prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

32.0% in Central Jails and 15.0% in Sub
Jails at the end of the year 2011.
Some of the States / UTs have
lodged large number of undertrials in
theirs Central Jails. The States / UTs in
which majority of undertrials lodged in
Central Jails were Maharashtra
(10,030), Delhi (7,246), Punjab (7,139),
West Bengal (5,159), Tamil Nadu (4,815),
Rajasthan (4,548), Chhattisgarh (4,394)
and Karnataka (4,357).
In many States / UTs most of the
undertrials were lodged either in district
jails or sub jails. Uttar Pradesh (51,379),
Bihar (14,155), Jharkhand (7,033),
Haryana (6,864) and Assam (2,875) had
accommodated most of undertrials in
theirs District jails.
Madhya Pradesh (7,334), Odisha
(5,046), Kerala (1,455), Himachal Pradesh
(371), Goa (282) and Tripura (163) were
some of the States which had lodged
most of the undertrials in their Sub jails.
A large number of women
undertrials were reported in Delhi (410),
Tamil Nadu (277), Maharasthra (231), West
Bengal (178), Andhra Pradesh (143),
Punjab (113) and Rajasthan (111) in
women jails.
Detenues
Tamil Nadu has reported the
highest number of Detenues (983) lodged
in various prisons. Other States which have
reported considerable number of detenues
in their prisons are Gujarat (401), Jammu &
Kashmir (239), Uttar Pradesh (213),
Manipur (161) and Madhya Pradesh (132).
Gujarat has reported 46 female detenues in
their Jails which was the highest among all
the States and UTs. The details are
presented in Table 3.3.
Mentally ill Prisoners
4,218 inmates were reported as
mentally ill out of total 3,72,926 inmates
lodged in various jails in the country,
accounting for about 1.1% of total
inmates. The details are presented in
Table 3.23. 1.7% of convicted, 0.8% of
undertrials and 0.8% of Detenues inmates
were reported as suffering from mental
illness at the end of 2011. The inmates
suffering from Mental illness lodged in jails
were relatively high in Andhra Pradesh
(474), West Bengal (455), Haryana (355),
Gujarat (316), Odisha (313), Madhya
Pradesh (290), Kerala (275) and
Karnataka (248).
Civil Prisoners
Civil prisoners are people who are
sent to prison for things like:
• Not paying maintenance money to
look after their children;
• Not paying money called fines or
debts;
• Not paying money they agreed to pay
if someone they know was on bail and
did not turn up at court;
• Not doing what the court has told them
to do;
Information was also collected on
Civil Convicted and Undertrial prisoners
apart from Convict and Undertrial
prisoners under various IPC and SLL
crimes. Only 9 States/UTs have reported
lodging a small number of civil prisoners in
their jails. Details are presented in Table
3(A) on the previous page.
Convicted Civil Prisoners
A total of 123 convicted civil
prisoners were reported from 7 States/
UTs at the end of 2011. Punjab has
reported the highest number of 52
convicted civil prisoners accounting for
42.3% of total convicted civil prisoners in
the country. Such prisoners were also
reported from Tamil Nadu and Haryana
(22 each), Bihar (15), Maharashtra (7),
Uttar Pradesh (4) and Rajasthan (1). No
female convicted civil prisoner was
reported from any State/UT.
Undertrial Civil Prisoners
A total of 554 undertrial civil
prisoners were reported from 6
States/UTs at the end of the year 2011.
Punjab (271) has reported the highest
number of undertrial civil prisoners
accounting for 48.9% of total such
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