India

Capital city — New Delhi

Country population
1,366,417,750
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.645
(131/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.1
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
478,600
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31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
35
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
118.5 %
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31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1,350
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31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
4.2 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.1 %
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31/12/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
69.1 %
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

4.2 % (19,913)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.1 %

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31/12/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

69.1 % (330,487)

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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