-The Indian Express The percentage of undertrial prisoners who remain in jail for more than three months has also gone up from 62 per cent in 2013 to 65 per cent in 2014. Almost 68 per cent of all inmates in the 1,387 jails in the country are Undertrials, according to the latest figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2014. Over 40 per cent of all Undertrials remain...
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Unlike Salman Khan, 60% of Undertrials spend 3 months in jail before bail -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: While superstar Salman Khan secured bail in barely three hours after his conviction in a hit-and-run case, for majority of ordinary Undertrials in the country it takes a minimum of over three months to get bail. According to government data, over 60% of Undertrials spend more than three months in jail before they can secure release. The prolonged incarceration is due to the inability of...
More »32% of Undertrials jailed in Maharashtra are Muslims -Prafulla Marpakwar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: A disproportionately high number of undertrial prisoners in Maharashtra are Muslims. Data compiled by the Union home ministry reveals that while Muslims comprise about 12% of the state's total population, they make up nearly 32% of the undertrial population in prisons. Similarly, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes form 12% and 9% of Maharashtra's population, but they account for 18.15% and 18.34% of the undertrial population. NCP's Rajya...
More »Muslims, dalits and tribals make up 53% of all prisoners in India -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Muslims, dalits and adivasis - three of the most vulnerable sections of Indian society - make up more than half of India's prison population, according to an official report on prisons released this month. Although the proportion of these three communities in India adds up to about 39%, their share amongst prisoners is considerably higher at 53%. India had 4.2 lakh people in prison in 2013....
More »Two-thirds of prison inmates in India are Undertrials -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Over 3,000 of the 2.8 lakh have been behind bars for more than five years Two of every three persons incarcerated in India have not yet been convicted of any crime, and Muslims are over-represented among such Undertrials, new official data show. Despite repeated Supreme Court orders on the rights of Undertrials, the jails are filling ever faster with them, shows Prisons Statistics for 2013 released by the National Crime Records...
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