As of 2021, more than 77 percent of the total prisoners in India were detained without sentence from the court of law. Over the last several years, the share of such detainees in the country had slowly increased.
Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021
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MOSPI. (July 12, 2023). Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/
MOSPI. "Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021." Chart. July 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/
MOSPI. (2023). Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/
MOSPI. "Unsentenced Detainees as a Share of Total Prison Population in India from 2015 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/
MOSPI, Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Unsentenced detainees as a share of total prison population in India from 2015 to 2021 [Graph], MOSPI, July 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1170574/india-share-of-unsentenced-prisoners/