The Prison statistics for 2016 released in April 2019, with neither an explanation for the long delay nor any indication as to when data for later years will be published. The report is published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Prison Population: At the end of 2016, there were close to 4,33,000 people in prison. Of these, 68% were undertrials, or people who are yet to be found guilty of the crimes they are accused of.
Preventive Detention: There is rise in the number of people held under administrative (or ‘preventive’) detention laws in Jammu and Kashmir. There has been a ....
