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Prison
Statistics for the year 2000
P.S.
These figures do not provide information from the three newly
carved states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal for which
data was not available to the National
Crime Records Bureau.
Kinds
and number of prisons based on capacity, classification by age,
gender and purpose of use
| Type
of Prison |
Purpose |
Number |
| Central |
To
lodge prisoners with long sentences and high security
prisoners. These also lodge undertrial prisoners |
90 |
| District |
To
lodge prisoners on trial or with medium range of sentences. |
256 |
| Sub |
To
lodge undertrial prisoners involved in petty offences
and with small penal sentences |
635 |
| Women's |
To
lodge women prisoners exclusively. These are independent
of the other prisons where are women lodged in a separate
annexe of the main prison |
14 |
| Borstal
School |
To
lodge prisoners in the age group of 16-21 years |
12 |
| Open |
To
lodge prisoners who are reformed and to provide them
with a semi-open access to outside society |
21 |
| Special |
To
lodge difficult, violent, dangerous, habitual, professional
criminals |
20 |
| Other
Jails |
Only
some states have it. The purpose is not very clear |
10 |
| Total |
|
1058 |
Available capacity vs. Inmate population
and Occupancy rate [inmate population/ total capacity*100]
| Available
capacity |
211720 |
| Total
inmate population |
248115 |
| Occupancy
rate |
117.19 |
Type
and share of Prison inmates
| Type
of prisoners |
Percentage |
| Convicts |
23.5 |
| Undertrials |
71.2 |
| Detenues |
1.3 |
| Civil |
3.9 |
| Mentally
ill |
0.1 |
Distribution of convicts and undertrials under various crime heads
Convicts
| Crime
heads under the Indian Penal Code |
Percentage |
| Murder |
60.8 |
| Attempt
to Murder |
7.4 |
| Theft |
5.7 |
| Rape |
5.2 |
| Culpable
Homicide not amounting to Murder |
4.3 |
| Dacoity |
3.4 |
| Others |
13.2 |
| Crime
heads under Special and local laws |
Percentage |
| Drug
related |
24.9 |
| Railway
offences |
11.8 |
| Arms |
8.1 |
| Dowry |
7.4 |
| Excise |
7.2 |
| Prohibition |
6.6 |
| Others |
34 |
Undertrials
| Crime
heads under the Indian Penal Code |
Percentage |
| Murder |
32.5 |
| Attempt
to Murder |
13.6 |
| Theft |
12.1 |
| Rape |
6 |
| Burglary |
3.2 |
| Dacoity |
7.5 |
| Others |
25.1 |
| Crime
heads under Special and local laws |
Percentage |
| Drug
related |
15.3 |
| Railway
offences |
8.4 |
| Arms |
21.7 |
| Dowry |
8.4 |
| Excise |
10 |
| Prohibition |
5.2 |
| Gambling |
4.1 |
| Others |
26.9 |
Period of detention of undertrials
| Period
of detention |
Percentage
of undertrials |
| Upto
3 months |
40.4 |
| 3-6
months |
22.6 |
| 6-12
months |
17.8 |
| 1-2
years |
11.6 |
| 2-3
years |
5 |
| 3-5
years |
2.1 |
| Above
5 years |
0.4 |
Death
in Jails
| Death
due to natural causes |
729 |
| Death
due to unnatural causes |
70 |
| Total |
799 |
Break
up of unnatural deaths
| Suicide |
18 |
| Execution |
0 |
| Murder
by inmates |
2 |
| Death
due to firing |
8 |
| Death
due to excess |
0 |
| Other
causes and negligence by staff |
42 |
Sanctioned
and actual strength of total jail staff during 2000
| Sanctioned
strength |
47378 |
| Actual
Strength |
41607 |
| Percentage
of actual to sanctioned strength |
87.82 |
Budget
| Total
sanctioned budget |
Rs.
804.630 |
| Total
Plan expenditure |
Rs.
35.196 |
| Total
Non-Plan Expenditure on Development and Non-Development
Activities |
Rs.
730.641 |
| Total
expenses on inmates on Food, Clothing, Medical, Vocation/
Education, Welfare and others |
Rs.
174.794 |
[All
figures are in Crores where 1 Crore-1,00,00,000 units.]
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