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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Prison Statistics Report 2020 Shows Govt’s Negligence of Prisoners During the Pandemic -Saranga Ugalmugle and Ancy Susan George

Prison Statistics Report 2020 Shows Govt’s Negligence of Prisoners During the Pandemic -Saranga Ugalmugle and Ancy Susan George

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published Published on Feb 4, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 6, 2022

-TheWire.in

Contrary to expectations, the report shows that 40,000 more undertrials were held in prisons in 2020 than in 2019.

Congestion in prisons in India came into renewed focus after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Courts took urgent measures to prevent the spread of the contagious virus in prisons, asking state governments to set up high powered committees to release incarcerated persons on bail or parole. As a consequence, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the number of prisoners in the country would have reduced drastically in 2020.

But what does the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s annual Prison Statistics of India (PSI) report of 2020 suggest? It says that 16,31,110 persons were held in various jails in the year 2020. The occupancy rate of prisons was 118% of their capacity. Contrary to expectations, around 40,000 more undertrials were held in prisons in 2020 than in 2019.

While overcrowding in prisons is a concern even during normal times, it is an even bigger concern amidst a global pandemic caused by a highly contagious virus. The state was expected to take measures to decongest prisons, however, the data paints a disappointing picture. The high occupancy rate of prisons and the increase in the number of undertrials show that the criminal justice system has only further hardened its approach towards the management of crime.

In 2020, there was a 41.2% decline in the release of convicts and a 19.6% decline in the release of undertrials. While more prisoners were expected to be released during the pandemic, there was in fact a considerable decline.

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TheWire.in, 4 February, 2022, https://thewire.in/health/prison-statistics-report-2020-government-negligence-health-rights-pandemic


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