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No. of complaints received from NHRC and their disposal during the year 2022:-

No. Of Complaints Pending At The Beginning Of The YearNo. Of Complaints ReceivedDisposed OffNo. Of Complaints Pending At The End Of The Year
31648510

Jail inspection during the year 2022:-

Sr.No.DepartmentNumber
1Medical1081
2Executive71
3Judicial58
4Board Visitor11
5Others41
Total1262

No. of Prisoners provided Legal Aid in 2022:-

Sr.No.GenderNo. of prisoners
1Male69881
2Female8780
3Transgender78
Total78739

Statistics At A Glance – Year 2022.
No. of jails: 16
Sanctioned capacity: 10026
Actual population as on 31-12-2022: 18497

Sr.No.CategoryNumber
1No. of women prisoners:670
2No. of convicts:1637
3No. of under trials:16759
4No. of foreigners:738

Total admissions of prisoners in a year: 64212
Total releases of prisoners in a year: 64010
No. of inmates taken to court: 329962 (avg. per day 904)
No. of inmates provided medical attendance: 331254 (avg. per day 907)
No. of prisoners referred to outside hospital: 25482(avg. per day 70)
No. of prisoners granted parole: 163
No. of complaints received from NHRC: 64
No. of life convicts: 638
No. of death sentence prisoners: 9
Number of Repeater prisoners: Male: 19806    Female: 376

Total accomplishment of mandate – no escape, no riots, no major violation.

Prison Statistics & Classification of Prison Population

(as on 30 November 2025)

Total CapacityPrison Population
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTransgenderTotal
934668010026191127881119911
       
CategoryMaleFemaleTransgender
Convicts22686700
Under trials1670572011
Detenues100100
Others1290000
Total1911278811
Total19911
  

Age wise Classification of Prisoners (as on 30 November 2025)

Age GroupMaleFemaleTransgender   
18 - 20 years12270800   
21 - 30 years943822808   
31 - 50 years734146703   
51 - 64 Years9536500   
65 and above1532000   
Total1911278811   
Total19911   
  

Foreign Prisoners(as on 30 November 2025)

CategoryMaleFemaleTransgender   
Convict350000   
Under trials53814100   
Others (Civil & Detenues)080000   
Total58114100   
Total722   
  

Classification of Under trials as per the Length of stay in Jail(as on 30 November 2025)

PeriodMaleFemaleTransgender
Up to 01 month36899300
01 - 03 months260411000
03 - 06 months21688307
06 - 12 months228413703
12 - 24 months21079700
24 - 36 months13446000
36 - 48 months9398301
48 - 60 months7113000
Above 60 months8592700
Total1670572011
Total17436  

Classification of Convict Prisoners as per term of imprisonment(as on 30 November 2025)

PeriodMaleFemaleTransgender
Up to 01 month230000
01 - 03 months300200
03 - 06 months600300
06 - 12 months950300
01 - 02 years1650200
02 - 05 years2940200
05 - 10 years3631500
Above 10 years4421100
Life sentence7842900
Death sentence120000
Total22686700
Total2335  

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