PRISON STATISTICS INDIA 2014

emained less than 100%. These States
and UTs are Gujarat (96.9%), West
Bengal (96.0%), Andhra Pradesh (94.8%),
Telangana (87.7%), Bihar (84.1%),
Odisha (82.4%), Mizoram (81.0%),
Jammu & Kashmir (75.9%), Tamil Nadu
(71.5%), Chandigarh (70.2%), Puducherry
(68.3%), Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(61.6%), Manipur (56.1%), Daman & Diu
(49.4%), Lakshadweep (43.8%), Tripura
(41.8%) and Nagaland (30.6%). Dadra &
Nagar Haveli has reported the highest
overcrowding (331.7%) followed by
Chhattisgarh (258.9%), Arunachal
Pradesh (226.8%), Delhi (221.6%), Uttar
Pradesh (167.1%), Meghalaya (153.4%),
Goa (144.4%), Punjab (139.2%), Madhya
Pradesh (133.7%), Uttarakhand (127.2%),
Jharkhand (123.1%), Himachal Pradesh
(122.4%), Rajasthan (118.4%), Kerala
(114.3%), Haryana (112.0%),
Maharashtra (110.7%), Karnataka
(106.3%), Sikkim ( 104.3%) and Assam
(101.9%).
Capacity for male and female
inmates and their occupancy rate in
various Jails for the year 2014 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 Delhi (150.5%) followed by
Chhattisgarh (149.6%), Uttarakhand
(131.7%), Jharkhand (120.6%) and Uttar
Pradesh (113.8%).
Chart 2.1 depicts the actual male
and female inmates in different States/UTs
at the end of the year 2014.
Chart 2.2 depicts comparative
position of occupancy rates at the end of
the year 2013 and 2014. The occupancy
rate at All India level at the end of 2013 was
118.4% which down slightly at 117.4% at
the end of the year 2014. 8 States/UTs
reporting further overcrowding in their
prisons in 2014 as compared to that of
2013 were Arunachal Pradesh (from
164.3% to 226.8%), Goa (from 132.4% to
144.4%), Haryana (from 104.0% to
112.0%), Himachal Pradesh (from 118.1%
to 122.4%), Madhya Pradesh (from
128.7% to 133.7%), Rajasthan (from
116.1% to 118.4%), Uttarakhand (from
107.9% to 127.2% and Delhi (from 216.8%
to 221.6%). 8 States where the inmate
population was still more than the available
capacity, although the overcrowding
declined in 2014 over 2013, were
Chhattisgarh (from 261.0% to 258.9%),
Jharkhand (from 127.9% to 123.1%),
Karnataka (from 107.8% to 106.3%), Kerala
(from 119.5% to 114.3%), Maharashtra
(from 111.6% to 110.7%), Meghalaya (from
160.4% to 153.4%), Punjab (from 147.3%
to 139.2%) and Uttar Pradesh (from
172.0% to 167.1%).
It is to be noted that the maximum
overcrowding were reported in district jails
(132.7%) followed by central jails (121.1%)
in 2014.
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