prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

CHAPTER - 8
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN PRISONS
Training of prisoners in various
vocational skills in the Prison Institution has
received a lot of importance in almost all
the States/UTs. These training programmes
provide opportunities for the prison inmates
to engage themselves in fruitful pursuits
during the term of their sentence in jails.
Training for prison inmates not only affords
value for one’s work but also makes the
prisoners learn skills which would enable
them to follow a vocation after their release
from the jail.
The gainful work done by the jail
inmates not only provides a corrective
approach to the psyche of the offender but
also goes a long way in developing a
responsive and respectful attitude in them
towards the society. The prisoners not
only develop the self confidence and self
esteem out of the valuable labour put in by
them but these activities also lead them
towards earning a honourable livelihood
after their release from the prison.
The training facilities available in the
jails depend on the local conditions. The
availability of raw materials, local market
needs, demands and marketing of finished
products mainly decide the vocational
training facilities available in any jail
premises.
Table 8(A) provides information on
various vocational training facilities
available in the States and UTs.
A large number of prison inmates
(43,317) were engaged in various
vocational programmes as seen in the
Table 8.1. The number of jail inmates
involved in various training programmes in
the States/UTs of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Rajasthan, Kerala, Bihar and Punjab were
6157, 5730, 4668, 4381, 3256, 2902, 2829,
2025, 1834, 1421, 1295 and 1197
respectively during the year 2011.
The highest number of prison
inmates were trained in ‘Weaving’ (4,427
out of 43,317) followed by ‘Carpentry’
(3,833 out of 43,317), ‘Tailoring’ (3,406 out
of 43,317), ‘Agriculture’ (2,538 out of
43,317) and ‘Handloom’ (797 out of 43,317)
(Table-8.1). Maximum number of inmates
trained in Agriculture, Carpentry, Canning,
Tailoring, Weaving, Soap & Phenyle
manufacturing and Handloom was reported
in Madhya Pradesh (61.5%, 1561 out of
2538) followed by Gujarat (47.2% 1808 out
of 3833), Assam (37.1%, 136 out of 367),
Madhya Pradesh (21.7%, 739 out of 3406),
Gujarat (31.5%, 1396 out of 4427), Kerala
(28.9%, 160 out of 553) and Jharkhand
(38.8%, 309 out of 797) respectively.
Value of Goods produced by inmates
The training of jail inmates in the
vocational trades resulted in production of
articles which have the market value. The
details of the gross value of such produce
in different States and UTs are given in
Table- 8.2.
Uttar Pradesh had reported the
highest amount of ` 1,842.1 lakhs
earned by the jail inmates followed by
Bihar (` 1,821.4 lakhs), Maharashtra
(` 1,058.3 lakhs), Delhi (` 948.3 lakhs),
Gujarat (` 832.6 lakhs), Andhra Pradesh
(` 543.2 lakhs), Tamil Nadu (` 403.4
lakhs), Jharkhand (` 337.2 lakhs),
Kerala (` 284.0 lakhs) and Chhattisgarh
(` 210.0 lakhs). The value of goods
produced per inmate was highest in
Chandigarh (` 12,044.7) followed by
Delhi (` 7,821.7), Gujarat (` 7,177.0),
Bihar (` 6,497.6), Kerala (` 4,559.3),
Maharashtra (` 4,394.6) and Andhra
Pradesh (` 4,111.1).
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