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Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Arunachal Pradesh Goa Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Mizoram Sikkim Tripura
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Assam Manipur Nagaland
Spend per inmate Prison budget utilized
Officers, vacancy Cadre staff, vacancy Correctional staff, vacancy Medical staff, vacancy Medical officers, vacancy Personnel trained
Women in prison staff
Prison occupancy Jails with V-C facility Undertrials detained for 1-3 years Inmates (admitted) availed educational course Inmates (admitted) availed vocational training Share of jails with 100% and more occupancy Share of jails with 150% and more occupancy Share of jails with 150-250% occupancy New Share of jails with 250% and more occupancy New
Inmates per officer Inmates per cadre staff Inmates per correctional staff Inmates per medical officer Women inmates per woman medical officer New
Officer vacancy, trends Cadre staff vacancy, trends Share of women in prison staff, trends Inmates per prison officer, trends Inmates per cadre staff, trends Share of undertrial prisoners, trends Spend per inmate, trends Prison budget used, trends Difference in spend: prisons vs state, trends
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This page shows data for all IJR indicators, organized by pillar and theme. The visualisation below shows how the cluster of 18 large and mid-sized states fare on the chosen indicator. States ranked 1-6 for the indicator are shown in blue, those ranked 7-12 in light green and those ranked 13-18 in light brown. Mouseover on the map to see a state’s exact values for the indicator and the raw data used to calculate the indicator. To know more about the indicator, click on the ‘i’ button next to the indicator name. Use the side bar and indicator dropdown to navigate to other indicators across pillars and themes.
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Improvement/decline in number of inmates per officer over 5 yrs
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Pillar: Prisons

Theme: Trends

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula:

Inmates per prison officer = X

2016 | X1

2017 | X2 | ((X2/X1)-1)*100 = a

2018 | X3 | ((X3/X2)-1)*100 = b

2019 | X4 | ((X4/X3)-1)*100 = c

2020 | X5 | ((X5/X4)-1)*100 = d

2021 | X6 | ((X6/X5)-1)*100 = e

5-year average (a,b,c,d,e)

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: Calendar year 2017 to 2021

Latest data source: Prison Statistics India

Notes: Officer comprises Superintendent + Deputy Superintendent + Assistant Superintendent + Jailor + Deputy Jailor + Assistant Jailor + Other Officers.

IJR 1: 1. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are not included as their 5-year data was not available separately. 2. PSI shows 0 prison officers/cadre staff in Dadra & Nagar Haveli for 3 of 5 years. 3. PSI shows 0 for all prison staff in Lakshadweep.

IJR 2: 1. PSI shows 0 actual prison officers for 2 of the 5 years for Dadra & Nagar Haveli. 2. PSI shows 0 actual officers for 1 of the 5 years considered for trends for Daman & Diu. 3. PSI shows 0 actual prison officers for all 5 years for Lakshadweep.

IJR 3: 1. Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are not included as their 5-year data was not available separately. 2.           PSI shows 0 sanctioned and actual total staff for all 5 years for Lakshadweep.

Rank State Score (out of 10)
1
 Karnataka
10.00
2
 Gujarat
7.99
3
 Andhra Pradesh
6.03
4
 Uttar Pradesh
5.81
5
 Rajasthan
5.01
6
 Punjab
4.83
7
 Kerala
4.53
8
 Chhattisgarh
4.05
9
 Tamil Nadu
3.84
10
 Odisha
3.80
11
 West Bengal
3.26
12
 Telangana
3.24
13
 Maharashtra
2.97
14
 Bihar
2.97
15
 Haryana
2.45
16
 Jharkhand
2.28
17
 Madhya Pradesh
1.97
18
 Uttarakhand
1.00
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