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Chapter – 2<br />

Inmate population and Overcrowding in prisons<br />

Overcrowding is one of the biggest<br />

problems faced by good number of jails.<br />

Keeping in view the human rights of the<br />

prisons, it is essential that they are given<br />

reasonable space and facilities in jails. For<br />

this purpose, the special attention is being<br />

given on the modernisation of jails. More<br />

funds are being allocated to increase the<br />

infrastructure in jails.<br />

Occupancy rate is defined as<br />

number of inmates staying in jails against<br />

the authorized capacity for 100 inmates. In<br />

other words, if occupancy rate of any jail is<br />

100, it means the number inmates are as<br />

per authorized capacity of the jail.<br />

Overcrowding in jail means occupancy rate<br />

is more than 100.<br />

It is evident as per the information<br />

available from States/UTs regarding<br />

population of inmates in various prisons<br />

(Table 2(A)), that the prison population<br />

was satisfactorily managed during the<br />

year <strong>2014</strong> in 12 States and 5 UTs as the<br />

occupancy rate in these States/UTs<br />

Table 2(A)<br />

Capacity in jails, Population of inmates and Occupancy rate in States/UTs at the end of <strong>2014</strong><br />

Sl.<br />

Available<br />

Inmate<br />

Occupancy<br />

Occupancy<br />

State/UT<br />

No.<br />

Capacity<br />

Population<br />

Rate# (<strong>2014</strong>) Rate# (2013)<br />

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)<br />

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 8405 7964 94.8 95.5<br />

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 56 127 226.8 164.3<br />

3 ASSAM 8192 8346 101.9 101.9<br />

4 BIHAR 37205 31295 84.1 87.6<br />

5 CHHATTISGARH 6382 16525 258.9 261.0<br />

6 GOA 365 527 144.4 132.4<br />

7 GUJARAT 12332 11948 96.9 98.3<br />

8 HARYANA 16647 18642 112.0 104.0<br />

9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1732 2120 122.4 118.1<br />

10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3011 2284 75.9 78.1<br />

11 JHARKHAND 14363 17688 123.1 127.9<br />

12 KARNATAKA 13381 14221 106.3 107.8<br />

13 KERALA 6190 7078 114.3 119.5<br />

14 MADHYA PRADESH 27247 36433 133.7 128.7<br />

15 MAHARASHTRA 25181 27868 110.7 111.6<br />

16 MANIPUR 1147 644 56.1 68.0<br />

17 MEGHALAYA 530 813 153.4 160.4<br />

18 MIZORAM 1302 1054 81.0 65.3<br />

19 NAGALAND 1450 443 30.6 33.6<br />

20 ODISHA 18012 14840 82.4 80.4<br />

21 PUNJAB 18679 26007 139.2 147.3<br />

22 RAJASTHAN 17191 20359 118.4 116.1<br />

23 SIKKIM 253 264 104.3 90.9<br />

24 TAMILNADU 22201 15874 71.5 66.6<br />

25 TELANGANA 6848 6005 87.7 -<br />

26 TRIPURA 2173 909 41.8 46.4<br />

27 UTTAR PRADESH 52780 88221 167.1 172.0<br />

28 UTTARAKHAND 3188 4055 127.2 107.9<br />

29 WEST BENGAL 20916 20069 96.0 110.7<br />

TOTAL(STATES) 347359 402623 115.9 117.0<br />

30 A & N ISLANDS 1249 769 61.6 103.6<br />

31 CHANDIGARH 1000 702 70.2 66.1<br />

32 D & N HAVELI 60 199 331.7 58.3<br />

33 DAMAN & DIU 160 79 49.4 37.3<br />

34 DELHI 6250 13850 221.6 216.8<br />

35 LAKSHADWEEP 64 28 43.8 0.0<br />

36 PUDUCHERRY 419 286 68.3 66.8<br />

TOTAL(UTs) 9202 15913 172.9 173.8<br />

TOTAL (ALL-<strong>INDIA</strong>) 356561 418536 117.4 118.4<br />

# Occupancy Rate = Inmate population x 100<br />

Total capacity<br />

Occupancy rate 100 shows overcrowding in prisons.<br />

Prison Statistics India-<strong>2014</strong> 15

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