Represented Religious Minorities in Indian Prisons

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its report titled as - Prison Statistics in India 2021.

Findings of the Report related to Minority Communities

As per the religion-wise breakup available for 5.22 lakh of the total 5.54 lakh prisoners across India (as Maharashtra did not submit the breakup for undertrials and detenues to NCRB), over 3.84 lakh were Hindus, 97,650 Muslims, 22,100 Sikhs, 13,118 Christians and 4,785 from other faiths.

• Muslims: The share of Muslims in India’s total prison population – comprising convicts, undertrials, detenues and others -- declined to 18.7% in 2021 from 20.2% in 2020.
• Sikhs: The percentage of ....