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Existence of such jails was not reported<br />

from any of the UTs.<br />

The highest capacity of inmates in<br />

open jails was reported from Maharashtra<br />

(1,372) followed by Rajasthan (1,220),<br />

Kerala (469), Uttarakhand (300), Tamil<br />

Nadu (260), Andhra Pradesh (235),<br />

Himachal Pradesh (210), Telangana (195)<br />

Odisha and West Bengal (125 each) , Bihar<br />

(104), Assam & Gujarat (100 each),<br />

Karnataka (80) and Punjab (50) (Table 2.7).<br />

Special Jail<br />

Special jail means any prison<br />

provided for the confinement of a particular<br />

class or particular classes of prisoners<br />

which are broadly as follows:<br />

i) Prisoners who have committed<br />

serious violations of prison<br />

discipline.<br />

ii) Prisoners showing tendencies<br />

towards violence and aggression.<br />

iii) Difficult discipline cases of<br />

habitual offenders.<br />

iv) Difficult discipline cases from a<br />

group of professional/organised<br />

criminals.<br />

Out of the twelve States having<br />

Special jails, Kerala has the highest number<br />

of special jails (16) followed by Tamil Nadu<br />

(4), West Bengal (3 jails), Gujarat, Karnataka,<br />

Odisha, Uttar Pradesh & Puducherry (2 jails<br />

each) and Assam, Bihar, Maharashtra & A&N<br />

Islands (1 jail each) (Table 1.2).<br />

As far as the available capacity in these<br />

jails is concerned, the highest capacity for<br />

keeping the prisoners was available in Bihar<br />

(3,288) followed by Odisha (1,551), West<br />

Bengal (1,117), Kerala (1,010), A&N Islands<br />

(800), Uttar Pradesh (788), Gujarat (650),<br />

Tamil Nadu (590), Assam (372), Karnataka<br />

(250) and Maharashtra (246) in their special<br />

jails. Provision for keeping female prisoners in<br />

these special jails was available in Tamil Nadu<br />

(418), West Bengal (95), Gujarat (50), Odisha<br />

(39), Kerala (40), Assam & Karnataka (12<br />

each) and Maharashtra (3) (Table 2.8).<br />

Other Jails<br />

Some States/UTs have other jails also<br />

besides the jails discussed above. Only four<br />

States namely Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and<br />

Maharashtra (1 each) have other jails in their<br />

jurisdiction. The capacity of inmates (male &<br />

female) in such jails was highest in Karnataka<br />

(250) followed by Kerala (142), Goa (45) and<br />

Maharashtra (28) during the year <strong>2014</strong> (Table<br />

2.9).<br />

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