prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

CHAPTER – 9
DEATHS IN JAILS
Death of a prisoner is always a
matter of serious concern for prison
administration. Sometimes such deaths
lead to law and order problems. Deaths in
jails have been broadly classified into two
categories i.e. Natural Deaths and
Unnatural Deaths. Unnatural deaths
include Suicide, Murder by inmates, Death
due to firing, Death due to negligence or
excesses by jail personnel, etc.
A total of 1,332 prisoners were
reported dead in jails due to natural
and unnatural causes during 2011 in
the country out of which 1,244 were
natural deaths and 88 were due to
unnatural causes. Natural deaths
accounted for 93.4% of the total deaths.
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
number of 280 natural deaths followed by
Punjab (102), Madhya Pradesh (83),
Maharashtra (82), Bihar (78), Rajasthan
(77) and Andhra Pradesh (76).
(15) of deaths followed by Haryana &
Uttar Pradesh (7 each) and Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (6
each). Most of the unnatural deaths
have occurred due to suicide (68)
followed by murder by inmates (8).
Tamil Nadu has reported the
highest number of 13 suicides out of 68
suicides in prisons reported in the country
during 2011. Uttar Pradesh and
Maharashtra have reported 7 and 6 such
suicides respectively. No execution was
reported from any State/UT during
2011.
2 deaths due to murder by inmates
were reported from Delhi. One such death
was reported each from Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. Details
may be seen in Tables 9.1 and 9.2.
Among the unnatural deaths, Tamil
Nadu has reported the highest number
Deaths of Prison Inmates
during 2011
Natural Deaths
93.4%
Murder by Inmates
0.6%
Execution
0.0%
Deaths due to
Firing
0.2%
Assault by outside
elements
0.2%
Chart
9.1
Others
0.6%
Death due to
negligence
0.0%
Suicide
5.1%
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