Prisons in India
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Prisons in India are overcrowded and eight of out ten prisoners in Indian jails await trial.[1] There are 1319 prisons in India as of 2021. Currently, there are about 1400 prisons. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of prisoners increased 13 per cent from 2020 to 2021, making over 80 per cent of the prisons overcrowded. After the Supreme Court order, a number of prisoners were release in 2020 to decongest the jails reducing the overall prison occupancy in 20 states and two Union Territories to a little over 93 per cent.[2] However, the occupancy rate increased to 130 per cent again by 2021.[1] About 63 unnatural deaths took place in Indian prisons.[3] Among the major states, Tamil Nadu is the only state which has less than 100 per cent occupancy followed by Karnataka.[2]