Prison Statistics India, 2016

  • Recently, Prison Statistics India 2016 report was published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Key Highlights

  • Prison population: At the end of 2016, there were close to 4,33,000 people in prison. Of these, 68% were undertrials, or people who are yet to be found guilty of the crimes they are accused of.
  • Preventive detention:There is rise in the number of people held under administrative (or ‘preventive’) detention laws in Jammu and Kashmir. There has been a 300% increase, with 431 detainees in 2016, compared to 90 in 2015.
  • Prisoner release: A new addition to the report is the data on ....
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