India
Capital city — New Delhi
Country population
i2015Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
Type of government
Human Development Index
i2016/ UNDPName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of prisoners
Prison density
Total number of prison facilities
An NPM has been established
Female prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
+
Special populations
Women
Female prisoners
4.3 %
(17,834)
i
2015
/ ICPR
Untried prisoners
Percentage of untried prisoners
67.2 %
(282,076)
i
2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty prisoners
Death penalty is abolished
No
Number of death sentences
136
i
2016
Number of executions
1
i
2015
Foreign prisoners
Number and percentage of foreign prisoners
1.5 %
i
2015
/ ICPR