Open problems · Courts & judiciary
Prisoners who haven't been convicted
Nearly three in four prisoners in India are undertrials who have not been convicted of anything.
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What we know
NCRB's Prison Statistics India 2024 counts 72.6% of prisoners as undertrials. 9,028 of them had been held for more than five years.
Open questions
- How many undertrials in your district jail have already served half the maximum sentence for their charge?
- How often does the district's undertrial review committee meet, and how many people has it released?
- Why do undertrials who are granted bail stay in jail?
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