prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

It is evident as per the information
available from States/UTs regarding
population of inmates in various prisons
(Table 2(A), that the prison population was
satisfactorily managed during the year
2011 in 18 States and 4 UTs as the
occupancy rate in these States/UTs
remained less than 100%. These States
and UTs are Himachal Pradesh (98.8%),
Arunachal Pradesh (98.2%), Kerala
(97.8%), Maharashtra (97.7%), Karnataka
(96.7%), West Bengal (94.4%), Haryana
(93.7%), Jammu & Kashmir (92.0%),
Sikkim (91.8%), Uttarakhand (91.5%),
Bihar (83.0%), Andhra Pradesh (82.2%),
Tripura (68.0%), Mizoram (67.7%),
Manipur (66.7%), Odisha (64.7%), Tamil
Nadu (63.3%), Chandigarh (62.6%),
Puducherry (54.4%), D&N Haveli (41.7%),
Nagaland (34.6%) and Daman & Diu
(24.2%). Lakshadweep has reported the
highest overcrowding (500.0%) followed
by A&N Islands (362.1%), Chhattisgarh
(256.3%), Delhi (194.0%), Uttar Pradesh
(175.1%), Punjab (149.1%), Madhya
Pradesh (128.2%), Jharkhand (128.1%),
Goa (123.8%), Gujarat (123.5%), Assam
(109.6%), Meghalaya (107.5%) and
Rajasthan (100.5%).
in their prisons were A&N Islands (222.7%
to 362.1%), Chhattisgarh (from 237.0% in
2010 to 256.3% in 2011), Punjab (147.6%
to 149.1%), Goa (115.4% to 123.8%),
Assam (106.9% to 109.6%) and Madhya
Pradesh (122.5% to 128.2%) at the end of
the year 2011 as compared to 2010. The
States / UTs where the inmate population
was still more than the available capacity,
although the overcrowding declined at the
end of 2011, were Gujarat (from 126.5% to
123.5%), Jharkhand (from 140.0% to
128.1%), Meghalaya (from 118.1% to
107.5%) and Uttar Pradesh (from 182.5%
to 175.1%) at the end of 2011 as compared
to 2010.
Capacity for male and female
inmates and their occupancy rate in
various Jails for the year 2011 in respect
of States/UTs are also presented in Table
2.1. It is observed that the occupancy rate
of such prisons during the period under
consideration was high against the
available capacity for the female inmates
in the State of Chhattisgarh (140.6%)
closely followed by Uttarakhand (139.2%),
Punjab (138.6%), Goa (136.0%), Delhi
(131.5%), Jharkhand (118.3%) and Uttar
Pradesh (102.6%).
Chart 2.1 depicts the actual male
and female inmates in different States/UTs
at the end of the year 2011.
Chart 2.2 depicts comparative
position of occupancy rates at the end
of the year 2010 and 2011. The
occupancy rate at All India level at the end
of 2010 was 115.1% which decreased to
112.1% at the end of the year 2011. The
States/UTs reporting further overcrowding
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