Prison Reforms
Checking, Correcting and Preventing Human Rights Violations through
Community Involvement in Prisons

Prison Statistics

Presented below are the Prison Statistics for the years 2000 and 2002. While we have relied on 'Prison Statistics 2000' brought out by the National Crime Records Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for the figures belonging to the year 2000, we have relied on the figures compiled by the National Human Rights Commission for the year 2002.

Figures for 2000 are not inclusive of data from the then newly created states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal for which information was not made available by these States to the National Crime Records Bureau. We would request the readers to wait for the figures for the years 2001 and 2002 to be brought out by the National Crime Records Bureau as these are more comprehensive than any other compilation. The contact details are given in the Resources section of this website.

We would also advise the readers to check the 'World Prison Brief' section of the website of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London (www.prisonstudies.org) which provides a world wide compilation of up-to-date prison statistics and contact details of prison departments.

Prison Statistics for 2000

Prison Statistics for 2002