Share of jails with 150% and more occupancy

Rankings Methodology

Large and mid-sized states Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Small states Arunachal Pradesh Goa Himachal Pradesh Meghalaya Mizoram Sikkim Tripura

Union Territories Andaman & Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Daman & Diu Delhi Jammu & Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry

Unranked states Assam Manipur Nagaland

Prisons

Budgets Spend per inmate Prison budget utilized

Human Resources Officers, vacancy Cadre staff, vacancy Correctional staff, vacancy Medical staff, vacancy Medical officers, vacancy Personnel trained

Diversity Women in prison staff

Infrastructure 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

Workload Inmates per officer Inmates per cadre staff Inmates per correctional staff Inmates per medical officer

Trends 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

State Ranking

State Indicator Data

State Indicator Raw Data

Methodology

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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Pillar: Prisons

Theme: Infrastructure

IJRs: 3

Formula: Number of jails with 150% & more occupancy / Total jails * 100

Benchmark: 0%

Scoring guide: Lower, the better

Latest period/date: 2022

Latest data source: e-Prisons portal

Notes:

IJR 3: 1. The e-prisons website does not provide capacity of the 5 prisons in Manipur. But as per PSI, these 5 prisons are not overcrowded, and hence we have assumed no jail is overcrowded. 2. The e-prisons website does not provide capacity of the 4 prisons in Lakshadweep. But as per PSI, these have an occupancy of 8%, and hence we have assumed no jail is overcrowded.

Rank	State	Score (out of 10)
1	Tamil Nadu	9.83
2	Telangana	8.60
3	Andhra Pradesh	8.12
4	Rajasthan	7.79
5	Karnataka	7.47
6	Odisha	7.31
7	Punjab	7.30
8	Jharkhand	6.98
9	Gujarat	6.71
10	Madhya Pradesh	6.43
11	Maharashtra	5.72
12	Bihar	5.25
13	Kerala	4.99
14	Chhattisgarh	4.52
15	Haryana	2.99
15	West Bengal	2.99
17	Uttarakhand	1.50
18	Uttar Pradesh	1.00

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