As per the data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau at the end of 2013, there were 4,11,992 inmates in the jails of the country, out of which the number of convict prisoners was 1,29,608 and the number of undertrials was 2,78,503.
Prisons is a State subject under Entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and Prison Administration is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments. The total number of undertrials in jails for a period above 5 years was 3047 in the jails of the country at the end of 2013.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to a question by Shri C.P.Narayanan in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prisons is a State subject under Entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and Prison Administration is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments. The total number of undertrials in jails for a period above 5 years was 3047 in the jails of the country at the end of 2013.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to a question by Shri C.P.Narayanan in the Rajya Sabha today.
