In 2019, majority of convicts in India of about 66 percent were imprisoned in central jails. Meanwhile, district jails only had half of the convicts as the central jail with about 38 thousand convicts that year.
Number of convicts across India in 2019, by jail type
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NCRB (India). (August 27, 2020). Number of convicts across India in 2019, by jail type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/702033/number-of-convicts-by-jail-type-india/
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