Women Prisoners as on 31.12.2019 : National Crime Records Bureau
RAJYA SABHA
WOMEN PRISONERS
2428. SHRI RAKESH SINHA
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government would state the total number of women prisoners, the State-wise statistics thereof;
(b) the classification of crimes committed by women prisoners;
(c) the number of women prisons in the country and their respective capacities;
(d) the proportion of women prisoners and the space available for them;
(e) in how many states, number of prisoners are more than their capacity in prisons;
(f) whether these prisons are strictly monitored by CCTV;
(g) the number of women prisoners in jail with their kids;
(h) whether there is any case/cases of sexual exploitation of women prisoners; and
(i) if so, action taken in this regard?
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(c) & (d): As against the 4,78,600 inmates lodged in various jails of the country as on 31.12.2019, 19,913 were women inmates. There are 31 exclusive women jails in various States and UTs with a capacity of 6,511 women inmates, against which 3,652 women inmates are lodged. At places where there are no exclusive women jails, women prisoners are lodged in special barracks/ enclosures separate from male inmates, depending upon the requirement. Various jails in States and UTs of the country have a total capacity for 27,703 women inmates, against which 19,913 women inmates are lodged. State and UT-wise details in this regard, as on 31.12.2019, is given in Annexure-III.
(e): State and UT-wise capacity of prisons and actual inmate population as on 31.12.2019 are given in Annexure-IV.
(f): As per the latest published data of NCRB, 22,456 CCTVs have been installed in various jails of the country as on 31.12.2019.
(g): 1,543 women prisoners having kids are lodged in various jails of the country as on 31.12.2019.
(h) & (i): ‘Prisons’, ‘persons detained therein’ and ‘Police’ are State subjects as per List II of Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under extant provisions of laws. Specific information in this regard is not maintained centrally.
ANNEXURE-I
State and UT-wise number of women prisoners as on 31.12.2019
|
S No. |
State/UT |
Number of Women Prisoners |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
466 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
8 |
|
3 |
Assam |
307 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
1324 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
883 |
|
6 |
Goa |
34 |
|
7 |
Gujarat |
563 |
|
8 |
Haryana |
642 |
|
9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
87 |
|
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir @ |
126 |
|
11 |
Jharkhand |
813 |
|
12 |
Karnataka |
611 |
|
13 |
Kerala |
173 |
|
14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1758 |
|
15 |
Maharashtra |
1569 |
|
16 |
Manipur |
54 |
|
17 |
Meghalaya |
29 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
189 |
|
19 |
Nagaland |
4 |
|
20 |
Odisha |
587 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
1244 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
589 |
|
23 |
Sikkim |
12 |
|
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
743 |
|
25 |
Telangana |
445 |
|
26 |
Tripura |
45 |
|
27 |
Uttar Pradesh |
4174 |
|
28 |
Uttarakhand |
262 |
|
29 |
West Bengal # |
1479 |
|
30 |
A & N Islands |
7 |
|
31 |
Chandigarh |
49 |
|
32 |
D&N Haveli * |
0 |
|
33 |
Daman & Diu * |
5 |
|
34 |
Delhi |
629 |
|
35 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
|
36 |
Puducherry |
3 |
|
Total |
19913 |
|
S No. |
Offence |
|
Indian |
|
|
1 |
Murder |
|
2 |
Attempt to Murder |
|
3 |
C.H. not amounting to Murder |
|
4 |
Rape |
|
5 |
Kidnapping & Abduction |
|
6 |
Dacoity |
|
7 |
Prep. and Assembly for Dacoity |
|
8 |
Robbery |
|
9 |
Burglary |
|
10 |
Thefts |
|
11 |
Extortion |
|
12 |
Riots |
|
13 |
Arson |
|
14 |
Criminal Breach of Trust |
|
15 |
Cheating |
|
16 |
Counterfeiting |
|
17 |
Dowry Deaths |
|
18 |
Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty |
|
19 |
Insult to the Modesty of Women |
|
20 |
Cruelty by Husband or Relatives of Husband |
|
21 |
Other IPC Crimes |
|
Special |
|
|
22 |
Arms Act |
|
23 |
NDPS Act |
|
24 |
Gambling Act |
|
25 |
Excise Act |
|
26 |
Prohibition Act |
|
27 |
Explosive & Explosive Substances Act |
|
28 |
Terrorist & Distruptive Activities Act (TADA) |
|
29 |
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act |
|
30 |
Indian Railways Act |
|
31 |
Registration of Foreigners Act |
|
32 |
Protection of Civil Rights Act |
|
33 |
SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act |
|
34 |
Indian Passport Act |
|
35 |
Essential Commodities Act |
|
36 |
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act |
|
37 |
Dowry Prohibition Act |
|
38 |
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
|
39 |
Prevention of Corruption Act |
|
40 |
Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prev. of Smuggling |
|
41 |
Other SLL Crimes |
|
Sl. No. |
State/UT |
Women Jail |
Total Jails |
||||
|
No. of Women Jails |
Capacity |
Inmate |
Total No. of Jails |
Total Women Capacity |
Total Women Inmates |
||
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 |
ANDHRA PRADESH ARUNACHAL PRADESH ASSAM BIHAR CHHATTISGARH GOA GUJARAT HARYANA HIMACHAL PRADESH JAMMU & KASHMIR @ JHARKHAND KARNATAKA KERALA
MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA MANIPUR MEGHALAYA MIZORAM ODISHA PUNJAB RAJASTHAN SIKKIM TAMIL NADU TELANGANA TRIPURA UTTAR PRADESH UTTARAKHAND WEST BENGAL # |
2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 |
280 0 0 152 0 0 410 0 0 0 0 100 232 0 262 0 0 90 0 55 320 1048 0 2018 250 0 420 0 226 |
213 0 0 171 0 0 190 0 0 0 0 51 112 0 363 0 0 42 0 26 188 354 0 551 222 0 219 0 321 |
106 2 31 59 33 1 30 19 14 15 30 104 55 131 64 5 5 10 11 91 24 144 2 141 37 13 72 11 59 |
926 24 684 1650 649 50 1112 911 136 138 868 1216 404 1873 1265 250 55 274 180 1902 1765 1757 40 2548 675 151 3278 154 1885 |
466 8 307 1324 883 34 563 642 87 126 813 611 173 1758 1569 54 29 189 4 587 1244 589 12 743 445 45 4174 262 1479 |
|
30 |
A & N ISLANDS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
40 |
7 |
|
31 |
CHANDIGARH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
120 |
49 |
|
32 |
D & N HAVELI * |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
|
33 |
DAMAN & DIU * |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
5 |
|
34 |
DELHI |
2 |
648 |
629 |
16 |
648 |
629 |
|
35 |
LAKSHADWEEP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
PUDUCHERRY |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
45 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
31 |
6511 |
3652 |
1350 |
27703 |
19913 |
|
|
S No. |
State/UT |
Available |
Inmate |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
8789 |
7579 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
233 |
247 |
|
3 |
Assam |
8888 |
9226 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
42222 |
39814 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
12063 |
18112 |
|
6 |
Goa |
624 |
518 |
|
7 |
Gujarat |
13762 |
15089 |
|
8 |
Haryana |
19306 |
20423 |
|
9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2146 |
2373 |
|
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir @ |
2910 |
3689 |
|
11 |
Jharkhand |
16795 |
18654 |
|
12 |
Karnataka |
14315 |
14515 |
|
13 |
Kerala |
6841 |
7499 |
|
14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
28718 |
44603 |
|
15 |
Maharashtra |
24095 |
36798 |
|
16 |
Manipur |
1272 |
876 |
|
17 |
Meghalaya |
650 |
1023 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
1601 |
1698 |
|
19 |
Nagaland |
1450 |
446 |
|
20 |
Odisha |
19291 |
17563 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
23488 |
24174 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
22952 |
21599 |
|
23 |
Sikkim |
260 |
400 |
|
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
23392 |
14707 |
|
25 |
Telangana |
7785 |
6717 |
|
26 |
Tripura |
2174 |
1103 |
|
27 |
Uttar Pradesh |
60340 |
101297 |
|
28 |
Uttarakhand |
3540 |
5629 |
|
29 |
West Bengal # |
21772 |
23092 |
|
30 |
A & N Islands |
309 |
244 |
|
31 |
Chandigarh |
1120 |
984 |
|
32 |
D&N Haveli * |
70 |
46 |
|
33 |
Daman & Diu * |
60 |
62 |
|
34 |
Delhi |
10026 |
17534 |
|
35 |
Lakshadweep |
64 |
4 |
|
36 |
Puducherry |
416 |
263 |
|
Total |
403739 |
478600 |