NCRB Releases Prison Statistics In India Report, 2021:
Key findings of the report:
- Overcrowded Prisons: over 130% occupancy
- Undertrials: 77%
- SC/ST/OBC: over 67% of inmates belong to these communities.
- Highest number of undertrials: Uttar Pradesh> Bihar> MH
- Transgender: Most prisons don’t have separate facilities including in Delhi