNJAB 1587 74 1661 1891 133 2024
22 RAJASTHAN 439 4 443 5741 134 5875
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 96 1 97
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1065 0 1065
25 TELANGANA 355 5 360 837 85 922
26 TRIPURA 93 0 93 64 7 71
27 UTTAR PRADESH 17533 906 18439 69452 2789 72241
28 UTTARAKHAND 1498 86 1584 1601 76 1677
29 WEST BENGAL# 468 23 491 3454 167 3621
TOTAL (STATES) 38394 1664 40058 159460 6437 165897
30 A & N ISLANDS 74 4 78 89 2 91
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 74 4 78 89 2 91
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 38468 1668 40136 159549 6439 165988
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.4 (Concluded)
Types of Prison Inmates in District Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others
No. Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1148
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 245
3 ASSAM 4 0 4 3 0 3 4516
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 3 0 3 21720
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 4 0 4 3423
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 25 1 26 0 0 0 3697
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 16129
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1151
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 58 0 58 1 0 1 1807
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 0 0 0 7822
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 2 0 2 3732
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1791
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 0 1 89 1 90 13594
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 0 9 0 0 0 8680
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 933
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1177
19 NAGALAND 1 1 2 0 0 0 308
20 ODISHA 1 0 1 1 0 1 3653
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 3685
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0 2 4 0 4 6324
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1065
25 TELANGANA 8 0 8 1 0 1 1291
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 1 0 1 165
27 UTTAR PRADESH 139 0 139 4 0 4 90823
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 3261
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 4112
TOTAL (STATES) 278 2 280 113 1 114 206349
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 169
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 169
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 278 2 280 113 1 114 206518
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.5
(Sub Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 130 1 131 1275 65 1340
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 78 0 78
4 BIHAR 131 0 131 2307 79 2386
5 CHHATTISGARH 30 0 30 1882 0 1882
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 77 0 77 1537 44 1581
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 5 0 5 30 1 31
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 0 3 136 0 136
11 JHARKHAND 44 1 45 1617 56 1673
12 KARNATAKA 5 0 5 672 11 683
13 KERALA 22 0 22 821 0 821
14 MADHYA PRADESH 430 0 430 5949 0 5949
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 35 1 36
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1049 30 1079 6067 243 6310
21 PUNJAB 171 0 171 541 0 541
22 RAJASTHAN 10 0 10 3167 6 3173
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1494 63 1557
25 TELANGANA 31 0 31 275 5 280
26 TRIPURA 112 1 113 265 9 274
27 UTTAR PRADESH 105 3 108 531 22 553
28 UTTARAKHAND 67 8 75 1358 51 1409
29 WEST BENGAL# 114 0 114 3163 98 3261
TOTAL (STATES) 2536 44 2580 33200 754 33954
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 3 12 0 12
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 1 34 4 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 14 1 15 44 0 44
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 1 2 0 2
TOTAL (UTs) 19 1 20 93 4 97
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2555 45 2600 33293 758 34051
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.5 (Concluded)
Types of Prison Inmates in Sub-Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others
No. Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1471
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 0 0 0 2518
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 8 0 8 1920
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 1 0 0 0 1659
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 82 0 82 0 0 0 221
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 0 0 0 1719
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 688
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 843
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 25 0 25 6404
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 2 0 2 7391
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 712
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 3 0 3 3186
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1557
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 311
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 1 0 0 0 662
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1484
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 3375
TOTAL (STATES) 86 0 86 38 0 38 36658
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 86 0 86 38 0 38 36775
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.6
(Women Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Women Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. No. State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 76 34 1 0 111
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 106 58 0 0 164
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 45 23 8 0 76
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 30 24 0 0 54
13 KERALA 46 82 0 0 128
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 8 409 0 0 417
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 12 34 0 0 46
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ORISSA 12 27 0 0 39
21 PUNJAB 52 130 0 0 182
22 RAJASTHAN 76 122 0 0 198
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 149 342 29 0 520
25 TELANGANA 99 106 26 0 231
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 226 0 0 0 226
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 78 243 0 0 321
TOTAL (STATES) 1015 1634 64 0 2713
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 113 417 0 0 530
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 113 417 0 0 530
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1128 2051 64 0 3243
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.7
(Borstal Schools)
Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 39 0 39
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 1 0 1 49 9 58
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 14 0 14 270 0 270
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 4 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 0 2 215 0 215
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 24 0 24 573 9 582
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 24 0 24 573 9 582
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.7 (Concluded)
Types of Prison Inmates in Borstal Schools as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT
No.
Detenues Others Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 11 0 11 0 0 0 11
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 284
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 8 0 8 0 0 0 225
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 19 0 19 0 0 0 625
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 0 19 0 0 0 625
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.8
(Open Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 46 0 46 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 29 0 29 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 97 0 97 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 90 0 90 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 142 0 142 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 17 1 18 27 1 28
12 KARNATAKA 30 0 30 0 0 0
13 KERALA 423 8 431 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 66 0 66 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 1169 66 1235 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 93 0 93 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 54 0 54 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 969 50 1019 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 84 0 84 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 79 0 79 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 48 0 48 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 188 0 188 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 3624 125 3749 27 1 28
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3624 125 3749 27 1 28
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.8 (Concluded)
Types of Prison Inmates in Open Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Detenues Others Total
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 142
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 431
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1235
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1019
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 79
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 188
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3777
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3777
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.9
(Special Jails)
Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)
Sl. State/UT Convicts Undertrials
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 79 1 80 183 2 185
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 135 2 137 296 15 311
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 118 0 118
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 46 0 46
13 KERALA 24 0 24 1603 38 1641
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 7 0 7 146 10 156
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 226 4 230 973 43 1016
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 21 0 21 22 0 22
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 25 51 76
25 TELANGANA 7 0 7 83 7 90
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 512 0 512 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 45 1 46 917 42 959
TOTAL (STATES) 1056 8 1064 4412 208 4620
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 23 0 23 34 0 34
TOTAL (UTs) 23 0 23 34 0 34
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1079 8 1087 4446 208 4654
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Note: Only 9 male convicts were lodged in open colony (Other Jails) in the State of Maharashtra.
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 Table – 2.9 (Concluded)

Types of Prison Inmates in Special Jails as on 31st December, 2018 (Sex-wise)

Sl. State/UT
No.
Detenues Others Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 265
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 103 4 107 0 0 0 555
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1665
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 10 0 10 1 0 1 1257
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 512
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 1005
TOTAL (STATES) 113 4 117 1 0 1 5802
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 113 4 117 1 0 1 5859
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.10 A
Education Profile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018
Educational Standard
Sl. Class X & Holding
State/UT Below above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
Class X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 880 937 543 277 42 66 2745
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 40 52 32 3 0 0 127
3 ASSAM 806 1662 647 52 17 12 3196
4 BIHAR 2180 2877 1563 505 8 55 7188
5 CHHATTISGARH 2217 4446 1234 302 27 111 8337
6 GOA 46 41 50 7 3 2 149
7 GUJARAT 1684 1925 560 268 25 104 4566
8 HARYANA 1514 2496 2549 318 79 111 7067
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 147 382 276 47 5 9 866
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 66 100 50 11 1 4 232
11 JHARKHAND 1316 2323 972 231 82 49 4973
12 KARNATAKA 1203 1220 1050 227 73 44 3817
13 KERALA 332 1163 909 167 82 36 2689
14 MADHYA PRADESH 4739 8219 4206 1012 104 346 18626
15 MAHARASHTRA 1481 4381 2299 503 110 134 8908
16 MANIPUR 11 59 16 10 0 0 96
17 MEGHALAYA 67 49 1 1 1 0 119
18 MIZORAM 24 482 189 15 2 2 714
19 NAGALAND 15 81 17 2 0 0 115
20 ODISHA 1055 1982 623 139 21 13 3833
21 PUNJAB 2148 3272 2222 744 61 92 8539
22 RAJASTHAN 1394 2296 1108 501 120 195 5614
23 SIKKIM 41 97 23 3 0 0 164
24 TAMIL NADU 979 1456 757 256 176 70 3694
25 TELANGANA 473 772 290 335 84 109 2063
26 TRIPURA 25 421 49 14 0 4 513
27 UTTAR PRADESH 8573 11017 6247 2044 168 611 28660
28 UTTARAKHAND 449 832 640 103 19 44 2087
29 WEST BENGAL# 3449 1874 758 141 10 21 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 37354 56914 29880 8238 1320 2244 135950
30 A & N ISLANDS 15 57 6 2 0 1 81
31 CHANDIGARH 53 284 43 36 14 10 440
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 12 2 1 0 0 0 15
34 DELHI 591 1243 836 186 26 41 2923
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 6 41 23 4 4 0 78
TOTAL (UTs) 677 1627 910 228 44 52 3538
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 38031 58541 30790 8466 1364 2296 139488
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Domicile of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Domicile
No.
Belongs to other Belongs to other
Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2586 156 3 2745
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 72 55 0 127
3 ASSAM 3039 139 18 3196
4 BIHAR 7062 122 4 7188
5 CHHATTISGARH 7927 398 12 8337
6 GOA 77 61 11 149
7 GUJARAT 4073 412 81 4566
8 HARYANA 5755 1296 16 7067
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 656 160 50 866
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 191 27 14 232
11 JHARKHAND 4826 144 3 4973
12 KARNATAKA 3609 185 23 3817
13 KERALA 2291 396 2 2689
14 MADHYA PRADESH 17995 617 14 18626
15 MAHARASHTRA 7481 1348 79 8908
16 MANIPUR 79 3 14 96
17 MEGHALAYA 105 11 3 119
18 MIZORAM 670 38 6 714
19 NAGALAND 101 14 0 115
20 ODISHA 3711 114 8 3833
21 PUNJAB 7927 587 25 8539
22 RAJASTHAN 5121 472 21 5614
23 SIKKIM 117 46 1 164
24 TAMIL NADU 3590 75 29 3694
25 TELANGANA 1875 181 7 2063
26 TRIPURA 499 4 10 513
27 UTTAR PRADESH 28042 488 130 28660
28 UTTARAKHAND 1797 267 23 2087
29 WEST BENGAL# 4742 132 1379 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 126016 7948 1986 135950
30 A & N ISLANDS 59 0 22 81
31 CHANDIGARH 289 148 3 440
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 6 9 0 15
34 DELHI 1989 837 97 2923
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 60 18 0 78
TOTAL (UTs) 2403 1013 122 3538
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 128419 8961 2108 139488
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Religion of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018

Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2313 229 0 178 25 2745

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 46 13 0 41 27 127
3 ASSAM 1780 1276 38 73 29 3196
4 BIHAR 6034 1133 12 4 5 7188
5 CHHATTISGARH 7674 262 49 329 23 8337
6 GOA 110 11 0 28 0 149
7 GUJARAT 2833 1505 42 21 165 4566
8 HARYANA 5970 654 431 10 2 7067
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 786 33 29 4 14 866
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 109 109 7 2 5 232
11 JHARKHAND 3443 734 14 457 325 4973
12 KARNATAKA 2972 536 6 81 222 3817
13 KERALA 1269 879 0 525 16 2689
14 MADHYA PRADESH 16136 2229 86 97 78 18626
15 MAHARASHTRA 4983 2222 96 162 1445 8908
16 MANIPUR 70 11 0 11 4 96
17 MEGHALAYA 21 5 0 92 1 119
18 MIZORAM 19 37 0 646 12 714
19 NAGALAND 17 14 0 84 0 115
20 ODISHA 3486 118 2 208 19 3833
21 PUNJAB 2408 356 4980 570 225 8539
22 RAJASTHAN 4112 1207 258 18 19 5614
23 SIKKIM 89 8 0 39 28 164
24 TAMIL NADU 2733 375 0 583 3 3694
25 TELANGANA 1574 163 69 216 41 2063
26 TRIPURA 396 62 0 46 9 513
27 UTTAR PRADESH 22020 6311 152 16 161 28660
28 UTTARAKHAND 1323 560 169 30 5 2087
29 WEST BENGAL# 3840 2369 8 24 12 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 98566 23421 6448 4595 2920 135950
30 A & N ISLANDS 39 5 0 17 20 81
31 CHANDIGARH 355 27 56 2 0 440
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 10 3 0 1 1 15
34 DELHI 2180 586 72 70 15 2923
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 65 5 0 8 0 78
TOTAL (UTs) 2650 626 128 98 36 3538

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 101216 24047 6576 4693 2956 139488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Caste of Convicts as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. No. State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 607 363 1037 738 2745

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 72 0 55 127
3 ASSAM 511 457 880 1348 3196
4 BIHAR 1139 229 3771 2049 7188
5 CHHATTISGARH 1550 2812 3181 794 8337
6 GOA 12 8 75 54 149
7 GUJARAT 1001 835 1720 1010 4566
8 HARYANA 1403 441 1623 3600 7067
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 231 28 71 536 866
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 4 3 224 232
11 JHARKHAND 544 1740 1695 994 4973
12 KARNATAKA 754 348 1662 1053 3817
13 KERALA 192 76 1376 1045 2689
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3792 4798 6411 3625 18626
15 MAHARASHTRA 1627 1268 3302 2711 8908
16 MANIPUR 1 11 77 7 96
17 MEGHALAYA 14 96 2 7 119
18 MIZORAM 50 654 0 10 714
19 NAGALAND 19 84 8 4 115
20 ODISHA 1149 1180 871 633 3833
21 PUNJAB 2985 52 1694 3808 8539
22 RAJASTHAN 1209 1180 2284 941 5614
23 SIKKIM 17 47 75 25 164
24 TAMIL NADU 937 105 2351 301 3694
25 TELANGANA 379 359 643 682 2063
26 TRIPURA 117 146 93 157 513
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6558 769 11881 9452 28660
28 UTTARAKHAND 517 295 379 896 2087
29 WEST BENGAL# 1311 305 585 4052 6253
TOTAL (STATES) 28627 18762 47750 40811 135950
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 13 67 81
31 CHANDIGARH 113 0 64 263 440
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 1 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 2 5 6 15
34 DELHI 613 49 748 1513 2923
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 15 0 63 0 78
TOTAL (UTs) 743 52 893 1850 3538

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 29370 18814 48643 42661 139488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.11 A
Education Profile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Educational Standard
Sl. Class X & Holding
State/UT Below above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
Class X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1370 1898 622 215 58 38 4201
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 25 55 36 2 0 0 118
3 ASSAM 2007 2094 676 247 34 21 5079
4 BIHAR 10488 11788 7099 1831 89 193 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 2253 5202 2018 425 58 181 10137
6 GOA 116 86 81 3 0 0 286
7 GUJARAT 2478 4278 2057 708 151 290 9962
8 HARYANA 2026 4761 4292 838 124 135 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 237 515 509 93 16 18 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 625 945 843 107 4 44 2568
11 JHARKHAND 3736 6764 3928 826 206 169 15629
12 KARNATAKA 2117 4053 2714 834 297 94 10109
13 KERALA 799 2039 1531 339 146 51 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5889 11058 4246 1256 272 402 23123
15 MAHARASHTRA 6311 10644 6501 2298 546 598 26898
16 MANIPUR 40 523 195 48 0 10 816
17 MEGHALAYA 362 365 71 13 1 2 814
18 MIZORAM 40 612 274 31 1 5 963
19 NAGALAND 45 202 47 10 0 0 304
20 ODISHA 3620 5954 2291 625 97 62 12649
21 PUNJAB 4126 5757 3165 592 93 171 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 3881 5270 3277 1300 292 481 14501
23 SIKKIM 38 139 40 6 0 0 223
24 TAMIL NADU 2994 3150 2150 584 222 135 9235
25 TELANGANA 1186 891 479 418 94 126 3194
26 TRIPURA 57 401 57 8 2 2 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 25829 26839 13609 6273 603 2053 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 552 1410 1042 138 29 53 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 9453 4631 1912 439 1 42 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 92700 122324 65762 20507 3436 5376 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 12 59 28 3 1 0 103
31 CHANDIGARH 60 460 48 18 2 7 595
32 D & N HAVELI 4 17 15 1 1 0 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 39 5 0 0 0 0 44
34 DELHI 3032 4844 3721 686 53 134 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 6 87 53 7 28 0 181
TOTAL (UTs) 3153 5472 3866 715 85 141 13432
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 95853 127796 69628 21222 3521 5517 323537
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Domicile of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT Belongs to other Belongs to other
No. Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3576 621 4 4201
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 73 45 0 118
3 ASSAM 4803 222 54 5079
4 BIHAR 30824 597 67 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 8963 1166 8 10137
6 GOA 160 112 14 286
7 GUJARAT 8329 1583 50 9962
8 HARYANA 9993 2146 37 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 987 306 95 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2283 248 37 2568
11 JHARKHAND 14887 739 3 15629
12 KARNATAKA 9406 569 134 10109
13 KERALA 4450 435 20 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 22049 1066 8 23123
15 MAHARASHTRA 21325 5065 508 26898
16 MANIPUR 751 22 43 816
17 MEGHALAYA 688 99 27 814
18 MIZORAM 875 74 14 963
19 NAGALAND 209 95 0 304
20 ODISHA 12052 593 4 12649
21 PUNJAB 12286 1504 114 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 13120 1344 37 14501
23 SIKKIM 172 51 0 223
24 TAMIL NADU 9101 31 103 9235
25 TELANGANA 2919 244 31 3194
26 TRIPURA 481 29 17 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 71521 3425 260 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 2450 741 33 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 15484 418 576 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 284217 23590 2298 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 103 0 0 103
31 CHANDIGARH 392 197 6 595
32 D & N HAVELI 14 24 0 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 26 18 0 44
34 DELHI 9131 3033 306 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 120 60 1 181
TOTAL (UTs) 9787 3332 313 13432
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 294004 26922 2611 323537
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.11 C
Religion of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3468 465 1 250 17 4201
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 47 21 0 39 11 118
3 ASSAM 2184 2351 55 348 141 5079
4 BIHAR 25618 5790 52 27 1 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 9382 428 74 222 31 10137
6 GOA 230 22 0 34 0 286
7 GUJARAT 6539 2932 251 161 79 9962
8 HARYANA 10108 1368 641 28 31 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1216 78 51 30 13 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 901 1553 101 8 5 2568
11 JHARKHAND 10944 3263 72 1060 290 15629
12 KARNATAKA 7333 2262 11 347 156 10109
13 KERALA 2746 1388 0 693 78 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 19649 3108 191 97 78 23123
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - - 26898
16 MANIPUR 382 171 2 243 18 816
17 MEGHALAYA 157 61 0 593 3 814
18 MIZORAM 30 59 0 855 19 963
19 NAGALAND 43 34 2 223 2 304
20 ODISHA 11018 799 30 700 102 12649
21 PUNJAB 4733 707 7275 960 229 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 10446 3336 617 34 68 14501
23 SIKKIM 136 5 0 55 27 223
24 TAMIL NADU 6749 1014 0 1470 2 9235
25 TELANGANA 1934 979 42 187 52 3194
26 TRIPURA 381 96 0 36 14 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 53001 21148 426 93 538 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 1894 1090 216 22 2 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 10315 6032 30 82 19 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 201584 60560 10140 8897 2026 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 76 10 2 15 0 103
31 CHANDIGARH 498 39 56 2 0 595
32 D & N HAVELI 35 3 0 0 0 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 29 15 0 0 0 44
34 DELHI 8965 2986 215 277 27 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1 0 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 148 12 0 2 19 181
TOTAL (UTs) 9751 3066 273 296 46 13432

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 211335 63626 10413 9193 2072 323537

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

@ Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Caste of Undertrial Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 878 647 1610 1066 4201

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 73 0 45 118
3 ASSAM 857 993 1277 1952 5079
4 BIHAR 7324 1442 15135 7587 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 1854 4078 2875 1330 10137
6 GOA 50 43 32 161 286
7 GUJARAT 1654 1599 3882 2827 9962
8 HARYANA 3272 382 3428 5094 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 440 63 159 726 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 128 208 61 2171 2568
11 JHARKHAND 2844 4207 5362 3216 15629
12 KARNATAKA 2049 906 5182 1972 10109
13 KERALA 956 353 2029 1567 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5143 5702 7754 4524 23123
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - 26898
16 MANIPUR 19 243 508 46 816
17 MEGHALAYA 98 587 53 76 814
18 MIZORAM 62 873 0 28 963
19 NAGALAND 38 221 11 34 304
20 ODISHA 3676 3162 3242 2569 12649
21 PUNJAB 5484 202 3188 5030 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 3324 2856 5651 2670 14501
23 SIKKIM 46 71 87 19 223
24 TAMIL NADU 2379 239 6341 276 9235
25 TELANGANA 502 467 883 1342 3194
26 TRIPURA 97 121 65 244 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 17931 3664 32272 21339 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 705 299 1080 1140 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 2007 878 1830 11763 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 63817 34579 103997 80814 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 8 19 76 103
31 CHANDIGARH 96 1 41 457 595
32 D & N HAVELI 1 11 3 23 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 3 10 5 26 44
34 DELHI 3094 490 3272 5614 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 1 0 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 39 2 140 0 181
TOTAL (UTs) 3233 523 3480 6196 13432
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 67050 35102 107477 87010 323537
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
@ Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.12 A
Education Profile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018
Educational Standard
Sl. Class X & Holding
State/UT Below above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
Class X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10 10 8 1 0 0 29
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 155 238 32 20 2 5 452
8 HARYANA 3 4 10 6 0 4 27
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 56 72 119 19 3 14 283
11 JHARKHAND 0 14 11 2 0 0 27
12 KARNATAKA 0 4 8 0 0 0 12
13 KERALA 9 9 24 2 0 0 44
14 MADHYA PRADESH 10 89 71 6 1 0 177
15 MAHARASHTRA 20 37 17 3 1 0 78
16 MANIPUR 0 2 2 4 0 0 8
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 19 3 0 0 0 23
20 ODISHA 5 6 3 0 0 0 14
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 2 2 2 0 0 0 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 231 252 171 54 16 17 741
25 TELANGANA 123 113 21 11 10 14 292
26 TRIPURA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 53 44 31 11 0 2 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 679 916 537 141 33 56 2362
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 7 5 1 0 0 0 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 2 6 0 1 0 9
TOTAL (UTs) 7 7 7 0 1 0 22
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 686 923 544 141 34 56 2384
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.12 B
Domicile of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT Belongs to other Belongs to other
No. Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 16 13 0 29
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 4 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 3 0 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 431 21 0 452
8 HARYANA 0 27 0 27
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 253 0 30 283
11 JHARKHAND 25 2 0 27
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 0 12
13 KERALA 44 0 0 44
14 MADHYA PRADESH 177 0 0 177
15 MAHARASHTRA 76 2 0 78
16 MANIPUR 8 0 0 8
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 20 3 0 23
20 ODISHA 14 0 0 14
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 0 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 735 6 0 741
25 TELANGANA 229 63 0 292
26 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 141 0 0 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 2195 137 30 2362
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 13 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 0 9
TOTAL (UTs) 9 0 13 22
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2204 137 43 2384
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.12 C
Religion of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 23 6 0 0 0 29
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 4 0 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 2 1 0 0 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 268 173 5 5 1 452
8 HARYANA 0 27 0 0 0 27
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8 275 0 0 0 283
11 JHARKHAND 20 7 0 0 0 27
12 KARNATAKA 3 5 0 4 0 12
13 KERALA 19 15 0 10 0 44
14 MADHYA PRADESH 127 42 2 1 5 177
15 MAHARASHTRA@ - - - - - 78
16 MANIPUR 6 1 0 1 0 8
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 4 3 0 16 0 23
20 ODISHA 12 2 0 0 0 14
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 5 1 0 0 0 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 512 98 0 131 0 741
25 TELANGANA 164 65 12 21 30 292
26 TRIPURA 0 1 0 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 59 82 0 0 0 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1232 808 19 189 36 2362
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 13 0 0 0 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 0 0 0 9
TOTAL (UTs) 9 13 0 0 0 22
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1241 821 19 189 36 2384
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
@ Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.12 D
Caste of Detenues as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.N
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
o.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 22 6 29
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 4 0 4
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 2 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 78 73 220 81 452
8 HARYANA 0 0 9 18 27
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 283 283
11 JHARKHAND 2 5 10 10 27
12 KARNATAKA 1 0 2 9 12
13 KERALA 5 2 22 15 44
14 MADHYA PRADESH 29 5 92 51 177
@
15 MAHARASHTRA - - - - 78
16 MANIPUR 1 1 6 0 8
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 10 13 0 0 23
20 ODISHA 4 4 2 4 14
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 4 1 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 282 28 384 47 741
25 TELANGANA 48 36 137 71 292
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 1 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 13 0 74 54 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 475 167 989 653 2362
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 13 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 8 0 9
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 8 13 22

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 476 167 997 666 2384

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

@ Maharashtra did not provide breakup.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.13 A
Education Profile of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Educational Standard
Sl. Class X & Holding
State/UT Below above but Tech. Post
No. Illiterate Graduate Total
Class X below Degree Graduate
Graduation /Diploma
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7 6 0 0 0 0 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
4 BIHAR 1 0 4 1 0 0 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 9 3 2 0 0 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 2 1 3 0 0 0 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 55 54 19 2 1 0 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 3 0 2 0 0 5
21 PUNJAB 43 0 0 0 0 0 43
22 RAJASTHAN 2 10 1 0 0 0 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
25 TELANGANA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 207 71 82 1 0 0 361
TOTAL (STATES) 325 162 117 8 1 0 613
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 9 19 30 2 0 2 62
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 9 19 30 2 0 2 62
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 334 181 147 10 1 2 675
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.13 B
Domicile of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Domicile
Sl.
State/UT Belongs to other Belongs to other
No. Belongs to State Total
State Country
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13 0 0 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 3 0 0 3
4 BIHAR 5 0 1 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 20 0 0 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 1 2
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 0 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 131 0 0 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 4 1 0 5
21 PUNJAB 0 0 43 43
22 RAJASTHAN 13 0 0 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 4
25 TELANGANA 1 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 1 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 4 0 0 4
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 361 361
TOTAL (STATES) 206 1 406 613
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 44 18 0 62
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 44 18 0 62
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 250 19 406 675
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.13 C
Religion of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.
State/UT Hindu Muslim Sikh Christian Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10 2 0 0 1 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 2 1 0 0 0 3
4 BIHAR 5 1 0 0 0 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 20 0 0 0 0 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 6 0 0 0 0 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 109 21 1 0 0 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 5 0 0 0 0 5
21 PUNJAB 0 43 0 0 0 43
22 RAJASTHAN 9 2 1 0 1 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 0 0 0 4
25 TELANGANA 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 1 0 0 0 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 0 4
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 50 311 0 0 0 361
TOTAL (STATES) 224 385 2 0 2 613
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 48 11 2 1 0 62
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 48 11 2 1 0 62

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 272 396 4 1 2 675

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.13 D
Caste of Other Prisoners as on 31st December, 2018
Sl.
State/UT SC ST OBC Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 8 4 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 1 2 3
4 BIHAR 0 0 4 2 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 5 7 4 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 2 2
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 2 0 1 3 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 29 28 60 14 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 3 1 5
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 43 43
22 RAJASTHAN 0 3 9 1 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 4 0 4
25 TELANGANA 0 0 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 1 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 1 2 4
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 0 1 356 361
TOTAL (STATES) 42 36 101 434 613
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 17 1 16 28 62
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL (UTs) 17 1 16 28 62

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 59 37 117 462 675

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table 2.14
Age-group-wise Percentage Share of Convicts to Total Convicts
as on 31st December, 2018
50 Years &
16 – 18 Years 18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years Total
Sl. Above
State/UT
No. No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of % No. of %
Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share Convicts Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.0 1008 36.7 1370 49.9 367 13.4 2745 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 70 55.1 48 37.8 9 7.1 127 100
3 ASSAM 0 0.0 657 20.6 1806 56.5 733 22.9 3196 100
4 BIHAR 0 0.0 1936 26.9 3731 51.9 1521 21.2 7188 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.0 3450 41.4 3820 45.8 1067 12.8 8337 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 39 26.2 88 59.1 22 14.8 149 100
7 GUJARAT 0 0.0 1934 42.4 1786 39.1 846 18.5 4566 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 2795 39.6 3374 47.7 898 12.7 7067 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 182 21.0 492 56.8 192 22.2 866 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 65 28.0 127 54.7 40 17.2 232 100
11 JHARKHAND 0 0.0 1438 28.9 2539 51.1 996 20.0 4973 100
12 KARNATAKA 0 0.0 1296 34.0 2012 52.7 509 13.3 3817 100
13 KERALA 0 0.0 533 19.8 1370 50.9 786 29.2 2689 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 7172 38.5 9177 49.3 2277 12.2 18626 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.0 2410 27.1 4800 53.9 1698 19.1 8908 100
16 MANIPUR 0 0.0 19 19.8 49 51.0 28 29.2 96 100
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 35 29.4 69 58.0 15 12.6 119 100
18 MIZORAM 2 0.3 297 41.6 287 40.2 128 17.9 714 100
19 NAGALAND 0 0.0 58 50.4 49 42.6 8 7.0 115 100
20 ODISHA 0 0.0 1241 32.4 2014 52.5 578 15.1 3833 100
21 PUNJAB 0 0.0 3490 40.9 3778 44.2 1271 14.9 8539 100
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0.1 1808 32.2 2759 49.1 1043 18.6 5614 100
23 SIKKIM 0 0.0 40 24.4 91 55.5 33 20.1 164 100
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 1094 29.6 2077 56.2 523 14.2 3694 100
25 TELANGANA 1 0.0 589 28.6 1288 62.4 185 9.0 2063 100
26 TRIPURA 0 0.0 135 26.3 287 55.9 91 17.7 513 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 6512 22.7 14244 49.7 7904 27.6 28660 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0.0 444 21.3 1050 50.3 593 28.4 2087 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0.0 1630 26.1 3084 49.3 1538 24.6 6253 100
TOTAL (STATES) 8 0.0 42377 31.2 67666 49.8 25899 19.1 135950 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 23 28.4 40 49.4 18 22.2 81 100
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 232 52.7 170 38.6 38 8.6 440 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 100.0 0 0.0 15 100
34 DELHI 0 0.0 915 31.3 1557 53.3 451 15.4 2923 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 13 16.7 55 70.5 10 12.8 78 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 1183 33.4 1838 52.0 517 14.6 3538 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8 0.0 43560 31.2 69504 49.8 26416 18.9 139488 100
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.15
Age-group wise Percentage Share of Undertrials to Total Undertrials
as on 31st December, 2018
16 – 18 Years 18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total
Sl. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
State/UT % % % % %
No. Under Under Under Under Under
Share Share Share Share Share
trials trials trials trials trials
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.0 1936 46.1 1919 45.7 346 8.2 4201 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 74 62.7 38 32.2 6 5.1 118 100
3 ASSAM 0 0.0 2565 50.5 2101 41.4 413 8.1 5079 100
4 BIHAR 6 0.0 14937 47.4 12879 40.9 3666 11.6 31488 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 0.1 6151 60.7 3393 33.5 587 5.8 10137 100
6 GOA 0 0.0 118 41.3 153 53.5 15 5.2 286 100
7 GUJARAT 9 0.1 4763 47.8 4348 43.6 842 8.5 9962 100
8 HARYANA 0 0.0 7536 61.9 3797 31.2 843 6.9 12176 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.0 618 44.5 666 48.0 104 7.5 1388 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.0 1258 49.0 1066 41.5 244 9.5 2568 100
11 JHARKHAND 3 0.0 7714 49.4 6107 39.1 1805 11.5 15629 100
12 KARNATAKA 0 0.0 5698 56.4 3785 37.4 626 6.2 10109 100
13 KERALA 0 0.0 1967 40.1 2080 42.4 858 17.5 4905 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.0 12380 53.5 8777 38.0 1966 8.5 23123 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 3 0.0 11502 42.8 13220 49.1 2173 8.1 26898 100
16 MANIPUR 0 0.0 382 46.8 375 46.0 59 7.2 816 100
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0.0 456 56.0 310 38.1 48 5.9 814 100
18 MIZORAM 4 0.4 374 38.8 396 41.1 189 19.6 963 100
19 NAGALAND 0 0.0 170 55.9 123 40.5 11 3.6 304 100
20 ODISHA 0 0.0 6579 52.0 4750 37.6 1320 10.4 12649 100
21 PUNJAB 0 0.0 7330 52.7 5207 37.4 1367 9.8 13904 100
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0.0 7237 49.9 5902 40.7 1360 9.4 14501 100
23 SIKKIM 0 0.0 129 57.8 80 35.9 14 6.3 223 100
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0.0 4418 47.8 3888 42.1 929 10.1 9235 100
25 TELANGANA 0 0.0 1374 43.0 1588 49.7 232 7.3 3194 100
26 TRIPURA 0 0.0 237 45.0 243 46.1 47 8.9 527 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.0 33283 44.3 30834 41.0 11089 14.7 75206 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 4 0.1 1314 40.8 1388 43.1 518 16.1 3224 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 0.3 6893 41.8 6965 42.3 2574 15.6 16478 100
TOTAL (STATES) 83 0.0 149393 48.2 126378 40.8 34251 11.0 310105 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0.0 34 33.0 51 49.5 18 17.5 103 100
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0.0 298 50.1 275 46.2 22 3.7 595 100
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0.0 26 68.4 12 31.6 0 0.0 38 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0.0 12 27.3 32 72.7 0 0.0 44 100
34 DELHI 0 0.0 7575 60.7 4188 33.6 707 5.7 12470 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0.0 112 61.9 63 34.8 6 3.3 181 100
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0.0 8057 60.0 4622 34.4 753 5.6 13432 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 83 0.0 157450 48.7 131000 40.5 35004 10.8 323537 100
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.16

Category-wise Female Inmates in Different Jails as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. % % % %
Type Undertrials Others Total
No. Convicts Share Share Detenues Share Share

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

1 CENTRAL JAIL 3026 45.0 3606 53.6 17 0.3 82 1.2 6731

2 DISTRICT JAIL 1668 20.6 6439 79.4 2 0.0 1 0.0 8110

3 SUB-JAIL 45 5.6 758 94.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 803

4 WOMEN JAIL 1128 34.8 2051 63.2 64 2.0 0 0.0 3243

BORSTAL
5 0 0.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9
SCHOOL

6 OPEN JAIL 125 99.2 1 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 126

7 SPECIAL JAIL 8 3.6 208 94.5 4 1.8 0 0.0 220

8 OTHERS 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0

9 TOTAL 6000 31.2 13072 67.9 87 0.5 83 0.4 19242

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.

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 Table – 2.17
Number of Women Prisoners with Children as on 31st December 2018
Total
No. of
No. of No. of No. of No. of
Under- Total
Convict Detenues Other Women
trial No. of
Sl. Women No. of No. of Women No. of Women No. of Prisoners
State/UT Women Children
No. Prisoners Children Children Prisoners Children Prisoners Children with
Prisoners (Col.4+6+
with with with Children
with 8+10)
Children Children Children (Col.3+5+
Children
7+9)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 6 7 17 17 0 0 0 0 23 24
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 25 28 32 38 0 0 0 0 57 66
4 BIHAR 15 18 143 178 0 0 0 0 158 196
5 CHHATTISGARH 27 30 63 74 0 0 0 0 90 104
6 GOA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 GUJARAT 8 8 29 35 0 0 0 0 37 43
8 HARYANA 13 13 50 51 0 0 0 0 63 64
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 16 17 0 0 0 0 16 17
11 JHARKHAND 25 34 100 122 0 0 0 0 125 156
12 KARNATAKA 4 5 26 31 0 0 0 0 30 36
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 36 43 88 105 0 0 0 0 124 148
15 MAHARASHTRA 8 10 89 107 0 0 0 0 97 117
16 MANIPUR 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 5 6
18 MIZORAM 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 14 14
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 4 4 37 38 0 0 0 0 41 42
21 PUNJAB 13 13 41 41 0 0 0 0 54 54
22 RAJASTHAN 10 13 35 36 0 0 0 0 45 49
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 14 14 54 54 0 0 0 0 68 68
25 TELANGANA 11 13 18 20 1 1 0 0 30 34
26 TRIPURA 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 64 74 387 435 0 0 0 0 451 509
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 9 10
29 WEST BENGAL# 64 72 83 120 0 0 0 0 147 192
TOTAL (STATES) 350 402 1350 1563 1 1 0 0 1701 1966
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2 3 26 27 0 0 0 0 28 30
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 5 6 26 27 0 0 0 0 31 33
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 355 408 1376 1590 1 1 0 0 1732 1999
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 2.18

Indian & Foreign Inmates by Age-group as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years %
Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share Years Share & above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIANS
1 CONVICTS 8 0.0 42688 31.1 68555 49.9 26129 19.0 137380

2 UNDER TRIALS 81 0.0 156312 48.7 129699 40.4 34834 10.9 320926

3 DETENUES 8 0.3 1099 46.9 1099 46.9 135 5.8 2341

4 OTHERS 0 0.0 55 20.4 185 68.8 29 10.8 269

5 TOTAL (INDIANS) 97 0.0 200154 43.4 199538 43.3 61127 13.3 460916

FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 872 41.4 949 45.0 287 13.6 2108

7 UNDER TRIALS 2 0.1 1138 43.6 1301 49.8 170 6.5 2611

8 DETENUES 0 0.0 24 55.8 13 30.2 6 14.0 43

9 OTHERS 0 0.0 210 51.7 165 40.6 31 7.6 406

10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 2 0.0 2244 43.4 2428 47.0 494 9.6 5168

TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 99 0.0 202398 43.4 201966 43.3 61621 13.2 466084
FOREIGNERS)

Table – 2.19

Indian & Foreign Female Inmates by Age group as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. 16 - 18 % 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years & %

Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share Years Share above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
INDIAN
1 CONVICTS 0 0.0 1307 22.9 2953 51.8 1443 25.3 5703
2 UNDERTRIALS 4 0.0 4448 35.1 6073 48.0 2138 16.9 12663

3 DETENUES 0 0.0 10 11.5 60 69.0 17 19.5 87

4 OTHERS 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 2
5 TOTAL (INDIAN) 4 0.0 5765 31.2 9088 49.2 3598 19.5 18455

FOREIGNERS
6 CONVICTS 0 0.0 107 36.0 140 47.1 50 16.8 297
7 UNDERTRIALS 0 0.0 237 57.9 152 37.2 20 4.9 409
8 DETENUES 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
9 OTHERS 0 0.0 40 49.4 35 43.2 6 7.4 81
10 TOTAL (FOREIGNERS) 0 0.0 384 48.8 327 41.6 76 9.7 787
TOTAL (INDIAN +
11 4 0.0 6149 32.0 9415 48.9 3674 19.1 19242
FOREIGNERS)
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Table 2.18 & 2.19 – Page 1 of 1
Note: The percentage shares shown against Sl.No.5,10,11 (Total) are the average percentage at All India level.
Note: Detenues includes inmates detained under preventive laws such as COFEPSAA, NDPS, NSA, PSA, PIT, NDPS,
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 Table 2.20
Inmates admitted during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT No. of Inmates admitted during the year 2018
No.
Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 56221 5197 61418
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 377 22 399
3 ASSAM 29501 980 30481
4 BIHAR 204813 5683 210496
5 CHHATTISGARH 47847 1869 49716
6 GOA 1117 111 1228
7 GUJARAT 79746 7555 87301
8 HARYANA 56769 2282 59051
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4160 160 4320
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9295 213 9508
11 JHARKHAND 52417 2070 54487
12 KARNATAKA 73425 4302 77727
13 KERALA 20769 195 20964
14 MADHYA PRADESH 152672 3891 156563
15 MAHARASHTRA 115036 5700 120736
16 MANIPUR 1476 173 1649
17 MEGHALAYA 1992 48 2040
18 MIZORAM 4505 934 5439
19 NAGALAND 1741 64 1805
20 ODISHA 63870 3927 67797
21 PUNJAB 62554 3998 66552
22 RAJASTHAN 99483 2854 102337
23 SIKKIM 584 14 598
24 TAMIL NADU 48329 4158 52487
25 TELANGANA 74332 4238 78570
26 TRIPURA 3474 89 3563
27 UTTAR PRADESH 336219 10153 346372
28 UTTARAKHAND 15453 542 15995
29 WEST BENGAL# 85970 5174 91144
TOTAL (STATES) 1704147 76596 1780743
30 A & N ISLANDS 431 10 441
31 CHANDIGARH 2635 131 2766
32 D & N HAVELI 269 5 274
33 DAMAN & DIU 130 0 130
34 DELHI 58992 1750 60742
35 LAKSHADWEEP 40 0 40
36 PUDUCHERRY 2118 4 2122
TOTAL (UTs) 64615 1900 66515
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1768762 78496 1847258
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 3
Indian
Prisoners
 

 
 Chapter – 3
Indian Prisoners

Indian Prisoners Males and 18,455 Females were

This chapter presents statistical confined in various Indian jails at the
information such as prisoner’s category, end of the year 2018. Out of the
age and gender profiles of Indian 4,60,916 Indian national prisoners,
nationals who were confined in various 1,37,380 were Convicts, 3,20,926 were
jails in the country as on 31st December, Undertrials and 2,341 were Detenues.
2018. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
number of inmates(1,03,621) followed
Share of Convicts, Undertrials, by Madhya Pradesh(42,035) and
Detenues and Other inmates as on Bihar(38,613) accounting for 22.5%,
31st December, 2018 9.1%, 8.4% of the total inmates (Chart
3.1, Table 3.1).
A total of 4,60,916 Indian
national inmates consisting of 4,42,461

Others, 269,
Detenus, 2341, 0.06%
0.51%

Convicts, 137380,
29.81%

Undertrials,
Total Indian Inmates 320926, 69.63%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Share of Indian Inmates
Chart 3.1

I. Convicts has lodged the highest number of

convicted prisoners (28,530) followed
A total of 1,37,380 Indian by Madhya Pradesh (18,612) and
national inmates consisting of 1,31,677 Maharashtra (8,829) accounting for
Males and 5,703 Females were 20.8%, 13.5%, 6.4% of the total
confined in various jails in the country at convicts (Chart 3.2, Table 3.1).
the end of the year 2018. Uttar Pradesh

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 Majority of convicts were in the (42,688) and age group 50 Years &
age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years Above (19%) (26,129) (Chart 3.3,
(49.9%) (68,555) followed by age group Table 3.2).
18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years(31.1%)

UTTAR PRADESH 28530

MADHYA PRADESH 18612
MAHARASHTRA 8829
PUNJAB 8514
CHHATTISGARH 8325
BIHAR 7184
HARYANA 7051
RAJASTHAN 5593
JHARKHAND 4970
WEST BENGAL# 4874
GUJARAT 4485
ODISHA 3825
KARNATAKA 3794
TAMILNADU 3665
ASSAM 3178
DELHI 2826
ANDHRA PRADESH 2742
KERALA 2687
UTTARAKHAND 2064
TELANGANA 2056
HIMACHAL PRADESH 816
MIZORAM 708
TRIPURA 503
CHANDIGARH 437
JAMMU & KASHMIR 218
SIKKIM 163
GOA 138
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 127
Total Indian Convicts
MEGHALAYA 116 1,37,380
NAGALAND 115
MANIPUR 82
PUDUCHERRY 78
A & N ISLANDS 59
DAMAN & DIU 15
D & N HAVELI 1
LAKSHADWEEP 0

0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.2

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 50 Years &
Above, 26129,
19.02%

18 – 30 Years,
42688, 31.07%

30-50 Years,
68555, 49.90%
Total Indian Convicts
1,37,380
Eight (8) Indian Convicts reported under 16 - 18 years age group.

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Age wise Share of Indian Inmates (Convicts) as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 3.3

II. Undertrials and 8.2 % of the total indian undertrials

(Chart 3.4, Table 3.1).
A total of 3,20,926 Indian
national inmates consisting of 3,08,263 Majority of Undertrials were in
Males and 12,663 Females were the age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
confined in various jails in the country at (48.7%) (1,56,312) followed by the age
the end of the year 2018. Uttar Pradesh group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years (40.4%)
has lodged the highest number of (1,29,699) and the age group 50 Years
Undertrial prisoners (74,946) followed & Above (10.9%) (34,834) (Chart 3.5,
by Bihar (31,421) and Maharashtra Table 3.3).
(26,390) accounting for 23.4%, 9.8%

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 UTTAR PRADESH 74946
BIHAR 31421
MAHARASHTRA 26390
MADHYA PRADESH 23115
WEST BENGAL# 15902
JHARKHAND 15626
RAJASTHAN 14464
PUNJAB 13790
ODISHA 12645
DELHI 12164
HARYANA 12139
CHHATTISGARH 10129
KARNATAKA 9975
GUJARAT 9912
TAMILNADU 9132
ASSAM 5025
KERALA 4885
ANDHRA PRADESH 4197
UTTARAKHAND 3191
TELANGANA 3163 Total Indian Undertrials
JAMMU & KASHMIR 2531 3,20,926
HIMACHAL PRADESH 1293
MIZORAM 949
MEGHALAYA 787
MANIPUR 773
CHANDIGARH 589
TRIPURA 510
NAGALAND 304
GOA 272
SIKKIM 223
PUDUCHERRY 180
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 118
A & N ISLANDS 103
DAMAN & DIU 44
D & N HAVELI 38
LAKSHADWEEP 1

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT wise)
Chart 3.4

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 50 Years & 16 –18 Years, 81,
Above, 34834, 0.03%
10.85%

18 – 30 Years,
156312, 48.71%

30-50 Years,
129699, 40.41%

Total Indian Undertrials

3,20,926

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Undertrials) as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 3.5

III. Detenues inmates. These above three states

have contributed to 63.4% of total
A total of 2,341 Indian national Detenues (Chart 3.6, Table-3.1).
inmates consisting of 2,254 Males and
87 Females were confined in various Majority of Detenues were in the
jails in the country at the end of the year age group 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years
2018. Tamil Nadu has lodged the (46.9%) (1099), age group 30 years –
highest number of Detenues (741) Below 50 Years (46.9%) (1099) and the
followed by Gujarat (452) and age group 50 Years & Above (5.8%)
Telangana (292) accounting for 31.7%, (135) (Chart 3.7, Table 3.4).
19.3% and 12.5 % of the total Detenues

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 TAMILNADU 741
GUJARAT 452
TELANGANA 292
JAMMU & KASHMIR 253
MADHYA PRADESH 177
UTTAR PRADESH 141
MAHARASHTRA 78
KERALA 44
ANDHRA PRADESH 29
JHARKHAND 27
HARYANA 27
NAGALAND 23
ODISHA 14
KARNATAKA 12 Total Indian Detenues
PUDUCHERRY 9 2,341
MANIPUR 8
RAJASTHAN 6
ASSAM 4
BIHAR 3
Note: Remaining States/UTs have no Indian Detenues.
TRIPURA 1

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Note: Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 3.6

50 Years & 16 –18 Years, 8,

Above, 135, 0.34%
5.77%

18 – 30 Years,
1099, 46.95%
30-50 Years,
1099, 46.95%

Total Indian Detenues

2,341

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Age-wise Share of Indian Inmates (Detenues) as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 3.7

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Trend in Number of Convicts, prisons has increased by 13.9% in
Undertrials, Detenues and Other 2018 over 2013 (status as on 31st
Indian Inmates during 2013-2018 December of respective years).
Among these inmates, number of
A total of 4,04,827, 4,11,803, Convicts and Undertrials have
4,13,003, 4,26,633, 4,45,779 and increased by 8% and 17.1%
4,60,916 Indian inmates were lodged in respectively and Detenues has
various jails of the country as on decreased by 23.8% as on 31st
31st December of 2013, 2014, 2015, December of 2018 over 2013 (Chart
2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. The 3.8).
number of Indian inmates in the
350000 10000
UNDER TRIALS CONVICTS DETENUES OTHERS
306468 320926
9000
300000 289800
274150 279303 278281
8000
17.1%

Number of Detenues and Others

250000 7000
Number of Undertrials and Convicts

6000
200000

5000
8.0%
150000 131815 133317 136922 137380
127255 129022 4000

100000 3000
3072 3207 3046 -23.8%
2525 2000
2341
2096
50000
-23.1%
470 1000
350 271 382 293 269

0 0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
UNDER TRIALS 274150 279303 278281 289800 306468 320926
CONVICTS 127255 129022 131815 133317 136922 137380
DETENUES 3072 3207 2525 3046 2096 2341
OTHERS 350 271 382 470 293 269

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
Trend in Number of Different Types of Indian Inmates during 2013-2018
Chart 3.8

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 Table – 3.1

Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. State/UT
No
Convicts Undertrials
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2592 150 2742 3936 261 4197
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 123 4 127 112 6 118
3 ASSAM 3087 91 3178 4859 166 5025
4 BIHAR 6915 269 7184 30331 1090 31421
5 CHHATTISGARH 7887 438 8325 9629 500 10129
6 GOA 134 4 138 252 20 272
7 GUJARAT 4286 199 4485 9585 327 9912
8 HARYANA 6798 253 7051 11760 379 12139
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 785 31 816 1253 40 1293
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 213 5 218 2416 115 2531
11 JHARKHAND 4751 219 4970 14889 737 15626
12 KARNATAKA 3589 205 3794 9647 328 9975
13 KERALA 2634 53 2687 4737 148 4885
14 MADHYA PRADESH 17901 711 18612 22323 792 23115
15 MAHARASHTRA 8438 391 8829 25291 1099 26390
16 MANIPUR 79 3 82 721 52 773
17 MEGHALAYA 115 1 116 765 22 787
18 MIZORAM 669 39 708 813 136 949
19 NAGALAND 114 1 115 297 7 304
20 ODISHA 3696 129 3825 12190 455 12645
21 PUNJAB 8128 386 8514 13115 675 13790
22 RAJASTHAN 5411 182 5593 14048 416 14464
23 SIKKIM 158 5 163 220 3 223
24 TAMIL NADU 3517 148 3665 8681 451 9132
25 TELANGANA 1910 146 2056 2945 218 3163
26 TRIPURA 481 22 503 484 26 510
27 UTTAR PRADESH 27433 1097 28530 72097 2849 74946
28 UTTARAKHAND 1970 94 2064 3065 126 3191
29 WEST BENGAL# 4570 304 4874 15096 806 15902
TOTAL (STATES) 128384 5580 133964 295557 12250 307807
30 A & N ISLANDS 55 4 59 101 2 103
31 CHANDIGARH 421 16 437 569 20 589
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 1 34 4 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 14 1 15 44 0 44
34 DELHI 2725 101 2826 11783 381 12164
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 77 1 78 174 6 180
TOTAL (UTs) 3293 123 3416 12706 413 13119
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 131677 5703 137380 308263 12663 320926
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table 3.1 (Concluded)
Types of Indian Prison Inmates (Sex-wise) as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Total
No.
Detenues Others
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 28 1 29 13 0 13 6569 412 6981
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 10 245
3 ASSAM 4 0 4 3 0 3 7953 257 8210
4 BIHAR 3 0 3 5 0 5 37254 1359 38613
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 20 0 20 17536 938 18474
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 386 24 410
7 GUJARAT 422 30 452 0 0 0 14293 556 14849
8 HARYANA 27 0 27 0 0 0 18585 632 19217
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2038 71 2109
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 253 0 253 1 0 1 2883 120 3003
11 JHARKHAND 27 0 27 0 0 0 19667 956 20623
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 6 0 6 13254 533 13787
13 KERALA 44 0 44 0 0 0 7415 201 7616
14 MADHYA PRADESH 177 0 177 129 2 131 40530 1505 42035
15 MAHARASHTRA 78 0 78 0 0 0 33807 1490 35297
16 MANIPUR 8 0 8 0 0 0 808 55 863
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 880 23 903
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1482 175 1657
19 NAGALAND 22 1 23 0 0 0 433 9 442
20 ODISHA 14 0 14 5 0 5 15905 584 16489
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 21243 1061 22304
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 6 13 0 13 19478 598 20076
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 378 8 386
24 TAMIL NADU 712 29 741 4 0 4 12914 628 13542
25 TELANGANA 266 26 292 1 0 1 5122 390 5512
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 1 0 1 967 48 1015
27 UTTAR PRADESH 141 0 141 4 0 4 99675 3946 103621
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5035 220 5255
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 19666 1110 20776
TOTAL (STATES) 2245 87 2332 205 2 207 426391 17919 444310
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 6 162
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 990 36 1026
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 4 39
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1 59
34 DELHI 0 0 0 62 0 62 14570 482 15052
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 0 9 0 0 0 260 7 267
TOTAL (UTs) 9 0 9 62 0 62 16070 536 16606
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2254 87 2341 267 2 269 442461 18455 460916
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.2
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 964 43 1007
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 70 0 70
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 640 15 655
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 1869 67 1936
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 3329 114 3443
6 GOA 0 0 0 38 0 38
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 1839 65 1904
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 2732 54 2786
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 169 1 170
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 59 0 59
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 1383 52 1435
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 1217 63 1280
13 KERALA 0 0 0 528 5 533
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 6996 172 7168
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 2268 110 2378
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 12 1 13
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 32 0 32
18 MIZORAM 2 0 2 277 17 294
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 58 0 58
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 1210 31 1241
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 3344 140 3484
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 4 1755 52 1807
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 39 1 40
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 1072 13 1085
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 538 50 588
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 126 3 129
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 6319 175 6494
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 426 7 433
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0 1 929 35 964
TOTAL (STATES) 8 0 8 40238 1286 41524
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 8 1 9

31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 227 4 231

32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 895 16 911
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 13 0 13
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 1143 21 1164
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8 0 8 41381 1307 42688
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.2 (Concluded)
Convicts (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1291 77 1368 337 30 367 2592 150 2742
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 45 3 48 8 1 9 123 4 127
3 ASSAM 1745 49 1794 702 27 729 3087 91 3178
4 BIHAR 3581 148 3729 1465 54 1519 6915 269 7184
5 CHHATTISGARH 3583 232 3815 975 92 1067 7887 438 8325
6 GOA 75 4 79 21 0 21 134 4 138
7 GUJARAT 1653 94 1747 794 40 834 4286 199 4485
8 HARYANA 3231 136 3367 835 63 898 6798 253 7051
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 453 14 467 163 16 179 785 31 816
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 117 2 119 37 3 40 213 5 218
11 JHARKHAND 2432 107 2539 936 60 996 4751 219 4970
12 KARNATAKA 1911 96 2007 461 46 507 3589 205 3794
13 KERALA 1340 28 1368 766 20 786 2634 53 2687
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8748 419 9167 2157 120 2277 17901 711 18612
15 MAHARASHTRA 4534 227 4761 1636 54 1690 8438 391 8829
16 MANIPUR 40 2 42 27 0 27 79 3 82
17 MEGHALAYA 68 1 69 15 0 15 115 1 116
18 MIZORAM 266 20 286 124 2 126 669 39 708
19 NAGALAND 48 1 49 8 0 8 114 1 115
20 ODISHA 1936 70 2006 550 28 578 3696 129 3825
21 PUNJAB 3577 183 3760 1207 63 1270 8128 386 8514
22 RAJASTHAN 2648 94 2742 1004 36 1040 5411 182 5593
23 SIKKIM 87 3 90 32 1 33 158 5 163
24 TAMIL NADU 1966 94 2060 479 41 520 3517 148 3665
25 TELANGANA 1205 77 1282 166 19 185 1910 146 2056
26 TRIPURA 268 15 283 87 4 91 481 22 503
27 UTTAR PRADESH 13683 493 14176 7431 429 7860 27433 1097 28530
28 UTTARAKHAND 995 44 1039 549 43 592 1970 94 2064
29 WEST BENGAL# 2378 169 2547 1262 100 1362 4570 304 4874
TOTAL (STATES) 63904 2902 66806 24234 1392 25626 128384 5580 133964
30 A & N ISLANDS 31 3 34 16 0 16 55 4 59
31 CHANDIGARH 159 9 168 35 3 38 421 16 437
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 14 1 15 0 0 0 14 1 15
34 DELHI 1439 37 1476 391 48 439 2725 101 2826
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 54 1 55 10 0 10 77 1 78
TOTAL (UTs) 1698 51 1749 452 51 503 3293 123 3416
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 65602 2953 68555 24686 1443 26129 131677 5703 137380
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.3
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 1849 84 1933
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 70 4 74
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 2489 66 2555
4 BIHAR 6 0 6 14513 380 14893
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 0 6 5933 216 6149
6 GOA 0 0 0 112 4 116
7 GUJARAT 9 0 9 4600 130 4730
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 7369 148 7517
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 577 9 586
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 1201 38 1239
11 JHARKHAND 3 0 3 7493 219 7712
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 5479 134 5613
13 KERALA 0 0 0 1920 36 1956
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 12112 267 12379
15 MAHARASHTRA 3 0 3 10853 418 11271
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 341 13 354
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 429 9 438
18 MIZORAM 2 0 2 320 47 367
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 167 3 170
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 6424 155 6579
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 6971 297 7268
22 RAJASTHAN 2 0 2 7059 171 7230
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 128 1 129
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 4285 130 4415
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1236 132 1368
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 223 8 231
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 32295 879 33174
28 UTTARAKHAND 4 0 4 1261 41 1302
29 WEST BENGAL# 42 4 46 6341 261 6602
TOTAL (STATES) 77 4 81 144050 4300 148350
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 33 1 34
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 289 5 294
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 23 3 26
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 12 0 12
34 DELHI 0 0 0 7349 136 7485
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 108 3 111
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 7814 148 7962
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 77 4 81 151864 4448 156312
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.3 (Concluded)
Undertrials (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1768 150 1918 319 27 346 3936 261 4197
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 37 1 38 5 1 6 112 6 118
3 ASSAM 1987 88 2075 383 12 395 4859 166 5025
4 BIHAR 12293 563 12856 3519 147 3666 30331 1090 31421
5 CHHATTISGARH 3161 226 3387 529 58 587 9629 500 10129
6 GOA 125 16 141 15 0 15 252 20 272
7 GUJARAT 4166 166 4332 810 31 841 9585 327 9912
8 HARYANA 3611 170 3781 780 61 841 11760 379 12139
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 588 26 614 88 5 93 1253 40 1293
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1006 45 1051 209 32 241 2416 115 2531
11 JHARKHAND 5759 347 6106 1634 171 1805 14889 737 15626
12 KARNATAKA 3586 150 3736 582 44 626 9647 328 9975
13 KERALA 1985 86 2071 832 26 858 4737 148 4885
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8384 386 8770 1827 139 1966 22323 792 23115
15 MAHARASHTRA 12389 595 12984 2046 86 2132 25291 1099 26390
16 MANIPUR 329 32 361 51 7 58 721 52 773
17 MEGHALAYA 292 10 302 44 3 47 765 22 787
18 MIZORAM 314 77 391 177 12 189 813 136 949
19 NAGALAND 120 3 123 10 1 11 297 7 304
20 ODISHA 4521 225 4746 1245 75 1320 12190 455 12645
21 PUNJAB 4867 290 5157 1277 88 1365 13115 675 13790
22 RAJASTHAN 5690 185 5875 1297 60 1357 14048 416 14464
23 SIKKIM 78 2 80 14 0 14 220 3 223
24 TAMIL NADU 3571 221 3792 825 100 925 8681 451 9132
25 TELANGANA 1500 64 1564 209 22 231 2945 218 3163
26 TRIPURA 220 12 232 41 6 47 484 26 510
27 UTTAR PRADESH 29394 1314 30708 10408 656 11064 72097 2849 74946
28 UTTARAKHAND 1316 54 1370 484 31 515 3065 126 3191
29 WEST BENGAL# 6344 372 6716 2369 169 2538 15096 806 15902
TOTAL (STATES) 119401 5876 125277 32029 2070 34099 295557 12250 307807
30 A & N ISLANDS 50 1 51 18 0 18 101 2 103
31 CHANDIGARH 262 11 273 18 4 22 569 20 589
32 D & N HAVELI 11 1 12 0 0 0 34 4 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 32 0 32 0 0 0 44 0 44
34 DELHI 3808 182 3990 626 63 689 11783 381 12164
35 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 61 2 63 5 1 6 174 6 180
TOTAL (UTs) 4225 197 4422 667 68 735 12706 413 13119
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 123626 6073 129699 32696 2138 34834 308263 12663 320926
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.4
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 4 0 4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 215 8 223
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 3 0 3
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 141 0 141
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 10 0 10
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 26 0 26
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 115 0 115
15 MAHARASHTRA 8 0 8 31 0 31
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 16 0 16
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 10 0 10
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 325 0 325
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 137 2 139
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 50 0 50
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 8 0 8 1083 10 1093
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 6 0 6
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 6 0 6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8 0 8 1089 10 1099
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.4 (Concluded)
Detenues (Indian Prisoners) in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22 1 23 2 0 2 28 1 29
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4
4 BIHAR 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 194 18 212 13 4 17 422 30 452
8 HARYANA 24 0 24 0 0 0 27 0 27
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 101 0 101 11 0 11 253 0 253
11 JHARKHAND 17 0 17 0 0 0 27 0 27
12 KARNATAKA 12 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 12
13 KERALA 17 0 17 1 0 1 44 0 44
14 MADHYA PRADESH 60 0 60 2 0 2 177 0 177
15 MAHARASHTRA 39 0 39 0 0 0 78 0 78
16 MANIPUR 7 0 7 1 0 1 8 0 8
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 6 1 7 0 0 0 22 1 23
20 ODISHA 4 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 14
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 6
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 342 21 363 45 8 53 712 29 741
25 TELANGANA 98 19 117 31 5 36 266 26 292
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 79 0 79 12 0 12 141 0 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1036 60 1096 118 17 135 2245 87 2332
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 9
TOTAL (UTs) 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 9
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1039 60 1099 118 17 135 2254 87 2341
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.5
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 2 0 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 4 0 4
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 34 0 34
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 2 0 2
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 43 0 43
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 12 0 12
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 12 0 12
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 55 0 55
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 3.5 (Concluded)
Other Indian Prisoners in Jails by Sex and Age-groups
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & Above Total (All Age Groups)
No Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 0 11 2 0 2 13 0 13
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 5
5 CHHATTISGARH 13 0 13 3 0 3 20 0 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 3 0 3 3 0 3 6 0 6
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 85 2 87 10 0 10 129 2 131
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 4 0 4 1 0 1 5 0 5
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 11 0 11 0 0 0 13 0 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 140 2 142 22 0 22 205 2 207
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 43 0 43 7 0 7 62 0 62
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 43 0 43 7 0 7 62 0 62
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 183 2 185 29 0 29 267 2 269
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 4
Foreign Prisoners

Foreign Prisoners Indian jails at the end of the year 2018.

Out of the 5,168 Foreign national
This chapter presents statistical
prisoners, 2,108 were Convicts, 2,611
information such as prisoner’s
were Undertrials and 43 were
category, age and gender profiles of
Detenues. West Bengal has reported
Foreign Nationals who were confined
the highest number of inmates (2,316)
in various Indian jails as on 31st
followed by Maharashtra (587) and
December, 2018.
Delhi (416) accounting for 44.8%,
Share of Foreign Inmates as on 11.4% and 8.0% of the total inmates.
31st December 2018 The details can be seen at (Chart 4.1,
Chart 4.2 & Table 4.1).
A total of 5,168 Foreign national
inmates consisting of 4,381 Males and
787 Females were confined in various

Others, 406,
7.86%
Detenues, 43,
0.83%

Undertrials,
2611, 50.52%

Convicts, 2108,
40.79%

Total Foreign Inmates

5,168

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Share of Foreign Inmates
Chart 4.1

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 WEST BENGAL# 2316
MAHARASHTRA 587
DELHI 416
UTTAR PRADESH 390
PUNJAB 182
KARNATAKA 157
HIMACHAL PRADESH 145
TAMIL NADU 132
GUJARAT 131
JAMMU & KASHMIR 82 Total Foreign Inmates
BIHAR 72 5,168
ASSAM 72
RAJASTHAN 58
MANIPUR 57
UTTARAKHAND 56
HARYANA 53
TELANGANA 38
MEGHALAYA 30
TRIPURA 27
GOA 25
A & N ISLANDS 22
MADHYA PRADESH 22
KERALA 22
MIZORAM 20
CHHATTISGARH 20
ODISHA 12
CHANDIGARH 9
ANDHRA PRADESH 7 No foreign inmates reported in Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland, D & N Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep
JHARKHAND 6
as on 31st December 2018.
PUDUCHERRY 1
SIKKIM 1
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.2

Share of Convicts, Undertrials, jails in the country at the end of the

Detenues and Other Inmates as on year 2018. West Bengal has lodged
31st December, 2018 the highest number of convicted
prisoners(1379) followed by Uttar
Convicts
Pradesh(130) and Delhi(97)
A total of 2108 Foreign national accounting for 65.4%, 6.2%, 4.6 of the
convicts consisting of 1811 Males and total convicts. The details can be seen
297 Females were confined in various at Chart 4.3,Table 4.1.

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 WEST BENGAL# 1379
UTTAR PRADESH 130
DELHI 97
GUJARAT 81
MAHARASHTRA 79
HIMACHAL PRADESH 50
TAMIL NADU 29
PUNJAB 25
UTTARAKHAND 23
KARNATAKA 23
A & N ISLANDS 22
RAJASTHAN 21
ASSAM 18
HARYANA 16 Total Foreign Convicts
MANIPUR 14 2,108
MADHYA PRADESH 14
JAMMU & KASHMIR 14
CHHATTISGARH 12
GOA 11
TRIPURA 10
ODISHA 8
TELANGANA 7
MIZORAM 6
BIHAR 4
CHANDIGARH 3
MEGHALAYA 3
JHARKHAND 3
ANDHRA PRADESH 3
KERALA 2
SIKKIM 1

0 500 1000 1500

Some States/UTs (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, D& N Haveli, Daman & Diu,
Lakshadweep and Puducherry) have reported NIL figure.
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Foreign Convicts as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT-wise)
Chart 4.3

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 A total of 2108 foreign convicts Bengal (186) followed by Uttar Pradesh
consisting of Bangladeshis(1451), (54) and Maharashtra (23) . The details
Nepalese(224) and Pakistanis(133) can be seen at Table 4.1.
were lodged in the various jails of the
country as on 31st December, 2018. Majority of convicts were in the
The details can be seen at Table 4.3. age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
(45%) (949) followed by the age group
A total of 297 female foreign 18 Yrs. – Below 30 Years(41.4%) (872)
convicts were lodged in various jails of and the age group 50 Years & Above
the country as on 31st December, 2018. (13.6%) (287). The details can be
The highest number of female foreign seen at Table 4A.1.
convicts were lodged in jails of West

Bangladeshis 1451

Nepalese 224

Pakistanis 133

Myanmar 108

Nigerians 103

Africans (other than Nigerians) 15

Sri Lankan 13

Chinese 7

Middle East Countries 5

South East Asian Countries 4

Canadians 4

South American Countries 3 Total Foreign Convicts

Mauritians 1
2,108

Japanese 1

CIS (Russian) Federation 1

North American Countries (other than Canada) 0

New Zealanders 0

Maldivians 0

Australians 0

Other Foreign Nationals 35

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Foreign Convicts by Nationality
Chart 4.4

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Under trials lodged the highest number of
Undertrial prisoners(576) followed by
A total of 2611 Foreign national Maharashtra (508) and Delhi (306)
undertrial inmates consisting of 2202 accounting for 22.1%, 19.5% and 11.7
Males and 409 Females were confined % of the total foreign undertrials (Chart
in various jails in the country at the end 4.5, Table 4.1).
of the year 2018. West Bengal has

WEST BENGAL# 576

MAHARASHTRA 508
DELHI 306
UTTAR PRADESH 260
KARNATAKA 134
PUNJAB 114
TAMIL NADU 103
HIMACHAL PRADESH 95
BIHAR 67
ASSAM 54
GUJARAT 50
MANIPUR 43
RAJASTHAN 37
JAMMU & KASHMIR 37
HARYANA 37
Total Foreign Undertrials
UTTARAKHAND 33 2,611
TELANGANA 31
MEGHALAYA 27
KERALA 20
TRIPURA 17
MIZORAM 14
GOA 14
MADHYA PRADESH 8
CHHATTISGARH 8
CHANDIGARH 6
ODISHA 4
ANDHRA PRADESH 4
JHARKHAND 3
PUDUCHERRY 1
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Some States/UTs (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,Sikkim, A & N Islands, D& N Haveli, Daman
& Diu and Lakshadweep) have reported NIL figure.

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Foreign Undertrials as on 31st December, 2018 (State/UT wise)
Chart 4.5

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 A total of 2611 foreign national the country as on 31st December,
undertrials consisting of Bangladeshis 2018. The details can be seen at Table
(1044), Nigerians (489) and Nepalese 4.4.
(459) were lodged in the various jails of

Bangladeshis 1451
Nepalese 224
Pakistanis 133
Myanmar 108
Nigerians 103
Africans (other than Nigerians) 15
Sri Lankan 13
Chinese 7
Middle East Countries 5 Total Foreign Undertrials
South East Asian Countries 4 2,611
Canadians 4
South American Countries 3
Mauritians 1
Japanese 1
CIS (Russian) Federation 1
North American Countries (other than Canada) 0
New Zealanders 0
Maldivians 0
Australians 0
Other Foreign Nationals 35

0 500 1000 1500 2000

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality
Chart 4.6

A total of 409 female foreign Majority of Undertrials were in the

Undertrials were lodged in various jails age group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
of the country as on 31st December, (49.8%) (1301) followed by the age
2018. The highest number of female group 18 Yrs. – Below 30
foreign Undertrials were lodged in jails Years(43.6%) (1138) and the age
of Maharashtra (107) followed by West group 50 Years & Above (6.5%) (170)
Bengal (105) and Uttar Pradesh (53). (Table 4A.1).
The details can be seen at Table 4.1.

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Detenues contributed to 100% of total Detenues.
A total of 43 Foreign national The details can be seen at Table 4.1.
detenue inmates consisting of 43 Males
Majority of Detenues were in the
and 0 Females were confined in various
age group 18 Years – Below 30 Years
jails in the country at the end of the year (55.8%) (24) followed by the age
2018. Jammu & Kashmir has lodged group 30 Yrs. - Below 50 Years
the highest number of Detenues (30) (30.2%) (13) and the age group 50
followed by Delhi (13) accounting for Years & Above (14%) (6). The details
69.8% & 30.2% of the total Detenues can be seen at Table 4A.1.
inmates. These above two states have
Table – 4A.1
Distribution of Foreign Inmates by Age-group in the Country
as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. 18 – 30 % 30 – 50 % 50 Years %
Category Total
No. Years Share Years Share & above Share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
FOREIGNERS
1 CONVICTS 872 41.4 949 45 287 13.6 2108
2 UNDERTRIALS* 1138 43.6 1301 49.8 170 6.5 2611
3 DETENUES 24 55.8 13 30.2 6 14 43
4 OTHERS 210 51.7 165 40.6 31 7.6 406
5 TOTAL 2244 43.4 2428 47 494 9.6 5168
* Two male foreign undertrials were reported under 16-18 years age group.
 As per data provided by States/UTs.

1400 1301

1200 1138

1000 949
872
800

600

400 287
210
165 170
200
24 13 6 31
0
18 – 30 Years 30 – 50 Years 50 Years & above
CONVICTS UNDERTRIALS* DETENUES OTHERS

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Two male foreign undertrials were reported under 16-18 years age-group.
Age-Group wise distribution of Foreign Inmates in the Country
as on 31st December, 2018
Chart 4.7

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Trend in Number of Convicts, by 27.9% during 2013-2018 (status as
Undertrials, Detenues and Others on 31st December of respective
Foreign Inmates during 2013-2018 years). Among these inmates, number
of Convicts , Undertrials and Others
A total of 7165, 6733, 6620,
have decreased by 10.4% , 40% and
6370, 4917 and 5168 Foreign inmates
2.9% respectively and Detenues
were lodged in various jails of the
increased 4.9% as on 31st
country as on 31st December of 2013,
December of 2018 over 2013 (Chart
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
4.8).
respectively. The number of Foreigner
inmates in the prisons has decreased

Total Undertrials Convicts Detenues Others

8000
7165
7000 -27.9%

6000
5168
5000
4353

4000 -40.0%

3000 2611
-10.4%

2000 2353
2108

1000 -2.9%
418 406
4.9%
41 43
0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total 7165 6733 6620 6370 4917 5168
Undertrials 4353 3576 3795 3258 2250 2611
Convicts 2353 2495 2353 2366 2227 2108
Detenues 41 30 37 43 40 43
Others 418 632 435 703 400 406

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
Trend of Different Types of Foreign inmates during 2013-2018
Chart 4.8

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 Table – 4.1
Foreign Inmates as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
State/UT
No. M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 18 0 18 41 13 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 13 72
4 BIHAR 1 3 4 66 1 67 0 0 0 1 0 1 68 4 72
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 0 12 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
6 GOA 6 5 11 10 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 25
7 GUJARAT 77 4 81 45 5 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 9 131
8 HARYANA 16 0 16 34 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 3 53
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 48 2 50 90 5 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 7 145
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 14 0 14 36 1 37 30 0 30 1 0 1 81 1 82
11 JHARKHAND 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
12 KARNATAKA 23 0 23 121 13 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 13 157
13 KERALA 1 1 2 17 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22
14 MADHYA PRADESH 12 2 14 6 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 22
15 MAHARASHTRA 56 23 79 401 107 508 0 0 0 0 0 0 457 130 587
16 MANIPUR 14 0 14 31 12 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 12 57
17 MEGHALAYA 3 0 3 24 3 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 30
18 MIZORAM 6 0 6 11 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 20
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 8 0 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
21 PUNJAB 24 1 25 94 20 114 0 0 0 40 3 43 158 24 182
22 RAJASTHAN 20 1 21 34 3 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 4 58
23 SIKKIM 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
24 TAMIL NADU 28 1 29 98 5 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 6 132
25 TELANGANA 6 1 7 23 8 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 9 38
26 TRIPURA 10 0 10 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 27
27 UTTAR PRADESH 76 54 130 207 53 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 283 107 390
28 UTTARAKHAND 23 0 23 32 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 1 56
29 WEST BENGAL# 1193 186 1379 471 105 576 0 0 0 283 78 361 1947 369 2316
TOTAL (STATES) 1701 285 1986 1926 372 2298 30 0 30 325 81 406 3982 738 4720
30 A & N ISLANDS 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 22
31 CHANDIGARH 3 0 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 85 12 97 270 36 306 13 0 13 0 0 0 368 48 416
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (UTs) 110 12 122 276 37 313 13 0 13 0 0 0 399 49 448
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1811 297 2108 2202 409 2611 43 0 43 325 81 406 4381 787 5168
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.2
Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. 16 –18 Years 18 – 30 Years
State/UT
No. Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 2 0 2
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 7 0 7
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 29 1 30
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 9 0 9
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 11 1 12
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 6 0 6
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 3 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 16 0 16
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 4 0 4
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 26 6 32
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 6 0 6
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 3 0 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 3 0 3
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 6 0 6
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 9 0 9
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 6 0 6
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 17 1 18
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 11 0 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 569 97 666
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 0 746 107 853
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 14 0 14
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 1 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 4 0 4
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 19 0 19
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 0 765 107 872
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.2 (Concluded)
Sex and Age-group wise Foreign Convicts in Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Total
Sl. 30-50 Years 50 Years & Above
State/UT (All Age-Groups)
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 12 0 12 4 0 4 18 0 18
4 BIHAR 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 4
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 0 5 0 0 0 12 0 12
6 GOA 6 3 9 0 1 1 6 5 11
7 GUJARAT 36 3 39 12 0 12 77 4 81
8 HARYANA 7 0 7 0 0 0 16 0 16
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 24 1 25 13 0 13 48 2 50
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 14
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 5 0 5 2 0 2 23 0 23
13 KERALA 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8 2 10 0 0 0 12 2 14
15 MAHARASHTRA 25 14 39 5 3 8 56 23 79
16 MANIPUR 7 0 7 1 0 1 14 0 14
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
18 MIZORAM 1 0 1 2 0 2 6 0 6
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 8 0 8 0 0 0 8 0 8
21 PUNJAB 17 1 18 1 0 1 24 1 25
22 RAJASTHAN 16 1 17 3 0 3 20 1 21
23 SIKKIM 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
24 TAMIL NADU 16 1 17 3 0 3 28 1 29
25 TELANGANA 5 1 6 0 0 0 6 1 7
26 TRIPURA 4 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 10
27 UTTAR PRADESH 40 28 68 19 25 44 76 54 130
28 UTTARAKHAND 11 0 11 1 0 1 23 0 23
29 WEST BENGAL# 465 72 537 159 17 176 1193 186 1379
TOTAL (STATES) 730 130 860 225 48 273 1701 285 1986
30 A & N ISLANDS 6 0 6 2 0 2 22 0 22
31 CHANDIGARH 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 71 10 81 10 2 12 85 12 97
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 79 10 89 12 2 14 110 12 122
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 809 140 949 237 50 287 1811 297 2108
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.3
Foreign Convicts by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
Africans CIS
S. Austr- Bangl- Canad-
States/UTs (other than Chinese (Russian) Japanese Maldivians
No. alians adeshis ians
Nigerians) Federation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 0 1284 0 2 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 13 0 1440 4 6 1 1 0
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 2 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 15 0 1451 4 7 1 1 0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.3 (Continued)
Foreign Convicts by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
North
Middle American
New
S.No States/UTs Mauritians East Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians Countries
Zealanders
Countries (other than
Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 5 0 3 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 47 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 11 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 4 0 1 0 2 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 14 0 7 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 6 0 4 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 0 96 0 6 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 18 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 1 53 3 0 25 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1 5 86 210 0 65 0
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 14 0 37 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 22 14 0 38 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1 5 108 224 0 103 0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.3 (Concluded)
Foreign Convicts by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
South South East
Other Foreign Total Foreign
S.No. States/UTs Pakistanis American Asian Sri Lankan
Nationals Convicts
Countries Countries
(1) (2) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 1 0 3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 1 0 0 0 0 18
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 12
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 2 11
7 GUJARAT 68 0 0 0 2 81
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 16
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 50
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 1 14
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 23
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 14
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 1 0 0 2 79
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 14
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 6
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 8
21 PUNJAB 13 0 0 0 3 25
22 RAJASTHAN 10 1 0 0 3 21
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 12 1 29
25 TELANGANA 2 0 0 0 1 7
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 10
27 UTTAR PRADESH 10 0 0 0 6 130
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 0 0 0 0 23
29 WEST BENGAL# 5 0 0 0 2 1379
TOTAL (STATES) 113 2 0 13 26 1986
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 22
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 2 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 20 1 4 0 7 97
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 20 1 4 0 9 122
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 133 3 4 13 35 2108
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.4
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
Africans CIS
S. Austr- Bangl- Canad-
States/UTs (other than Chinese (Russian) Japanese Maldivians
No. alians adeshis ians
Nigerians) Federation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 1 0 7 0 0 2 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 14 0 50 0 0 0 0 1
13 KERALA 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 0 254 4 8 0 1 2
16 MANIPUR 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 3 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 2 80 0 1 2 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 12 0 470 0 5 1 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 54 2 1024 4 17 7 2 4
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 27 2 19 0 1 1 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 27 2 20 0 1 1 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 81 4 1044 4 18 8 2 4
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.4 (Continued)
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
Middle North American
New
S.No States/UTs Mauritians East Myanmar Nepalese Nigerians Countries (other
Zealanders
Countries than Canada)
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 2 49 0 3 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 1 9 0 12 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 5 0 21 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 16 1 0 72 0 2 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 5 3 0 1 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 24 0 27 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 8 1 52 2 111 14
16 MANIPUR 0 0 39 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 1 4 0 69 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 2 3 0 5 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 14 0 12 1
25 TELANGANA 0 0 3 1 0 10 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 2 2 139 0 16 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 41 9 0 23 0
TOTAL (STATES) 16 11 129 407 2 335 18
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 2 0 50 1 150 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 2 0 52 1 154 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 16 13 129 459 3 489 18
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 4.4 (Concluded)
Foreign Undertrials by Nationality as on 31st December, 2018
South South East
Other Foreign Total Foreign
S.No. States/UTs Pakistanis American Asian Sri Lankan
Nationals Undertrials
Countries Countries
(1) (2) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 3 54
4 BIHAR 0 1 0 0 0 67
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 1 0 0 0 8
6 GOA 0 0 1 0 1 14
7 GUJARAT 18 0 0 1 1 50
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 1 37
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 2 0 0 2 95
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 20 0 0 0 3 37
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 KARNATAKA 2 6 1 0 9 134
13 KERALA 0 0 0 1 2 20
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 2 0 0 8
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 4 3 8 18 508
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 43
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 27
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 14
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 PUNJAB 17 0 0 0 19 114
22 RAJASTHAN 7 0 0 0 3 37
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1 0 0 40 17 103
25 TELANGANA 2 0 0 0 8 31
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 17
27 UTTAR PRADESH 4 2 0 0 9 260
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 2 33
29 WEST BENGAL# 2 1 0 3 9 576
TOTAL (STATES) 82 17 7 53 107 2298
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 6
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 9 7 0 33 306
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 4 9 7 0 33 313
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 86 26 14 53 140 2611
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter – 5
Prisoners – Offence wise

Statistical analysis on convicts & consisting of Offences affecting the

under-trial prisoners lodged in jails Human Body (1,04,017), Offences
under various crime heads of IPC and against public tranquility (234),
SLL is presented in this chapter. Offences against property (12,939),
Besides, information on prisoners Offences relating to Documents &
released during the year and inmates Property Marks (307), Offences
released on parole is also dealt in this against women (19,860) as on 31st
chapter. Offence grouping has been December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh has
done as per the chapters of IPC such reported the highest number of
as offences affecting the Human Body, convicts (26,557) followed by Madhya
against Public Tranquility, against Pradesh (17,361) and Maharashtra
Property, Documents & Property (8,111), accounting for 21.69%,
Marks etc. 14.18% and 6.62% of the total
convicted inmates lodged under
Convicts
various IPC crimes respectively. The
1. IPC Crimes details can be seen at Chart 5.1,
A total of 1,22,441 convicts were Table 5.1.
lodged in various jails of the country

Offences against
Public
Offences relating Tranquility, 234,
to Documents & Other IPC
0.2% Crimes, 4944,
Property Marks,
307, 0.3% 4.0%

Offences against
Property, 12939,
10.6%

Total Convicts under Offences

IPC Crimes affecting Human
1,22,441 Body, 104017,
85.0%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Types of IPC Offences – Convicts
Chart 5.1

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I. Offences affecting the Human Kidnapping & Abduction (3,864),
Body Dowry Deaths (5,705), Assault on
A total of 1,04,017 convicts were women with intent to outrage her
lodged in various jails of the country Modesty (729) accounting for 66.49%,
for committing offences affecting the 8.02%, 3.98%, 11.61%, 3.71%, 5.48%
Human Body consisting of Murder and 0.70% respectively under Indian
(69,165), Attempt to Murder (8,341), Penal Code (IPC) offences as on 31st
Culpable Homicide not amounting to December, 2018 (Chart 5.2).
Murder (4,137), Rape (12,076),

C.H. not Kidnapping &

amounting to Abduction, 3864, Assault on Women with
Murder, 4137, 3.71% intent to outrage her
3.98% modesty, 729, 0.70%

Dowry Deaths,
5705, 5.48%

Attempt to Murder,
8341, 8.02%

Rape, 12076,
Murder, 69165,
11.61%
66.49%

Total Convicts under Offences affecting Human Body 1,04,017

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Convicts - Offences affecting the Human Body
Chart 5.2

Uttar Pradesh has reported the (16,278 out of 69,165) of total such
highest number of convicts (24,331) convicts followed by Madhya Pradesh
followed by Madhya Pradesh (15,100) 15.55%(10,757 out of 69,165) and
and Chhattisgarh (7,230), accounting Chhattisgarh 8.05%(5,568 out of
for 23.39%, 14.52% and 6.95% of the 69,165) as on 31st December, 2018
total convicted inmates lodged under (Table 5.1)
Offences affecting the human body
respectively. Uttar Pradesh has also reported
the highest share of convicts under
The highest share of convicts attempt to commit murder, culpable
under murder was reported in Uttar homicide not amounting to murder,
Pradesh accounting for 23.54% rape, kidnapping & abduction and

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Dowry Deaths accounting for 14.63% III. Offences against Property
(1,220 out of 8,341), 22.87% (946 out
A total of 12,939 convicts were
of 4,137), 17.82%(2,152 out of
lodged in various jails of the country
12,076), 23.73%(917 out of 3,864) and
for committing offences against
47.68%(2,720 out of 5,705) of total
property consisting of Burglary (1,056),
such convicts lodged in jails in the
Thefts (4,126), Extortion (263), Arson
country respectively.
(149), Criminal Breach of Trust (249),
State/UT-wise details on Cheating (958), Dacoity (2,615), Prep.
convicts lodged under various offences and assembly for Dacoity (637) and
of IPC can be seen in Table 5.1. Robbery (2,886), accounting for
8.16%, 31.89%, 2.03%, 1.15%, 1.92%,
II. Offences against Public 7.40%, 20.21%, 4.92% and 22.30% of
Tranquility the total convicts under offences
A total of 234 convicts were lodged against property as on 31st December,
in various jails of the country for 2018 (Chart 5.3).
committing offences against Public
Tranquility (Rioting only) under Indian Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st highest number of convicts (1,660)
December, 2018. Haryana has followed by Maharashtra (1,306) and
reported the highest number of Madhya Pradesh (1,256) accounting
convicts (37) followed by Kerala (33) for 12.83%, 10.09% and 9.71% of the
and Tamil Nadu (26) accounting for total convicted inmates lodged under
15.81%, 14.10% and 11.11% of the offences against property crimes
total convicted inmates lodged under respectively (Table 5.1).
offence against Public Tranquility
respectively (Table 5.1).
Extortion, 263,
Criminal Breach of
2%
Trust, 249, 2%
Prep and
Arson, 149, 1%
Assembly of
Dacoity, 637, 5%
Cheating, 958,
Thefts, 4126, 32%
8%

Burglary, 1056, 8%

Total Convicts under

IPC Offences against
Dacoity, 2615,
20%
Property
12,939
Robbery, 2886,
22%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Convicts - IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.3

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IV. Offences relating to for committing offences against
Documents & Property Marks women consisting of Rape (12,076),
Dowry Deaths (5,705), Assault on
A total of 307 convicts were lodged women with intent to outrage her
in various jails of the country for modesty (729), Insult to the modesty of
committing offences relating to women (171) and cruelty by husband
documents & property marks as on or relatives of husband (1,179),
31st December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh accounting for 60.81%, 28.73%,
has reported the highest number of 3.67%, 0.86%, and 5.94% of the total
convicts (46) followed by Haryana (30) convicts under offences against
and Karnataka (28) accounting for women, at the end of 2018 (Chart
14.98%, 9.77% and 9.12% of the total 5.4).
convicted inmates lodged under IPC
offences relating to Documents & Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Property Marks respectively (Table highest number of convicts (5,059)
5.1). followed by Madhya Pradesh (2,782)
and Chhattisgarh (1,061) accounting
V. Offences against women for 25.47%, 14.01% and 5.34% of the
total convicted inmates lodged under
A total of 19,860 convicts were offences against women respectively
lodged in various jails of the country (Table 5.1).

Assault on Insult to the

Women with Modesty of
intent to Outrage Women
her Modesty, (Eve-teasing),
729, 3.7% 171, 0.9%
Cruelty by
Husband or Total Convicts under
Relatives of Offences against Women
Husband, 1179, 19,860
5.9%

Dowry Deaths,
5705, 28.7%

Rape, 12076,
60.8%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Distribution of offences against Women
Chart 5.4

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2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) & Enforcement Acts/ Gambling Act
Crimes (254), Foreigner & Passport-related
Acts (1,389), Indian Railways/
A total of 16,777 convicts were Railways Act (857), Miscellaneous Act
lodged in various jails of the country (482) and other SLL crimes (1,446)
for committing offences under Special accounting for 3.02%, 3.12%, 13.15%,
and Local Laws such as crime against 54.32%, 1.51%, 8.28%, 5.11%, 2.87%
women (506), crime against SC/ST and 8.62% of the total convicted
(523), Arms/Explosive substances Act inmates lodged under various SLL
(2,207), Liquor & Narcotics Drugs crimes respectively. The details can be
related Acts (9,113), other Regulatory seen at Chart 5.5, Table 5.2.

Crime against
SC/ST- related Crime against Women -
Acts, 523, 3% related Acts, 506, 3%
Railways - related
Acts, 857, 5%

Foreigner &
Passport- related
Acts, 1389, 8%

Liquor &
Narcotics Drugs-
Other SLL related Acts,
Crimes, 2182, 9113, 55%
13%

Arms/Explosive
related Acts,
2207, 13%
Total Convicts under SLL
16,777

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Types of SLL Crimes - Convicts
Chart 5.5

I. Crime against women - 2018. Uttar Pradesh has reported the

related Acts highest number of convicts (84)
followed by Maharashtra (59) and
A total of 506 convicts were lodged Jharkhand (56) accounting for 16.60%,
in various jails of the country for 11.66% and 11.07% of the total
committing offences against women convicted inmates lodged under SLL
related acts under Special and Local which are specific to crimes against
Laws (SLL) as on 31st December, women respectively.

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II. Crime against SC/ST - related reported the highest number of
Acts convicts (3,574) followed by Uttar
Pradesh (954) and Madhya Pradesh
A total of 523 convicts were lodged (747) accounting for 39.22%, 10.47%
in various jails of the country for and 8.20% of the total convicted
committing offences against SC/ST- inmates lodged under SLL Crimes
related acts under Special and Local which are specific to Liquor &
Laws (SLL) as on 31st December, Narcotics Drugs related offences
2018. Uttar Pradesh has reported the respectively.
highest number of convicts (140)
followed by Tamil Nadu (59) and V. Foreigner & Passport –
Madhya Pradesh (57), accounting for related Acts
26.77%, 11.28% and 10.90% of the
total convicted inmates lodged under A total of 1,389 convicts were
SLL crimes which are specific to crime lodged in various jails of the country
against SC/ST respectively. for committing offences under
Foreigner & Passport-related acts
III. Arms/Explosive – related under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
Acts as on 31st December, 2018. West
Bengal has reported the highest
A total of 2,207 convicts were number of convicts (1,090) who were
lodged in various jails of the country convicted under various sections of
for committing offences under Arms / SLL followed by Gujarat (73) and
Explosive-related Acts under Special Maharashtra (41) accounting for
and Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st 78.47%, 5.26% and 2.95% of the total
December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh has convicted inmates lodged under SLL
reported the highest number of crimes which are specific to Foreigner
convicts (419) followed by Bihar (294) & Passport related offences
and Jharkhand (214), accounting for respectively (Table-5.2)
18.99%, 13.32% and 9.70% of the
total convicted inmates lodged under Undertrials
SLL crimes which are specific to Arms 1. IPC Crimes
/ Explosive related offences
A total of 2,53,523 Undertrial
respectively.
prisoners from various States and UTs
were lodged in jails for committing
IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
crimes under IPC, in which 1,60,925
related Acts
persons were charged for offences
affecting the Human Body, 2,113
A total of 9,113 convicts were
persons for offences against Public
lodged in various jails of the country
Tranquility, 73,240 persons for
for committing offences under Liquor &
offences against Property, 1,368
Narcotics Drugs-related acts under
persons were charged for offences
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on
relating to documents & property
31st December, 2018. Punjab has

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marks and 15,877 for other IPC crimes followed by Maharashtra (23,025) and
accounting for 63.48%, 0.83%, Bihar (20,315) accounting for 24.05%,
28.89%, 0.54% and 6.26% 9.08% and 8.01% of the total
st
respectively as on 31 December, Undertrial inmates lodged under IPC
2018 (Chart 5.6). crimes respectively. The details can be
seen at Table 5.3.
Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of Undertrials (60,966)
Undertrials
Confined for Undertrials
alleging Offences Confined for
relating to alleging Other IPC
Undertrials Documents & Crimes, 15877,
Confined for Property Marks, 6.3%
alleging Offences 1368, 0.5%
against Public
Tranquility, 2113,
0.8%

Undertrials
Confined for
alleging Offences
against Property,
73240, 28.9%

Undertrials
Confined for
alleging Offences
affecting the
Human Body,
160925, 63.5%

Total Undertrials under IPC Crimes - 2,53,523

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Types of IPC Crimes – Undertrials
Chart 5.6

I. Offences affecting the Human Uttar Pradesh has reported the

Body highest number of Undertrials (42,036)
followed by Bihar (13,464) and
A total of 1,60,925 under trials were
Madhya Pradesh (13,246), accounting
lodged in various jails of the country
for 26.12%, 8.37% and 8.23% of the
for committing offences affecting the
total Undertrials inmates lodged under
Human Body consisting of Murder,
Offences affecting the human body
Attempt to Murder, Culpable Homicide
under IPC crimes respectively.
not amounting to Murder, Rape,
Kidnapping & Abduction, Dowry
State/UT-wise details on
Deaths, Assault on women with intent
Undertrials lodged under various
to outrage her Modesty under Indian
offences of IPC can be seen in Table
Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
5.3.
December, 2018.

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II. Offences against Public Arson (867), Criminal Breach of Trust
Tranquility (2,093), Cheating (6,285), Dacoity
(11,022), Prep. And assembly for
A total of 2,113 Undertrials were
Dacoity (3,857), Robbery (12,361),
lodged in various jails of the country
accounting for 7.37%, 39.64%, 3.18%,
for committing offences against public
1.18%, 2.86%, 8.58%, 15.05%, 5.27%
tranquility under Indian Penal Code
and 16.88% of the total undertrial
(IPC) as on 31st December, 2018.
inmates lodged under Indian Penal
Haryana has reported the highest
Code (IPC) offences against property
number of Undertrials (428) followed
as on 31st December, 2018 (Chart
by Uttar Pradesh (298) and
5.7).
Maharashtra (194) accounting for
20.26%, 14.10% and 9.18% of the
Uttar Pradesh has reported the
total Undertrials inmates lodged under
highest number of Undertrials (15,120)
IPC crimes against Public Tranquility
followed by Maharashtra (8,262) and
respectively (Table 5.3).
Bihar (5,702) accounting for 20.64%,
11.28% and 7.79% of the total
III. Offences against Property
Undertrials inmates lodged under IPC
A total of 73,240 Undertrials were offences against property respectively.
lodged in various jails of the country State/UT-wise such details may be
for committing offences against seen in Table-5.3.
property consisting of Burglary (5,396),
Thefts (29,029), Extortion (2,330),
Extortion, 2330, 3% Criminal Breach of
Trust, 2093, 3%
Prep. And Arson, 867, 1%
Assembly for
committing
Dacoity, 3857, 5%

Burglary, 5396, 7%

Cheating, 6285, 9% Thefts, 29029, 40%

Dacoity, 11022, Robbery, 12361,

15% 17%

Total Undertrials prisoners confined for IPC Offences against Property 73,240

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Undertrials – IPC Offences against Property
Chart 5.7

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IV. Offences relating to for accused of committing offences
Documents & Property Marks against women consisting of Rape
(32,761), Dowry Deaths (14,144),
A total of 1,368 Undertrials were
Assault on women with intent to
lodged in various jails of the country
outrage her modesty (4,252), Insult to
for committing offences relating to
the modesty of women (828) and
Documents & Property Marks under
cruelty by husband or relatives of
Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st
husband (5,031), accounting for
December, 2018.
57.46%, 24.81%, 7.46%, 1.45%, and
West Bengal has reported the 8.82% of the total undertrial inmates
highest number of Undertrials (322) lodged under offences against women
followed by Uttar Pradesh (293) and at the end of 2018. (Chart 5.8, Table
Maharashtra (110) accounting for 5.3)
23.54%, 21.42% and 8.04% of the
total Undertrials inmates lodged under Uttar Pradesh has reported the
IPC offences relating to documents & highest number of Undertrials (18,715)
property marks respectively. State/UT- followed by Madhya Pradesh (4,998)
wise such details may be seen in and Bihar (3,854) accounting for
Table-5.3. 32.82%, 8.77% and 6.76% of the total
Undertrial inmates lodged under
V. Offences against women offences against women respectively.
A total of 57,016 Undertrials were (Table 5.3)
lodged in various jails of the country
Assault on Women with
intent to Outrage her
Modesty, 4252, 7% Insult to the Modesty of
Women, 828, 1%

Cruelty by
Husband or
relatives of
Husband, 5031,
9%

Rape, 32761, 58%

Dowry Deaths,
14144, 25%

Total Undertrials under Offences against Women - 57,016

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Distribution of Offences against Women-Under trials
Chart 5.8

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2. Special and Local Laws (SLL) Foreigner & Passport related Acts and
Crimes 3,577 persons under Railways related
Acts, accounting for 3.67%,5.02%,
A total of 69,913 Undertrial 17.36%, 54.94%, 3.65% and 5.12% as
prisoners from various States and UTs on 31st December, 2018 (Chart 5.9).
were lodged in jails for committing
crimes under SLL, in which 2,563 Uttar Pradesh has reported the
Persons were charged of offences highest number of Undertrials (14,238)
under women related Acts, 3,510 followed by Bihar (11,167) and Punjab
Persons for offences under SC/ST (6,375) accounting for 20.37%,
related Acts, 12,138 Persons for 15.97% and 9.12% of the total
offences under Arms/Explosive Acts, Undertrials inmates lodged under SLL
38,413 persons for offences under crimes respectively. The details can be
liquor & narcotics drugs-related Acts, seen at Table 5.4.
2,553 persons for offences under

Crime against Women- Foreigner & Passport-

related Acts, 2563, 4% related Acts, 2553, 4%
Crime against SC/ST-
related Acts, 3510, 5%

Indian Railways
Act, 3577, 5%

Other SLL
Crimes, 7159, Liquor &
10% Narcotics Drugs-
related Acts,
38413, 55%

Arms/Explosive-
related Acts,
12138, 17%
Total Undertrials (SLL Crime) - 69,913

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Types of SLL Crimes - Undertrials
Chart 5.9

I. Crime against women - Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st

related acts December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh has
reported the highest number of
A total of 2,563 Undertrials were
Undertrials (891) under various
lodged in various jails of the country
sections of SLL followed by Jharkhand
for committing offences against
(245) and West Bengal (236)
women related acts under Special and

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accounting for 34.76%, 9.56% and IV. Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
9.21% of the total Undertrial inmates related Acts
lodged under SLL crimes which are
specific to crime against Women. A total of 38,413 Undertrials
were lodged in various jails of the
II. Crime against SC/ST - related country for committing offences
acts relating to Liquor & Narcotics Drugs-
A total of 3,510 Undertrials were related acts under Special and Local
lodged in various jails of the country Laws (SLL) as on 31st December,
for committing offences against 2018. Bihar has reported the highest
SC/ST-related acts under Special and number of Undertrials (7,533) under
Local Laws (SLL) as on 31st various sections of SLL followed by
December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh has Punjab (5,677) and Uttar Pradesh
reported the highest number of (5,472) accounting for 19.61%,
Undertrials (1310) under various 14.78% and 14.25% of total Undertrial
sections of SLL followed by Bihar inmates lodged under SLL crimes
(675) and Madhya Pradesh (251) which are specific to Liquor & Narcotic
accounting for 37.32%, 19.23% and Drugs related offences.
7.15% of the total Undertrial inmates
lodged under SLL crimes which are V. Foreigner & Passport –
specific to crime against SC/ST. related Acts
A total of 2,553 Undertrials were
III. Arms/Explosive – related lodged in various jails of the country
Acts for committing offences relating to
A total of 12,138 Undertrials Foreigner & Passport-related acts
were lodged in various jails of the under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
country for committing offences under as on 31st December, 2018. West
Arms/ Explosive-related acts under Bengal has reported the highest
Special and Local Laws (SLL) as on number of Undertrials (1,496) under
31st December, 2018. Uttar Pradesh various sections of SLL followed
has reported the highest number of by Maharashtra (420) and Uttar
Undertrials (3,337) under various Pradesh (155) accounting for 58.60%,
sections of SLL followed by Bihar 16.45% and 6.07% of total Undertrial
(1,867) and Jharkhand (1,354) inmates lodged under SLL crimes
accounting for 27.49%, 15.38% and which are specific to Foreigner &
11.16% of total Undertrial inmates Passport related offences.
lodged under SLL crimes which are
specific to Arms/Explosive related State/UT-wise details on
offences. Undertrials lodged under various
offences of SLL can be seen in Table
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Comparison between Convicts V/s of 2, 53,523 Undertrials were lodged in
Undertrials various jails of the country under
various IPC crimes and 69,913
A total of 1,22,441 convicts Undertrials were lodged under various
were lodged in various jails of the SLL crimes at the end of 31st
country under various IPC crimes and December, 2018 (Chart 5.10).
16,777 convicts were lodged under
various SLL crimes. However, a total

253523

122441

69913

16777

IPC Crime SLL Crime

Convicts Undertrials

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Total Convicts and Undertrials Inmates
Chart 5.10

Incidence of Recidivism The above calculation is based on

convictions only. Repeat offenders
A total of 7,865 convicts were among Undertrials have not been
habitual offenders/recidivists which taken into account.
accounted for 4.09% of total convicts
(1,92,452) admitted during the year   
2018 (Table 5.5). States reporting
highest share of habitual offenders to
convicts admitted during 2018 were
Mizoram (51.2%), Kerala (22.4%),
Delhi (21.8%), A & N Islands (21.4%)
and West Bengal (5.9%).

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 Table – 5.1
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Offences affecting the Human Body Total
No. Offences
Assault on
affecting
C.H. not Attempt Kidnapping Women with
Dowry the
Murder amounting to & Rape Intent to Human
Deaths
to Murder Murder Abduction Outrage her
Body
Modesty
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1574 35 52 88 46 163 7 1965
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 33 17 0 2 8 37 3 100
3 ASSAM 1560 260 16 383 105 260 17 2601
4 BIHAR 3435 157 522 780 233 301 15 5443
5 CHHATTISGARH 5568 230 105 298 92 892 45 7230
6 GOA 63 5 0 5 1 23 4 101
7 GUJARAT 1780 274 141 399 94 383 1 3072
8 HARYANA 3038 116 359 623 313 562 19 5030
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 332 12 1 12 1 131 4 493
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 90 5 0 6 3 57 0 161
11 JHARKHAND 2599 52 374 286 194 437 2 3944
12 KARNATAKA 2042 112 64 185 106 393 47 2949
13 KERALA 596 198 9 437 55 290 12 1597
14 MADHYA PRADESH 10757 343 438 779 554 2021 208 15100
15 MAHARASHTRA 4425 370 47 747 200 565 118 6472
16 MANIPUR 38 2 0 0 0 18 1 59
17 MEGHALAYA 37 0 0 1 12 42 1 93
18 MIZORAM 45 0 0 18 2 82 0 147
19 NAGALAND 33 0 0 4 3 25 1 66
20 ODISHA 2266 85 65 204 53 472 14 3159
21 PUNJAB 1621 248 179 542 312 457 36 3395
22 RAJASTHAN 2641 140 174 281 126 531 10 3903
23 SIKKIM 30 11 0 5 3 32 15 96
24 TAMIL NADU 1559 103 49 312 105 233 3 2364
25 TELANGANA 1329 17 53 77 32 89 1 1598
26 TRIPURA 238 26 16 15 19 93 11 418
27 UTTAR PRADESH 16278 946 2720 1220 917 2152 98 24331
28 UTTARAKHAND 1036 53 139 46 49 300 16 1639
29 WEST BENGAL# 2871 264 109 394 82 525 3 4248
TOTAL (STATES) 67914 4081 5632 8149 3720 11566 712 101774
30 A & N ISLANDS 29 2 0 1 0 6 0 38
31 CHANDIGARH 81 21 5 0 46 88 5 246
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 3 0 6 1 5 0 15
34 DELHI 1090 25 68 183 89 408 12 1875
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 51 5 0 2 8 3 0 69
TOTAL (UTs) 1251 56 73 192 144 510 17 2243
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 69165 4137 5705 8341 3864 12076 729 104017
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.1 (Continued)
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Offences
No. against Public Offences against Property
Tranquility
Prep. and Criminal
Riots Thefts Extortion Robbery Dacoity Assembly Breach of Cheating
for Dacoity Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 149 0 36 46 0 0 32
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 16 123 9 40 44 2 7 15
4 BIHAR 20 204 32 140 189 10 10 43
5 CHHATTISGARH 7 34 0 64 94 5 1 22
6 GOA 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 6
7 GUJARAT 16 62 19 172 58 27 0 11
8 HARYANA 37 345 30 234 277 89 32 50
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 14 0 6 10 0 1 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 3 128 27 85 196 12 18 39
12 KARNATAKA 21 83 5 63 127 36 0 14
13 KERALA 33 181 2 192 61 51 15 40
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 275 6 465 252 61 34 60
15 MAHARASHTRA 18 468 32 189 167 89 7 100
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 151 10 5 1 0 0 21
19 NAGALAND 0 23 1 1 1 0 0 1
20 ODISHA 0 67 0 65 90 21 2 34
21 PUNJAB 13 211 8 101 84 36 59 88
22 RAJASTHAN 3 261 9 180 121 26 6 70
23 SIKKIM 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 TAMIL NADU 26 288 31 194 96 18 8 44
25 TELANGANA 0 115 3 14 43 6 0 19
26 TRIPURA 0 5 0 2 4 0 2 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3 653 22 370 253 105 22 72
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 41 5 10 14 0 7 3
29 WEST BENGAL# 9 53 4 108 129 37 9 58
TOTAL (STATES) 230 3951 259 2748 2357 631 243 844
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
31 CHANDIGARH 4 29 3 36 20 6 3 8
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 141 1 100 238 0 3 104
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 4 175 4 138 258 6 6 114
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 234 4126 263 2886 2615 637 249 958
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.1 (Continued)
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on 31st December, 2018
Offences
Offences against relating to
Other Crime Against Women* Total
Property Total Documents &
Other
Sl. Offences Property Marks
State/UT Crime
No. against Cruelty by
Against
Property Counter- Husband or Insult to the
Arson Burglary Women
feiting Relatives of Modesty of Women
Husband
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3 0 266 2 16 0 16
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 4 13 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 7 16 263 3 19 0 19
4 BIHAR 25 20 673 26 82 12 94
5 CHHATTISGARH 13 18 251 9 17 2 19
6 GOA 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 32 382 10 80 0 80
8 HARYANA 22 72 1151 30 36 4 40
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 3 36 1 4 2 6
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 4 6 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 3 508 2 90 0 90
12 KARNATAKA 3 57 388 28 96 2 98
13 KERALA 3 82 627 13 22 8 30
14 MADHYA PRADESH 19 84 1256 23 108 7 115
15 MAHARASHTRA 20 234 1306 15 111 66 177
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 3 191 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 5 32 0 1 0 1
20 ODISHA 3 9 291 3 19 1 20
21 PUNJAB 6 62 655 24 28 32 60
22 RAJASTHAN 1 44 718 14 94 1 95
23 SIKKIM 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 1 87 767 10 42 3 45
25 TELANGANA 0 6 206 8 4 0 4
26 TRIPURA 0 0 13 6 14 0 14
27 UTTAR PRADESH 12 151 1660 46 88 1 89
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 18 98 6 11 0 11
29 WEST BENGAL# 7 24 429 22 196 0 196
TOTAL (STATES) 147 1038 12218 301 1178 141 1319
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 2 6 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 15 121 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 1 588 6 1 30 31
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 2 18 721 6 1 30 31
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 149 1056 12939 307 1179 171 1350
* Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.1 (Concluded)
Convicts by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. Convicts of offences against women Total Convicts
State/UT Other IPC Crimes
No. (Total of column 5+8+9+23+24) (IPC Crimes)
(1) (2) (26) (27) (28)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 238 124 2373

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 40 9 122
3 ASSAM 312 42 2944
4 BIHAR 932 58 6314
5 CHHATTISGARH 1061 254 7770
6 GOA 27 3 122
7 GUJARAT 605 530 4090
8 HARYANA 980 0 6288
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 142 39 575
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 57 10 177
11 JHARKHAND 903 34 4581
12 KARNATAKA 602 112 3596
13 KERALA 341 25 2325
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2782 862 17361
15 MAHARASHTRA 907 123 8111
16 MANIPUR 19 0 59
17 MEGHALAYA 43 12 114
18 MIZORAM 82 50 388
19 NAGALAND 27 8 107
20 ODISHA 571 44 3517
21 PUNJAB 732 369 4516
22 RAJASTHAN 810 140 4873
23 SIKKIM 47 59 160
24 TAMIL NADU 330 48 3260
25 TELANGANA 147 18 1834
26 TRIPURA 134 40 491
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5059 428 26557
28 UTTARAKHAND 466 47 1801
29 WEST BENGAL# 833 32 4936
TOTAL (STATES) 19229 3520 119362
30 A & N ISLANDS 6 0 44
31 CHANDIGARH 98 0 371
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 5 0 15
34 DELHI 519 70 2570
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 4 78
TOTAL (UTs) 631 74 3079
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19860 3594 122441
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.2
Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Crime Against Women – Crime Against SC/ST – related
Total Crime
related Acts Acts Total Crime
Against
Sl. Against
State/UT Dowry Immoral Women – SC/ST (Prev. Protection of
No SC/ST –
Prohibition Traffic related of Atrocities) Civil Rights related Acts
Act (Prev.) Act Acts Act Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 6 3 9 1 0 1
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 4 4 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 17 10 27 41 0 41
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 8 12 20
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 3 2 5 2 0 2
8 HARYANA 4 9 13 50 6 56
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 56 0 56 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 12 19 31 19 0 19
13 KERALA 14 11 25 11 0 11
14 MADHYA PRADESH 9 11 20 50 7 57
15 MAHARASHTRA 27 32 59 3 0 3
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 5 0 5
21 PUNJAB 11 3 14 10 16 26
22 RAJASTHAN 3 7 10 44 5 49
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 43 1 44 51 8 59
25 TELANGANA 22 10 32 18 0 18
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 82 2 84 140 0 140
28 UTTARAKHAND 17 22 39 13 1 14
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 9 20 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 337 155 492 468 55 523
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 3 0 3 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 11 0 11 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 14 0 14 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 351 155 506 468 55 523
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.2 (Continued)
Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Arms/Explosive – Total
Other
related Acts Total Liquor & Narcotics Drugs – Regulatory &
related Acts Liquor & Enforcement
Arms/
Sl. Explosive & Narcotics
State/UT Explosive Acts
No Arms Explosive Drugs –
– related Prohi-
Act Substances Excise NDPS related Gambling
Acts bition
Act Act Act Acts Act
Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8 1 9 0 2 192 194 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
3 ASSAM 90 0 90 0 7 77 84 25
4 BIHAR 274 20 294 0 46 294 340 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 9 21 30 0 3 338 341 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 0
7 GUJARAT 23 0 23 23 0 114 137 0
8 HARYANA 163 0 163 7 10 421 438 8
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1 139 140 117
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 1 0 0 34 34 0
11 JHARKHAND 187 27 214 0 37 44 81 0
12 KARNATAKA 20 28 48 0 0 28 28 0
13 KERALA 22 34 56 0 142 48 190 4
14 MADHYA PRADESH 181 20 201 2 99 646 747 9
15 MAHARASHTRA 45 7 52 13 2 119 134 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
18 MIZORAM 1 0 1 116 10 199 325 0
19 NAGALAND 4 0 4 0 0 2 2 0
20 ODISHA 6 4 10 0 14 268 282 0
21 PUNJAB 208 3 211 7 151 3416 3574 26
22 RAJASTHAN 128 0 128 0 53 338 391 5
23 SIKKIM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 48 42 90 20 0 108 128 0
25 TELANGANA 25 15 40 2 9 26 37 15
26 TRIPURA 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 393 26 419 4 116 834 954 37
28 UTTARAKHAND 27 0 27 0 42 96 138 6
29 WEST BENGAL# 17 2 19 0 0 102 102 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1881 252 2133 194 744 7926 8864 253
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
31 CHANDIGARH 12 1 13 4 1 47 52 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 43 18 61 1 0 190 191 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 55 19 74 5 1 243 249 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1936 271 2207 199 745 8169 9113 254
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.2 (Continued)

Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)

as on 31st December, 2018

Railways –
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts
Total Foreigner related Acts
Sl.
State/UT Foreign & Passport –
No Reg. of Indian Indian Railways
Exchange related Acts
Foreigners Act Passport Act Act
Regulation Act
(1) (2) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 2 2 18
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 10 0 10 29
4 BIHAR 1 1 3 5 153
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 2 0 2 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 56 15 2 73 2
8 HARYANA 4 3 0 7 4
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 0 2 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 1 0
11 JHARKHAND 3 0 0 3 28
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 2 9 4 15 27
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 7 0 7 42
15 MAHARASHTRA 26 15 0 41 205
16 MANIPUR 14 0 0 14 0
17 MEGHALAYA 2 0 0 2 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 1 0 2 3 5
21 PUNJAB 9 3 2 14 20
22 RAJASTHAN 6 1 1 8 16
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 9 10 7 26 32
25 TELANGANA 6 5 0 11 20
26 TRIPURA 0 9 0 9 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3 6 2 11 236
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 9 0 9 12
29 WEST BENGAL# 1023 0 67 1090 6
TOTAL (STATES) 1166 106 93 1365 856
30 A & N ISLANDS 22 0 0 22 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 2 0 2 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 22 2 0 24 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1188 108 93 1389 857
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.2 (Concluded)
Convicts by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservation Total
Terrorist & Miscell- Total
Antiquities of Foreign Prevent- Other
Sl. Essential Distruptive aneous Convicts
State/UT & Art Exchange & ion of SLL
No Commodi- Activities Acts (SLL
Treasures Prev. of Corrupt- Crimes
ties Act Act (TADA) Crimes)
Act Smuggling ion Act
Activities Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 5 5 134 372
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 252
4 BIHAR 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 872
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 10 10 155 559
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 25 25 191 458
8 HARYANA 3 0 0 0 23 26 55 770
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 3 3 26 290
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 1 0 1 2 17 55
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 392
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 1 14 15 36 177
13 KERALA 2 0 0 2 7 11 25 364
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 39 39 143 1265
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 53 0 15 68 199 761
16 MANIPUR 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 37
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 326
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 312
21 PUNJAB 0 1 4 5 49 59 18 3962
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 1 6 17 112 736
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
24 TAMIL NADU 17 0 0 0 33 50 0 429
25 TELANGANA 9 0 0 0 5 14 42 229
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 22
27 UTTAR PRADESH 7 0 9 3 55 74 72 2027
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 40 286
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 7 2 2 11 68 1316
TOTAL (STATES) 38 1 96 14 302 451 1381 16318
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 37
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 8 0 23 31 56 353
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 8 0 23 31 65 459
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 38 1 104 14 325 482 1446 16777
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on
31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Offences affecting the Human Body Total
No.
C.H. not Assault on Offences
Amoun- Attempt Kidnapping Women with affecting
Dowry the
Murder ting To & Rape intent to
Deaths Human
To Murder Abduction outrage her
Murder Modesty Body
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 491 32 49 363 151 284 18 1388
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 36 4 2 2 13 10 0 67
3 ASSAM 1150 321 41 502 596 495 13 3118
4 BIHAR 4730 349 1577 3748 1540 1225 295 13464
5 CHHATTISGARH 2039 117 100 1169 224 1587 247 5483
6 GOA 75 0 0 9 10 19 18 131
7 GUJARAT 2265 127 53 616 480 1408 78 5027
8 HARYANA 3092 160 299 1019 949 899 131 6549
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 353 8 1 28 23 272 20 705
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1023 9 26 68 24 426 0 1576
11 JHARKHAND 3570 270 823 1559 645 1447 138 8452
12 KARNATAKA 2084 123 124 718 507 984 187 4727
13 KERALA 363 255 39 370 187 351 80 1645
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5171 574 871 1866 852 3462 450 13246
15 MAHARASHTRA 6552 603 155 1722 951 2582 565 13130
16 MANIPUR 80 3 0 44 15 24 16 182
17 MEGHALAYA 72 17 1 39 43 82 15 269
18 MIZORAM 28 29 0 17 0 85 1 160
19 NAGALAND 36 3 0 21 31 16 5 112
20 ODISHA 2910 113 209 1106 361 2085 97 6881
21 PUNJAB 1800 254 285 1123 811 798 127 5198
22 RAJASTHAN 2774 265 323 1006 495 2319 121 7303
23 SIKKIM 16 2 0 8 3 35 6 70
24 TAMIL NADU 1605 146 104 1033 340 654 7 3889
25 TELANGANA 370 38 77 228 94 261 8 1076
26 TRIPURA 79 2 2 31 14 53 7 188
27 UTTAR PRADESH 12580 3100 8308 5335 3802 7567 1344 42036
28 UTTARAKHAND 459 44 72 135 121 298 76 1205
29 WEST BENGAL# 3032 434 331 1476 744 1214 115 7346
TOTAL (STATES) 58835 7402 13872 25361 14026 30942 4185 154623

30 A & N ISLANDS 24 1 0 10 0 8 1 44
31 CHANDIGARH 78 18 0 34 42 53 9 234
32 D & N HAVELI 9 1 0 3 1 10 0 24
33 DAMAN & DIU 8 0 0 17 2 7 0 34
34 DELHI 2562 134 272 770 357 1739 57 5891
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 61 0 0 2 10 2 0 75
TOTAL (UTs) 2742 154 272 836 412 1819 67 6302
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 61577 7556 14144 26197 14438 32761 4252 160925
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC)
as on 31st December, 2018
Offences
against Public Offences against Property
Sl. Tranquility
State/UT
No. Prep. and Criminal
Extor-
Riots Thefts Robbery Dacoity Assembly Breach Cheating
tion
for Dacoity of Trust
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 17 638 15 117 87 1 7 169

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 12 4 7 0 0 1 0
3 ASSAM 35 629 85 108 289 40 9 19
4 BIHAR 54 2219 250 1320 994 271 94 276
5 CHHATTISGARH 85 705 25 215 209 2 47 96
6 GOA 0 25 0 20 2 0 0 16
7 GUJARAT 111 533 45 418 405 84 230 107
8 HARYANA 428 1433 91 392 502 154 147 179
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 46 0 13 8 0 7 5
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 82 0 1 0 0 2 6
11 JHARKHAND 90 1242 200 549 723 119 104 460
12 KARNATAKA 182 1177 254 375 400 200 87 324
13 KERALA 109 425 9 252 96 62 20 208
14 MADHYA PRADESH 58 1346 44 839 504 312 53 467
15 MAHARASHTRA 194 2860 195 1314 1059 407 179 850
16 MANIPUR 1 130 22 0 0 3 14 2
17 MEGHALAYA 0 144 14 40 22 8 3 7
18 MIZORAM 0 234 0 10 0 0 0 10
19 NAGALAND 0 69 26 12 4 0 3 0
20 ODISHA 43 958 13 420 670 352 56 152
21 PUNJAB 27 673 100 221 319 131 125 218
22 RAJASTHAN 75 1511 118 450 372 92 105 359
23 SIKKIM 0 24 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 98 1872 131 663 413 46 50 312
25 TELANGANA 11 781 23 136 90 11 11 142
26 TRIPURA 2 37 2 7 1 1 3 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 298 5513 553 3160 2025 705 641 1203
28 UTTARAKHAND 41 534 16 106 50 13 26 90
29 WEST BENGAL# 138 841 51 441 567 821 32 106
TOTAL (STATES) 2097 26693 2287 11607 9811 3835 2056 5784
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3
31 CHANDIGARH 2 124 0 42 23 6 10 2
32 D & N HAVELI 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 3 0 7 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 13 2158 42 694 1187 10 24 496
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 39 1 6 0 6 3 0
TOTAL (UTs) 16 2336 43 754 1211 22 37 501
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2113 29029 2330 12361 11022 3857 2093 6285
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.3 (Continued)
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on
31st December, 2018
Total Offences Offences relating to
Sl. Offences against Property against
State/UT Documents & Property Marks
No. Property
Arson Burglary Counterfeiting
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 73 1111 22

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 10 34 0
3 ASSAM 24 89 1292 11
4 BIHAR 89 189 5702 69
5 CHHATTISGARH 18 178 1495 30
6 GOA 0 0 63 0
7 GUJARAT 17 241 2080 102
8 HARYANA 17 358 3273 28
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4 12 95 8
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4 3 98 0
11 JHARKHAND 29 137 3563 77
12 KARNATAKA 27 366 3210 62
13 KERALA 17 127 1216 17
14 MADHYA PRADESH 48 314 3927 56
15 MAHARASHTRA 240 1158 8262 110
16 MANIPUR 4 1 176 0
17 MEGHALAYA 3 30 271 0
18 MIZORAM 0 15 269 1
19 NAGALAND 3 4 121 0
20 ODISHA 9 127 2757 10
21 PUNJAB 17 62 1866 16
22 RAJASTHAN 52 304 3363 75
23 SIKKIM 0 0 26 0
24 TAMIL NADU 8 260 3755 3
25 TELANGANA 0 28 1222 9
26 TRIPURA 3 2 57 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 218 1102 15120 293
28 UTTARAKHAND 10 39 884 31
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 86 2945 322
TOTAL (STATES) 865 5315 68253 1352
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 16 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 20 227 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 6 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 10 0
34 DELHI 1 59 4671 15
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 2 57 1
TOTAL (UTs) 2 81 4987 16
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 867 5396 73240 1368
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.3 (Concluded)
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC) as on
31st December, 2018
Undertrials of
Other Crime Against Women* Total Other offences
Crime Against against Total Under-
Sl. Cruelty by Other IPC
State/UT Insult to the Women women trials (IPC
No. Husband or Crimes
Modesty of Col (23) + Col (Total of Crimes)
Relatives of (24) column
Women
Husband 5+8+9+23+24)
(1) (2) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 34 11 45 396 300 2883

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 12 7 108
3 ASSAM 81 5 86 635 112 4654
4 BIHAR 733 24 757 3854 269 20315
5 CHHATTISGARH 38 15 53 1987 1002 8148
6 GOA 0 0 0 37 36 230
7 GUJARAT 177 1 178 1717 389 7887
8 HARYANA 114 12 126 1455 0 10404
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 0 3 296 64 875
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 0 5 457 43 1722
11 JHARKHAND 478 10 488 2896 224 12894
12 KARNATAKA 196 33 229 1524 459 8869
13 KERALA 63 55 118 588 232 3337
14 MADHYA PRADESH 207 8 215 4998 1623 19125
15 MAHARASHTRA 197 143 340 3642 989 23025
16 MANIPUR 3 0 3 43 34 396
17 MEGHALAYA 1 3 4 102 117 661
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 86 6 436
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 21 38 271
20 ODISHA 170 0 170 2561 506 10367
21 PUNJAB 60 28 88 1298 334 7529
22 RAJASTHAN 220 15 235 2998 433 11484
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 41 32 128
24 TAMIL NADU 79 55 134 899 59 7938
25 TELANGANA 31 10 41 387 220 2579
26 TRIPURA 16 0 16 78 44 307
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1387 109 1496 18715 1723 60966
28 UTTARAKHAND 55 4 59 505 104 2324
29 WEST BENGAL# 675 5 680 2340 237 11668
TOTAL (STATES) 5023 546 5569 54568 9636 241530
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 9 0 60
31 CHANDIGARH 0 3 3 65 17 483
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 10 4 35
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 7 0 44
34 DELHI 8 279 287 2355 331 11208
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 1 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 2 29 162
TOTAL (UTs) 8 282 290 2448 382 11993
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5031 828 5859 57016 10018 253523
 As per data provided by States/UTs. * Some heads are covered under Offences affecting the Human Body.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.4
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Crime Against Women Crime Against SC/ST –
– related Acts Total Crime related Acts
Total Crime
Sl. Immoral Against SC/ST
State/UT Dowry Protection of Against SC/ST
No Traffic Women – (Prev. of
Prohibi- Civil Rights – related Acts
(Prev.) related Acts Atrocities)
tion Act Act
Act Act
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 46 25 71 69 0 69
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 176 55 231 668 7 675
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 5 5 22 74 96
6 GOA 0 14 14 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 26 21 47 74 0 74
8 HARYANA 12 33 45 70 0 70
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 1 1 1 0 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 243 2 245 84 0 84
12 KARNATAKA 56 19 75 203 5 208
13 KERALA 21 42 63 38 19 57
14 MADHYA PRADESH 47 50 97 251 0 251
15 MAHARASHTRA 39 30 69 47 4 51
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 8 8 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 43 7 50 94 3 97
21 PUNJAB 21 72 93 20 8 28
22 RAJASTHAN 24 14 38 193 22 215
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 19 16 35 92 7 99
25 TELANGANA 88 37 125 48 0 48
26 TRIPURA 0 2 2 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 787 104 891 1298 12 1310
28 UTTARAKHAND 30 44 74 19 5 24
29 WEST BENGAL# 168 68 236 15 37 52
TOTAL (STATES) 1846 669 2515 3306 203 3509
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 1
31 CHANDIGARH 1 2 3 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 1 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 43 1 44 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 44 4 48 1 0 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1890 673 2563 3307 203 3510
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.4 (Continued)
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Arms/Explosive – related Liquor & Narcotics Drugs –
Acts related Acts Total Liquor &
Total Arms/
Sl. Narcotics
State/UT Explosive –
No Explosive & Drugs –
Arms related Acts Prohibi- Excise NDPS
Explosive related Acts
Act tion Act Act Act
Substances Act
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 42 6 48 28 97 672 797
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 0 3 0 0 7 7
3 ASSAM 92 6 98 2 10 177 189
4 BIHAR 1750 117 1867 53 6694 786 7533
5 CHHATTISGARH 210 128 338 16 453 844 1313
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 29 29
7 GUJARAT 114 55 169 1084 5 224 1313
8 HARYANA 361 5 366 7 123 720 850
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 70 0 70 0 0 392 392
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 180 9 189 0 2 616 618
11 JHARKHAND 1026 328 1354 30 280 413 723
12 KARNATAKA 57 36 93 2 184 368 554
13 KERALA 116 67 183 29 475 464 968
14 MADHYA PRADESH 926 61 987 29 806 1186 2021
15 MAHARASHTRA 297 7 304 165 69 912 1146
16 MANIPUR 47 20 67 0 0 183 183
17 MEGHALAYA 30 0 30 0 0 96 96
18 MIZORAM 1 0 1 231 32 238 501
19 NAGALAND 12 1 13 0 0 15 15
20 ODISHA 280 24 304 35 505 1139 1679
21 PUNJAB 307 9 316 2 599 5076 5677
22 RAJASTHAN 568 26 594 29 450 1215 1694
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
24 TAMIL NADU 179 35 214 148 27 434 609
25 TELANGANA 49 22 71 31 45 131 207
26 TRIPURA 8 0 8 0 0 204 204
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3105 232 3337 109 1805 3558 5472
28 UTTARAKHAND 238 0 238 2 220 149 371
29 WEST BENGAL# 446 18 464 2 142 2314 2458
TOTAL (STATES) 10514 1212 11726 2034 13023 22565 37622
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
31 CHANDIGARH 29 0 29 3 3 69 75
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 360 18 378 0 159 539 698
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 4 1 5 0 0 3 3
TOTAL (UTs) 393 19 412 3 162 626 791
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 10907 1231 12138 2037 13185 23191 38413
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Other
Regulatory & Railways –
Foreigner & Passport – related Acts
Enforcement Total related Acts
Sl. Acts Foreigner &
State/UT
No Registra- Foreign Passport –
Indian
tion of Exchange related Acts Indian
Gambling Act Passport
Foreigners Regulation Railways Act
Act
Act Act
(1) (2) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 14 0 0 0 0 106

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 56 0 17 0 17 31
4 BIHAR 250 3 0 0 3 527
5 CHHATTISGARH 6 0 0 0 0 45
6 GOA 5 0 0 0 0 8
7 GUJARAT 15 9 22 7 38 42
8 HARYANA 22 8 8 3 19 29
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 6 0 1 7 0
11 JHARKHAND 69 1 5 0 6 198
12 KARNATAKA 23 94 24 1 119 33
13 KERALA 37 0 35 6 41 77
14 MADHYA PRADESH 62 0 0 0 0 236
15 MAHARASHTRA 86 322 60 38 420 800
16 MANIPUR 0 40 0 0 40 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 17 0 0 17 0
18 MIZORAM 0 5 0 0 5 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 25 1 0 0 1 36
21 PUNJAB 95 0 22 7 29 71
22 RAJASTHAN 34 8 5 0 13 82
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 10 3 31 9 43 133
25 TELANGANA 20 16 0 0 16 14
26 TRIPURA 0 1 4 0 5 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 611 98 22 35 155 1048
28 UTTARAKHAND 42 24 14 12 50 28
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 1357 0 139 1496 23
TOTAL (STATES) 1483 2013 269 258 2540 3567
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 5 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 13 0 0 13 10
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 3 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 8 13 0 0 13 10
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1491 2026 269 258 2553 3577
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.4 (Concluded)
Undertrial Prisoners by Type of Offences under Special and Local Laws (SLL)
as on 31st December, 2018
Miscellaneous Acts
Conservati
on of Total Total
Terrorist & Other
Sl. Antiquities Foreign Miscell- Undertrials
State/UT Essential Distruptive Prevention SLL
No & Art Exchange aneous (SLL
Commodi- Activities of Corrup- Crimes
Treasures & Prev. of Acts Crimes)
ties Act Act tion Act
Act Smuggling
(TADA)
Activities
Act
(1) (2) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 0 0 3 17 21 192 1318
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 4 4 30 425
4 BIHAR 8 4 3 0 7 22 59 11167
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 15 15 171 1989
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 40 40 277 2015
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 4 21 25 330 1756
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 3 3 44 511
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 1 0 1 30 846
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 2735
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 12 12 116 1233
13 KERALA 2 0 3 1 30 36 106 1568
14 MADHYA PRADESH 7 2 0 0 55 64 280 3998
15 MAHARASHTRA 160 75 1 0 23 259 738 3873
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 1 1 129 420
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 152
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 527
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 16 16 73 2281
21 PUNJAB 0 2 0 0 46 48 18 6375
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 2 0 53 55 287 3012
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 95
24 TAMIL NADU 67 0 0 34 34 135 19 1297
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 14 15 99 615
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 219
27 UTTAR PRADESH 233 32 2 6 247 520 894 14238
28 UTTARAKHAND 9 0 0 0 11 20 53 900
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 4810
TOTAL (STATES) 487 115 11 50 650 1313 4199 68474
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 43
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 7 7 112 1262
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 19
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 7 7 149 1439
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 487 115 11 50 657 1320 4348 69913
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 5.5
Incidence of Recidivism during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Number of Convicts Number of Habitual % Share of Habitual
No. Admitted During the Offenders Offenders to Convicts
year Admitted
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 12594 251 2.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 73 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 2335 63 2.7
4 BIHAR 5942 69 1.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 4431 20 0.5
6 GOA 160 0 0.0
7 GUJARAT 4620 0 0.0
8 HARYANA 5400 139 2.6
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 568 2 0.4
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 527 0 0.0
11 JHARKHAND 4952 43 0.9
12 KARNATAKA 3070 67 2.2
13 KERALA 4950 1110 22.4
14 MADHYA PRADESH 13372 10 0.1
15 MAHARASHTRA 11800 0 0.0
16 MANIPUR 56 0 0.0
17 MEGHALAYA 67 0 0.0
18 MIZORAM 2177 1114 51.2
19 NAGALAND 140 4 2.9
20 ODISHA 1778 30 1.7
21 PUNJAB 8274 252 3.0
22 RAJASTHAN 10101 238 2.4
23 SIKKIM 56 0 0.0
24 TAMIL NADU 3248 96 3.0
25 TELANGANA 31391 447 1.4
26 TRIPURA 553 6 1.1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 32373 1321 4.1
28 UTTARAKHAND 3086 49 1.6
29 WEST BENGAL# 16800 991 5.9
TOTAL (STATES) 184894 6322 3.4
30 A & N ISLANDS 28 6 21.4
31 CHANDIGARH 337 3 0.9
32 D & N HAVELI 15 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 1 0 0.0
34 DELHI 7014 1527 21.8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 163 7 4.3
TOTAL (UTs) 7558 1543 20.4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 192452 7865 4.1

Note: The above calculation is based on convictions only. Repeat offenders among undertrials have not been taken into
account.
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter - 6
Prisoners- Sentences and Incarceration

Introduction years and 186 persons sentenced

during the year 2018) sentenced with
This chapter summarizes capital punishment were lodged in
duration of confinement of under trial various jails, accounting for 0.3% of
prisoners and, sentence details of the total convicts. Maharashtra has
convicted prisoners. Most of prison reported the highest number of such
inmates in the country are Undertrials. convicts accounting for 18.9%( 76 out
Undertrial prisoners constitute 69.4% of 402) of total convicts sentenced with
of total prison inmates lodged in capital punishment in the country
various jails in the country at the end followed by Uttar Pradesh (44, 10.9%),
of the year 2018. Madhya Pradesh (40, 10.0%) and
West Bengal (37, 9.2%). State/UT-
Death Sentence wise such details may be seen in
Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
A total of 186 persons were
awarded death penalty during 2018 in II. Life Imprisonment
the country. Out of 186 persons
awarded with capital punishment, 26 53.7% (74,873 out of
persons were reported in Madhya 1,39,488) of the total convicts were
Pradesh followed by Uttar Pradesh undergoing sentence of life
(25), Jharkhand and Maharashtra (20 imprisonment. In 10 States and 2 UTs,
each). The death sentence of 65 the share of convicts undergoing life
convicts were commuted to life imprisonment was more than the
imprisonment during the year 2018. national average of 53.7%. These
Out of 65 convicts whose death States/UTs were Daman & Diu (80%),
sentence was commuted to life Chhattisgarh (70.4%), Puducherry
imprisonment, 18.5% (12) were (67.9%), Jharkhand (67%), Odisha
reported from Bihar, followed by (66.4%), Andhra Pradesh (64.8%),
Madhya Pradesh (11) (16.9%) and Madhya Pradesh (63.6%), Bihar
Rajasthan (10) (15.4%). State/UT-wise (62.6%), Assam (61%), Uttar Pradesh
such details may be seen in (Table- (59.9%), Karnataka (58%) and Tripura
6.2). (57.5%). State/UT-wise such details
may be seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
Convicts
III. 10 years to 13+ years - Jail
I. Capital Punishment Sentence

A total of 402 convicts A total of 21,028 convicts were

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between 10 years to 13+ years, VI. 2 years to 4+ years - Jail Sentence
accounting for 15.1% of the total
convicts. Majority of such convicts A total of 7,429 convicts
were reported from Uttar Pradesh accounting for 5.3% of total convicts
(19.4 %) followed by Punjab (15.4%) were undergoing sentences for the
and Madhya Pradesh (13.1%). period 2 years – 4+ years in various
State/UT-wise such details may be jails in the country. Uttar Pradesh has
seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B. reported highest share (14.0%) of such
convicts followed by Madhya Pradesh
IV. 7 years to 9+ years - Jail Sentence (10.9%) and Punjab (8.5%). State/UT-
wise such details may be seen in
A total of 10,817 convicts Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
accounting for 7.8% of total convicts
were undergoing sentences of 7 years VII. 1 year to less than 2 years - Jail
to 9+ years. The highest share of such Sentence
convicts was reported from Uttar
Pradesh (21.5%) followed by Madhya 4.2% (5,854 out of 1,39,488) of
Pradesh (10.1%), Maharashtra (8.3%) the total convicts were undergoing
and West Bengal (6.5%). State/UT- sentences for the period 1 year to less
wise such details may be seen than 2 years. The highest share of
inTable-6.1A & 6.1B. such convicts was reported from Uttar
Pradesh (15.6%) followed by
V. 5 years to 6+ years - Jail Sentence Maharashtra (8.9%) and West Bengal
(8.6%). State/UT-wise such details
A total of 8,299 convicts may be seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.
accounting for 5.9% of total convicts
were undergoing sentences for the VIII. 6 months to less than 1 year - Jail
period 5 years – 6+ years. The highest Sentence
percentage of such convicts was
reported from Uttar Pradesh (16.7 %) 3.1% (4,380 out of 1,39,488) of
followed by Madhya Pradesh (11.7%) the total convicts were undergoing
and West Bengal (9.0%). State/UT- sentences of six months to less than
wise such details may be seen one year. The percentage of such
inTable-6.1A & 6.1B. convicts was relatively high in Uttar
Pradesh (17.4%). followed by West
Bengal (9.3%) and Maharashtra
(8.8%). State/UT-wise such details
may be seen in Table-6.1A & 6.1B.

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 6 Months - 1 Year Less than 6
3.1% Months Capital
4.6% Punishment
1 Year – leass
0.3%
than 2 Years
4.2%

2 – 4+ Years
5.3%

5 – 6+ Years
5.9%

Life
7 – 9+ Years Imprisonment
7.8% 53.7%

10 –13+ Years
15.1%
Total Convicts
1,39,488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Distribution of Convicts undergoing various Period of Sentences
at the end of 2018
Chart – 6.1

Convicts in Jails due to Non- Undertrials

payment of Fine Amount after
Completion of their Sentence A total of 3,23,537 undertrial
prisoners lodged in various jails in the
Convicts who are imposed to country includes 3,10,465 Males and
pay fine but who are unable to pay the 13,072 Females as on 31st December,
imposed fine amount are supposed to 2018. Uttar Pradesh (75,206) has
go for such imprisonment as directed reported maximum detention of
by Magistrates who convicted them. Undertrials followed by Bihar (31,488)
and Maharashtra (26,898) accounting
A total of 1,085 such convicts for 23.2%, 9.7% and 8.3% of total
were imprisoned at the end of the year Undertrials detained in Jails. The details
2018. State of Uttar Pradesh (265) has can be seen in (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &
reported highest numbers of such Table 6.5).
prisoners imprisoned for non-payment
of fine followed by Kerala (134) and I. Upto 3 Months
Punjab (97). State/UT wise prisoners,
imprisoned (duration wise) for non- A total of 1,17,012 undertrial
payment of fine is presented in Table prisoners lodged in various jails in the
(6.3). country includes 1,11,869 Males and
5,143 Females as on 31st December,

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2018. States/UTs who have reported Pradesh (12,945) followed by Bihar
maximum detention of Undertrials (5,648) and Punjab (4,586) accounting
(below 3 months) were Uttar Pradesh for 23.4%, 10.2% and 8.3% of total
(22,930) followed by Bihar (11,101) and such Undertrials detained in Jails. The
Madhya Pradesh (8,691) accounting for highest percentage of undertrials
19.6%, 9.5% and 7.4% of total such prisoners within the State detained for 6
Undertrials detained in Jails. The to 12 months was reported from Punjab
highest percentage of undertrials (33.0%) followed by Sikkim (24.7%) and
prisoners detained for Up-to 3 months Daman & Diu (22.7%). (Chart 6.2,
was reported from Andhra Pradesh Table 6.4 &Table 6.5.).
(73.3%) followed by Kerala (70.0%) and
Puducherry (65.7%) Chart 6.2, Table IV. 1 to 2 Years
6.4 & Table 6.5).
A total of 40,217 inmates were
II. 3 to 6 Months lodged in various jails in the country
including 38,554 Males and 1,663
A total of 69,180 inmates were Females as on 31st December, 2018.
lodged in various jails in the country States/UT which have reported
including 66,412 Males and 2,768 maximum detention of Undertrials (for a
Females as on 31st December, 2018. period of 1 to 2 years) were Uttar
States/UT who have reported maximum Pradesh (10,305) followed by
detention of Undertrials (for a period of Maharashtra (3,835) and Bihar (3,146)
3 to 6 months) were Uttar Pradesh accounting for 25.6 %, 9.5 % and 7.8 %
(15,482) followed by Bihar (9,052) and of total such Undertrials detained in
Madhya Pradesh (5,261) accounting for Jails. The highest percentage of
22.4%, 13.1% and 7.6% of total such undertrials prisoners within the State
Undertrials detained in Jails. The detained for 1 to 2 years was reported
highest percentage of undertrials from Lakshadweep (100%) followed by
prisoners within the State detained for 3 Goa (30.4%) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
to 6 months was reported from Daman (28.9%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 &Table
& Diu (43.2%) followed by Dadra & 6.5).
Nagar Haveli (31.6%) and Tamil Nadu
(28.8%). (Chart 6.2, Table 6.4 & Table V. 2 to 3 Years
6.5).
A total of 22,359 inmates were
III. 6 to 12 Months lodged in various jails in the country
including 21,524 Males and 835
A total of 55,349 inmates were Females as on 31st December, 2018.
lodged in various jails in the country Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
including 53,276 Males and 2,073 number of inmates (6,956) (31.1%)
Females as on 31st December, 2018. followed by Maharashtra (3,167)
States/UTs who have reported (14.2%) and Bihar (1,671) (7.5%). The
maximum detention of Undertrials (for a percentage of undertrials prisoners
period of 6 to 12 months) were Uttar within the State detained for 2 to 3 years

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was less than 10% of the total and Maharashtra (7.4%) (Chart 6.2,
undertrials in all the States/UTs except Table 6.4 &Table 6.5)
Goa (14.3%), Himachal Pradesh
(12.6%), Maharashtra (11.8%) and VII. Above 5 Years
Uttarakhand (10.0%) Chart 6.2, Table
6.4 & Table 6.5). A total of 5,104 undertrials were
detained in jails for 5 years or more in
VI. 3 to 5 Years the country including 4,981 Males and
123 Females as on 31st December,
A total of 14,316 undertrials 2018. The highest number of such
prisoners were detained for a period of undertrials prisoners were reported from
3-5 years including 13,849 Males and Uttar Pradesh (1,881) accounting for
467 Females in the country as on 31st 36.9% of such undertrials prisoners
December, 2018. There were 4,707 confined for above 5 years followed by
(32.9%) such Undertrials prisoners in Maharashtra (879, 17.2%) and
Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra Jharkhand (410, 8.0%) as on 31st
(1,994) (13.9%) and Jharkhand (915) December, 2018. The highest
(6.4%). The highest percentage of percentage of undertrials prisoners
undertrials prisoners within the State within the State detained for more than
detained for three to five years was five years was reported from Jammu &
reported from Jammu & Kashmir (9.4%) Kashmir (8.4%) followed by Goa (3.8%)
followed by Arunachal Pradesh (8.5%), and Gujarat (3.3%) (Chart 6.2, Table
6.4 & Table 6.5).

3 to 5 Years Above 5 Years

4.4% 1.6%
2 to 3 Years
6.9%

Upto 3 Months
1 to 2 Years 36.2%
12.4%

6 to 12 Months
17.1%

Total Undertrials 3 to 6 Months

3,23,537 21.4%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Distribution of Undertrials undergoing various Period of Sentences
at the end of 2018
Chart – 6.2

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 Table – 6.1 A

Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2018

Sl. State/UT Capital Life 10 – 13+ 7 – 9+ 5 – 6+ 2 – 4+
No. Punishment Imprisonment Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 1780 215 120 70 67
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 41 17 26 16 24
3 ASSAM 4 1948 301 317 288 166
4 BIHAR 18 4502 1089 466 318 287
5 CHHATTISGARH 10 5873 1260 551 302 176
6 GOA 0 73 42 3 3 13
7 GUJARAT 5 2292 537 340 231 263
8 HARYANA 17 3500 1269 640 541 416
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 372 298 53 32 38
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 77 55 23 16 19
11 JHARKHAND 20 3330 778 304 203 196
12 KARNATAKA 26 2213 425 315 212 212
13 KERALA 15 1066 165 175 142 226
14 MADHYA PRADESH 40 11844 2746 1094 969 813
15 MAHARASHTRA 76 4126 838 895 670 573
16 MANIPUR 1 47 16 9 7 4
17 MEGHALAYA 0 36 37 22 4 9
18 MIZORAM 0 38 30 6 15 85
19 NAGALAND 0 26 22 16 15 16
20 ODISHA 9 2545 714 176 187 102
21 PUNJAB 14 2246 3235 673 497 630
22 RAJASTHAN 17 2720 955 252 344 402
23 SIKKIM 0 38 49 15 29 20
24 TAMIL NADU 10 1396 378 340 376 420
25 TELANGANA 0 1045 199 132 88 105
26 TRIPURA 0 295 75 61 32 23
27 UTTAR PRADESH 44 17169 4084 2326 1385 1041
28 UTTARAKHAND 12 849 328 201 208 181
29 WEST BENGAL# 37 1859 521 699 745 618
TOTAL (STATES) 388 73346 20678 10250 7945 7145
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 36 14 17 6 3
31 CHANDIGARH 0 112 73 37 43 34
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 12 3 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 1314 252 511 300 241
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 53 8 2 5 6
TOTAL (UTs) 14 1527 350 567 354 284

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 402 74873 21028 10817 8299 7429

+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.1 A (Concluded)
Number of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 1 – less than 2 6 Months – Less Less than 6 Total
No. Years than 1 Year Months
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 95 110 288 2745
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 3 0 127
3 ASSAM 69 39 64 3196
4 BIHAR 231 97 180 7188
5 CHHATTISGARH 83 62 20 8337
6 GOA 8 7 0 149
7 GUJARAT 407 255 236 4566
8 HARYANA 260 187 237 7067
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 29 18 23 866
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 5 4 23 232
11 JHARKHAND 95 15 32 4973
12 KARNATAKA 133 91 190 3817
13 KERALA 305 215 380 2689
14 MADHYA PRADESH 493 337 290 18626
15 MAHARASHTRA 523 384 823 8908
16 MANIPUR 1 11 0 96
17 MEGHALAYA 2 1 8 119
18 MIZORAM 111 169 260 714
19 NAGALAND 16 4 0 115
20 ODISHA 54 25 21 3833
21 PUNJAB 444 350 450 8539
22 RAJASTHAN 338 264 322 5614
23 SIKKIM 8 2 3 164
24 TAMIL NADU 255 239 280 3694
25 TELANGANA 154 135 205 2063
26 TRIPURA 10 6 11 513
27 UTTAR PRADESH 915 764 932 28660
28 UTTARAKHAND 104 73 131 2087
29 WEST BENGAL# 504 409 861 6253

TOTAL (STATES) 5652 4276 6270 135950

30 A & N ISLANDS 5 0 0 81
31 CHANDIGARH 58 43 40 440
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 15
34 DELHI 138 57 96 2923
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 3 0 78

TOTAL (UTs) 202 104 136 3538

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5854 4380 6406 139488

 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.1 B
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Capital Life
10 –13+ 7 – 9+ 5 – 6+ 2 – 4+
No. Punish- Imprison-
Years Years Years Years
ment ment
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0.0 64.8 7.8 4.4 2.6 2.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.0 32.3 13.4 20.5 12.6 18.9
3 ASSAM 0.1 61.0 9.4 9.9 9.0 5.2
4 BIHAR 0.3 62.6 15.2 6.5 4.4 4.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.1 70.4 15.1 6.6 3.6 2.1
6 GOA 0.0 49.0 28.2 2.0 2.0 8.7
7 GUJARAT 0.1 50.2 11.8 7.4 5.1 5.8
8 HARYANA 0.2 49.5 18.0 9.1 7.7 5.9
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0.3 43.0 34.4 6.1 3.7 4.4
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4.3 33.2 23.7 9.9 6.9 8.2
11 JHARKHAND 0.4 67.0 15.6 6.1 4.1 3.9
12 KARNATAKA 0.7 58.0 11.1 8.3 5.6 5.6
13 KERALA 0.6 39.6 6.1 6.5 5.3 8.4
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0.2 63.6 14.7 5.9 5.2 4.4
15 MAHARASHTRA 0.9 46.3 9.4 10.0 7.5 6.4
16 MANIPUR 1.0 49.0 16.7 9.4 7.3 4.2
17 MEGHALAYA 0.0 30.3 31.1 18.5 3.4 7.6
18 MIZORAM 0.0 5.3 4.2 0.8 2.1 11.9
19 NAGALAND 0.0 22.6 19.1 13.9 13.0 13.9
20 ODISHA 0.2 66.4 18.6 4.6 4.9 2.7
21 PUNJAB 0.2 26.3 37.9 7.9 5.8 7.4
22 RAJASTHAN 0.3 48.5 17.0 4.5 6.1 7.2
23 SIKKIM 0.0 23.2 29.9 9.1 17.7 12.2
24 TAMIL NADU 0.3 37.8 10.2 9.2 10.2 11.4
25 TELANGANA 0.0 50.7 9.6 6.4 4.3 5.1
26 TRIPURA 0.0 57.5 14.6 11.9 6.2 4.5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0.2 59.9 14.2 8.1 4.8 3.6
28 UTTARAKHAND 0.6 40.7 15.7 9.6 10.0 8.7
29 WEST BENGAL# 0.6 29.7 8.3 11.2 11.9 9.9
TOTAL (STATES) 0.3 54.0 15.2 7.5 5.8 5.3
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 44.4 17.3 21.0 7.4 3.7
31 CHANDIGARH 0.0 25.5 16.6 8.4 9.8 7.7
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.0 80.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
34 DELHI 0.5 45.0 8.6 17.5 10.3 8.2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 67.9 10.3 2.6 6.4 7.7
TOTAL (UTs) 0.4 43.2 9.9 16.0 10.0 8.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0.3 53.7 15.1 7.8 5.9 5.3
+ indicates less than 12 months of sentence
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.1 B (Concluded)
Percentage of Convicts by Period of Sentence as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 6 Months -
1 – Less than Less than
No. Less than Total
2 Years 6 Months
1 Year
(1) (2) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 3.5 4.0 10.5 100.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.0 2.4 0.0 100.0
3 ASSAM 2.2 1.2 2.0 100.0
4 BIHAR 3.2 1.3 2.5 100.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 1.0 0.7 0.2 100.0
6 GOA 5.4 4.7 0.0 100.0
7 GUJARAT 8.9 5.6 5.2 100.0
8 HARYANA 3.7 2.6 3.4 100.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3.3 2.1 2.7 100.0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2.2 1.7 9.9 100.0
11 JHARKHAND 1.9 0.3 0.6 100.0
12 KARNATAKA 3.5 2.4 5.0 100.0
13 KERALA 11.3 8.0 14.1 100.0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2.6 1.8 1.6 100.0
15 MAHARASHTRA 5.9 4.3 9.2 100.0
16 MANIPUR 1.0 11.5 0.0 100.0
17 MEGHALAYA 1.7 0.8 6.7 100.0
18 MIZORAM 15.5 23.7 36.4 100.0
19 NAGALAND 13.9 3.5 0.0 100.0
20 ODISHA 1.4 0.7 0.5 100.0
21 PUNJAB 5.2 4.1 5.3 100.0
22 RAJASTHAN 6.0 4.7 5.7 100.0
23 SIKKIM 4.9 1.2 1.8 100.0
24 TAMIL NADU 6.9 6.5 7.6 100.0
25 TELANGANA 7.5 6.5 9.9 100.0
26 TRIPURA 1.9 1.2 2.1 100.0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3.2 2.7 3.3 100.0
28 UTTARAKHAND 5.0 3.5 6.3 100.0
29 WEST BENGAL# 8.1 6.5 13.8 100.0
TOTAL (STATES) 4.2 3.1 4.6 100.0
30 A & N ISLANDS 6.2 0.0 0.0 100.0
31 CHANDIGARH 13.2 9.8 9.1 100.0
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
34 DELHI 4.7 2.0 3.3 100.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1.3 3.8 0.0 100.0
TOTAL (UTs) 5.7 2.9 3.8 100.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4.2 3.1 4.6 100.0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.2
Details of Death Sentence during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Number of Number of Prisoners Whose
No. Number of Prisoners
Prisoners Awarded Sentence Commuted to Life
Executed during the
Capital Punishment Imprisonment during
Year
during the Year the Year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 4 0 0
4 BIHAR 9 12 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 3 1 0
6 GOA 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 1 0 0
8 HARYANA 1 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0
11 JHARKHAND 20 4 0
12 KARNATAKA 16 7 0
13 KERALA 5 2 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 26 11 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 20 6 0
16 MANIPUR 1 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 9 0 0
21 PUNJAB 1 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 13 10 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 10 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 1 3 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 25 4 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 7 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 10 2 0
TOTAL (STATES) 185 63 0
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1 2 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 1 2 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 186 65 0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 TABLE – 6.3
Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine Amount
after Completion of their Sentence as on 31st December 2018
6 months & above - 1 year & above - 2 years & above -
S. Below 6 months
State/UT Below 1 year Below 2 years Below 3 years
No.
M F T M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 17 1 18 7 0 7 2 0 2 4 0 4
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2
8 HARYANA 24 0 24 5 0 5 9 0 9 1 0 1
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 11 0 11 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0
13 KERALA 50 0 50 35 0 35 16 0 16 11 0 11
14 MADHYA PRADESH 24 0 24 8 0 8 6 1 7 1 0 1
15 MAHARASHTRA 18 1 19 3 0 3 7 0 7 4 0 4
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 76 9 85 5 1 6 2 0 2 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 86 0 86 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 15 0 15 14 0 14 5 0 5 10 0 10
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 13 0 13 10 0 10 5 0 5 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 15 2 17 45 0 45 1 0 1 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 213 1 214 29 1 30 10 3 13 3 0 3
28 UTTARAKHAND 13 3 16 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 3
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 1 47 8 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 633 19 652 182 4 186 78 4 82 40 0 40
30 A & N ISLANDS 3 0 3 11 0 11 6 0 6 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 36 4 40 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 42 4 46 14 0 14 7 0 7 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 675 23 698 196 4 200 85 4 89 40 0 40
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 TABLE – 6.3 (Concluded)
Period of Detention of Convicts in Jails due to Non-payment of Fine Amount
after Completion of their Sentence as on 31st December 2018
3 years & above -
S. 5 years & above Total Convicts
State/UT Below 5 years
No.
M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 3 0 3 2 0 2 35 1 36
4 BIHAR 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 6
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 1 0 1 40 0 40
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 16
13 KERALA 11 0 11 11 0 11 134 0 134
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 0 1 0 0 0 40 1 41
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 2 0 2 34 1 35
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 10 93
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 1 0 1 97 0 97
22 RAJASTHAN 3 0 3 3 0 3 50 0 50
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 5 0 5 5 0 5 38 0 38
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 2 63
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 4 1 5 259 6 265
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 23
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 1 56
TOTAL (STATES) 25 0 25 32 1 33 990 28 1018
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 4 44
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 4 67
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 25 0 25 32 1 33 1053 32 1085
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.4
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT
No. Upto 3 Months 3 to 6 Months 6 to 12 Months 1 to 2 Years
M F T M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2844 236 3080 405 18 423 441 6 447 156 2 158
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 40 3 43 26 3 29 16 0 16 11 0 11
3 ASSAM 2973 95 3068 987 65 1052 523 12 535 301 7 308
4 BIHAR 10662 439 11101 8720 332 9052 5467 181 5648 3063 83 3146
5 CHHATTISGARH 3084 124 3208 2211 97 2308 2097 99 2196 1607 120 1727
6 GOA 36 11 47 41 3 44 50 6 56 85 2 87
7 GUJARAT 4271 178 4449 1519 65 1584 1213 29 1242 1122 31 1153
8 HARYANA 4714 109 4823 2896 89 2985 2017 87 2104 1576 80 1656
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 401 12 413 218 5 223 251 5 256 208 8 216
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 608 31 639 370 23 393 455 25 480 361 11 372
11 JHARKHAND 4686 207 4893 3735 164 3899 2438 121 2559 1740 120 1860
12 KARNATAKA 3549 108 3657 1967 72 2039 1736 66 1802 1296 68 1364
13 KERALA 3313 119 3432 766 16 782 347 9 356 210 2 212
14 MADHYA PRADESH 8385 306 8691 5099 162 5261 4165 155 4320 2922 107 3029
15 MAHARASHTRA 7430 473 7903 4456 280 4736 4241 143 4384 3708 127 3835
16 MANIPUR 207 40 247 191 17 208 126 7 133 122 0 122
17 MEGHALAYA 291 10 301 136 6 142 122 1 123 130 4 134
18 MIZORAM 542 89 631 125 34 159 96 12 108 47 4 51
19 NAGALAND 132 3 135 62 4 66 52 0 52 35 0 35
20 ODISHA 4097 176 4273 2577 108 2685 2035 68 2103 1737 56 1793
21 PUNJAB 3146 195 3341 2653 149 2802 4405 181 4586 1962 104 2066
22 RAJASTHAN 5257 133 5390 2477 59 2536 2033 65 2098 1973 67 2040
23 SIKKIM 74 2 76 62 0 62 54 1 55 27 0 27
24 TAMIL NADU 3993 364 4357 2606 52 2658 1368 19 1387 565 15 580
25 TELANGANA 1944 149 2093 696 54 750 285 16 301 43 5 48
26 TRIPURA 299 16 315 130 8 138 40 0 40 27 1 28
27 UTTAR PRADESH 22086 844 22930 14834 648 15482 12365 580 12945 9873 432 10305
28 UTTARAKHAND 1001 40 1041 726 30 756 561 33 594 340 16 356
29 WEST BENGAL# 6495 441 6936 3174 152 3326 2458 96 2554 1504 94 1598
TOTAL (STATES) 106560 4953 111513 63865 2715 66580 51457 2023 53480 36751 1566 38317
30 A & N ISLANDS 34 1 35 26 0 26 16 0 16 8 0 8
31 CHANDIGARH 292 9 301 154 6 160 66 2 68 46 2 48
32 D & N HAVELI 5 0 5 10 2 12 6 0 6 9 2 11
33 DAMAN & DIU 15 0 15 19 0 19 10 0 10 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4850 174 5024 2313 45 2358 1705 48 1753 1719 93 1812
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 113 6 119 25 0 25 16 0 16 20 0 20
TOTAL (UTs) 5309 190 5499 2547 53 2600 1819 50 1869 1803 97 1900
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 111869 5143 117012 66412 2768 69180 53276 2073 55349 38554 1663 40217
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.4 (Concluded)
Number of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT 2 to 3 Years 3 to 5 Years Above 5 Years Total
No.
M F T M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 82 1 83 6 0 6 4 0 4 3938 263 4201
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 9 0 9 10 0 10 0 0 0 112 6 118
3 ASSAM 65 0 65 51 0 51 0 0 0 4900 179 5079
4 BIHAR 1629 42 1671 674 12 686 182 2 184 30397 1091 31488
5 CHHATTISGARH 440 39 479 190 20 210 8 1 9 9637 500 10137
6 GOA 41 0 41 0 0 0 9 2 11 262 24 286
7 GUJARAT 658 16 674 525 8 533 322 5 327 9630 332 9962
8 HARYANA 457 11 468 128 5 133 6 1 7 11794 382 12176
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 165 10 175 94 5 99 6 0 6 1343 45 1388
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 215 13 228 234 7 241 209 6 215 2452 116 2568
11 JHARKHAND 1031 62 1093 869 46 915 393 17 410 14892 737 15629
12 KARNATAKA 674 18 692 419 9 428 127 0 127 9768 341 10109
13 KERALA 79 2 81 33 2 35 6 1 7 4754 151 4905
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1154 49 1203 533 14 547 71 1 72 22329 794 23123
15 MAHARASHTRA 3061 106 3167 1934 60 1994 862 17 879 25692 1206 26898
16 MANIPUR 46 0 46 39 0 39 21 0 21 752 64 816
17 MEGHALAYA 59 4 63 38 0 38 13 0 13 789 25 814
18 MIZORAM 8 0 8 6 0 6 0 0 0 824 139 963
19 NAGALAND 11 0 11 3 0 3 2 0 2 297 7 304
20 ODISHA 825 23 848 768 24 792 155 0 155 12194 455 12649
21 PUNJAB 740 48 788 276 18 294 27 0 27 13209 695 13904
22 RAJASTHAN 1233 61 1294 863 27 890 246 7 253 14082 419 14501
23 SIKKIM 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 220 3 223
24 TAMIL NADU 170 1 171 66 4 70 11 1 12 8779 456 9235
25 TELANGANA 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2968 226 3194
26 TRIPURA 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 501 26 527
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6719 237 6956 4580 127 4707 1847 34 1881 72304 2902 75206
28 UTTARAKHAND 314 7 321 134 1 135 21 0 21 3097 127 3224
29 WEST BENGAL# 936 58 994 715 52 767 285 18 303 15567 911 16478
TOTAL (STATES) 20828 811 21639 13189 441 13630 4833 113 4946 297483 12622 310105
30 A & N ISLANDS 10 0 10 5 1 6 2 0 2 101 2 103
31 CHANDIGARH 12 1 13 3 0 3 2 0 2 575 20 595
32 D & N HAVELI 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 34 4 38
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 44
34 DELHI 672 23 695 650 24 674 144 10 154 12053 417 12470
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 174 7 181
TOTAL (UTs) 696 24 720 660 26 686 148 10 158 12982 450 13432
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 21524 835 22359 13849 467 14316 4981 123 5104 310465 13072 323537
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 6.5
Percentage of Undertrial Prisoners by Duration of Confinement
as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Upto 3 3 to 6 6 to 12 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 5 Above 5
No. Total
Months Months Months Years Years Years Years
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 73.3 10.1 10.6 3.8 2.0 0.1 0.1 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 36.4 24.6 13.6 9.3 7.6 8.5 0.0 100
3 ASSAM 60.4 20.7 10.5 6.1 1.3 1.0 0.0 100
4 BIHAR 35.3 28.7 17.9 10.0 5.3 2.2 0.6 100
5 CHHATTISGARH 31.6 22.8 21.7 17.0 4.7 2.1 0.1 100
6 GOA 16.4 15.4 19.6 30.4 14.3 0.0 3.8 100
7 GUJARAT 44.7 15.9 12.5 11.6 6.8 5.4 3.3 100
8 HARYANA 39.6 24.5 17.3 13.6 3.8 1.1 0.1 100
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 29.8 16.1 18.4 15.6 12.6 7.1 0.4 100
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 24.9 15.3 18.7 14.5 8.9 9.4 8.4 100
11 JHARKHAND 31.3 24.9 16.4 11.9 7.0 5.9 2.6 100
12 KARNATAKA 36.2 20.2 17.8 13.5 6.8 4.2 1.3 100
13 KERALA 70.0 15.9 7.3 4.3 1.7 0.7 0.1 100
14 MADHYA PRADESH 37.6 22.8 18.7 13.1 5.2 2.4 0.3 100
15 MAHARASHTRA 29.4 17.6 16.3 14.3 11.8 7.4 3.3 100
16 MANIPUR 30.3 25.5 16.3 15.0 5.6 4.8 2.6 100
17 MEGHALAYA 37.0 17.4 15.1 16.5 7.7 4.7 1.6 100
18 MIZORAM 65.5 16.5 11.2 5.3 0.8 0.6 0.0 100
19 NAGALAND 44.4 21.7 17.1 11.5 3.6 1.0 0.7 100
20 ODISHA 33.8 21.2 16.6 14.2 6.7 6.3 1.2 100
21 PUNJAB 24.0 20.2 33.0 14.9 5.7 2.1 0.2 100
22 RAJASTHAN 37.2 17.5 14.5 14.1 8.9 6.1 1.7 100
23 SIKKIM 34.1 27.8 24.7 12.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 100
24 TAMIL NADU 47.2 28.8 15.0 6.3 1.9 0.8 0.1 100
25 TELANGANA 65.5 23.5 9.4 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 100
26 TRIPURA 59.8 26.2 7.6 5.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 100
27 UTTAR PRADESH 30.5 20.6 17.2 13.7 9.2 6.3 2.5 100
28 UTTARAKHAND 32.3 23.4 18.4 11.0 10.0 4.2 0.7 100
29 WEST BENGAL# 42.1 20.2 15.5 9.7 6.0 4.7 1.8 100

TOTAL (STATES) 36.0 21.5 17.2 12.4 7.0 4.4 1.6 100
30 A & N ISLANDS 34.0 25.2 15.5 7.8 9.7 5.8 1.9 100
31 CHANDIGARH 50.6 26.9 11.4 8.1 2.2 0.5 0.3 100
32 D & N HAVELI 13.2 31.6 15.8 28.9 5.3 5.3 0.0 100
33 DAMAN & DIU 34.1 43.2 22.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
34 DELHI 40.3 18.9 14.1 14.5 5.6 5.4 1.2 100
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100
36 PUDUCHERRY 65.7 13.8 8.8 11.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 100
TOTAL (UTs) 40.9 19.4 13.9 14.1 5.4 5.1 1.2 100
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 36.2 21.4 17.1 12.4 6.9 4.4 1.6 100
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Prisoners –
Releases,
Transfers
and
Movements
 

 
 Chapter – 7
Prisoners - Releases, Transfers and Movements
Prisoners are released either on which 1,07,881 convicts were released
temporary basis or permanent basis after completion of conviction period and
during the course of sentences and 59,083 were released on bail. 4,360
prosecution. Also, Prisoners may be convicts were released prematurely and
transferred from one prison to another 9,586 prisoners were acquitted by higher
due to security reasons, to appear in trial courts on appeal (Chart 7.1). A total of
courts etc. This chapter discusses 221 convicts were released under pardon
releases, transfers and movements (to during 2018, maximum such released
Courts, Hospital) of Prisoners. were reported in Gujarat (64) followed by
Convicts Rajasthan (54), Uttar Pradesh (52),
Kerala (13), Jharkhand (10), Bihar (9),
I. Releases Maharashtra (7), Uttarakhand &
During the calendar year 2018, a total Chandigarh each (4), Himachal Pradesh
of 1,92,409 convicts were released out of (2) and Punjab & Tripura each (1).(Table
7.1).
Transferred to Other
States, 1581, 0.8% Other Releases,
Pre-mature Release,
4360, 2.3% 9918, 5.2%

Released on Appeal,
9586, 5.0%

Released on Bail, Released after

59083, 30.7% Completion of
Conviction Period,
107881, 56.1%

Total Convicts Released

1,92,409
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
* Other releases include Pardons
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Convicts during the year 2018
Chart 7.1

II. Transfers Haryana (176) and Maharashtra (169)

have reported the highest number of
A total of 1,581 convicts were such transfer of convicts to other States
transferred from one State to another (Table 7.1).
State during 2018. Uttar Pradesh (470),

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Undertrials release under the Section 436A of CrPc
I. Releases (Undertrials who have undergone
imprisonment extending up to more than
A total of 15,35,871 Undertrials
half(1/2) of the sentence for the accused
were released during 2018 out of which
offences cumulatively are eligible for
14,27,942 released on bail (Chart 7.2). A
release on personnel bond with or
total of 59357 Undertrials were acquitted
without sureties under this section) and
by the trial courts. States of Rajasthan
the States of Uttar Pradesh (1393),
(5606), Madhya Pradesh (5565), Uttar
Rajasthan (250) and Bihar (71) have
Pradesh (5403), Kerala (4633),
reported the major number of such
Maharashtra (4403), Jharkhand (4372
undertrials who were eligible for releases
and Chhattisgarh (4,206) have reported
under this section.
the major number of such acquittals. A
total of 24,651 Undertrials were released A total of 1,072 (1,056 Males and
on appeal from Higher courts. A total of 16 Females) Undertrials were released
33 undertrials were extradited during under the Section 436A of CrPc,
2018 (Table 7.3). maximum such releases were reported
by Uttar Pradesh (831) followed by
Releases under Section 436A Rajasthan (157) and Bihar (49) (Table
A total of 1,822 (1,805 Males and 7.4).
17 Females) Undertrials were eligible for

Transferred to
other States, 6619,
Released on 0.4%
Appeal, 24651, Other Releases,
1.6% 17302, 1.1%
Acquitted, 59357,
3.9%

Released on Bail,
Total Undertrials Released 1427942, 93.0%
15,35,871

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

* Other releases include transferred to mental/civil hospital, extradited, etc.
Shares of Different Types of Releases of Undertrial Prisoners during 2018
Chart: 7.2

II. Transfers Delhi (620) and Haryana (431) have

A total of 6,619 undertrials were reported the highest number of such
transferred from one State to another transfer of Undertrial prisoners to other
State. Uttar Pradesh (2268), Bihar (754), States (Table 7.3).

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Detenues absconded, maximum of such parole
Releases absconders were reported by Punjab
During the calendar year 2018, a (168) followed by Gujarat (56) and
total of 7,253 Detenues were released Rajasthan (40). A total of 150 such parole
out of which 1,148 Detenues were absconders were re-arrested (Table 7.2).
released after completion of detention
period, 5,412 Detenues were released Movement of inmates outside the jail
before completion of the detention period premises
imposed. A total of 162 Detenues were I. Movement of Inmates to Courts
released on bail. A total of 531 Detenues A total of 46,58,152 times inmates
were reported under ‘Other releases’ went outside the jail premises to attend
(Table 7.5). courts during the year 2018. Bihar has
Parole reported the highest number of times
During the year 2018, a total of inmates were taken to courts (7,57,139)
31,297 persons were released on parole, followed by Uttar Pradesh (4,31,707) and
maximum of such parole releases were Madhya Pradesh (4,10,907) accounting for
reported by Punjab (8,340) followed by 16.25%, 9.27% and 8.82% of the total
Madhya Pradesh (4,026), Haryana number of times inmates were taken to
(3,563) and Tamil Nadu (3519). 343 courts (Chart 7.3, Table 7.6).
prisoners released on parole have
BIHAR 757139
UTTAR PRADESH 431707
MADHYA PRADESH 410907
MAHARASHTRA 354572
DELHI 297843
HARYANA 289077
PUNJAB 282407
WEST BENGAL# 251851
CHHATTISGARH 225820
RAJASTHAN 201492
KERALA 163789
GUJARAT 148682
ANDHRA PRADESH 122877
JHARKHAND 120408
KARNATAKA 110753
TELANGANA 103551
TAMIL NADU 93444
ASSAM 91982
ODISHA 43917
JAMMU & KASHMIR 34372
HIMACHAL PRADESH 31274
UTTARAKHAND 30976
CHANDIGARH 21107
TRIPURA 8693
GOA 7506
SIKKIM 5865
PUDUCHERRY 4977
NAGALAND 2459
A & N ISLANDS 2312
MEGHALAYA 2208
MIZORAM 1960
D & N HAVELI 1215 Movement of Inmates to Courts
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 498
MANIPUR 359
46,58,152
DAMAN & DIU 113
LAKSHADWEEP 40
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000
No. of Time Inmates were taken to Courts
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Movements of Inmates outside the Jails (To Courts)
Chart: 7.3

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II. Movement of Inmates to times inmates who went outside for
Hospitals medical issues (66,953) followed by
Maharashtra (47,060) and Bihar (46,029)
A total of 4,86,087 times inmates accounting for 13.77%, 9.68% and 9.47%
went outside the jail premises for medical of the total such movement of inmates.
attendance purpose during the year 2018. (Chart 7.4, Table 7.6).
Kerala has reported the highest number of

KERALA 66953
MAHARASHTRA 47060
BIHAR 46029
RAJASTHAN 34232
GUJARAT 31846
WEST BENGAL# 30526
HARYANA 26311
PUNJAB 25680
CHHATTISGARH 22605
DELHI 20279
MADHYA PRADESH 17474
ANDHRA PRADESH 17165
UTTAR PRADESH 15569
KARNATAKA 14728
TELANGANA 13930
TAMIL NADU 10860
HIMACHAL PRADESH 8852
ASSAM 7978
ODISHA 5271
UTTARAKHAND 3855
TRIPURA 3369
GOA 3275
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3273
JHARKHAND 2086
MIZORAM 1122
CHANDIGARH 1087
PUDUCHERRY 1038
SIKKIM 906
MEGHALAYA 752
A & N ISLANDS 612
MANIPUR 375
NAGALAND 329
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 300 Movement of Inmates for Medical Issues
D & N HAVELI 274 4,86,087
DAMAN & DIU 72
LAKSHADWEEP 14

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Movements of Inmates outside the Jails (For Medical Issues)
Chart: 7.4

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Mentally ill Prisoners

A total of 6,623 inmates were reported suffering from mental illness, 51.8%
as mentally ill out of total 4,66,084 (3,430) were convicts, 47.7% (3,157)
inmates lodged in various jails in the were Undertrials and 0.1% (9) were
country as on 31st December, 2018, Detenues as on 31st December, 2018
accounting for 1.4% of total such (Chart 7.5, Table 7.7).
inmates. Out of 6,623 inmates

Others, 27, Detenues, 9,

(0.4%) (0.1%)

Undertrials,
3157, (47.7%)
Convicts, 3430,
(51.8%)

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Inmates Suffering from Mental illness as on 31st December, 2018
Chart: 7.5

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 Table – 7.1
Convicts Released during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Released
Transfer
No. after Pre- Released Total
Released -red to Other
Completion mature on Pardons (Col.3 To
on Bail Other Releases
of Conviction Release Appeal 9)
States
Period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 10321 1976 49 112 0 59 68 12585
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
3 ASSAM 1926 169 69 139 0 19 10 2332
4 BIHAR 1167 2057 157 1129 9 75 396 4990
5 CHHATTISGARH 1468 2141 139 338 0 35 481 4602
6 GOA 177 0 0 0 0 0 0 177
7 GUJARAT 3030 912 61 388 64 2 0 4457
8 HARYANA 1103 4070 99 300 0 176 0 5748
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 375 124 0 67 2 34 36 638
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 166 320 14 11 0 34 6 551
11 JHARKHAND 821 2185 337 935 10 55 207 4550
12 KARNATAKA 1326 1707 183 176 0 73 0 3465
13 KERALA 3874 646 13 114 13 4 422 5086
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2687 7897 399 847 0 0 524 12354
15 MAHARASHTRA 9692 1685 303 469 7 169 125 12450
16 MANIPUR 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 38
17 MEGHALAYA 34 0 2 1 0 0 10 47
18 MIZORAM 1921 9 0 29 0 0 27 1986
19 NAGALAND 133 1 3 1 0 3 6 147
20 ODISHA 428 1047 64 69 0 129 62 1799
21 PUNJAB 3438 4315 158 461 1 40 383 8796
22 RAJASTHAN 2740 5805 49 585 54 27 396 9656
23 SIKKIM 40 5 8 0 0 0 0 53
24 TAMIL NADU 1838 895 1607 361 0 0 32 4733
25 TELANGANA 28401 1715 10 1091 0 0 0 31217
26 TRIPURA 394 23 19 24 1 0 183 644
27 UTTAR PRADESH 16910 12288 132 1436 52 470 316 31604
28 UTTARAKHAND 2107 886 8 112 4 18 28 3163
29 WEST BENGAL# 8853 5198 18 195 0 114 2614 16992
TOTAL (STATES) 105434 58076 3903 9390 217 1536 6332 184888
30 A & N ISLANDS 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 39
31 CHANDIGARH 88 185 0 64 4 13 0 354
32 D & N HAVELI 5 0 0 0 0 9 0 14
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2153 822 456 132 0 22 3365 6950
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 163 0 0 0 0 1 0 164
TOTAL (UTs) 2447 1007 457 196 4 45 3365 7521
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 107881 59083 4360 9586 221 1581 9697 192409
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.2
Persons Released on Parole, Parole Absconders / Arrests during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT % % Parole Absconders %
Released on Parole Parole Absconders
No. share share Arrested share
M F T M F T M F T
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 152 3 155 0.50 1 0 1 0.29 1 0 1 0.67
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 BIHAR 6 0 6 0.02 1 0 1 0.29 0 0 0 0.00
5 CHHATTISGARH 816 13 829 2.65 1 0 1 0.29 1 0 1 0.67
6 GOA 80 2 82 0.26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 3118 135 3253 10.39 51 5 56 16.33 35 2 37 24.67
8 HARYANA 3462 101 3563 11.38 22 1 23 6.71 9 0 9 6.00
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 401 17 418 1.34 10 0 10 2.92 0 0 0 0.00
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7 0 7 0.02 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
11 JHARKHAND 28 2 30 0.10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
12 KARNATAKA 627 21 648 2.07 2 0 2 0.58 3 0 3 2.00
13 KERALA 210 7 217 0.69 1 0 1 0.29 1 0 1 0.67
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3949 77 4026 12.86 9 0 9 2.62 5 0 5 3.33
15 MAHARASHTRA 681 39 720 2.30 15 0 15 4.37 18 0 18 12.00
16 MANIPUR 3 1 4 0.01 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 23 0 23 0.07 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
20 ODISHA 49 0 49 0.16 1 0 1 0.29 0 0 0 0.00
21 PUNJAB 7900 440 8340 26.65 167 1 168 48.98 51 0 51 34.00
22 RAJASTHAN 1749 26 1775 5.67 40 0 40 11.66 12 0 12 8.00
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 3502 17 3519 11.24 8 0 8 2.33 6 0 6 4.00
25 TELANGANA 377 12 389 1.24 2 0 2 0.58 1 0 1 0.67
26 TRIPURA 16 0 16 0.05 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
27 UTTAR PRADESH 28 1 29 0.09 1 0 1 0.29 0 0 0 0.00
28 UTTARAKHAND 97 0 97 0.31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
29 WEST BENGAL# 2033 82 2115 6.76 3 0 3 0.87 2 0 2 1.33
TOTAL (STATES) 29315 996 30311 96.85 335 7 342 99.71 145 2 147 98.00
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 264 18 282 0.90 1 0 1 0.29 1 0 1 0.67
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 632 29 661 2.11 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 1.33
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 42 0 42 0.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
TOTAL (UTs) 939 47 986 3.15 1 0 1 0.29 3 0 3 2.00
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 30254 1043 31297 100.00 336 7 343 100.00 148 2 150 100.00
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.3
Undertrials Released / Transferred during the year 2018
Released on
Acquitted Transferred Total
Sl. Released Appeal (By Other
State/UT (By Lower to Other Extradited (Col.3 to
No. on Bail Higher Releases
Courts) States 8)
Courts)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 47737 2103 0 334 0 14 50188
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 326 0 0 0 0 0 326
3 ASSAM 24642 1915 338 35 0 77 27007
4 BIHAR 191543 3328 5204 754 0 999 201828
5 CHHATTISGARH 38622 4206 2 39 0 423 43292
6 GOA 903 132 0 0 0 0 1035
7 GUJARAT 71499 1686 15 60 0 0 73260
8 HARYANA 50063 1571 965 431 0 1 53031
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3123 288 5 106 0 25 3547
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7115 186 3 290 0 67 7661
11 JHARKHAND 36092 4372 811 240 0 459 41974
12 KARNATAKA 65966 2017 2 46 0 136 68167
13 KERALA 7514 4633 1483 5 0 186 13821
14 MADHYA PRADESH 127992 5565 521 0 0 1812 135890
15 MAHARASHTRA 92136 4403 2375 86 0 147 99147
16 MANIPUR 1434 0 0 0 0 0 1434
17 MEGHALAYA 1814 81 8 4 0 23 1930
18 MIZORAM 2841 102 0 0 0 0 2943
19 NAGALAND 1269 168 13 5 0 93 1548
20 ODISHA 57919 2321 2844 311 0 745 64140
21 PUNJAB 38882 2003 1398 129 0 1582 43994
22 RAJASTHAN 80192 5606 1968 232 4 724 88726
23 SIKKIM 292 212 0 0 0 0 504
24 TAMIL NADU 42222 2301 76 11 0 22 44632
25 TELANGANA 44499 1179 235 0 0 237 46150
26 TRIPURA 2542 167 47 2 0 114 2872
27 UTTAR PRADESH 259264 5403 6301 2268 0 195 273431
28 UTTARAKHAND 11686 290 0 87 0 45 12108
29 WEST BENGAL# 71907 867 0 384 0 0 73158
TOTAL (STATES) 1382036 57105 24614 5859 4 8126 1477744
30 A & N ISLANDS 396 0 0 0 0 0 396
31 CHANDIGARH 2159 120 0 38 0 0 2317
32 D & N HAVELI 217 15 0 12 0 0 244
33 DAMAN & DIU 106 1 0 22 0 0 129
34 DELHI 41163 2099 0 620 29 9143 53054
35 LAKSHADWEEP 41 0 0 0 0 0 41
36 PUDUCHERRY 1824 17 37 68 0 0 1946
TOTAL (UTs) 45906 2252 37 760 29 9143 58127
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1427942 59357 24651 6619 33 17269 1535871
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.4
Status of Undertrial Inmates under Section 436A of Cr.P.C. during the year 2018
Number of inmates eligible for pre- Number of inmates released under
Sl. mature release under Section 436A Section 436A of Cr.P.C.
States/UTs
No.
Male Female Total Male Female Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 71 0 71 49 0 49
5 CHHATTISGARH 11 0 11 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 6 1 7 1 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 9 0 9 7 0 7
13 KERALA 8 0 8 1 0 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 17 0 17 17 0 17
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 250 0 250 157 0 157
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1383 10 1393 821 10 831
28 UTTARAKHAND 7 0 7 3 0 3
29 WEST BENGAL# 22 0 22 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1784 11 1795 1056 10 1066
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 21 6 27 0 6 6
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 21 6 27 0 6 6
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1805 17 1822 1056 16 1072
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.5
Detenues Released during the year 2018
Released on Released before
Sl. Released on Other Total
State/UT Completion of Completion of
No. Bail Releases Col.3 to 6
Detention Period Detention Period
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 23 1 0 26
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 2 0 0 0 2
4 BIHAR 0 0 3 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 57 1800 6 0 1863
8 HARYANA 7 6 0 0 13
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 28 332 9 109 478
11 JHARKHAND 15 0 0 0 15
12 KARNATAKA 21 212 1 0 234
13 KERALA 148 14 40 0 202
14 MADHYA PRADESH 89 162 19 77 347
15 MAHARASHTRA 78 66 1 7 152
16 MANIPUR 20 27 0 0 47
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 0 1
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 21 23 43 0 87
20 ODISHA 2 0 15 0 17
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 3 2 7 1 13
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 445 2579 0 296 3320
25 TELANGANA 116 125 0 9 250
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 2 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 89 41 5 20 155
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1144 5412 150 521 7227
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 4 0 6 10 20
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 6 0 6
TOTAL (UTs) 4 0 12 10 26
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1148 5412 162 531 7253
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.6

Movement of inmates outside the jail premises during the year 2018
Sl. Visit of Inmates to Visit of Inmates for
State/UT
No. Courts Medical Attendance
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 122877 17165
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 498 300
3 ASSAM 91982 7978
4 BIHAR 757139 46029
5 CHHATTISGARH 225820 22605
6 GOA 7506 3275
7 GUJARAT 148682 31846
8 HARYANA 289077 26311
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 31274 8852
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 34372 3273
11 JHARKHAND 120408 2086
12 KARNATAKA 110753 14728
13 KERALA 163789 66953
14 MADHYA PRADESH 410907 17474
15 MAHARASHTRA 354572 47060
16 MANIPUR 359 375
17 MEGHALAYA 2208 752
18 MIZORAM 1960 1122
19 NAGALAND 2459 329
20 ODISHA 43917 5271
21 PUNJAB 282407 25680
22 RAJASTHAN 201492 34232
23 SIKKIM 5865 906
24 TAMIL NADU 93444 10860
25 TELANGANA 103551 13930
26 TRIPURA 8693 3369
27 UTTAR PRADESH 431707 15569
28 UTTARAKHAND 30976 3855
29 WEST BENGAL# 251851 30526
TOTAL (STATES) 4330545 462711
30 A & N ISLANDS 2312 612
31 CHANDIGARH 21107 1087
32 D & N HAVELI 1215 274
33 DAMAN & DIU 113 72
34 DELHI 297843 20279
35 LAKSHADWEEP 40 14
36 PUDUCHERRY 4977 1038
TOTAL (UTs) 327607 23376
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 4658152 486087
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 7.7

Types of Inmates Suffering from Mental Illness as on 31st December, 2018

Sl.
State/UT Convicts Undertrials Detenues Others Total
No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 39 100 0 0 139
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 104 51 0 0 155
4 BIHAR 49 65 0 1 115
5 CHHATTISGARH 175 61 0 0 236
6 GOA 13 43 0 0 56
7 GUJARAT 93 70 0 0 163
8 HARYANA 62 81 0 0 143
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 7 0 0 7
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 12 66 1 0 79
11 JHARKHAND 83 85 0 0 168
12 KARNATAKA 171 367 0 0 538
13 KERALA 276 160 0 0 436
14 MADHYA PRADESH 431 143 0 0 574
15 MAHARASHTRA 279 283 0 0 562
16 MANIPUR 4 1 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 8 20 0 2 30
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 1 0 0 2
20 ODISHA 348 329 0 0 677
21 PUNJAB 41 54 0 24 119
22 RAJASTHAN 157 116 0 0 273
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 14 29 0 0 43
25 TELANGANA 52 55 1 0 108
26 TRIPURA 22 10 0 0 32
27 UTTAR PRADESH 633 534 7 0 1174
28 UTTARAKHAND 77 9 0 0 86
29 WEST BENGAL# 244 314 0 0 558
TOTAL (STATES) 3388 3054 9 27 6478
30 A & N ISLANDS 12 2 0 0 14
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 30 101 0 0 131
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 42 103 0 0 145
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 3430 3157 9 27 6623
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 8

Deaths and
Illness in
Prisons
 

 
 Chapter – 8
Deaths and Illness in Prisons

Death of a prisoner is always a The Suicide under the category

matter of serious concern for prison Unnatural deaths has been further sub-
administration. Sometimes such deaths categorized into the following modes:
lead to law and order problems. Hanging, Poisoning, Self-Inflicted Injury,
Drug Overdose, Electrocution and
Deaths in jails have been broadly Others.
classified into two categories i.e. Natural
deaths and Unnatural deaths. The Murder by Inmates under the
category Unnatural deaths has been
Natural Deaths further sub-categorized into following
causes: Firing, Lynching, Stabbing,
The category Natural Deaths has Fighting / Quarrelling and Others.
been divided into deaths due to Ageing
and Illness. Illness has been further The Deaths due to Negligence &
subcategorized into major Excesses under the category Unnatural
causes/diseases such as a)Heart deaths has been further sub-categorized
Problems, b)Lung problems, c)Liver into (i) Negligence by (a) Jail Staff (b)
problems, d)Kidney problems, e)HIV, Jail medical Staff (c) Police Staff and (d)
f)Cancer, g)Tuberculosis (TB), Outside hospital medical Staff and (ii)
h)Paralysis, i)Cholera/Diarrhea, Excesses (torture) by Jail personnel.
j)Schizophrenia with Epilepsy, k)Brain
Hemorrhage, l)Intestine Perforation, The Accidental Deaths inside
m)Due to Drugs/Alcohol withdrawal Prison has been further subcategorized
Symptom, n)Others (illness other than into Forces of Nature (Natural Calamity
the above). like Earthquake, flood, etc.) and Forces
other than the nature (a) Snake
Un-natural Deaths bite/Animal bite (b) Electrocution (c)
Drowning (d) Accidental Fall (e) Burn
Unnatural deaths include suicide, injuries (f) Road/train accident (during
murder by inmates, death due to assault transit) (g) Drugs/Alcoholic Consumption
by outside elements, death due to firing, and (h) Others.
death due to negligence or excesses by
jail personnel, etc. Besides, Accidental Deaths during 2018
Deaths inside Prison has also been
added under the category Unnatural A total of 1,845 prisoners have
deaths. died, while they were in judicial custody
during 2018, in the country, out of which

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1,639 were natural deaths and 149 were Un-natural Deaths
due to un-natural causes and 57 deaths
were reported as causes not known yet Among the un-natural causes of
(while furnishing the data). Natural deaths in prisons (149), Suicide (129)
deaths accounted for 88.83% (1,639 out was the pre-dominant cause followed by
of 1,845) and Un-Natural deaths Murder by Inmates (10), Accidental
accounted for 8.08% (149 out of 1,845) Deaths (5), Others (4) and Deaths Due
of the total deaths. Percentage share of to Assault by Outside Elements (1)
different causes of deaths is presented (Chart 8.4, Table 8.4).
in Chart 8.1, Table 8.1.
Out of 129 suicides, the pre
Natural Deaths dominant mode was Hanging (111)
followed by Self Inflicted Injury (11),
Out of the 1,639 Natural deaths, Poisoning (3), Electrocution (1) and
there were 1,559 deaths due to Illness Others (3). Accidental Deaths mostly
and 80 deaths due to Ageing. occurred due to Fall (2) and Road/Train
Furthermore, out of the 1,559 deaths Accident (1) & Electrocution (1).
due to illness (93 deaths due to illness
not included, due to non-availability of Punjab has reported the highest
illness wise break from West Bengal), number of unnatural deaths (28)
majority of the deaths were reported followed by Uttar Pradesh (17) and
under Heart related Ailments (411), Tamil Nadu & West Bengal (12 each)
Lung related Ailments (231), TB (103), (Table 8.4).
Cancer (80), Liver related Ailments (
72), Brain Hemorrhage (59), Kidney Out of 129 suicides, Punjab has
related Ailments (58), HIV (46) and reported the highest number of (27)
other Ailments (Chart 8.2 & 8.3, Table followed by Uttar Pradesh (13) and
8.2 & 8.3). West Bengal (11) during 2018.

Uttar Pradesh has reported the One Death due to Assault by

highest number of deaths due to natural Outside Elements were reported during
causes (426) followed by Madhya 2018 (Table 8.4).
Pradesh (133) and Maharashtra (127)
during 2018 (Chart 8.5 & Table 8.2).

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 Unnatural Causes not
Deaths, 149, known yet, 57,
(8.08%) (3.09%)

Natural Deaths,
Total Deaths 1639, (88.83%)
1,845
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural & Un-natural causes during 2018
Chart – 8.1

Ageing, 80,
(4.9%)

Illness, 1559,
Natural Deaths (95.1%)
1,639

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Natural Causes during 2018
Chart – 8.2

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 Cholera/ Schizophrenia
Diarrhea with Epilepsy
, 5, 0.3% , 5, 0.3%
Others (illness
Paralysis, 10, other than the
0.7% above), 344,
23.5% Heart, 411, 28.0%
Intestine
Perforation
, 17, 1.2%
Drugs/ Lung, 231, 15.8%
Alcohol
Withdrawal
, 25, 1.7%

HIV, 46, 3.1%

Note: Tuberculosis (TB),
West Bengal did not Kidney, 58, 4.0% 85, 6.6%
furnish the break up
of 93 deaths due to Brain
illness. Hemorrhage, 59, Cancer, 80, 5.5%
Liver, 72, 4.9%
4.0%
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to illness during 2018
Chart – 8.3

Murder by
Inmates, 10,
(6.7%)
Suicide, 129, (86.6%)

Accidental
Deaths, 5, (3.4%)

Others, 4, (2.7%)

Deaths due to
Assault by
Outside Elements,
Unnatural Deaths 1, (0.7%)
149
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Deaths of Prison Inmates due to Unnatural Causes during 2018
Chart – 8.4

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 UTTAR PRADESH 426
17
MADHYA PRADESH 133
3
PUNJAB 127
28
MAHARASHTRA 127
8
BIHAR 116
4
WEST BENGAL# 108
12
TAMIL NADU 82
12
JHARKHAND 56
1
CHHATTISGARH 54
0
HARYANA 50
10
KARNATAKA 49
8
ODISHA 47
4
GUJARAT 45
6
ANDHRA PRADESH 41
6
ASSAM 34
4
DELHI 33
8
KERALA 27
5
RAJASTHAN 23
5
UTTARAKHAND 14
0 Natural Deaths
HIMACHAL PRADESH 13
1
JAMMU & KASHMIR 9
0 Un-Natural Deaths
TELANGANA 5
3
TRIPURA 4
0
MIZORAM 4
0
CHANDIGARH 3
1
MEGHALAYA 3
0
MANIPUR 3
0
PUDUCHERRY 1
0
GOA 1
0
ARUNACHAL… 1 1
LAKSHADWEEP 0
0
DAMAN & DIU 0
Total Natural Deaths 1,639
1
D & N HAVELI 1
0 Total Un-Natural Deaths 149
A & N ISLANDS 0
0
SIKKIM 0
0
NAGALAND 0
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Note: 57 Deaths reported by Rajasthan under ‘Causes not known’ is not included in the above graph.
State/UT-wise Natural & Unnatural Deaths of Inmates during the year 2018
Chart – 8.5

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Deaths (Natural & Un-natural) of prisoners were reported during the
Inmates in Jails during 2013-2018 years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
and 2018 respectively. All these years,
A total of 1,597, 1,702, 1,584, Natural deaths accounted for more than
1,655, 1,671 and 1,845 deaths of 85% of the total deaths (Chart 8.6).

2000
1845
1800 1702 15.5%
1655 1671
1597 1584
1600
1639
10.6%
1400 1482 1507 1494
1469
1424
1200

1000

800

600

400
29.6% 231
195
115 115 133 149
200

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Deaths in Prisons 1597 1702 1584 1655 1671 1845
Natural Death 1482 1507 1469 1424 1494 1639
Unnatural Deaths 115 195 115 231 133 149
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Note: Deaths reported under ‘Causes Not known’ (44 in 2017 and 57 in 2018) has been included in
Total Deaths.
Trend of Inmates Deaths in Jails during 2013 to 2018
Chart – 8.6

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 Table – 8.1
Deaths of inmates in Prisons during the year 2018

Total Deaths
Natural Un-Natural Cause Not
Sl. No. State/UT (Col.3 + Col.4 +
Deaths Deaths Known Col. 5)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 41 6 - 47
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 1 - 2
3 ASSAM 34 4 - 38
4 BIHAR 116 4 - 120
5 CHHATTISGARH 54 0 - 54
6 GOA 1 0 - 1
7 GUJARAT 45 6 - 51
8 HARYANA 50 10 - 60
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 13 1 - 14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 9 0 - 9
11 JHARKHAND 56 1 - 57
12 KARNATAKA 49 8 - 57
13 KERALA 27 5 - 32
14 MADHYA PRADESH 133 3 - 136
15 MAHARASHTRA 127 8 - 135
16 MANIPUR 3 0 - 3
17 MEGHALAYA 3 0 - 3
18 MIZORAM 4 0 - 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 - 0
20 ODISHA 47 4 - 51
21 PUNJAB 127 28 - 155
22 RAJASTHAN 23 5 57 85
23 SIKKIM 0 0 - 0
24 TAMIL NADU 82 12 - 94
25 TELANGANA 5 3 - 8
26 TRIPURA 4 0 - 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 426 17 - 443
28 UTTARAKHAND 14 0 - 14
29 WEST BENGAL# 108 12 - 120
TOTAL (STATES) 1602 138 57 1797
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 - 0
31 CHANDIGARH 3 1 - 4
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 - 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 1 - 1
34 DELHI 33 8 - 41
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 - 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 - 1
TOTAL (UTs) 37 11 0 48
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1639 149 57 1845
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 8.2
Natural Deaths in Prisons during the year 2018
Natural Deaths
Sl. No. State/UT
Ageing illness Total Natural Deaths
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1 40 41
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 1 1
3 ASSAM 0 34 34
4 BIHAR 17 99 116
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 54 54
6 GOA 0 1 1
7 GUJARAT 1 44 45
8 HARYANA 4 46 50
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 13 13
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 9 9
11 JHARKHAND 2 54 56
12 KARNATAKA 0 49 49
13 KERALA 0 27 27
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 133 133
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 127 127
16 MANIPUR 0 3 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 3 3
18 MIZORAM 0 4 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 45 47
21 PUNJAB 13 114 127
22 RAJASTHAN 0 23 23
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 82 82
25 TELANGANA 0 5 5
26 TRIPURA 0 4 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 25 401 426
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 14 14
29 WEST BENGAL# 15 93 108
TOTAL (STATES) 80 1522 1602
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 3 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 33 33
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 1 1
TOTAL (UTs) 0 37 37
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 80 1559 1639
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 8.3
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2018
Illness
Sl. State/UT Cholera/
Heart Lung Liver Kidney HIV Cancer TB Paralysis
No. Diarrhea
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 3 1 1 4 2 0 0 1
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 ASSAM 12 1 6 1 0 6 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 10 29 7 1 1 0 8 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 1
6 GOA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 27 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
8 HARYANA 8 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 13 3 5 8 0 3 2 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 15 6 5 2 1 0 4 0 0
13 KERALA 11 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 44 13 4 6 4 12 16 1 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 38 11 8 4 6 7 21 0 1
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 7 2 1 5 1 4 1 0 0
21 PUNJAB 22 17 7 4 12 0 15 2 2
22 RAJASTHAN 12 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 32 6 8 5 1 5 3 1 0
25 TELANGANA 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 TRIPURA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 117 112 15 8 6 25 17 3 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL#@ - - - - - - - - -
#
TOTAL (STATES) 401 226 71 54 44 78 100 8 5
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 9 5 1 4 1 2 3 2 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 10 5 1 4 2 2 3 2 0
#
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 411 231 72 58 46 80 103 10 5
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
* West Bengal did not furnish the break up.
@ Cols.3 to 16 of Total (States) and Total (All-India) do not include data of West Bengal.
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 Table – 8.3 (Concluded)
Break-up of Natural Deaths (Illness) in Prisons during the year 2018
Drugs/
Sl. Schizophrenia Brain Intestine
State/UT Alcohol Others Total
No. with Epilepsy Hemorrhage Perforation
Withdrawal
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 1 0 0 16 40
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 0 4 0 2 2 34
4 BIHAR 0 9 0 4 30 99
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 3 0 0 27 54
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 GUJARAT 0 0 1 2 5 44
8 HARYANA 1 0 0 1 22 46
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 6 13
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0 0 6 9
11 JHARKHAND 0 5 0 0 15 54
12 KARNATAKA 0 2 0 0 14 49
13 KERALA 0 1 0 1 3 27
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2 6 2 0 23 133
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 5 2 5 18 127
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 3 3
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 2 0 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 1 1 4
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 1 0 1 22 45
21 PUNJAB 0 4 0 1 28 114
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 5 23
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 1 0 0 20 82
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 1 5
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 2 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 15 11 5 66 401
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 3 14
29 WEST BENGAL#@ - - - - - 93
#
TOTAL (STATES) 5 58 16 25 338 1522
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 2 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 1 1 0 4 33
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL (UTs) 0 1 1 0 6 37
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) # 5 59 17 25 344 1559
 As per data provided by States/UTs
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
* West Bengal did not furnish the break up.
@ Cols.3 to 16 of Total (States) and Total (All-India) do not include data of West Bengal.
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 Table – 8.4
Un-Natural Deaths of prisoners in Prisons during the year 2018
Deaths
due to
Deaths due to Total
Murder Deaths Negli- Acci-
Sl. Execu- Assault by Un-
State/UT Suicide by due To gence / dental Others
No. tion Outside Natural
Inmates Firing Excess by Deaths
Elements Deaths
Jail
Personnel
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
8 HARYANA 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
13 KERALA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 MAHARASHTRA 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 PUNJAB 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
25 TELANGANA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 17
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
TOTAL (STATES) 122 0 8 1 0 0 4 3 138
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 11
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 129 0 10 1 0 0 5 4 149
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 8.5
Mode of Suicide by Prison Inmates during the year 2018

Sl. Self Inf. Drug

State/UT Hanging Poisoning Electrocution Others Total
No. Injury Overdose
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 ASSAM 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
4 BIHAR 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 0 2 0 0 0 6
8 HARYANA 9 0 0 0 0 1 10
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 KARNATAKA 2 0 5 0 0 1 8
13 KERALA 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
15 MAHARASHTRA 5 0 0 0 1 0 6
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 PUNJAB 27 0 0 0 0 0 27
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
25 TELANGANA 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 9 2 2 0 0 0 13
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
TOTAL (STATES) 106 2 10 0 1 3 122
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 5 1 1 0 0 0 7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 5 1 1 0 0 0 7
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 111 3 11 0 1 3 129
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 8.6
Mode of Murder of Prisoners by Inmates in Jails during the year 2018
Sl. In-Fighting/
State/UT Firing Lynching Stabbing Others Total
No. Quarrelling
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 2 0 2
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 1 1
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 1 1 0 2
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1 0 0 1 0 2
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 1 0 1 5 1 8
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 0 0 0 1 0 1
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 0 1 0 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2 0 1 6 1 10
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.

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 Table – 8.7
Accidental Deaths of Prisoners in Jails during the year 2018

Accide Forces other than Nature

Total
ntal
Accide
Sl. Deaths

Snake Bite

Accidental

Consump-
Drowning

Alcoholic
Accident
ntal

Electro-

Injuries
No

Others
Drugs/
cution
State/UT due to

Road/
Train

Total
Burn

tion
Deaths

Fall
. Forces
(Col.3 +
of
Col.12)
Nature
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KERALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (STATES) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 4
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 5
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 9

Jail-Breaks,
Escapes &
Firing in
Prisons
 

 
 Chapter – 9
Jail Breaks, Escapes & Firing in Prison

Prison administration is an data furnished for 2017 has been used)

important component of criminal justice and Bihar & Rajasthan (10) each.
system, which mainly focuses on
correctional services that can change and Apart from escape from Judicial
reform the convicts so that they can live in Custody, 113 prisoners escaped from
the normal society. In spite of all Police Custody. Highest of such escape
correctional procedures and measures, from policy custody was reported by Uttar
some offenders tend to escape, tend to Pradesh (24) followed by Andhra Pradesh
breach peace inside jails and tend to (15) and Maharashtra (10).
commit offences habitually. These During the year 2018, a total of 673
offenders spoil the atmosphere of prisons. persons escaped from lawful custody
Escapes (Police, Judicial custody) (Chart 9.1) and
133 such persons got arrested again.
During the year 2018, 560 Highest of such re-arrest in percentage
prisoners were reported as escaped from terms took place in Nagaland, Chandigarh
judicial custody, Out of 560 prisoners & Puducherry (100%) each, followed by
escaped, 52 prisoners escaped from Tamil Nadu (88.9%), Madhya Pradesh
inside prison premises and 508 prisoners (78.6%) and Andhra Pradesh (52.4%).
escaped while they were outside prison However, no prisoner was reported as
premises (Chart 9.1). State of Gujarat has escaped out of lawful custody from 10
reported escape of 437 prisoners while States/UTs. State/UT-wise such escape
they were outside prison premises details are presented in Chart 9.2 & Table
followed by West Bengal (11) (Due to non- 9.1.
receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018,

Escapees from
inside Prison, 52,
7.7%

Escapees from
Police Custody,
113, 16.8% Judicial
Custody

Escapees from
outside Prison,
508, 75.5%
Total Prisoners
Escaped 673

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Types of Escapes by Prisoners during the year 2018
Chart – 9.1

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 GUJARAT 439
UTTAR PRADESH 30
MAHARASHTRA 21
ANDHRA PRADESH 21
RAJASTHAN 20
WEST BENGAL# 18
PUNJAB 15
KERALA 15
ODISHA 14
MADHYA PRADESH 14
CHHATTISGARH 13
BIHAR 12
TAMIL NADU 9
KARNATAKA 7
TELANGANA 4
ASSAM 4
MIZORAM 3
HIMACHAL PRADESH 3
DELHI 2
CHANDIGARH 2
GOA 2
PUDUCHERRY 1
D & N HAVELI 1
UTTARAKHAND 1
NAGALAND 1
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1
LAKSHADWEEP 0
DAMAN & DIU 0
A & N ISLANDS 0 Total Prisoners Escaped
TRIPURA 0 673
SIKKIM 0
MEGHALAYA 0
MANIPUR 0
JHARKHAND 0
HARYANA 0
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Prisoners Escaped during the year 2018
Chart – 9.2

Re-arrest Jail Breaks

During the year 2018, 133 Jail breaks are escapes or attempt
escapees got re-arrested. Most of such to escape after committing an injury. A
re-arrests took place in Gujarat (49) total of 30 jail break incidents were
followed by Uttar Pradesh (12) and reported during the year 2018. State of
Andhra Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh each Kerala has reported (16) such incidents.
(11). The details can be seen in Table 9.2.

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Clashes Firing

A total of 106 clashes/group During the year 2018, no incidence

clashes inside jails were reported during of firing was reported across the jails in the
the year 2018. Highest of such clashes country (Table 9.2).
were reported by Delhi (43) followed by
Bihar (18), Punjab (9) and Haryana & Trend of Inmates Escaped
Madhya Pradesh each (7). A total of 166
persons consisting of 153 prisoners and A total of 577, 378 and 673
13 jail officials got injured in such clashes prisoners were reported as escaped from
and 1 prisoner died in such clashes the lawful custody during the years 2016,
(Table 9.2 & 9.3). 2017 and 2018 respectively (Chart 9.3).

800

2016 2017 2018

700 673

600 577
560

500

400 378
324
300
253
215
200 163
113
100

0
From Judicial Custody From Police Custody Total Escapees

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Trend of Inmates Escaped during 2016 to 2018
Chart – 9.3

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 Table – 9.1
Details of Escapees during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Judicial Custody
Escapees Total Re-
No. Escapees Escapees
from Police Escapees arrested
from inside from outside
Custody (Col.3+4+5) Escapees
Prison Prison
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 2 15 21 11
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 4 0 4 0
4 BIHAR 0 10 2 12 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 3 2 8 13 4
6 GOA 0 2 0 2 0
7 GUJARAT 0 437 2 439 49
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 2 1 3 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0 1 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 7 7 2
13 KERALA 2 5 8 15 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3 3 8 14 11
15 MAHARASHTRA 4 7 10 21 8
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 2 1 0 3 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 0 1 1
20 ODISHA 5 5 4 14 7
21 PUNJAB 3 4 8 15 1
22 RAJASTHAN 9 10 1 20 7
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 5 0 4 9 8
25 TELANGANA 2 0 2 4 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 4 2 24 30 12
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 1 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 4 11 3 18 5
TOTAL (STATES) 51 508 108 667 130
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 2 2 2
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 1 1 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 2 2 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 0 0 1 1
TOTAL (UTs) 1 0 5 6 3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 52 508 113 673 133
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 9.2
Incidence of Jail breaks, Clashes / Group clashes and Firing in jail
during the year 2018
Incidence of
Sl.
State/UT Clashes / Group
No. Jail Break Firing in Jail
Clashes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 18 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 7 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 1 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 1 6 0
13 KERALA 16 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 7 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 1 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 1 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 3 0
21 PUNJAB 1 9 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 4 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 10 5 0
TOTAL (STATES) 30 62 0
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 1 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 43 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 44 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 30 106 0
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 9.3
Incidence of deaths and injuries in clashes / group clashes in jails
during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Clashes / Group Clashes
No. Injured Killed
Inmate Jail Personnel Total Inmate Jail Personnel Total
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 15 1 16 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 22 1 23 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 8 4 12 0 0 0
13 KERALA 16 1 17 0 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 10 0 10 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 1 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 4 0 4 1 0 1
21 PUNJAB 13 0 13 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 4 0 4 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 17 0 17 0 0 0
TOTAL (STATES) 112 7 119 1 0 1
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 1 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 40 6 46 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 41 6 47 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 153 13 166 1 0 1
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 10

Rehabilitation
and Welfare
of Prisoners
 

 
 Chapter – 10
Rehabilitation and Welfare of Prisoners

The reformation and rehabilitation I. Education

of offenders is the ultimate objective of
prison administration. In pursuance to Educating jail inmates not only
meet this objective, many States/UTs provides a corrective approach to the
under direction and supervision of psyche of the offender but also goes a
Central Government have been taking long way in developing a responsive
number of initiatives in the field of and respectful attitude in them towards
rehabilitation and welfare of prison the society.
inmates.
A total of 1,15,954 prisoners had
Central Government through been educated in the country during the
Ministry of Home Affairs is running year 2018. Out of the total prisoners
various schemes not only for educated, 53,009 prisoners were
improvement of prison infrastructure provided Elementary education, 40,122
with emphasis on hygiene condition, prisoners were provided Adult
but also organizing national as well as education, 14,380 prisoners were
international conferences on provided higher education and 8,443
correctional administration for prisoners were educated in the field of
sensitization of prison staff. The Computers (Table 10.1).
Ministry of Home Affairs has framed
‘Model Prison Manual (2016)’. The States of Telangana, Uttar
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has reported
As prison is State subject, hence that 14,234, 9,713 and 4,137 prisoners
overall supervision and management were educated in the field of
of prisons is under direct control of Elementary education. The States of
State Government / UT Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and
Administrations. Various good Telangana have reported that 9,170,
practices adopted/ shared by the 6,107 and 3,746 prisoners were
States/UTs have been summarised educated in the field of Adult education.
under following two broad heads: The States of Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
and Delhi have reported that 4,255,
A. Rehabilitation and welfare 1,242 and 1,024 prisoners were
B. Grievances educated in field of Higher education.
State/ UT wise such details may be
A. Rehabilitation and welfare seen in Table 10.1.

Some good initiatives adopted by A snapshot of good initiatives

States/UTs towards rehabilitation and undertaken by States/UTs in the field of
welfare of prisoners are summarised education are discussed below:
below under following head:

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(i) Educational Program in 4. Manipur: Following are the
States courses offered in the State of
Manipur to the prisoners in the field
1. Andhra Pradesh: Almost all willing of Education:
illiterate prisoners are exposed to
 Primary/Basic education to
educational activities in all the
the inmates of Manipur
prisons of the State. Secondary
Education is being imparted by  In order to provide
National Institute of Open School opportunity for education
(NIOS) and Graduation and Post- inside the prison to the
Graduation are being imparted by different categories of
Open Universities i.e. Ambedkar inmates, an IGNOU Special
Open University & Andhra Study Centre has been
University. Special remission is started in Manipur Central
being awarded to those prisoners Jail, Sajiwa.
who are successful in exams.
5. Chandigarh: Adult Education
2. Jammu & Kashmir: Educational Department U.T. Chandigarh is
Programmes are being imparted in running three adult education
the prisons of Jammu & Kashmir. centre, two for male inmates and
Adult Education is being given to one for female inmates. Those who
willing prisoners. Special Study are illiterate are provided education
Centers of IGNOU have been up to Middle Standard. Higher
established in various Jails through Education is provided to inmates
which most of Jail inmates are through National Institute of Open
pursuing their education. Education Schooling and Indira Gandhi
through distance mode is also National Open University. Illiterate
provided to the willing prisoners. or school dropout Inmates are
taught by educated inmates who
3. Maharashtra: Following are the are called Preraks.
courses offered in the State of
Maharashtra to the prisoners in the A nukkad natak was also
field of Education: organized to motivate the inmates
to get education and awareness
 Primary education classes,
about availability of Adult education
 Computers aided Adult centre in various locality and
education, sectors of Chandigarh.
 Higher Education- Degree
Courses Conducted by 6. Delhi: In the field of Education,
Yashawantrao Chavan Padho aur Padhao’ scheme (Learn
Maharashtra Open University and Teach scheme) is launched in
and Indira Gandhi National collaboration with Ministry of HRD,
Open University Govt. of India for illiterate inmates.
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 National Institute of Open Bharat Abhiyan and Yoga and
Schooling (NIOS) & Indira Gandhi Meditation among prison inmates.
National Open University (IGNOU) A snapshot of such initiatives are
are established inside the jail discussed below:
campus, for prisoners who want to
pursue further studies. (i) Health Care & Sanitation

(ii) Library Facility in Prisons 1. Andhra Pradesh: All the

Central Prisons and District
1. Andhra Pradesh: Digital Libraries Jails are provided with full-
have been established at all the fledged hospitals with full time
Central Prisons i.e. medical officers with supporting
Visakhapatnam, staff. At the time of admission
Rajamahendravaram, Kadapa and all the prisoners are subjected
Nellore for the benefit of prisoners. to medical screening as per the
guidelines issued by the NHRC.
2. Manipur: Library has been set up Prisoners requiring specialized
for providing reading facilities to the treatment are referred to
inmates. outside hospitals. There is no
restriction on purchase of
3. Nagaland: Large number of medicines for better treatment
English and Hindi books are made of prisoners. Local Government
available to the inmates. Hospital Medical Officers are
visiting the Special Sub Jails
4. Sikkim: In the prisons of Sikkim, and Sub Jails twice in a week,
the regular supply of newspapers to screen the prisoners and to
and materials of entertainment is provide required treatment to
being provided to the prisoners’ them.
barracks and there is access to the
prison library. Medical Camps are being
5. Delhi: Library facility with organized in Prisons by the
newspapers and magazines is voluntary Organizations.
provided to the prisoners. Legal
library – Law/books and computers 2. Jammu & Kashmir: In the field
etc. are also provided. The e- of Health, female prisoners are
libraries are being established in provided with adequate clean
Delhi Jails for the benefit of clothing and bedding, sufficient
prisoners. water for drinking and daily use
is being provided. Even sanitary
II. Health pads are being provided for
their use. For specialized
State/UTs have taken various treatment women prisoners, are
measures to improve health care sent to civil hospital for medical
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 Medical officer or when the terminally ill patients
need arises. The women suffering from cancer and
prisoners who are preganant HIV.
are being sent to civil hospitals,
 Established a permanent
for prenatal and postnatal care.
dental unit in Taloja Central
Children with Women Prisoners
prison which caters to the
are provided with special care.
dental care and treatment
needs of 2500 prisoners.
A sizable number of Doctors
and Para Medical Staff are
Following steps have been
sanctioned in the different Jails
taken to improve mental health
of J&K State to provide the
of Prisoners:-
medical treatment to the Jails
inmates, 10 bedded Hospitals  prisoners were provided
are functional in three big Jails with counselling support.
and 5 bedded Hospitals are  A self-help group of 25
functional in District Jails. In prisoners in Nashik central
case of any serious ailment Jail prison was trained to
inmates are shifted to the identify and counsel
Hospitals outside for providing depressed prisoners and
the necessary treatment. make referrals for early
Moreover, organizing general intervention.
screening of inmates and
employees for HIV/ Hepatitis-B/  A stress management
Tuberculosis/ diabetes is being workshop using art based
also done. therapy was conducted.

3. Maharashtra: Following steps 4. Punjab: Out Patient Opioid

have been taken to improve Assisted Treatment Centres
physical health of Prisoners: - have been setup in 9 Central
Jails in which free treatment is
 59 Specialised health camps provided to prisoners suffering
were organized in different from drug addiction.
jails.
5. Sikkim: In the field of health,
 prisoners and staff were regular blood testing is carried
given first-aid trainings, out and detection & treatment of
equipping them to respond any disease like Hepatitis,
to medical emergencies STDs, HIV+ cases are done.
inside prisons.
 Social workers networking The prisoners suffering from
with Government Hospitals Tuberculosis are segregated
and NGOs resulted in and provided with high protein /
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besides green vegetables. The emphasized. Diet Counseling
diabetic prisoners are also regarding healthy diet was also
provided with special diet. Major provided during the Health
surgeries like open heart Camp.
surgery are done at the cost of
prison. AIDs & Tuberculosis Awareness
Camp was held in the Model
The convicts above the age of Jail, Chandigarh by the State
60 are treated as senior citizen AIDs Control Society, UT,
and are taken out every day for Chandigarh on 06.02.2018. The
strolling around in the premises inmates as well as staff of the
to keep them out of depression jail were educated on
and keep them healthy. Their prevention of HIV / AIDS and
health screening is carried out Tuberculosis (TB). Information
at a regular interval and proper was disseminated by Audio-
care is given. video, lectures, open
discussion, folk performance
5. Chandigarh: Chandigarh and play.
Health Department has
conducted a three days Health
(ii) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Camp for Jail Bandhus at Model
Jail, UT, Chandigarh. 1. Andhra Pradesh: Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, is being
Specialists from Health observed in the Prisons of
Department i.e. from Andhra Pradesh in true spirit.
Department of Medicine,
Surgery, Gynae, ENT, EYE,
Psychiatry, AYUSH and Dental (iii) Yoga and Meditation
examined all jail bandhus above 1. Andhra Pradesh: After
the age of 30 years. Non morning ablutions the prisoners
Communicable Disease (NCD) of Andhra Pradesh practice
risk profiling i.e. for meditation for 30 Minutes every
Hypertension, Diabetes & day in their barracks. Besides
Obesity for all jail bandhus meditation, Yoga is also
above the age of 30 years practiced in many prisons of
conducted along with Oral Andhra Pradesh.
Cancer screening. All female
inmates above the age of 30 2. Jammu & Kashmir: Meditation,
years also screened for Breast Yoga and vippasana are being
and Cervical Cancer. Health conducted in all Jails of Jammu
Promotional Sessions to & Kashmir.
generate awareness regarding
adoption of healthy life style and
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 3. Maharashtra: Yoga, 10.1). State/UT-wise analysis of
Vipashyana, Art of living vocational training imparted to prison
workshops and meditation inmates reveals that a good number of
camps are being organised in prison inmates in Delhi, Gujarat,
the jails of Maharashtra. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Meditation was organized by Punjab, Bihar and Maharashtra were
Bramhakumaris Vishwa benefitted by vocational training. A total
Vidyalaya. This program was of 9,635 (17.7%), 5,547 (10.2%), 4,871
helpful in changing the thinking (8.9%), 3,959 (7.3%), 3,473 (6.4%),
ability of the participants and 2,896 (5.3%), 2,835 (5.2%), 2,737
helps building self-confidence & (5.0%), 2,338 (4.3%) and 2,054 (3.8%)
Spirituality in them. inmates were benefitted with various
vocational trainings in these States
4. Manipur: Yoga programme by respectively during the year 2018.
the Art of Living Society,
Manipur are conducted at (ii) Vocational Training -
Manipur Central Jail, Imphal Profession wise
and Manipur Central Jail Sajiwa The maximum number of prison
for welfare of prisoners. inmates were trained in ‘weaving’
(9.2%) (5,015 out of 54,426) followed by
5. Sikkim: The prisoners are ‘tailoring’ (7.2%) (3,939 out of 54,426),
encouraged to carry out yoga in ‘carpentry’ (5.6%) (3,057 out of 54,426)
their respective barracks after and ‘agriculture’ (2.8%) (1,540 out of
lock out in the morning. Yoga 54,426) (Chart 10.1 & Table-10.2).
classes by experts are provided
at a regular interval for welfare of State/UT-wise details reveal that
the prisoners. majority of training in agriculture
activities were imparted in Madhya
III. Vocational Training Pradesh (444) followed by Punjab (372)
Training is one of the important and Uttar Pradesh (120). A total of 815
rehabilitation measures in the field of inmates in Telangana, 481 inmates in
prison reforms. Nowadays training of Gujarat, 328 inmates in Maharashtra
prisoners in various vocational skills in were imparted training in carpentry.
the Prison Institutions has received a lot Maximum inmates imparted with
of importance in almost all the training in canning were in Assam
States/UTs. (520). Madhya Pradesh (959), Gujarat
(916) and Telangana (913) inmates
(i) Vocational Programs in were trained in weaving. Telangana
States (158) and Uttar Pradesh (89) inmates
A total of 54,426 prisons inmates were trained in making of soap &
were provided with various vocational phenyl. Maharashtra (316) and Madhya
training during the year 2018 (details Pradesh (160) inmates were trained in
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 Weaving
(9.2%) Tailoring
(7.2%)
Carpentry
(5.6%)
Agriculture
activities
(2.8%)
Making of Soap &
Phenyle
(1.2%)
Handloom
(1.1%)

Canning
Others (1.2%)
(71.7%)

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Distribution of Prison Inmates by the Type of Vocational Training done during 2018
Chart – 10.1

A snapshot of good initiatives undertaken Outlet was established in the

by States/UTs in the field of vocational premises of District Jail, Ongole.
training are discussed below:
2. Jammu & Kashmir: The following
1. Andhra Pradesh: For imparting vocational programmes are being
Computer training to the prisoners, imparted in the Jails of Jammu &
computers are provided in all Kashmir: Candle Making, Electric
Central Prisons and Special Prison Trade, Bamboo Art, Weaving, Hair
for Women, Rajamahendravaram. Cutting, Embroidery, Cutting &
Tailoring and Carpentry (Furniture
To achieve the objective of making).
integration of prisoners into
mainstream of society, new 3. Maharashtra: Skill based trainings
training programs have been such as stitching, electrician, two
introduced at various Prisons in wheeler mechanic, paper bag
the form of Fly Ash Brick making, making, beautician etc. are
Note Book Making, Bakery provided to inmates.
Products, Dairy, Fuel Outlets and
Savories making units at Central Advanced fashion designing
Prisons – Rajamahendravaram, course was conducted in Yerwada
Kadapa, Prisoners’ Agricultural Prison, Pune with raw material
Colony, Ananthapuram, Sub Jail, support provided by the
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 6. Punjab: Vocational training is
Vocational Training in industrial provided to convict prisoners in
trades - Carpentry, Fabrication, various jails in trades like
Bakery, Paper Work, Textile, carpentry, weaving, embroidery,
Tailoring, Chemical & Leather etc. stitching, electrician, welding,
are being imparted to the plumbing, gardening, book
prisoners. Employment in binding, denting painting, motor
automobile, wire harness, lock, winding, agriculture training,
assembly as well as finishing of computer training, beauty parlour
metal casting, weaving of Paithani courses, hair dressing, floor mill
silk saries and handloom saries is operations, cutting and tailoring,
being given to the prisoners. preparing of soap, cooking etc.
Vocational training in Mushroom And prisoners are paid, wages at
Production, Biogas production, the rate of Rs 60, 50 & 40 per day
Goat farming, fisheries, poultry for skilled, semi-skilled & unskilled
farm and other agricultural labour respectively.
activities are being provided in the
jails of Maharashtra.
7. Delhi: Hero Motors Cycles
Repairing Centre is operational in
4. Manipur: The male prisoners
Delhi Prisons. Trainers from Hero
lodged in Manipur Central Jail,
Honda Motor Cycles impart
Sajiwa are taught the art of making
training to the inmates.
of Plastic bags and plastic morah
(sitting stools) to enable them to
LED bulb assembling training
earn their livelihood with the skills
classes are conducted in jails to
after their release from Jail.
train the inmates.
Female inmates lodged in Manipur
The female prisoners are taught
Central Jail, Imphal are imparted
courses like, stitching, weaving,
tailoring and embroidery.
java making, fashion jewelry, jute
products, crèche/balwari,
The method of making of dhoop,
embroidery, envelope making,
dolls and making of dish washing
pottery, diya , candle making,
detergent powder and liquid is also
namkeen making, artificial flowers,
imparted to the female inmates so
herbal pack, dhoop agarbatti
that they can earn their livelihood
making, pickles , papad making,
after their release from Jail.
beauty culture and painting. The
other activities which are carried
5. Nagaland: Inmates are imparted out in the female prison are
skills on handicrafts like basket Computer Literacy, English
making, bamboo stool, sling for Speaking Course, Drawing,
gunny bag, murrah, decorative Painting and Dance classes.
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 fashion designing classes for Telangana has reported the highest gross
women. value of sale proceeds of `206.405 crore
generated by the jail inmates followed by
Tamil Nadu (`72.796 crore) and Kerala
IV. Value of Goods Produced by (` 34.403 crore) during the year 2018.
Inmates
The value of goods produced per
The training of jail inmates in the
inmate was highest in Telangana
vocational trades resulted in production of
(`371900.9) followed by Chandigarh
articles which have market value. The
(`57922.71) and Tamil Nadu (`53236.8)
details of gross value of such products in
during the year 2018. Value of goods
different States and UTs are given in
produced by inmates in the year 2018 is
Table- 10.3.
presented in Chart 10.2.

TELANGANA 206.405
TAMIL NADU 72.796
KERALA 34.403
MAHARASHTRA 30.072
BIHAR 23.751
DELHI 21.345
UTTAR PRADESH 14.210
ANDHRA PRADESH 13.053
GUJARAT 9.552
JHARKHAND 7.682
CHHATTISGARH 6.476
CHANDIGARH 5.995
WEST BENGAL# 4.637
MADHYA PRADESH 2.663
PUNJAB 2.241
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.068
HARYANA 2.002
KARNATAKA 1.842
ODISHA 0.875
UTTARAKHAND 0.558
RAJASTHAN 0.435
JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.222
ASSAM 0.082
SIKKIM 0.051
TRIPURA 0.050
A & N ISLANDS 0.010
MIZORAM 0.009
GOA 0.006
NAGALAND 0.002
0.000 50.000 100.000 150.000 200.000 250.000

Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings (in Crores)

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.

State/UT-wise Value of Goods Produced by Prison Inmates during 2018

Chart – 10.2

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V. Wages and PAC Ananthapur are
provided with Automatic
Prisoners who are engaged in Chapati Making Machines.
labour are paid a nominal wage based
on their skill sets. Wages paid per day With a view to provide warm
of work to the convicts is presented in food items to the prisoners in
(Table 10.4). An average of rupees winter season, S.S Casseroles
92.67, rupees 64.05 and rupees 70.19 are procured from Prison
were paid per day to Skilled, Semi- Development Board Fund and
Skilled and Unskilled prisoners distributed to all the Central
respectively. Prisons, District Prisons and
Prisoners’ Agricultural Colony,
The States/UTs of Delhi, Karnataka and Anantapur.
Tamil Nadu has reported that rupees
361, 225 and 200 per day are paid for Food was distributed to the
skilled works in their States prisoners manually by carrying
respectively. The States/UTs of Delhi, food trays. Now all Central
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has Prison, District Jails and
reported rupees 328, 200 and 180 per Prisoners Agricultural Colony,
day paid for semi-skilled works. The UT Anantapur are provided with
Delhi has paid highest wages for TATA AC High Desk BS-III
unskilled works (297 rupees per day). Vehicles for the purpose of food
distribution.

VI. Food and Clothing LPG Gas Agencies are

established at Central Prisons,
1. Andhra Pradesh: Prison Visakhapatnam and Kadapa, to
Department has established cater to the needs of Prison
“Ground Nut Oil Pulverising kitchen and Prison staff.
Unit” at District Jail, Savoury units are established at
Ananthapuramu to ensure Special Prison for Women
production of qualitative edible where number of traditional
oil. Good quality Ground Nut food items are prepared and
Oil is being produced here and kept for sale in cafeteria,
supplied to all the Prisons of attached to the Prison.
Andhra Pradesh and for sale in
open market also. 2. Punjab: Welfare canteens have
been set up inside and outside
As a part of providing jails of Punjab from where
wholesome food to the prisoners and their relatives can
prisoners, chapatis, wheat purchase articles of daily use, at
upma are introduced as nominal prices.
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 3. Sikkim: Extension of canteen The ultimate cost of production
facility to all prisoners is also is reduced by adopting Organic
being provided in the jails of farming technique in prison
Sikkim. farms, which includes use of
Vermi-compost, Farm yard
4. Delhi: Healthy and nutritious manure, Dashparni Ark,
food with prescribed calories Jivamrut etc.
are being prepared in hygienic
conditions in the kitchens of The use of hybrid seeds and
Delhi prisons. tissue cultured bananas
increased production
tremendously. In 2018,
VII. Agriculture production of cultured banana
was Rs.2,90,816/-. With
1. Maharashtra: Following additional help by MAHABEEJ
activities have been done in the (Govt. of Maharashtra
field of Agriculture and they are undertaking Corporation), the
discussed below: seed production of Rice,
Soybean, Tur, and Wheat were
Infrastructural facilities such as done and it helped to enhance
tractor, farm implements and the income.
electric pumps etc were made
available to various farms as In order to develop competitive
per their capacities for the spirit amongst prisons, the
modernization of the prison highest earning prisoners in the
farms under the State's jails are awarded with the letter
Modernization Schemes Grants of appreciation and rewards.
Rs.17.50 Lac. Wide publicity is made through
In co-ordination with Agriculture print and electronic media such
University/Department, NGO as Prison News Letter, News
and Progressive farmers, Paper, Magazines, Radio and
various schemes were Television which helps the staff
undertaken e.g. Vermi-compost, and prisoners to build
Mushroom/Biogas Production, enthusiasm in farm work.
Dairy, Poultry Farming, Goat Organised VanMahotstav with
Farming, Fisheries and other plantation of 75,585 saplings in
farm based production like jail premises.
making of Brooms, Baskets etc.
These activities helped the VIII. Telephone Facility
prisoners immensely to develop
their interest in farming and they 1. Andhra Pradesh: To enable
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 telephone booth boxes are the prisoners, in the Prisons of
established in the Prisons as a Andhra Pradesh.
welfare.
On National Holidays like
2. Maharashtra: Telephone Republic Day, Independence
facility for convicts and Day, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi,
Computer based functional Sports and Games competition
literacy (CBFL) programmes for are organized.
inmates in Central Prisons were
started. 2. Jammu & Kashmir: The
following sports and
Video calling facility through
recreational activities are being
smart phones were started for
held in the Jails of J&K:
all inmates in open prisons and
all female prisons across  Indoor games like
Maharashtra to have video call Badminton, Carom Board,
with their relatives. Chess etc.
 Outdoor games like
3. Punjab: To prevent the
Volleyball, Cricket, football
unauthorized usage of mobile
etc. are played. District
phones inside the jails and for
Youth Services & Sports
enabling inmates to
authority assists in
communicate with their relatives
organising Sports
on phone, calling kiosks have
tournaments in jails.
been installed in 23 jails of
Punjab from where inmates can  Reading books/News
make 5 minutes calls per day at Papers/ Magazines are
2 permissible numbers. available. Also Television
sets have been provided in
all Barracks. Musical &
IX. Crèche and Nursery Facility cultural programmes are
for the Children organised through J&K
1. Andhra Pradesh: Crèche and Academy of Art, Culture and
Nursery facility for the children Languages.
are available in Special Prisons
3. Maharashtra: The following
for Women in Andhra Pradesh.
recreational activities are being
held in the Jails of Maharashtra:
X. Games and Recreation
 Outdoor Sports games &
Activity
Recreational facilities.
1. Andhra Pradesh: Facilities like  Facility to play indoor and
Television, Newspapers and outdoor games like Kabaddi,
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  Televisions have been  Motivational sessions are
installed in barracks. conducted in Delhi Prisons.
 Books (Religious, Social),  Tihar Jail (TJ) F.M. Radio
Government approved station with in the range of
Newspapers are being Jail premises, has been
provided to the prisoners setup.
 A FM radio station limited to
respective prison, with Following sports activities are
prisoner as radio jockey has being organised in the jails of
been started in few central Delhi:
prisons.
 Kabaddi and Tug of war
4. Nagaland: Activities such as matches under Tihar
indoor/ outdoor games, musical Olympics were held in Delhi
lessons which are imparted by Prisons. Inmates from other
the instructors to the prisoners jails of Tihar competed to
in the jails of Nagaland. The art take the glory in the
of music and games behind respective categories.
bars plays a vital role.
 Cricket matches under
“Tihar Winter Sports” were
5. Delhi: Following recreational
played at Delhi Prison. The
activities are being organised in
cricket match was played in
the jails of Delhi:
Central Jail-1’s cricket
stadium between the teams
 Music room facility with
of inmates of Central Jail-3
musical instruments like
& Central Jail-2 and the
Harmonium, Tabla, Guitar,
match was won by the team
Key-board, Bongo & Drums.
of Central Jail-3.
 Band ‘Flying Souls’ formed
 Chess and Table Tennis
by inmates in Central Jail-3.
games were organized in
 Dance training particularly Delhi Prisons.
for young offenders.
 Inter-ward Badminton
 Inter jail competition to tournament was organized
select the best in Singing / in the prisons of Delhi.
Dancing / Poetry, etc.
 Inter-jail Painting and Essay
XI. Spiritual and Cultural Activity
writing competitions are
organized in the jails on the
1. Andhra Pradesh: Spiritual and
occasion of Republic Day /
moral lectures from eminent
Independence Day /
personalities are being conducted
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 are being conducted on important leaders of all faiths in the jails of
occasions. Manipur.

2. Jammu & Kashmir: Prayers are 5. Sikkim: Spiritual programs are

being held by the inmates regularly being organized by the art of living
according to their religious faiths in foundation.
the jails of J & K.
6. Delhi:
3. Maharashtra: Following spiritual  Devotional functions are held at
and cultural activities are being the Education Centre of the
organized in the jails of Delhi Prison on the occasion of
Maharashtra: the Baishakhi.
 Various entertainment programs
 Cultural Programs such as light
are organized in Delhi Prison by
music, classical music & dance
the jail administration on the
etc. are organized in
auspicious occasion of Lohri
association with VARHAD
and Makar Sakranti. In the
TRUST in the prisons on
event, dance & vocal
festivals such as Holi, ID –E-
performances were performed
Milad, Rakshabandan, Ganesh
by the inmates. Apart from this,
Chaturthi, Dashera, Deepavali
a magic show was also
& Christmas.
performed by the inmates which
 Moral Lectures aimed at was thoroughly enjoyed by the
bringing change in prisoner’s staff and inmates.
mind-set and meditation was
 Audition for ‘Tihar Idol-2’ under
organized by Bramhakumaris
various categories such as
Vishwa Vidyalaya.
Dance, Bhangra, Singing etc.
 Yoga was organized and were organized in Delhi Prisons
regular trainings were also by jail administration in
imparted. association with “Art Creations”,
and “Music One Records”.
 The successful organization of
Participants / inmates from
spiritual, motivational, cultural
various Tihar jails gave
programs like patriotic songs,
auditions and their
bhajans, Namaz Pathan, Bhuj
performances were enjoyed by
Bij programme, orchestra,
the guests, inmates and prison
singing and drawing
staff.
competitions were held in jails.
 The Tihar Drama Club, recently
4. Manipur: Various programmes and established in Tihar, was set up
classes for spiritual upliftment of by an inmate. Its productions
the inmates are carried out with the which include previously
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 improvisations mounted by the transferred to the Juvenile
actors of the club have earned a Justice System.
lot of acclaim within the prison
 Prisoners who could not be
as well as in the media outside.
produced in court due to
Its productions include a
lack of police escort squad,
successful run of a classic Hindi
are being produced through
short story called Kafan by
Video conference.
Munshi Premchand, Court
Martial and the eternal  Regular networking with
Chhattisgarhi classic of Hindi District Legal Service
stage, CharandasChor which Authorities in 5 districts
won the Best Play award at improved legal aid in
Edinburgh, the greatest theatre prisons. Legal aid services
competition in the world. provided to 692 prisoners.

 Inter Jail Painting Competition  153 prisoners released on

was organized on the eve of personal bond furnished by
Subhash Chandra Bose social workers in courts.
Jayanti.  Emergency assistance / post
release support was
provided to 90 prisoners /
XII. Assistance to Prisoners families who were in
vulnerable situations.
A total of 1,346 prisoners were
provided financial assistance on their  16 released prisoners were
release in the country during the year provided funding supported
2018. A total of 1,47,605 prisoners were to start their own enterprise
given legal aid in the country during the (stitching, hair saloon,
year 2018. Delhi has reported highest poultry farming, cycle repair
number of prisoners 48,783 who were shop, flour mill etc.)
given legal aid followed by Kerala  Schemes like Bal Sangopan
(17,335) and Chhattisgarh (11,463) Yojana, Sanjay Gandhi
(Table 10.4). Various measures taken Niradhar Yojana, Gharkul
by States to provide legal aid to needy Yojana, Pension and
prisoners are discussed below: Shravan Bal were made
accessible to prisoners,
1. Maharashtra: In the prisons of children of prisoners and
Maharashtra, legal awareness families of prisoners.
sessions benefitted 2466
prisoners.  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Shetkari Sanman Yojana
 31 cases of children in was facilitated by social
conflict with law were workers through which 52
identified in the prisons and prisoners who were farmers,

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 benefitted through loan 3. Sikkim: The Prison officers
waiver. work diligently to ensure that
the UTPs have speedy trial
 Aadhar card camps were
and that their trials are
conducted in prisons
expedited. There is not a
benefitting 415 prisoners
single UTP whose detention
 Legal Aid Cell were exceeds two years even in
established in all the heinous crimes. The courts
Prisons. It provides free are requested to discharge the
legal Aid assistance. With prisoners either on bail or on
the direction of Supreme personal bond if their charge
Court, District Legal sheets are not filed within the
Services Authority is also stipulated time. The Prison
formed. The cases covered authorities remain in constant
under section 436(A) touch with the courts in their
Cr.P.C. are submitted trial, detention and other
before District Legal matters attracting the
Services Authority. Various provisions of sec 436 A and
Camps like Plea Bargaining other provisions of the Cr.P.C.
and Legal guidance are 1973.
orgnised at different Prisons.
XIII. NGO
2. Manipur: Free legal assistance
is provided to the prisoners. Information reported from
Two Legal Aid Clinic i.e. one at States/ UTs reveals that, across the
Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa country there were around 1,802
and another at Manipur Central NGOs who are working exclusively for
Jail, Imphal are providing free the welfare of prisoners during the
legal Aid to the prisoners. Panel year 2018. Highest number of such
of Lawyers nominated by the NGOs were reported by the Jail
Member Secretary, Manipur Department of Kerala (392) followed
State Legal Services Authority by Assam (325) and Gujarat (223).
visited Jails regularly to provide These NGOs work exclusively for the
free legal aid to the prisoners. benefit of prisoners in terms of legal
706 (seven hundred six) aid, human rights, proper medical aids,
undertrial prisoners were etc. Through these NGOs, a total of
produced before the Legal Aid 1,44,511 prisoners were given medical
Clinic and 5 inmates were counseling and 1,01,535 prisoners
released on bail on the were given legal counseling. State/UT
recommendation of the wise such details are presented in
Undertrial Review Committee (Table 10.5).
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B. Grievances
II. Complaints to State Human
Prisoners who are denied of their Rights Commission (SHRC):
lawful right or subjected to cruelty can
approach and file complaints with A total of 563, 468 and 519
Magistrates, Prison Authorities, Human complaints were received by SHRC
Rights Commissions, etc. from prisoners or Others (in-favour of
the prisoners, other persons can also
I. Complaints to National lodge complaints) in 2016, 2017 and
Human Right Commission 2018 respectively, showing a decrease
(NHRC): of 16.87% in 2017 over 2016 and
increase of 10.90% in 2018 over 2017
A total of 298, 311 and 322 (Chart 10.3).
complaints were received by NHRC
from prisoners or others (in-favor of The highest number of
the prisoners, others can also lodge complaints of prisoners were received
complaints) in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by the respective SHRC of the States of
respectively, showing an increase of Punjab (177), Telangana (103) and
4.36% in 2017 over 2016 and an Madhya Pradesh (61).
increase of 3.54% in 2018 over 2017
(Chart 10.3). A total of 418, 329 and 342
complaints of prisoners were disposed
During the year 2018, highest off by SHRC in 2016, 2017 and 2018
number of complaints were received respectively, showing a mixed trend
from the prisoners (or in-favor of the with a decrease of 21.29% in 2017 over
prisoners others can also lodge 2016 and an increase of 3.95% in 2018
complaints) of the States/UTs of Delhi over 2017.
(76), Punjab (65) and Bihar (36).
A total of 177 complaints from
A total of 233, 252 and 230 prisoners were pending with respective
complaints of prisoners were disposed SHRC for suitable action. Highest
off by the NHRC in 2016, 2017 and number of such prisoner’s complaints
2018 respectively, showing an were pending with SHRC of the States
increase of 8.15% in 2017 over 2016 of Punjab (103), Karnataka (22) and
and an decrease of 8.73% in 2018 Bihar (11) (Table 10.6).
over 2017. A total of 94 complaints
from prisoners were pending with
NHRC for suitable action (Table 10.6).

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563

2016 2017 2018 519

500 468

418
400
342
329
311 322
298
300
252
233 230

200

100

0
No. of Complaints No. of Complaints No. of Complaints No. of Complaints
Received by NHRC disposed off by Received by SHRC disposed off by
NHRC SHRC

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Complaints Received and Disposed off by NHRC and SHRC during 2016-2018
Chart – 10.3

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 Table – 10.1
Details of Educational facilities for prisoners during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT No. of prisoners benefitted by
No.
Elementary Higher Computer
Adult Education
Education Education Course
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4076 3083 541 127
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 798 456 84 0
4 BIHAR 2144 2130 573 1063
5 CHHATTISGARH 2383 1314 691 23
6 GOA 0 9 78 20
7 GUJARAT 1688 2007 976 625
8 HARYANA 460 854 1007 726
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 18 2 24 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 85 406 117 76
11 JHARKHAND 2886 1022 326 319
12 KARNATAKA 916 536 63 81
13 KERALA 485 626 108 166
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1859 9170 846 114
15 MAHARASHTRA 588 2210 826 223
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 27 6 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 165 922 116 218
21 PUNJAB 56 63 14 43
22 RAJASTHAN 2708 744 550 77
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 4137 2868 504 190
25 TELANGANA 14234 3746 4255 2829
26 TRIPURA 0 0 1 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 9713 6107 1242 1059
28 UTTARAKHAND 165 49 62 13
29 WEST BENGAL# 1184 755 148 211
TOTAL (STATES) 50748 39106 13158 8203
30 A & N ISLANDS 25 22 12 0
31 CHANDIGARH 31 46 186 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 2167 943 1024 230
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 38 5 0 10
TOTAL (UTs) 2261 1016 1222 240
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 53009 40122 14380 8443
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 10.2
Number of Prison Inmates Imparted Trainings under Vocational Course
during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Agri- Carp- Cann- Tailor- Weav- Making Hand- Others Total % share of
No. culture entry ing ing ing of Soap loom Total
and Vocational
Phenyl Trg.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 48 22 0 239 375 104 0 3171 3959 7.27
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 75 0.14
3 ASSAM 0 120 520 528 88 0 0 600 1856 3.41
4 BIHAR 30 6 0 60 25 9 0 2208 2338 4.30
5 CHHATTISGARH 19 66 0 59 313 16 0 1014 1487 2.73
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 38 0.07
7 GUJARAT 13 481 0 719 916 0 0 3418 5547 10.19
8 HARYANA 0 40 0 35 0 0 0 1288 1363 2.50
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 35 6 0 28 9 0 0 258 336 0.62
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 31 0 29 16 0 35 418 529 0.97
11 JHARKHAND 35 55 0 245 282 63 61 2094 2835 5.21
12 KARNATAKA 30 126 0 109 210 88 0 1122 1685 3.10
13 KERALA 12 20 0 0 0 0 0 422 454 0.83
14 MADHYA PRADESH 444 311 37 343 959 0 160 1219 3473 6.38
15 MAHARASHTRA 39 328 0 219 0 0 316 1152 2054 3.77
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 8 0 14 0 42 64 0.12
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 15 0.03
19 NAGALAND 50 0 0 2 0 8 0 114 174 0.32
20 ODISHA 23 0 0 4 42 5 0 20 94 0.17
21 PUNJAB 372 151 0 110 546 28 0 1530 2737 5.03
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 1661 1784 3.28
23 SIKKIM 13 14 32 3 0 0 0 66 128 0.24
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 325 11 0 0 1140 1476 2.71
25 TELANGANA 28 815 0 325 913 158 0 2632 4871 8.95
26 TRIPURA 76 30 11 16 15 0 0 58 206 0.38
27 UTTAR PRADESH 120 0 0 134 31 89 0 2522 2896 5.32
28 UTTARAKHAND 87 15 0 18 0 0 0 433 553 1.02
29 WEST BENGAL# 31 24 0 201 61 6 0 767 1090 2.00
TOTAL (STATES) 1505 2661 600 3897 4812 588 572 29482 44117 81.06
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 9 2 12 0 0 67 90 0.17
31 CHANDIGARH 35 78 47 35 0 0 0 321 516 0.95
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
34 DELHI 0 318 0 0 176 48 0 9093 9635 17.70
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 5 15 0 0 48 68 0.12
TOTAL (UTs) 35 396 56 42 203 48 0 9529 10309 18.94
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1540 3057 656 3939 5015 636 572 39011 54426 100.00
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 10.3
Value of Goods Produced by Inmates during the year 2018
Sl. Gross Value of Sale Proceeds / Earnings
State/UT
No. (` In Crore )
(1) (2) (3)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 13.053
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.000
3 ASSAM 0.082
4 BIHAR 23.751
5 CHHATTISGARH 6.476
6 GOA 0.006
7 GUJARAT 9.552
8 HARYANA 2.002
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2.068
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.222
11 JHARKHAND 7.682
12 KARNATAKA 1.842
13 KERALA 34.403
14 MADHYA PRADESH 2.663
15 MAHARASHTRA 30.072
16 MANIPUR 0.000
17 MEGHALAYA 0.000
18 MIZORAM 0.009
19 NAGALAND 0.002
20 ODISHA 0.875
21 PUNJAB 2.241
22 RAJASTHAN 0.435
23 SIKKIM 0.051
24 TAMIL NADU 72.796
25 TELANGANA 206.405
26 TRIPURA 0.050
27 UTTAR PRADESH 14.210
28 UTTARAKHAND 0.558
29 WEST BENGAL# 4.637
TOTAL (STATES) 436.143
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.010
31 CHANDIGARH 5.995
32 D & N HAVELI 0.000
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.000
34 DELHI 21.345
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.000
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.000
TOTAL (UTs) 27.350
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 463.493
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 10.4
Rehabilitation and Other Support to prisoners during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Rehabilitation Support Other Support
No No. of prisoners No. of Wages paid per day to convicts
to whom financial No. of prisoners ( in ` )
assistance convicts to whom
provided on rehabilitated legal aid Semi
Skilled Unskilled
release provided Skilled
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 1562 70 50 30
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 80 75 - 55
3 ASSAM 13 9 1298 100 80 -
4 BIHAR 0 1 2853 156 112 103
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 11463 75 - 60
6 GOA 0 135 80 80 60 50
7 GUJARAT 105 692 4213 100 80 70
8 HARYANA 0 50 8144 60 50 40
@
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 389 - - 225
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 72 72 - 60
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 4097 144 113 91
$
12 KARNATAKA 57 324 4267 225 200 175
13 KERALA 0 22 17335 152 127 63
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 5023 120 - 72
15 MAHARASHTRA 80 50 10906 61 55 44
16 MANIPUR 0 0 710 12 10 8
17 MEGHALAYA 117 0 546 148 141 132
18 MIZORAM 67 0 1322 15 12 10
19 NAGALAND 0 0 26 135 125 115
20 ODISHA 129 36 542 40 40 40
21 PUNJAB 0 60 6948 60 50 40
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 1851 150 - 130
23 SIKKIM 0 0 295 40 30 30
24 TAMIL NADU 239 722 4227 200 180 160
25 TELANGANA 1 68 447 170 50 30
26 TRIPURA 0 0 110 33 28 24
27 UTTAR PRADESH 356 0 4909 40 30 25
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1357 45 35 30
29 WEST BENGAL# 182 56 3063 100 90 80
TOTAL (STATES) 1346 2225 98135 - - -
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 130 37 - 28
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 501 80 70 60
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 - - -
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 - - -
34 DELHI 0 25 48783 361 328 297
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 - - -
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 56 180 160 150
TOTAL (UTs) 0 25 49470 - - -
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1346 2250 147605 - - -
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
@ Himachal Pradesh has no classification such as Skilled, Semi Skilled and Unskilled prisoners.
$ Karnataka follows 4 categories of wage system for convicts working in prisons such as Highly
Skilled (Rs.250/- wages per day), Skilled, Semi Skilled and Unskilled prisoners.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 10.5
NGOs working for the Welfare of Prisoners during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT No. of NGOs working No. of Prisoners benefited from
No. exclusively for Prison
Reforms Medical Counselling Legal Counselling
(1) (2) (3) (4) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 45 79 91
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 325 3540 4521
4 BIHAR 23 4215 1210
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 867 745
6 GOA 5 0 75
7 GUJARAT 223 12413 4032
8 HARYANA 44 1516 5025
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 21 343 319
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 14 2 0
11 JHARKHAND 15 3697 1055
12 KARNATAKA 24 2424 2722
13 KERALA 392 10095 8841
14 MADHYA PRADESH 42 9752 2567
15 MAHARASHTRA 83 12694 8806
16 MANIPUR 2 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 4 0 0
18 MIZORAM 13 1271 1403
19 NAGALAND 1 12 18
20 ODISHA 27 96 195
21 PUNJAB 17 831 565
22 RAJASTHAN 62 2107 483
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 65 12093 9600
25 TELANGANA 20 774 673
26 TRIPURA 0 2 108
27 UTTAR PRADESH 100 16651 2225
28 UTTARAKHAND 6 78 845
29 WEST BENGAL 115 2894 2878
TOTAL (STATES) 1689 98446 59002
30 A & N ISLANDS 2 45 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0
34 DELHI 111 46020 42533
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 113 46065 42533
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1802 144511 101535
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 10.6
Number of complaints received by NHRC & SHRC
and their disposals during the year 2018
National Human Rights Commission State Human Rights Commission
(N H R C) (S H R C)
% of % of
Sl. No. of Complaint No. of Complaint
State/UT No. of No. of No. of No. of
No. Complaints Disposed Complaints Disposed
Complaints Complaints Complaints Complaints
Disposed off to Total Disposed off to Total
Received Pending Received Pending
off Complaints Off Complaints
Received Received
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 16 16 0 100 0 0 0 0.0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
4 BIHAR 36 19 17 52.8 25 14 11 56.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0 100
11 JHARKHAND 5 4 1 80.0 0 0 0 0.0
12 KARNATAKA 3 2 1 66.7 38 16 22 42.1
13 KERALA 12 9 3 75.0 30 21 9 70.0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 13 11 2 84.6 61 60 1 98.4
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 1 0 100 30 28 2 93.3
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
20 ODISHA 21 21 0 100 18 11 7 61.1
21 PUNJAB 65 17 48 26.2 177 74 103 41.8
22 RAJASTHAN 3 3 0 100 16 11 5 68.8
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
24 TAMIL NADU 31 31 0 100 103 97 6 94.2
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 33 24 9 72.7 12 4 8 33.3
28 UTTARAKHAND 6 3 3 50.0 7 4 3 57.1
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (STATES) 246 161 85 65.4 519 342 177 65.9
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
34 DELHI* 76 69 9 90.8 0 0 0 0.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (UTs) 76 69 9 90.8 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 322 230 94 71.4 519 342 177 65.9
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
* Delhi reported that out of 9 pending complaints, 2 complaints pertains to the year 2017.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 11
Prison Staff
– Strength
and Training
 

 
 Chapter – 11
Prison Staff-Strength and Training

Sanctioned and Actual strength of jail the total vacant post of 20,611(Chart 11.1,
officials Table 11.3).
Prisons Staff Strength, based on
II. Correctional Staff
their duties and responsibilities, are
categorized into the following five A total of 616 Correctional staff was
categories: Executive, Medical, actually posted in Indian jails against the
Correctional, Ministerial and Others. sanctioned strength of 1,065 at the end of
the year 2018. Bihar has reported the
Information on the sanctioned highest number of vacant correctional staff
strength as well as actual strength of the post (118) followed by Maharashtra (61)
staff in various jails as on 31st December, and Tamilnadu (48) accounting for
2018 is presented in Table 11.1 showing 26.3%,13.6% and 10.7 of the total vacant
that Nagaland (99.49%), Arunachal post of 449 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3).
Pradesh (93.05%), Kerala (92.95%) and States having no correctional staff are
Manipur (91.11%) have filled more than Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
90% of the sanctioned posts. State/UT Assam, Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand,
wise comparison of vacant post shows Manipur, Mizoram, Punjab, Sikkim, D & N
that Uttar Pradesh has reported the Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and
highest number of vacancies (4,852) Puducherry.
followed by Bihar (3,349) and Jharkhand
(1831). III. Medical Staff
An analysis of the sanctioned and A total of 1,914 Medical staff was
actual posted staff strength in jails shows actually posted in Indian jails against
that the actual strength of the jail staff sanctioned strength of 3,220 at the end of
posted against the sanctioned strength in the year 2018. Uttar Pradesh has reported
Jharkhand (32.16%), Chandigarh the highest number of vacant medical staff
(48.04%) and Sikkim (48.4%) is much post (240) followed by Bihar (217) and
lower than the All India average Jharkhand (153) accounting for 18.4%,
percentage (69.93%). 16.6% and 11.7 of the total vacant post of
1306 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3).
Jail Officials
I. Executive Staff IV. Ministerial Staff
A total of 50,878 executive staffs A total of 4,335 Ministerial Staff was
including 4,630 Officers and 46,248 sub- actually posted in Indian jails against
cadre staff were actually posted in Indian sanctioned strength of 5,788 at the end of
jails against sanctioned strength of 71,489 the year 2018. Bihar has reported the
at the end of the year 2018. Uttar Pradesh highest number of vacant ministerial staff
has reported the highest number of vacant (221) followed by Maharashtra (133) posts
executive staff post (4,489) followed by and Haryana (123) accounting for 15.2%,
Bihar (2,727) and Jharkhand (1,374) 9.2% and 8.5 of the total vacant post of
accounting for 21.8%, 13.2% and 6.7 of 1453 (Chart 11.1, Table 11.3).

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71489
70000
Sanctioned Actual
60000
50878
50000

40000

30000

20000

10000 5788 4335 4278 2281

3220 1914 1065 616
0
Executive Staff Ministerial Staff Medical Staff Correctional Staff Others

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Sanctioned & Actual Strength of Jail Staff in the Country as on 31.12.2018
Chart 11.1

Number of Inmates per Staff as on 18,494 inmates). At all India level, there
31st December, 2018 were 9 inmates for each jail staff in all
jails in the country (Chart 11.2).
The prison institutions are
managed by five categories of personnel II. Number of Inmates per
viz., executive staff, ministerial staff, Correctional Staff
correctional staff, medical staff and other
staff. The number of inmates per official Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana,
is a real indicator of how well inmates are Jharkhand and Punjab have no
looked after in the prisons. The number correctional staff for 6,988, 8,282,
of inmates per jail official, correctional 19,270, 20,629 and 22,486 inmates
staff and medical staff is given in respectively. Uttarakhand and Telangana
Table 11.2. have only one correctional staff for 5,311
and 5,550 inmates respectively. Gujarat,
I. Number of Inmates per Jail Staff Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have only
two correctional staff for 14,980, 13,944
As on 31st December 2018 a total and 1,04,011 inmates respectively.
of 46,6084 inmates were lodged in
various jails of the country. Also, the III. Number of Inmates per Medical
actual strength of executive jail staff was Staff
50,878 in various prisons. Among all the
states, Jharkhand has reported the We may assess the health
highest number of Inmates (27) for each services available to inmates in prisons
staff in their jails (762 jail staff, 20,629 on the basis of Medical Staff strength.
inmates) followed by Uttar Pradesh (19) Jharkhand has reported 1 medical staff
for each staff in their jails (5,396 jail staff, per (1,375) inmates (15 medical staff,
1,04,011 inmates) and Chhattisgarh (13) 20,629 inmates) followed by West Bengal
for each staff in their jails (1,331 jail staff, (923) inmates (25 medical staff, 23,092

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inmates), Uttar Pradesh (737) inmates December, 2018. D&N Haveli, Daman &
(141 medical staff, 1,04,011 inmates) and Diu and Lakshadweep reported no
Karnataka (664) inmates (21 medical medical staff.
staff, 13,944 inmates) as on 31st

JHARKHAND 23
UTTAR PRADESH 16
CHHATTISGARH 12
CHANDIGARH 10
ASSAM 9
UTTARAKHAND 8
PUNJAB 8
MAHARASHTRA 8
MADHYA PRADESH 8
DELHI 7
WEST BENGAL# 7
HARYANA 7
GUJARAT 7
BIHAR 7
D & N HAVELI 6
RAJASTHAN 6
ODISHA 6
MIZORAM 6
KARNATAKA 5
DAMAN & DIU 4 At National Level:
SIKKIM 4 7 Inmates per Staff in all jails in India
(as on 31st December, 2018)
KERALA 4
HIMACHAL PRADESH 4
PUDUCHERRY 3
TELANGANA 3
MEGHALAYA 3
JAMMU & KASHMIR 3
ANDHRA PRADESH 3
TRIPURA 2
TAMIL NADU 2
GOA 2
A & N ISLANDS 1
MANIPUR 1
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1
LAKSHADWEEP 0
NAGALAND 0
0 5 10 15 20 25

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Number of Inmates per Staff for each State/UT
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Women Staff number of women staff in their Jail
Actual strength of women jail Department (988) followed by Madhya
officials of different ranks (State/UT-wise) Pradesh (760) and Maharashtra (661).
is given in Table-11.4. A total of 7,042 The status of number of women prisoners
women staff was reported as working in per woman staff is presented in Chart
different cadre across Indian jails. The 11.3.
State of Bihar has reported highest

UTTAR PRADESH 11.16

GOA 11.00
JHARKHAND 10.62
UTTARAKHAND 8.18
PUNJAB 5.86
CHHATTISGARH 5.71
WEST BENGAL# 5.37
CHANDIGARH 4.50
HARYANA 4.47
GUJARAT 4.28
TELANGANA 3.76
MIZORAM 2.73
ANDHRA PRADESH 2.72
ASSAM 2.47
MAHARASHTRA 2.45
DELHI 2.19
MADHYA PRADESH 1.98
ODISHA 1.95
HIMACHAL PRADESH 1.73
PUDUCHERRY 1.60
TRIPURA 1.54
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1.49
BIHAR 1.37
RAJASTHAN 1.24
TAMIL NADU 1.19
MANIPUR 1.03
DAMAN & DIU 1.00
KARNATAKA 0.96
KERALA 0.91
MEGHALAYA 0.63
A & N ISLANDS 0.54
SIKKIM 0.42
ARUNACHAL… 0.32
NAGALAND 0.06

0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
Number of Women Inmates for Each Woman Staff
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Training of Jail Officers/Staff Trend of Staff Strength
(Refresher / Specialized /
Re-orientation Courses) during the During the period 2013-2018, the
year 2018 sanctioned strength of Jail staff has
increased by 11.9% (from 76,684 in
Among the States, Delhi has 31.12.2013 to 85,840 in 31.12.2018).
reported highest share of 92.15% in However, the actual strength of jail staff
training its Jail staffs (refresher/ has increased by 15.8% (increased from
specialized/ re-orientation) during 2018 51,818 in 2013 to 60,024 in 2018) (Chart
followed by Karnataka (47.88%) and 11.4). As on 31.12.2013, the number of
Telangana (41.6%) (Table 11.5) vacant posts was 24,866 which has
increased to 25,816 in 31st December,
2018.

100000

Figures in %
indicates growth 90000 11.9% 85840
percentage
during 2013- 80000 76684
2018.
70000
60024
60000 15.8%
51818
50000

40000

3.8%
30000 24866 25816

20000

10000

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sanctioned Strength 76684 79988 80236 81568 83288 85840
Actual Strength 51818 52666 53009 53370 57307 60024
Vacant 24866 27322 27227 28198 25987 25816
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
Note: Figures as on 31st December of the respective year
Trend of Sanctioned Strength, Actual Strength and Vacant Strength of
Jail Staff/Officials during 2013-2018
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 Table – 11.1
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Total Jail Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Total Jail Staff
Sl.
State/UT % of actual to
No. Sanctioned Actual Vacant
sanctioned strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2646 1997 649 75.47
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 187 174 13 93.05
3 ASSAM 1189 914 275 76.87
4 BIHAR 8562 5213 3349 60.89
5 CHHATTISGARH 1949 1494 455 76.65
6 GOA 274 183 91 66.79
7 GUJARAT 3213 2128 1085 66.23
8 HARYANA 3696 2695 1001 72.92
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 754 503 251 66.71
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1581 933 648 59.01
11 JHARKHAND 2699 868 1831 32.16
12 KARNATAKA 3459 2590 869 74.88
13 KERALA 1971 1832 139 92.95
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6659 5221 1438 78.41
15 MAHARASHTRA 5065 4464 601 88.13
16 MANIPUR 574 523 51 91.11
17 MEGHALAYA 292 241 51 82.53
18 MIZORAM 372 272 100 73.12
19 NAGALAND 583 580 3 99.49
20 ODISHA 2964 2426 538 81.85
21 PUNJAB 3676 2680 996 72.91
22 RAJASTHAN 4438 2891 1547 65.14
23 SIKKIM 188 91 97 48.40
24 TAMILNADU 5798 4646 1152 80.13
25 TELANGANA 1924 1596 328 82.95
26 TRIPURA 640 425 215 66.41
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11130 6278 4852 56.41
28 UTTARAKHAND 1033 657 376 63.60
29 WEST BENGAL# 4582 3194 1388 69.71
TOTAL (STATES) 82098 57709 24389 70.29
30 A & N ISLANDS 148 112 36 75.68
31 CHANDIGARH 204 98 106 48.04
32 D & N HAVELI* 0 6 - -
33 DAMAN & DIU 18 12 6 66.67
34 DELHI 3249 1999 1250 61.53
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 88 35 71.54
TOTAL (UTs) 3742 2315 1427 61.87
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 85840 60024 25816 69.93
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
* No separate staff for Jails. The Sub Divisional Officers and subordinates are looking after the jails
also.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table 11.2

Number of Inmates Per Staff as on 31st December, 2018

Jail Officials Correctional Staff Medical Staff Total Total No.

Prison of
No. of No. of Staff inmates
Total No. of
Sl. inmates inmates (including per
State/UT No. of No. of inmates No. of No. of
No. minister- prison
Inmates per per
Staff per jail Staff Staff rial staff staff
correctio- medical and
official (Col 3 /
nal Staff staff others) Col 10)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 6988 1682 4 0 - 40 174 1997 3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 245 139 1 0 - 9 27 174 1
3 ASSAM 8282 834 9 0 - 48 172 914 9
4 BIHAR 38685 4263 9 76 509 238 162 5213 7
5 CHHATTISGARH 18494 1331 13 34 543 53 348 1494 12
6 GOA 435 159 2 0 - 1 435 183 2
7 GUJARAT 14980 1773 8 2 7490 77 194 2128 7
8 HARYANA 19270 2421 7 0 - 62 310 2695 7
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2254 406 5 3 751 16 140 503 4
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3085 660 4 18 171 70 44 933 3
11 JHARKHAND 20629 762 27 0 - 15 1375 868 23
12 KARNATAKA 13944 2262 6 2 6972 21 664 2590 5
13 KERALA 7638 1629 4 23 332 36 212 1832 4
14 MADHYA PRADESH 42057 4626 9 66 637 104 404 5221 8
15 MAHARASHTRA 35884 3891 9 126 284 73 491 4464 8
16 MANIPUR 920 457 2 0 - 33 27 523 1
17 MEGHALAYA 933 166 5 8 116 18 51 241 3
18 MIZORAM 1677 247 6 0 - 11 152 272 6
19 NAGALAND 442 435 1 1 442 5 88 580 0
20 ODISHA 16501 2011 8 120 137 111 148 2426 6
21 PUNJAB 22486 2215 10 0 - 84 267 2680 8
22 RAJASTHAN 20134 2520 7 3 6711 106 189 2891 6
23 SIKKIM 387 77 5 0 - 4 96 91 4
24 TAMIL NADU 13674 3796 3 69 198 96 142 4646 2
25 TELANGANA 5550 1105 5 1 5550 52 106 1596 3
26 TRIPURA 1042 368 2 1 1042 25 41 425 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 104011 5396 19 2 52005 141 737 6278 16
28 UTTARAKHAND 5311 583 9 1 5311 14 379 657 8
29 WEST BENGAL# 23092 2932 7 43 537 25 923 3194 7
TOTAL (STATES) 449030 49146 9 599 749 1588 282 57709 7
30 A & N ISLANDS 184 70 2 1 184 6 30 112 1
31 CHANDIGARH 1035 83 12 3 345 4 258 98 10
32 D & N HAVELI 39 6 6 0 - 0 - 6 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 59 10 5 0 - 0 - 12 4
34 DELHI 15468 1486 10 13 1189 314 49 1999 7
35 LAKSHADWEEP 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 268 77 3 0 - 2 134 88 3
TOTAL (UTs) 17054 1732 9 17 1003 326 52 2315 7
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 466084 50878 9 616 756 1914 243 60024 7
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
- indicates No Staff
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT DG/Addl.DG/IG/ DIG AIG Supdt.
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 2 2 1 0 0 6 5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 ASSAM 1 1 3 1 2 2 30 21
4 BIHAR 1 1 2 1 5 2 59 56
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
7 GUJARAT 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3
8 HARYANA 3 3 0 0 1 1 22 21
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 12
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 24
12 KARNATAKA 1 1 4 1 0 0 13 9
13 KERALA 1 1 4 4 0 0 6 6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 3 2 5 3 0 0 53 32
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 1 5 4 0 0 10 6
16 MANIPUR 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 5
18 MIZORAM 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 9
19 NAGALAND 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 5
20 ODISHA 1 1 4 3 1 0 21 15
21 PUNJAB 1 1 4 2 1 1 9 3
22 RAJASTHAN 3 2 3 2 0 0 11 10
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
24 TAMIL NADU 1 1 6 6 0 0 13 11
25 TELANGANA 2 2 2 1 0 0 4 4
26 TRIPURA 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 8
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 10 7 3 2 89 58
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 3
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 1 5 5 4 4 25 22
TOTAL (STATES) 37 32 65 43 23 18 482 371
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 1 1 2 1 1 1 18 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL (UTs) 3 4 2 2 1 1 21 16
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 40 36 67 45 24 19 503 387
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Continued)
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT Dy. Supdt. Asstt. Supdt. Jailor Dy. Jailor
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 32 26 0 0 62 59 174 100
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 31 26 0 0
4 BIHAR 69 24 218 45 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 12 2 120 41 0 0 6 1
6 GOA 0 0 2 2 8 6 0 0
7 GUJARAT 7 7 11 5 30 18 102 53
8 HARYANA 51 40 88 48 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 8 7 26 19 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 7 6 35 13 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 0 0 28 6 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 37 22 120 102 0 0
13 KERALA 0 2 121 121 23 23 28 28
14 MADHYA PRADESH 75 64 269 166 0 0 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 29 4 40 22 106 95 297 237
16 MANIPUR 6 3 0 0 7 6 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 0
19 NAGALAND 4 4 0 0 8 8 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 92 81 0 0
21 PUNJAB 85 48 111 69 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 36 9 18 3 76 13 188 130
23 SIKKIM 3 2 0 0 0 3 7 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 24 1 27 22 48 38
25 TELANGANA 23 23 0 0 40 39 70 70
26 TRIPURA 0 0 1 1 4 4 5 4
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 92 82 467 258
28 UTTARAKHAND 9 4 0 0 13 6 44 7
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 2 0 0 39 34 95 71
TOTAL (STATES) 463 280 1121 578 823 643 1531 997
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 76 59 312 108 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 83 62 325 118 1 1 1 1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 546 342 1446 696 824 644 1532 998
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Continued)
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Executive Staff
Officers
Sl.
State/UT Asstt. Jailor Other Officers Sub-Total (Officers)
No.
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 49 43 4 1 331 237
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 6 1 4 3 16 9
3 ASSAM 99 98 0 0 166 149
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 354 129
5 CHHATTISGARH 7 0 6 3 173 64
6 GOA 14 12 0 0 27 23
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3 0 160 87
8 HARYANA 62 37 0 0 227 150
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 2 2 42 33
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 4 60 37
11 JHARKHAND 67 15 0 0 125 45
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 0 0 175 135
13 KERALA 0 0 4 4 187 189
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 15 9 420 276
15 MAHARASHTRA 168 139 8 6 665 514
16 MANIPUR 30 14 0 0 47 24
17 MEGHALAYA 7 4 0 0 19 16
18 MIZORAM 15 7 0 0 37 23
19 NAGALAND 17 17 7 7 45 43
20 ODISHA 105 50 240 100 464 250
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 211 124
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 335 169
23 SIKKIM 12 12 0 0 24 18
24 TAMIL NADU 278 219 550 528 947 826
25 TELANGANA 0 0 35 35 176 174
26 TRIPURA 8 7 4 0 31 25
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 9 4 672 413
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 72 22
29 WEST BENGAL# 46 46 34 32 252 217
TOTAL (STATES) 990 721 925 738 6460 4421
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 4 2 9 6
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 10 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 1 0 1 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 0 0 0 2 0
34 DELHI 0 0 41 0 451 183
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 12 11
TOTAL (UTs) 2 1 45 3 484 209
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 992 722 970 741 6944 4630
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Continued)
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Executive Staff
Jail-Cadre Staff
Sl.
State/UT
No. Head Warders Head Matron Warders
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 355 335 0 0 1459 1110
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 24 24 0 0 100 100
3 ASSAM 82 52 0 0 725 569
4 BIHAR 550 448 0 0 4929 3118
5 CHHATTISGARH 179 132 0 0 1237 1114
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 10 0
7 GUJARAT 464 414 1 1 1870 1203
8 HARYANA 255 235 48 33 2368 1908
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 70 64 10 9 445 286
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 106 84 0 0 920 518
11 JHARKHAND 247 13 0 0 1757 703
12 KARNATAKA 449 302 0 0 2102 1777
13 KERALA 354 331 20 20 1047 936
14 MADHYA PRADESH 887 578 0 0 4482 3770
15 MAHARASHTRA 566 512 0 0 2963 2830
16 MANIPUR 61 51 0 0 269 266
17 MEGHALAYA 16 8 0 0 132 113
18 MIZORAM 41 39 0 0 257 185
19 NAGALAND 58 58 0 0 334 334
20 ODISHA 219 215 0 0 1637 1546
21 PUNJAB 479 370 22 19 2088 1451
22 RAJASTHAN 613 451 0 0 2907 1894
23 SIKKIM 20 19 0 0 99 35
24 TAMIL NADU 1047 1044 0 0 2513 1926
25 TELANGANA 214 211 8 8 819 623
26 TRIPURA 72 19 0 0 490 324
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1446 914 0 0 7211 3623
28 UTTARAKHAND 82 76 9 3 686 469
29 WEST BENGAL# 270 230 1 0 3118 2306
TOTAL (STATES) 9227 7229 119 93 48974 35037
30 A & N ISLANDS 15 12 0 0 71 52
31 CHANDIGARH 26 8 0 0 130 72
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 2 1 0 0 11 9
34 DELHI 416 378 58 56 1235 669
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 16 11 0 0 71 51
TOTAL (UTs) 475 410 58 56 1518 853
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 9702 7639 177 149 50492 35890
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Continued)

Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018

Executive Staff
Jail-Cadre Staff Executive Staff(Total)
Sl. Sub-Total (Jail Cadre
State/UT Matron Other Jail Cadre Staff
No. Staff)
Sanct- Actua Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual
ioned l ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 1814 1445 2145 1682
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 6 6 130 130 146 139
3 ASSAM 0 0 90 64 897 685 1063 834
4 BIHAR 0 0 1157 568 6636 4134 6990 4263
5 CHHATTISGARH 4 2 49 19 1469 1267 1642 1331
6 GOA 5 3 163 133 179 136 206 159
7 GUJARAT 131 68 0 0 2466 1686 2626 1773
8 HARYANA 0 0 138 95 2809 2271 3036 2421
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 34 14 0 0 559 373 601 406
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 42 21 1068 623 1128 660
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 7 1 2011 717 2136 762
12 KARNATAKA 5 3 128 45 2684 2127 2859 2262
13 KERALA 20 20 133 133 1574 1440 1761 1629
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 2 0 0 5374 4350 5794 4626
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 67 35 3596 3377 4261 3891
16 MANIPUR 0 0 121 116 451 433 498 457
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 44 29 192 150 211 166
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 298 224 335 247
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 392 392 437 435
20 ODISHA 0 0 0 0 1856 1761 2320 2011
21 PUNJAB 94 83 250 168 2933 2091 3144 2215
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 10 6 3530 2351 3865 2520
23 SIKKIM 0 0 34 5 153 59 177 77
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 3560 2970 4507 3796
25 TELANGANA 37 37 66 52 1144 931 1320 1105
26 TRIPURA 3 0 0 0 565 343 596 368
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 556 446 9213 4983 9885 5396
28 UTTARAKHAND 27 13 0 0 804 561 876 583
29 WEST BENGAL# 3 0 370 179 3762 2715 4014 2932
TOTAL (STATES) 368 245 3431 2121 62119 44725 68579 49146
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 86 64 95 70
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 156 80 166 83
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 13 10 15 10
34 DELHI 176 58 190 142 2075 1303 2526 1486
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 9 4 0 0 96 66 108 77
TOTAL (UTs) 185 62 190 142 2426 1523 2910 1732
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 553 307 3621 2263 64545 46248 71489 50878
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Continued)
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Correctional Staff
No. Probation Officer / Phychologist / Social Worker / Sub Total
Welfare Officer Psychiatrist Others (Correctional Staff)
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual
ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
4 BIHAR 194 76 0 0 0 0 194 76
5 CHHATTISGARH 9 5 0 0 48 29 57 34
6 GOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 GUJARAT 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 2
8 HARYANA 8 0 2 0 6 0 16 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 0 0 11 2 12 3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1 0 0 46 17 48 18
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 2
13 KERALA 23 23 0 0 0 0 23 23
14 MADHYA PRADESH 16 8 0 0 64 58 80 66
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 8 4 179 122 187 126
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 8
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
20 ODISHA 60 41 4 1 101 78 165 120
21 PUNJAB 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 8 3 8 3
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 88 47 13 11 16 11 117 69
25 TELANGANA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
26 TRIPURA 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 53 40 8 3 0 0 61 43
TOTAL (STATES) 464 247 48 23 495 329 1007 599
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 CHANDIGARH 3 1 1 0 11 2 15 3
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 15 5 10 8 17 0 42 13
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 19 7 11 8 28 2 58 17
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 483 254 59 31 523 331 1065 616
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Medical Staff
Resident
Sl. Lab Technician Sub Total
Medical Officer / Pharmacist Others
State/Ut / Lab Attendant (Medical Staff)
No. Medical Officer
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Ioned ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 22 11 11 9 3 2 24 18 60 40
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2 2 4 3 0 0 4 4 10 9
3 ASSAM 31 12 29 23 6 6 8 7 74 48
4 BIHAR 226 136 106 19 16 0 107 83 455 238
5 CHHATTISGARH 36 20 44 29 6 2 9 2 95 53
6 GOA 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 13 1
7 GUJARAT 39 34 26 15 6 4 30 24 101 77
8 HARYANA 36 19 26 17 5 0 26 26 93 62
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 4 4 18 11 0 0 1 1 23 16
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 18 11 27 18 9 4 51 37 105 70
11 JHARKHAND 44 10 7 1 10 1 107 3 168 15
12 KARNATAKA 20 6 17 8 7 4 8 3 52 21
13 KERALA 11 9 11 11 6 3 15 13 43 36
14 MADHYA PRADESH 57 10 93 57 5 5 39 32 194 104
15 MAHARASHTRA 44 34 47 34 9 5 0 0 100 73
16 MANIPUR 9 9 6 6 0 0 20 18 35 33
17 MEGHALAYA 5 5 5 4 0 0 10 9 20 18
18 MIZORAM 4 1 4 3 0 0 7 7 15 11
19 NAGALAND 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5
20 ODISHA 94 42 90 68 0 0 5 1 189 111
21 PUNJAB 38 38 41 41 3 3 2 2 84 84
22 RAJASTHAN 37 29 0 0 8 1 108 76 153 106
23 SIKKIM 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 7 4
24 TAMIL NADU 41 21 21 17 6 4 66 54 134 96
25 TELANGANA 19 19 14 14 4 4 15 15 52 52
26 TRIPURA 4 4 12 7 2 9 4 5 22 25
27 UTTAR PRADESH 145 46 141 68 55 22 40 5 381 141
28 UTTARAKHAND 10 0 19 11 3 1 8 2 40 14
29 WEST BENGAL# 40 6 41 14 0 0 11 5 92 25
TOTAL (STATES) 1044 539 865 513 169 80 737 456 2815 1588
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 6 6
31 CHANDIGARH 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 7 4
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 130 105 38 33 12 9 210 167 390 314
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
TOTAL (UTs) 134 108 44 37 13 10 214 171 405 326
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1178 647 909 550 182 90 951 627 3220 1914
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.3 (Concluded)
Sanctioned and Actual Strength of Jail Officers/Staff
as on 31st December, 2018
Ministerial Staff Others
Sub Total (Not included
Other Non- Total
Sl. Officer (Ministerial in above
State/UT Gazetted Staff
No. Staff) category)
Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct- Sanct-
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Ioned ioned ioned ioned ioned
(1) (2) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 7 7 268 215 275 222 166 53 2646 1997
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 1 8 7 9 8 18 18 187 174
3 ASSAM 5 3 35 29 40 32 10 0 1189 914
4 BIHAR 33 20 819 611 852 631 71 5 8562 5213
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 0 35 11 36 11 119 65 1949 1494
6 GOA 0 0 54 23 54 23 0 0 274 183
7 GUJARAT 13 9 309 196 322 205 160 71 3213 2128
8 HARYANA 3 3 224 101 227 104 324 108 3696 2695
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 71 57 71 57 47 21 754 503
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 16 13 115 53 131 66 169 119 1581 933
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 44 23 44 23 351 68 2699 868
12 KARNATAKA 22 8 219 161 241 169 303 136 3459 2590
13 KERALA 8 8 104 104 112 112 32 32 1971 1832
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 273 157 278 158 313 267 6659 5221
15 MAHARASHTRA 27 21 461 334 488 355 29 19 5065 4464
16 MANIPUR 2 2 39 31 41 33 0 0 574 523
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 16 15 16 15 37 34 292 241
18 MIZORAM 0 0 22 14 22 14 0 0 372 272
19 NAGALAND 7 7 36 36 43 43 96 96 583 580
20 ODISHA 3 2 204 121 207 123 83 61 2964 2426
21 PUNJAB 14 12 430 369 444 381 0 0 3676 2680
22 RAJASTHAN 12 9 189 145 201 154 211 108 4438 2891
23 SIKKIM 0 0 4 10 4 10 0 0 188 91
24 TAMIL NADU 57 51 440 329 497 380 543 305 5798 4646
25 TELANGANA 10 10 257 257 267 267 284 171 1924 1596
26 TRIPURA 0 0 10 24 10 24 7 7 640 425
27 UTTAR PRADESH 21 21 423 398 444 419 418 320 11130 6278
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 1 24 13 24 14 91 45 1033 657
29 WEST BENGAL# 15 10 127 104 142 114 273 80 4582 3194
TOTAL (STATES) 282 219 5260 3948 5542 4167 4155 2209 82098 57709
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 7 5 7 5 39 30 148 112
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 10 3 10 3 6 5 204 98
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 18 12
34 DELHI 34 28 184 125 218 153 73 33 3249 1999
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 2 2 6 3 8 5 5 4 123 88
TOTAL (UTs) 36 30 210 138 246 168 123 72 3742 2315
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 318 249 5470 4086 5788 4335 4278 2281 85840 60024
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.4
Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018

Officers Jail Cadre Staff Correctional Staff

Dy.SP
DG /
Sl. /Jailor / Proba-
State/UT Addl. Head Other Psycho- Social
No Dy. Jailor Warder tion
DG / IG / Other Warder Jail logist / Worker
/ Asst. & Officer /
Addl. IG Officers / Head Cadre Psychia- &
Jailor / Matron Welfare
/ DIG / Matron Staff trist Others
Asst. Officer
Supdt.
Supdt.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 7 1 18 43 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 1 0 4 16 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 3 7 0 5 78 2 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 3 2 0 46 843 21 14 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 1 9 1 2 117 2 1 0 5
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 1 0 15 68 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 4 0 33 0 95 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 1 9 14 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 2 0 3 45 0 0 0 1
11 JHARKHAND 1 1 0 0 82 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 2 16 0 56 412 1 0 0 0
13 KERALA 1 2 4 20 20 87 8 0 0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6 19 0 3 640 0 1 0 16
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 37 0 34 509 0 0 1 6
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 17 23 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 2
18 MIZORAM 1 0 0 2 51 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 3 1 5 68 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 5 26 9 0 224 0 7 0 9
21 PUNJAB 0 2 0 19 83 24 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 2 13 0 34 410 0 0 0 0
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 1 13 1 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 6 24 44 84 201 0 10 8 1
25 TELANGANA 0 6 2 8 37 17 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 1 2 0 1 13 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 3 18 0 97 95 0 2 0 0
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 11 0 0 221 5 6 3 0
TOTAL (STATES) 41 214 63 503 4353 278 49 12 40
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 3 27 0 56 58 28 1 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 4 27 0 58 76 28 1 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 45 241 63 561 4429 306 50 12 40
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.4 (Concluded)
Actual Strength of Women Jail Officers/Staff as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Medical Staff Ministerial Staff
No.
Resident
Lab
Medical Non- Others Total
Pharm- Techni-
Officer / Others Officer Gazetted
acists cian / Lab
Medical Staff
Attendant
Officer
(1) (2) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2 4 0 7 3 57 10 152
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 31
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 109
4 BIHAR 15 0 0 4 2 38 0 988
5 CHHATTISGARH 3 8 1 1 0 2 11 164
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 GUJARAT 6 4 1 5 4 18 10 132
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 142
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 1 0 1 0 16 1 45
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 4 1 1 3 0 4 15 81
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 90
12 KARNATAKA 2 3 1 2 0 57 16 568
13 KERALA 3 2 0 2 3 69 3 224
14 MADHYA PRADESH 1 13 1 4 0 23 33 760
15 MAHARASHTRA 2 3 2 0 2 60 4 661
16 MANIPUR 2 2 0 11 1 9 0 65
17 MEGHALAYA 0 1 0 3 0 10 6 41
18 MIZORAM 1 0 0 4 0 6 0 65
19 NAGALAND 0 1 0 0 3 20 34 135
20 ODISHA 1 2 0 0 0 13 2 298
21 PUNJAB 1 2 0 2 3 49 0 185
22 RAJASTHAN 3 0 0 4 0 8 10 484
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 21
24 TAMIL NADU 9 5 0 20 7 95 15 529
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 1 1 34 0 106
26 TRIPURA 1 1 2 1 0 8 1 31
27 UTTAR PRADESH 2 2 0 0 4 85 55 363
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 27
29 WEST BENGAL# 2 0 0 0 0 15 11 275
TOTAL (STATES) 60 56 9 88 35 729 245 6775
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 DELHI 11 1 0 24 4 29 0 242
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TOTAL (UTs) 12 1 0 26 4 30 0 267
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 72 57 9 114 39 759 245 7042
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 11.5
Training of Jail Officers/Staff (Refresher / Specialised / Re-orientation Courses)
during the year 2018
Sl. No. of Personnel Trained
State/UT
No. Actual Staffs Staffs Trained % share
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 1997 352 17.63
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 174 5 2.87
3 ASSAM 914 144 15.75
4 BIHAR 5213 301 5.77
5 CHHATTISGARH 1494 133 8.90
6 GOA 183 0 0.00
7 GUJARAT 2128 248 11.65
8 HARYANA 2695 1104 40.96
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 503 63 12.52
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 933 117 12.54
11 JHARKHAND 868 22 2.53
12 KARNATAKA 2590 1240 47.88
13 KERALA 1832 459 25.05
14 MADHYA PRADESH 5221 760 14.56
15 MAHARASHTRA 4464 726 16.26
16 MANIPUR 523 0 0.00
17 MEGHALAYA 241 13 5.39
18 MIZORAM 272 46 16.91
19 NAGALAND 580 47 8.10
20 ODISHA 2426 446 18.38
21 PUNJAB 2680 327 12.20
22 RAJASTHAN 2891 979 33.86
23 SIKKIM 91 0 0.00
24 TAMIL NADU 4646 563 12.12
25 TELANGANA 1596 664 41.60
26 TRIPURA 425 25 5.88
27 UTTAR PRADESH 6278 346 5.51
28 UTTARAKHAND 657 48 7.31
29 WEST BENGAL# 3194 257 8.05
TOTAL (STATES) 57709 9435 16.35
30 A & N ISLANDS 112 0 0.00
31 CHANDIGARH 98 5 5.10
32 D & N HAVELI 6 0 0.00
33 DAMAN & DIU 12 0 0.00
34 DELHI 1999 1842 92.15
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0.00
36 PUDUCHERRY 88 3 3.41
TOTAL (UTs) 2315 1850 79.91
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 60024 11285 18.80
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Chapter 12

Prison –
Budget and
Infrastructure
 

 
 Chapter – 12
Prison - Budget and Infrastructure

A. Prison Budget
The allocated annual budget was
Provision of adequate fund is the highest in Uttar Pradesh (`1085.6
prerequisite in effective functioning of crores) during 2018-19 among all the
prison institutions. In this context, States / UTs, followed by Bihar (`507.9
information on prison budget with details of crores), Delhi (`401.8 crores), Haryana
sanctioned budget, plan expenditure, non- (`350.3) and Madhya Pradesh (`349.2
plan expenditure and other expenditures crores). The details can be seen in
have been collected and presented in this (Table 12.1).
chapter. Besides, information on cost of
maintenance and development of various Expenditure (Planned & Non-planned)
infrastructures in jails have also been
presented separately. Expenditure on specific planned
activities under the Five Year Plan is
Sanctioned Budget termed as Planned expenditure.

The sanctioned budget for the year Expenditure made for meeting
2018-19 (`6068.7 crores) has increased day-to-day expenses and running
by 11.1% in comparison to the year 2017- establishments like payment of salaries,
18 (`5,463.4 crores) at All-India level. The wages, rent, etc. come under the Non-
details can be seen in Table 12.1. Planned expenditure. Non-Planned
expenditure may also include activities
Uttarakhand has reported for development of existing infrastructure
maximum increase (48.5%) in budget and bringing about improvements in the
provision during 2018-19 over 2017-18, prisons.
followed by Haryana (42.6%), Assam
(36.3%) and Manipur (30.5%). Jharkhand Details of State/UT-wise Plan and
has reported a marginal increase of 0.4% Non-Plan budget with actual expenditure
in the sanctioned budget in the year 2018- for the year 2018-19 are presented in
19 over 2017-18. Table 12.3.

However, the sanctioned budget in I. Planned

six States/UTs, namely, Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, The highest Plan expenditure was
Meghalaya, Tripura and Lakshadweep reported in Delhi (`371.5 crores) followed
have declined during the financial year by Gujarat (`144.1 crores) and Bihar
2018-19 over the previous financial year (`56.0 crores) during 2018-19.
2017-18. The highest such decline was
reported in Lakshadweep (87.5%) followed II. Non-Planned
by Tripura (66.9%), Chhattisgarh (24.1),
The highest Non-Plan expenditure
Meghalaya (22.7), Arunachal Pradesh
was reported from Uttar Pradesh (`887.4
(3.8) and Andhra Pradesh (2.4).

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crores) followed by Bihar (`413.7 crores) Expenses on Prison Inmates
and Madhya Pradesh (`328.8 crores). The The share of Expenses on inmates
total sanctioned budget and actual in Total Annual Expenditure for each
expenditure was equal in case of Himachal State/UT during financial year 2018-19 is
Pradesh (`42.6), Mizoram (`24.2), shown in Chart 12.1. The comparison has
Chandigarh (`20.3), Arunachal Pradesh been made on the basis of share of
(`12.7), A & N Islands (`8.6), Puducherry expenses on inmates to total annual
(5.5), Daman & Diu (`1.1), D & N Haveli expenditure of the respective States/UTs.
(`0.4) and Lakshadweep (`0.1). Andhra Pradesh has reported the highest
Telangana and Tripura have reported share of expenses on inmates (99.20%)
more expenditure than the sanctioned out of the total annual expenditure
budget. In the case of remaining States followed by Haryana (79.71%) and
and UTs, the total expenditure incurred Chhattisgarh (71.94%).
was less than their sanctioned budget.

ANDHRA PRADESH 99.2

HARYANA 79.7
CHHATTISGARH 71.9
D & N HAVELI 65
DELHI 59.9
SIKKIM 49.4
TRIPURA 49.2
UTTARAKHAND 42.9
WEST BENGAL# 41.9
JHARKHAND 40.3
UTTAR PRADESH 33
BIHAR 29.6
KERALA 28
CHANDIGARH 26.4
ASSAM 25
KARNATAKA 23.6
ODISHA 22.9
GUJARAT 22.6
DAMAN & DIU 22.4
MADHYA PRADESH 22.2
MAHARASHTRA 21
MIZORAM 18.8
TAMIL NADU 17.7
MANIPUR 16.9
RAJASTHAN 16.7 The Share of Expenses on Inmates
PUNJAB 15.4 in Total Annual Expenditure at
TELANGANA 14.9
GOA 13.6 National Level: 33.61%
PUDUCHERRY 13.2
LAKSHADWEEP 13
MEGHALAYA 12.2
HIMACHAL PRADESH 11
JAMMU & KASHMIR 10.9
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 9.8
A & N ISLANDS 7.7
NAGALAND 5.4
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
% Share of Expenses on Inmates in Total Annual Expenditure
Chart – 12.1

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 The share of expenses on inmates (13.2%), Goa (13.6%), Telangana (14.9%)
in total annual expenditure at National and Punjab (15.4%). Share of expenditure
level is 33.61%. States which are spending on prison inmates spent for food, clothing,
significantly less than the National medical, vocational, educational facilities,
Average are Nagaland (5.4%), A & N welfare activities and other expenses for
Islands (7.7%), Arunachal Pradesh (9.8%), the year 2018-2019 has been presented in
Jammu & Kashmir (10.9%), Himachal Chart 12.2. State/UT wise such details
Pradesh (11.0%), Meghalaya (12.2%), has been presented in Table 12.4.
Lakshadweep (13.0%), Puducherry

Others
42.3%

Food
50.2%

Vocational/
Educational
0.5%

Clothing Medical
Welfare Activities
1.4% 4.3%
1.4%

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Percentage Distribution of Expenditure on Various Items on Prison Inmates
during 2018-2019
Chart – 12.2

I. Food (`12.611 crores) and Uttar Pradesh (`10

Approximately, 50.2% of the total crores).
money spent on prison inmates was for
Food only. Uttar Pradesh has reported the III. Welfare
highest food expenditure of `150 crores West Bengal has reported the
followed by Bihar (`124.006 crores) and highest expenditure (`8.108 crores) on
West Bengal (`70.319 crores) during the welfare activities of prison inmates
financial year 2018-19. followed by Uttarakhand (`6.396 crores)
and Uttar Pradesh (`3.804 crores) during
II. Medical the financial year 2018-19.
Delhi has spent the highest medical
expenditure of `17.846 crores during
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IV. Clothing expenditure under the head 'other
Bihar had spent considerable expenses'.
amount of `3.606 crores on clothing
during the financial year 2018-19. Some of Sanctioned Annual Budget and Actual
the other States/UTs which spent Expenditure during 2013-2014 to
reasonable amount on clothing were 2018-2019
Madhya Pradesh (`3.553 crores),
During 2013-14 to 2018-19 (Chart-
Jharkhand (`2.260 crores).
12.3), the sanctioned annual budget has
increased by 62.0% (`3,744.967 crores in
V. Vocational / Educational
2013-14 to `6,068.7 crores in 2018-19)
Out of 20 States / UTs, which and the actual expenditure has increased
reported vocational/educational expenses by 58.7% (`3,328.378 crores in 2013-14 to
on inmates for the financial year 2018- `5,283.7 crores in 2018-19). During the
2019, the highest expenditure was financial year 2013-14, 88.9% (`3,328.378
reported from Chandigarh (`2.558 crores) crores spent out of `3,744.967 crores) of
followed by Gujarat (`2.073 crores) and the sanctioned budget was utilized,
Andhra Pradesh (`1.688 crores). whereas, during the financial year 2018-
19, 87.1% (`5,283.7 crores spent out of
Haryana (`180.417 crores), Delhi `6,068.7 crores) of the sanctioned budget
(`178.089 crores) and Andhra Pradesh was utilized.
(`137.018 crores) have reported maximum
7000.000

Figures in % 6068.7
indicates growth 6000.000
percentage 62%
during 2013-14 - 5000.000
2018-19. 5283.7
58.7%
Budget (in Rs. Crore)

4000.000 3745.0

3000.000 3328.4

2000.000

1000.000

0.000
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Actual Expenditure (in
3328.378 3839.380 4628.573 4944.734 4753.386 5283.700
Crore)
Sanctioned Annual Budget
3744.967 4278.812 5157.631 5463.376 5253.731 6068.700
(in Crore)

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Sanctioned Annual Budget vis-à-vis Actual Expenditure during 2013-2014 to 2018-2019
Chart – 12.3

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B. Prison Infrastructure of 329 jails renovated/expanded, 129 were
District Jails, 119 were Sub Jails, 62 were
Measures have been taken to Central Jails, 4 were Special Jails, 3 were
improve the infrastructure of the prisons Women Jails, 8 were Open jails, 2 was
having significant implications for life of Borstal School and 2 were Other jails
prisoners. Some of the important (Table 12.6).
initiatives taken in this regard are as
under: III. Quarters to Jail Staff
As on 31.12.2018, the total
I. Jail Constructed sanctioned staff strength was 85,840 and
16 new jails were constructed actual strength of all jail staff was 60,024.
during the year 2018, out of which, 3 were As against 60,024 staff strength, the actual
District Jails, 3 were Sub jails, 6 were number of quarters available at National
Open Jails, 2 were Central jails and 2 were level was 32,582 during 2018 indicating
Women jails (Table 12.5). huge shortage of quarters for jail staff. A
comparison between Sanctioned Staff
II. Jails Renovated/Extended Strength, Actual Staff Strength and Actual
A total of 329 jails were renovated / Number of Quarters available at National
expanded during the year 2018. State of level is placed below in Chart 12.4. The
Madhya Pradesh (130) has reported percentage share of Number of Quarters
highest number of jails renovation Available to Actual Staff Strength at
/expansion during 2018 followed by National level was 54.3% as on 31st
Rajasthan (37) and Maharashtra (31). Out December, 2018 (Table 12.7).

100000
90000 85,840

80000
70000
60,024
60000
50000
40000 32,582
30000
20000
10000
0
Sanctioned Staff Strength Actual Staff Strength Number of Quarters
Available

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

Actual Strength of Jail Staff vis-à-vis Actual Number of Quarters Available
as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 12.4

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IV. Vehicles Available States/UTs. Out of which, there were
As on 31st December, 2018, a total 20,287 CCTVs, 8,240 Walkie Talkies,
of 2,348 vehicles (667 Ambulances, 514 6,677 Computers, 4,046 Metal Detectors,
Motor Cycles, 324 Jeeps, 253 Cars, 148 1,445 Phones, 674 FAX Machines, 378
Tractors, 134 Vans, 86 Lorries and 222 VHF Sets, 311 Electronic Typewriters and
other vehicles) were available in Indian 1,924 other electronic equipment available
prisons. Uttar Pradesh (226), Madhya in Indian Prisons (Table 12.9).
Pradesh (204) and Telangana (191) have VI. Video Conferencing
reported the highest number of vehicles in
their jails. Out of 667 Ambulances, A total of 745 jails out of 1,339 Jails
Madhya Pradesh has reported 95 were equipped with Video Conferencing
ambulances followed by Uttar Pradesh (VC) facility at the end of the year 2018.
(78) and West Bengal (59). No ambulance Madhya Pradesh has reported that 97 jails
was reported by Arunachal Pradesh, of the State have equipped with VC facility
Assam, Sikkim, D & N Haveli, Daman & followed by Andhra Pradesh (71) and Uttar
Diu and Lakshadweep. (Table 12.8). Pradesh (61) (Chart 12.5).

Out of 745 jails equipped with Video

V. Electronic Equipment Conferencing facility, 331 jails were District
As on 31st December 2018, a total jails, 134 jails were Central jails and 231
of 43,982 electronic devices were jails were Sub Jails. (Table 12.10).
available with Prison Departments of
MADHYA PRADESH 97
ANDHRA PRADESH 71
UTTAR PRADESH 61
BIHAR 56
RAJASTHAN 48
MAHARASHTRA 43
ODISHA 41
TELANGANA 35
KARNATAKA 32
ASSAM 31
CHHATTISGARH 30
JHARKHAND 28
PUNJAB 23
GUJARAT 22
WEST BENGAL# 19
HARYANA 19
KERALA 18
DELHI 14
HIMACHAL PRADESH 14
TAMIL NADU 12
UTTARAKHAND 8
TRIPURA 5
PUDUCHERRY 4
MEGHALAYA 3
SIKKIM
Total Number of Jails in the Country : 1,339
2
MANIPUR 2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2 Toal Number of Jails equipped with VC facility: 745
D & N HAVELI 1
CHANDIGARH 1
A & N ISLANDS 1
JAMMU & KASHMIR 1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

 As per data provided by States/UTs.

# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
State/UT wise Number of Jails with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2018
Chart – 12.5

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 System provides facility for
VII. Computerization of Prisons secured access to application
through Biometric identification.
1. Jammu & Kashmir: E-prison
project is in progress and a large
data has been computerized in the VIII. Solar Power Generation for
jails of J & K. prisons

1. Andhra Pradesh: With a view

2. Maharashtra: In the jails of to provide hot water to the old
Maharashtra, through PRISMS aged and sick prisoners in
(Web based software) all Prisons winter season, all the Central
have been successfully connected Prisons, Prisoners’ Agricultural
with State Data Centre and the Colony and District Jails
process to connect to the Courts is (except District Jail Ongole) are
under progress. There are 24 provided with Solar Water
modules catering to all the Heaters.
functional need of the Prisons.
Training to officers and staff 2. Sikkim: In the jails of Sikkim,
across all Prisons in PRISMS was 24 hrs running hot water for the
imparted at JOTC, Pune. This has Prisoners’ barrack is provided
increased general efficiency of from solar powered water
Prison administration and heaters.
transparency in prisoners’
interview (meeting) with their
relatives.
IX. CCTV Camera
Finger Prints and
Photographs of the prisoners and 1. Andhra Pradesh: The concerned
their relatives are being stored in persons in the jails of Andhra
PRISMS software at all prisons in Pradesh monitor the activities of
Maharashtra. System provides inmates and duties of staff though
Verification of Prisoners & Visitors CCTV system.
using biometric for every visit.
2. Jammu & Kashmir: Monitoring
Prisoners can see their own the prisoners through CCTV
information using touch screen Cameras is being done in the jails
kiosk machine. Information of J & K.
available includes PDR, Remission
Earned, Prisoners Property and
  
Cash details, Parole/Furlough
Application status, Transfer
Application Status & Under trial
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Total Sanctioned Budget during the financial year 2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19
and Percentage Variation in 2018-19 over 2017-18
Total Sanctioned Budget (in ` Crore) Percentage
Sl. Variation in
State/UT
No. 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2018-19 over
2017-18
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 189.5 198.5 193.8 -2.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 12.3 13.2 12.7 -3.8
3 ASSAM 81.0 94.2 128.4 36.3
4 BIHAR 377.4 392.1 507.9 29.5
5 CHHATTISGARH 142.8 161.1 122.3 -24.1
6 GOA 44.5 13.6 14.1 3.7
7 GUJARAT 114.9 140.0 163.9 17.1
8 HARYANA 268.9 245.7 350.3 42.6
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 34.6 37.6 42.6 13.3
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 59.1 98.4 117.0 18.9
11 JHARKHAND 156.6 178.1 178.9 0.4
12 KARNATAKA 187.5 193.3 209.3 8.3
13 KERALA 141.1 171.7 178.6 4.0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 342.4 297.4 349.2 17.4
15 MAHARASHTRA 278.4 295.7 339.9 14.9
16 MANIPUR 18.8 19.7 25.7 30.5
17 MEGHALAYA 17.0 26.4 20.4 -22.7
18 MIZORAM 23.4 23.5 24.2 3.0
19 NAGALAND 39.2 44.4 52.8 18.9
20 ODISHA 190.4 201.6 202.4 0.4
21 PUNJAB 227.2 212.7 254.6 19.7
22 RAJASTHAN 212.9 234.4 274.9 17.3
23 SIKKIM 7.0 6.9 7.8 13.0
24 TAMIL NADU 280.4 287.8 343.0 19.2
25 TELANGANA 124.2 97.1 112.4 15.8
26 TRIPURA 47.7 15.1 5.0 -66.9
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1272.0 913.1 1085.6 18.9
28 UTTARAKHAND 46.0 44.3 65.8 48.5
29 WEST BENGAL# 224.7 247.2 247.2 0.0
TOTAL(STATES) 5162.1 4904.8 5631.0 14.8
30 A & N ISLANDS 10.8 8.0 8.6 7.5
31 CHANDIGARH 14.6 17.1 20.3 18.7
32 D & N HAVELI 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0
34 DELHI 268.3 316.4 401.8 27.0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.8 0.8 0.1 -87.5
36 PUDUCHERRY 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.8
TOTAL(UTs) 301.3 349.0 437.7 25.4
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5463.4 5253.7 6068.7 15.5
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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Sanctioned Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year
2016-17, 2017-18 & 2018-19 (` in crores)
Total Sanctioned Budget Actual Expenditure
Sl. (Rs. in Crores) (Rs. in Crores)
State/UT
No.
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 189.5 198.5 193.8 146.7 164.5 156.5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 12.3 13.2 12.7 12.3 13.2 12.7
3 ASSAM 81.0 94.2 128.4 70.0 71.2 88.7
4 BIHAR 377.4 392.1 507.9 320.2 341.3 472.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 142.8 161.1 122.3 123.5 138.0 75.5
6 GOA 44.5 13.6 14.1 24.6 11.4 13.3
7 GUJARAT 114.9 140.0 163.9 108.7 137.3 144.1
8 HARYANA 268.9 245.7 350.3 251.6 207.4 263.2
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 34.6 37.6 42.6 34.6 37.6 42.6
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 59.1 98.4 117.0 44.4 88.0 113.3
11 JHARKHAND 156.6 178.1 178.9 131.3 165.2 175.3
12 KARNATAKA 187.5 193.3 209.3 182.2 148.7 158.5
13 KERALA 141.1 171.7 178.6 138.4 154.5 163.6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 342.4 297.4 349.2 303.6 292.7 328.8
15 MAHARASHTRA 278.4 295.7 339.9 250.1 279.7 299.9
16 MANIPUR 18.8 19.7 25.7 18.3 19.2 21.9
17 MEGHALAYA 17.0 26.4 20.4 14.9 12.2 16.6
18 MIZORAM 23.4 23.5 24.2 23.1 23.2 24.2
19 NAGALAND 39.2 44.4 52.8 39.0 44.1 52.1
20 ODISHA 190.4 201.6 202.4 170.7 168.3 178.0
21 PUNJAB 227.2 212.7 254.6 200.6 200.3 237.5
22 RAJASTHAN 212.9 234.4 274.9 163.9 193.9 200.8
23 SIKKIM 7.0 6.9 7.8 7.0 5.0 2.8
24 TAMIL NADU 280.4 287.8 343.0 266.4 266.6 319.6
25 TELANGANA 124.2 97.1 112.4 114.1 104.3 120.3
26 TRIPURA 47.7 15.1 5.0 35.9 20.2 6.1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 1272.0 913.1 1085.6 1198.1 824.9 887.4
28 UTTARAKHAND 46.0 44.3 65.8 40.2 41.9 57.3
29 WEST BENGAL# 224.7 247.2 247.2 221.7 243.9 243.9
TOTAL (STATES) 5162.1 4904.8 5631.0 4656.0 4418.7 4876.4
30 A & N ISLANDS 10.8 8.0 8.6 10.8 8.0 8.6
31 CHANDIGARH 14.6 17.1 20.3 14.6 17.1 20.3
32 D & N HAVELI 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
33 DAMAN & DIU 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
34 DELHI 268.3 316.4 401.8 257.0 303.0 371.5
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
36 PUDUCHERRY 5.3 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.0 5.5
TOTAL (UTs) 301.3 349.0 437.7 288.7 334.7 407.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 5463.4 5253.7 6068.7 4944.7 4753.4 5283.7
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.3
Total Budget and Actual Expenditure during the financial year 2018-2019
(` in Crore)
Sl. State/UT Total Annual Budget Actual Expenditure
No.
Expenditure on
Account of
Total
Plan Non-Plan Total Plan Non-Plan Funds made
Available by (Col.6+7+8)
Other Agencies
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 21.9 171.9 193.8 1.2 155.2 0.0 156.5
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1.6 11.2 12.7 1.6 11.2 0.0 12.7
3 ASSAM 25.3 103.1 128.4 7.3 79.8 1.6 88.7
4 BIHAR 63.4 444.5 507.9 56.0 413.7 2.3 472.0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0.0 122.3 122.3 0.0 75.5 0.0 75.5
6 GOA 0.0 14.1 14.1 0.0 13.3 0.0 13.3
7 GUJARAT 163.9 0.0 163.9 144.1 0.0 0.0 144.1
8 HARYANA 70.0 280.3 350.3 53.4 209.8 0.0 263.2
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 9.8 32.8 42.6 9.8 32.8 0.0 42.6
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2.6 114.4 117.0 2.6 110.7 0.0 113.3
11 JHARKHAND 34.0 144.9 178.9 33.7 141.6 0.0 175.3
12 KARNATAKA 47.8 161.5 209.3 47.8 110.7 0.0 158.5
13 KERALA 22.2 156.4 178.6 16.6 147.0 0.0 163.6
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0.0 349.2 349.2 0.0 328.8 0.0 328.8
15 MAHARASHTRA 19.9 320.0 339.9 16.6 283.2 0.1 299.9
16 MANIPUR 0.0 25.7 25.7 0.0 21.9 0.0 21.9
17 MEGHALAYA 0.0 20.4 20.4 0.0 16.3 0.3 16.6
18 MIZORAM 0.0 24.2 24.2 0.0 24.2 0.0 24.2
19 NAGALAND 2.6 50.2 52.8 2.6 49.5 0.0 52.1
20 ODISHA 32.8 169.6 202.4 29.2 148.8 0.0 178.0
21 PUNJAB 0.0 254.6 254.6 0.0 237.5 0.0 237.5
22 RAJASTHAN 68.4 206.5 274.9 10.8 190.0 0.0 200.8
23 SIKKIM 0.0 7.8 7.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 2.8
24 TAMIL NADU 0.0 343.0 343.0 0.0 319.6 0.0 319.6
25 TELANGANA 30.2 82.3 112.4 27.5 92.8 0.0 120.3
26 TRIPURA 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 6.1 0.0 6.1
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0.0 1085.6 1085.6 0.0 887.4 0.0 887.4
28 UTTARAKHAND 4.0 61.8 65.8 4.0 53.3 0.0 57.3
29 WEST BENGAL# 22.3 224.9 247.2 22.3 221.5 0.0 243.9
TOTAL (STATES) 642.8 4988.1 5631.0 487.1 4385.0 4.3 4876.4
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.0 8.6 8.6 0.0 8.6 0.0 8.6
31 CHANDIGARH 0.0 20.3 20.3 0.0 20.3 0.0 20.3
32 D & N HAVELI 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
33 DAMAN & DIU 1.1 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.1
34 DELHI 401.8 0.0 401.8 371.5 0.0 0.0 371.5
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.0 5.5 5.5 0.0 5.5 0.0 5.5
TOTAL (UTs) 402.8 34.9 437.7 372.5 34.8 0.0 407.3
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 1045.7 5023.0 6068.7 859.6 4419.8 4.3 5283.7
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.4
Details of Expenses on Inmates during the financial year 2018-2019
Expenses (` In Crore)
Sl.
State/UT Vocational/ Welfare
No. Food Clothing Medical Others @ Total
Educational Activities
(1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 14.856 0.850 0.562 1.688 0.269 137.018 155.243
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0.900 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.000 0.150 1.250
3 ASSAM 15.986 0.000 1.146 0.154 0.232 4.629 22.148
4 BIHAR 124.006 3.606 4.236 0.098 0.152 7.608 139.707
5 CHHATTISGARH 33.556 0.869 3.883 0.010 0.000 15.996 54.315
6 GOA 1.656 0.000 0.153 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.810
7 GUJARAT 29.282 0.336 0.569 2.073 0.131 0.160 32.551
8 HARYANA 27.817 0.039 1.310 0.000 0.213 180.417 209.796
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 3.178 0.240 0.588 0.120 0.102 0.476 4.704
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10.805 0.006 0.978 0.020 0.105 0.445 12.359
11 JHARKHAND 44.443 2.260 1.651 0.077 3.105 19.046 70.582
12 KARNATAKA 36.210 0.240 0.810 0.080 0.060 0.000 37.400
13 KERALA 29.977 1.949 0.932 0.535 0.569 11.906 45.868
14 MADHYA PRADESH 60.835 3.553 6.343 0.166 0.300 1.746 72.943
15 MAHARASHTRA 43.744 1.152 3.475 0.000 0.015 14.559 62.945
16 MANIPUR 1.931 0.109 0.135 0.000 0.034 1.491 3.699
17 MEGHALAYA 1.948 0.000 0.077 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.026
18 MIZORAM 4.189 0.168 0.144 0.000 0.000 0.055 4.555
19 NAGALAND 2.340 0.082 0.080 0.080 0.050 0.204 2.836
20 ODISHA 33.261 0.489 2.132 0.000 0.000 4.958 40.840
21 PUNJAB 32.763 1.824 1.989 0.000 0.000 0.000 36.577
22 RAJASTHAN 28.939 0.872 0.795 0.000 0.377 2.492 33.475
23 SIKKIM 0.978 0.008 0.185 0.050 0.162 0.000 1.382
24 TAMIL NADU 32.575 0.508 0.532 0.028 0.153 22.779 56.574
25 TELANGANA 13.811 1.538 0.509 0.007 0.059 1.953 17.876
26 TRIPURA 2.291 0.006 0.515 0.012 0.014 0.163 3.000
27 UTTAR PRADESH 150.000 1.349 10.000 0.298 3.804 127.583 293.034
28 UTTARAKHAND 9.162 0.103 1.810 0.000 6.396 7.121 24.591
29 WEST BENGAL# 70.319 1.319 12.611 0.009 8.108 9.709 102.075
TOTAL (STATES) 861.759 23.474 58.350 5.506 24.408 572.664 1546.162
30 A & N ISLANDS 0.621 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.029 0.658
31 CHANDIGARH 2.406 0.020 0.291 2.558 0.036 0.045 5.356
32 D & N HAVELI 0.260 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.260
33 DAMAN & DIU 0.210 0.006 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.031 0.246
34 DELHI 25.245 1.184 17.846 0.076 0.216 178.089 222.655
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0.012 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.013
36 PUDUCHERRY 0.720 0.004 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.725
TOTAL (UTs) 29.473 1.218 18.138 2.633 0.256 178.194 229.912
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 891.232 24.692 76.487 8.139 24.664 750.858 1776.074
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
@ may include expenses incurred on sanitation, Hygiene, the transport facilities for movement of prisoners during
Remand, Trials, Transfers and Hospital etc.
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 Table – 12.5
State/UT-wise Number of Jails Constructed during the year 2018
Sl. Borstal
State/UT Central District Sub Women Open Special Others Total
No. School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 KERALA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 5
15 MAHARASHTRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 TELANGANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
TOTAL (STATES) 2 3 3 2 0 6 0 0 16
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 2 3 3 2 0 6 0 0 16
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.6
Number of Jails Renovated / Expanded during the year 2018
Sl. State/UT Borstal
Central District Sub Women Open Special Others Total
No. School
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 ASSAM 6 14 1 0 0 1 1 0 23
4 BIHAR 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 HARYANA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
11 JHARKHAND 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
12 KARNATAKA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
13 KERALA 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 41 73 0 0 5 0 0 130
15 MAHARASHTRA 8 21 0 0 0 1 0 1 31
16 MANIPUR 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 NAGALAND 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
20 ODISHA 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
21 PUNJAB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 RAJASTHAN 10 8 19 0 0 0 0 0 37
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
25 TELANGANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
29 WEST BENGAL# 1 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 18
TOTAL (STATES) 47 129 119 1 2 8 4 2 312
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 17
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 62 129 119 3 2 8 4 2 329
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.7
Details of Quarters Available to Prison Officials as on 31st December, 2018
No. of % share of
Total
Sl. Actual Staff Quarters Quarters to
State/UT Sanctioned
No. Strength Available Actual Staff
Staff Strength
(Actuals) Strength
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 2646 1997 488 24.4
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 187 174 39 22.4
3 ASSAM 1189 914 535 58.5
4 BIHAR 8562 5213 1000 19.2
5 CHHATTISGARH 1949 1494 847 56.7
6 GOA 274 183 10 5.5
7 GUJARAT 3213 2128 1700 79.9
8 HARYANA 3696 2695 2457 91.2
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 754 503 148 29.4
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1581 933 255 27.3
11 JHARKHAND 2699 868 719 82.8
12 KARNATAKA 3459 2590 1146 44.2
13 KERALA 1971 1832 532 29.0
14 MADHYA PRADESH 6659 5221 3475 66.6
15 MAHARASHTRA 5065 4464 2650 59.4
16 MANIPUR 574 523 79 15.1
17 MEGHALAYA 292 241 222 92.1
18 MIZORAM 372 272 235 86.4
19 NAGALAND 583 580 106 18.3
20 ODISHA 2964 2426 1645 67.8
21 PUNJAB 3676 2680 487 18.2
22 RAJASTHAN 4438 2891 904 31.3
23 SIKKIM 188 91 31 34.1
24 TAMIL NADU 5798 4646 1967 42.3
25 TELANGANA 1924 1596 556 34.8
26 TRIPURA 640 425 305 71.8
27 UTTAR PRADESH 11130 6278 7508 119.6
28 UTTARAKHAND 1033 657 481 73.2
29 WEST BENGAL# 4582 3194 757 23.7
TOTAL (STATES) 82098 57709 31284 54.2
30 A & N ISLANDS 148 112 97 86.6
31 CHANDIGARH 204 98 57 58.2
32 D & N HAVELI 0 6 0 0.0
33 DAMAN & DIU 18 12 0 0.0
34 DELHI 3249 1999 1126 56.3
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 -
36 PUDUCHERRY 123 88 18 20.5
TOTAL (UTs) 3742 2315 1298 56.1
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 85840 60024 32582 54.3
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.8
Details of Vehicles Available in Jails as on 31st December, 2018
Sl State/UT Number of Vehicles Available
No. Ambu- Motor Trac-
Jeep Car Van Lorry Others Total
lance Cycle tor
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 28 40 11 23 10 3 0 11 126
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 9 0 0 0 5 0 3 17
3 ASSAM 0 1 0 1 0 24 0 0 26
4 BIHAR 19 0 41 1 5 0 0 13 79
5 CHHATTISGARH 27 25 6 7 0 2 8 15 90
6 GOA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
7 GUJARAT 25 53 11 17 10 5 15 11 147
8 HARYANA 24 47 2 2 7 2 0 0 84
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 8 2 4 1 6 0 4 26
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 8 5 8 0 0 2 1 15 39
11 JHARKHAND 29 1 9 0 2 7 3 5 56
12 KARNATAKA 35 73 31 13 14 11 1 8 186
13 KERALA 26 43 48 37 3 3 4 3 167
14 MADHYA PRADESH 95 22 12 20 0 2 25 28 204
15 MAHARASHTRA 44 11 6 7 39 5 6 3 121
16 MANIPUR 2 1 10 1 1 0 1 1 17
17 MEGHALAYA 5 7 4 1 0 2 0 1 20
18 MIZORAM 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
19 NAGALAND 4 1 5 1 0 4 0 16 31
20 ODISHA 3 3 4 2 2 2 0 7 23
21 PUNJAB 27 0 6 8 5 10 0 0 56
22 RAJASTHAN 33 5 2 14 0 3 0 30 87
23 SIKKIM 0 3 10 0 0 3 2 1 19
24 TAMIL NADU 22 14 15 7 7 7 6 2 80
25 TELANGANA 25 80 0 44 10 15 2 15 191
26 TRIPURA 6 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 18
27 UTTAR PRADESH 78 23 58 15 26 6 3 17 226
28 UTTARAKHAND 12 13 9 1 4 0 1 1 41
29 WEST BENGAL# 59 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 67
TOTAL (STATES) 648 496 315 234 147 129 78 211 2258
30 A & N ISLANDS 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
31 CHANDIGARH 1 3 2 3 1 0 5 2 17
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DELHI 16 11 4 15 0 1 2 9 58
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 8
TOTAL (UTs) 19 18 9 19 1 5 8 11 90
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 667 514 324 253 148 134 86 222 2348
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.9
Details of Electronic Equipments used in Prisons as on 31st December, 2018
Sl. State/UT Number of Electronic Equipments Available
No.
Communication Devices Security Devices Computers Misc
Electro-
Walkie Metal
Phone Fax VHF Set CCTV Computers nic Type- Others
Talkie Detector
writer
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 214 134 10 22 193 6 290 0 72
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 20 0 0 1 36 10 16 0 10
3 ASSAM 0 31 0 0 10 3 30 0 0
4 BIHAR 1015 39 9 20 1046 150 389 4 59
5 CHHATTISGARH 326 32 33 22 1694 97 146 4 120
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
7 GUJARAT 570 67 34 23 2202 244 532 0 39
8 HARYANA 278 69 22 0 296 88 220 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 44 12 6 0 297 25 77 0 6
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 209 96 30 21 1005 200 98 1 11
11 JHARKHAND 283 60 14 6 1220 145 320 0 62
12 KARNATAKA 550 85 49 11 928 450 345 0 162
13 KERALA 0 79 62 1 768 122 393 0 99
14 MADHYA PRADESH 843 199 95 14 592 696 420 2 210
15 MAHARASHTRA 581 115 32 49 1713 271 731 0 289
16 MANIPUR 16 0 2 0 36 26 16 0 2
17 MEGHALAYA 14 0 0 28 1 18 39 0 0
18 MIZORAM 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 8
19 NAGALAND 0 1 1 0 11 0 13 0 0
20 ODISHA 873 0 86 0 1520 136 257 0 381
21 PUNJAB 500 47 11 27 709 89 154 0 20
22 RAJASTHAN 0 0 0 0 307 232 198 0 2
23 SIKKIM 8 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 305 74 7 48 64 47 197 1 70
25 TELANGANA 225 0 44 0 1061 111 574 0 34
26 TRIPURA 0 6 10 0 111 42 62 0 2
27 UTTAR PRADESH 867 179 57 66 2750 467 616 0 164
28 UTTARAKHAND 10 3 7 1 47 25 56 0 1
29 WEST BENGAL# 406 15 38 15 280 43 83 299 18
TOTAL (STATES) 8157 1343 660 375 18898 3743 6311 311 1841
30 A & N ISLANDS 15 10 1 3 4 13 10 0 5
31 CHANDIGARH 18 1 1 0 157 2 20 0 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 20 4 1 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 70 0 2 0 0
34 DELHI 50 91 7 0 1130 280 319 0 77
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 5 0 8 4 14 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 83 102 14 3 1389 303 366 0 83
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 8240 1445 674 378 20287 4046 6677 311 1924
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
West Bengal has reported 4 telex machines, which are not included in ‘other equipments’.
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 Table – 12.10
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2018
State/UT Central Jails District Jails Sub Jails Women Jails
Sl.
No. No. of Jails Total No. of Jails No. of Jails Total No. of Jails
Total Jails Total Jails
with VC Jails with VC with VC Jails with VC
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 4 4 8 7 91 60 1 0
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 ASSAM 6 6 22 22 1 1 0 0
4 BIHAR 8 8 31 31 16 15 2 2
5 CHHATTISGARH 5 5 12 12 16 13 0 0
6 GOA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 GUJARAT 4 4 11 10 8 4 1 1
8 HARYANA 3 3 16 16 0 0 0 0
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 2 9 9 1 1 0 0
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 2 1 9 0 2 0 0 0
11 JHARKHAND 7 7 15 15 6 5 0 0
12 KARNATAKA 8 8 21 21 72 2 1 1
13 KERALA 3 2 12 6 16 5 3 1
14 MADHYA PRADESH 11 11 41 36 73 50 0 0
15 MAHARASHTRA 9 9 28 26 4 0 1 1
16 MANIPUR 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0
18 MIZORAM 1 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
19 NAGALAND 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
20 ODISHA 5 5 9 6 73 27 1 1
21 PUNJAB 9 9 7 7 5 5 1 1
22 RAJASTHAN 9 8 26 19 60 16 2 1
23 SIKKIM 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 TAMIL NADU 9 9 10 0 96 0 5 3
25 TELANGANA 3 3 7 7 32 20 1 1
26 TRIPURA 1 1 2 2 10 2 0 0
27 UTTAR PRADESH 5 3 61 55 2 1 1 1
28 UTTARAKHAND 1 0 7 6 2 2 0 0
29 WEST BENGAL# 8 8 11 11 31 0 1 0
TOTAL (STATES) 128 120 403 330 618 229 22 14
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
31 CHANDIGARH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 DELHI 14 12 0 0 0 0 2 2
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
TOTAL (UTs) 16 14 1 1 10 2 2 2
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 144 134 404 331 628 231 24 16
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 Table – 12.10 (Concluded)
Jails Equipped with Video Conferencing Facility as on 31st December, 2018
State/UT Open Special
Borstal Schools Others Total
Jails Jails
Sl.
No. No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of
Total Total Total Total Total
Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails with Jails
Jails Jails Jails Jails Jails
VC VC VC VC with VC
(1) (2) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 105 71
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
3 ASSAM 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 31 31
4 BIHAR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 58 56
5 CHHATTISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 30
6 GOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 GUJARAT 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 29 22
8 HARYANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 19
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 14
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 1
11 JHARKHAND 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 28
12 KARNATAKA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 104 32
13 KERALA 1 0 3 0 16 4 1 0 55 18
14 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 130 97
15 MAHARASHTRA 1 0 19 6 1 1 1 0 64 43
16 MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
17 MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
18 MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
19 NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
20 ODISHA 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 91 41
21 PUNJAB 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 23
22 RAJASTHAN 1 0 31 3 1 1 0 0 130 48
23 SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
24 TAMIL NADU 12 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 138 12
25 TELANGANA 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 49 35
26 TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5
27 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 71 61
28 UTTARAKHAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 8
29 WEST BENGAL# 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 59 19
TOTAL (STATES) 19 2 77 13 39 16 2 0 1308 724
30 A & N ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
31 CHANDIGARH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 D & N HAVELI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 DAMAN & DIU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 14
35 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
36 PUDUCHERRY 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4
TOTAL (UTs) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 31 21
TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 19 2 77 13 41 18 2 0 1339 745
 As per data provided by States/UTs.
# Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal for 2018, data furnished for 2017 has been used.
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 GLOSSARY

Prison/Jail

Any jail or place used permanently or temporarily under the general or special
orders of a State Gov­ernment for the detention of prisoners, and includes all lands and
buildings appurtenant thereto, but does not include—

(a) any place specially appointed by the State Government under

section 541 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882);
or

(b) any place which has been declared by the State Government by
general or special order, to be a subsidiary jail;

Prisoner$

Any person confined or committed to jail (other than police custody) as per the
order of a competent authority.

Criminal Prisoner

Any prisoner duly committed to custody under the writ, warrant or order of any
Court or authority exercising criminal jurisdiction, or by order of a Court-martial;

Civil prisoner

Any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner

Convicted criminal prisoner or Convicts

Any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court or Court-martial, and includes a

person detained in prison under the provisions of Chapter VIII of the 6 Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882) or under the 7 Prisoners Act, 1871 (5 of 1871).

Undertrial Prisoner

Any person who has been committed to judicial custody and against whom a
criminal trial has been initiated by a competent authority (trial is in process and not yet
disposed off).

Detenues$

Any person detained in prison on the orders of the competent authority under the
relevant preventive laws.
Prison Population

Number of prisoners kept in prison at any given point of time. The prison
population keeps changing because of addition of new prisoners and release of the old
ones.

Occupancy Rate

The number of inmates accommodated in jail against the authorized capacity of

100 inmates. Occupancy Rate= Population * 100 / Inmates Capacity

Overcrowding

The occupancy rate of more than 100 percent results in overcrowding in the jail.
Inmate population exceeds maximum capacity

Women Jail

The jails functioning exclusively for confinement of women

Open Jail$

Special kind of jails that provides opportunities of employment and living a life in
the open to the convicted prisoners.

Borstal School

The primary objective of borstal school is to ensure care, welfare and

rehabilitation of young offenders (18-21) and to keep them away from contaminating
atmosphere of the prison. The emphasis is given on the education, training and moral
influence conducive for their reformation and prevention of crime.

Habitual Offenders$

Any prisoner classified as such in accordance with the provisions of the law or rules.

Medical Officer$
Gazetted officer of the government and includes qualified medical practitioners declared by
general or special orders of the government to be a medical officer.

Probation officer$
An officer appointed as such by the State government to undertake probation work under
the Probation of Offenders Act of 1958, or any other law.

$ - Model Prison Manual-2016, published by MHA

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