The Prison statistics India report is published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
During the year 2021, a total of 18,06,823 inmates were admitted in various jails of the country and the admission of inmates has increased by 10.8% over 2020 (16,31,110 inmates).
A total of (5,54,034) prisoners were confined as on 31st December, 2021 in various jails across the country.
The number of Convicts, Undertrial inmates and Detenues were reported as 1,22,852, 4,27,165 and 3,470 respectively accounting for 22.2%, 77.1% and 0.6% respectively at the end of 2021.
Uttar Pradesh has reported the maximum number of convicts (21.9%, 26,956 convicts) in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (15.7%, 19,266 convicts) and Chhattisgarh (6.3%, 7,762 convicts) at the end of 2021.
Number of deaths in prisons has increased from 1,887 in 2020 to 2,116 in 2021, having increased by 12.1%.
