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Jails in India
Covered under the seventh schedule of Constitution of India, the administration of jail is under the state list of item four. The state government manages the governance and administration of the jails and the prison act 1894 governs it. There are three principals that are laid down by the supreme court of India, which says that no prisoner can become a non-person and must get all the human rights, even if they are in the prison.
Types of Jails in India
There are eight categories of jails, which includes Central Jail, District Jail, Sub jail, which comes under the standard jails. There are other jails as well under which the Women, open, Borstal and Special Jail come. The chart below has the list of the eight different types of jails in India and the capacity each of them has. The number of jails of each type is also mentioned in the chart.
Type | Number | Total Capacity |
Central Jails | 123 | 1,37,249 |
District Jails | 333 | 1,24,768 |
Sub Jails | 809 | 50,908 |
Women Jails | 19 | 4,271 |
Open Jails | 44 | 3,766 |
Borstal Schools | 21 | 2,218 |
Special Jails | 30 | 9,279 |
Other Jails | 3 | 323 |
Total | 1382 | 3,32,782 |
Budget
The budget of INR 323720.80 lakh has been set by the states and the Union Territories in 2011-2012. The expenditures of the prison are categorised into planned and non-planned in which the planned activities come under the Five Year Plan. As the name says, the planned activities are covered under the planned expenses. The non-payment expenditures on the other hand include the day-to-day activities that take place in the jail. The payment of salaries, rent and wages are some examples of the non-planned expenditures.
Food, Clothing, Educational Facilities, medical and welfare is some common heads under which the expenses are covered. Most of the expenditure is usually done on the food of the inmates.
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