India

Capital city — New Delhi

Country population
13,366,417,750
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.647
(129/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
466,084
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
34
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
117.6 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1,339
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.1 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
69.4 %
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12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.1 % (19,109)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0 %

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

69.4 % (323,537)

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12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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