The government also revealed that there is significant overcrowding in jails across the country. According to 2021 data, there were 5,54,034 inmates against the sanctioned capacity of 4,25,609 inmates.
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NEW DELHI: As many as 5,011 undertrials were lodged for more than five years in prisons across the country, with 42.74% of them just in Uttar Pradesh, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.
The statistics presented by Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy in Lok Sabha were based on a compilation of data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) updated till December 31, 2019.
A total of 5,011 undertrials were lodged in prisons for over five years, the minister said in a written reply to a query by CPI MP K Subbarayan.
Reddy stated that undertrials are detained as per the order of the courts and by following the due process of law, and that prisons and persons detained therein are state subjects.