42 i CIVIL LIBERTIES 2) Prison Population 4.59 The Commission continued to analyse data relating to the prison population in various States/UTs, statistics being obtained as of 30 June and 31 December of each year. An analysis of the prison population as of 30 Jime 2001 in respect of all the States/UTs except Sikkim and UT Chandigarh, was considered by the Commission. It indicated that there were a total of 3,19,065 prisoners in the jails of the States/UTs as of 30 June 2001 against the authorised capacity of 2,19,880, i.e., an overall crowding of approximately 31.2 per cent. Overcrowding in jails was being experienced in 10 States, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mlzoram, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, the UTs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi. Jharkhand had the most over-crowded jails in the country (260%), followed by Delhi (192%), Haryana (165%) and Chhattisgarh (150%). Jails in nine States, namely, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal, West Bengal and Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Pondicherry had underutilized capacity. 4.60 Undertrials constituted 74.18 per cent of the total jail population in the country. In as many as eight States and three UTs more than 80 per cent of the jail population comprised undertrials. The Commission has noted with satisfaction that the percentage of undertrials in prisons is less than 60 per cent in Chattisgarh (53%), Himachal Pradesh (58%), Madhya Pradesh (57%), Tamil Nadu (31%), West Bengal (59%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (38%) and Pondicherry (53%). 4.61 Women account for 3.12 per cent of the total jail population in the country. Mizoramhas the highest percentage of women in jail (11.02%) followed by Chattisgarh (5.69%), Manipur (5.63%), Daman and Diu (5.55%), Delhi (4.45%), Maharashtra (4.29%) and Punjab (4.28%). IWpura has the lowest percentage of women in jails (1.46%) followed by Meghalaya (1.53%), Uttaranchal (2.03%) and Rajasthan (2.07%). 3) Medical Examination of Prisoners on Admission to Jail 4.62 As mentioned in the report for the year 2000-2001, the Commission has introduced a system of obtaining six-monthly consolidated reports from the jail authorities of all States/Union Territories regarding the medical examination of prisoners on admission to jail. Analysis of these reports reveals a fairly high incidence of diseases like gastro-enteritis, scabies and various skin diseases. This has an obvious NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION