Annual Report 2012-2013 7. b) Gaya Central Jail and Jamui & Jehanabad District Jails (Bihar) 1-2 February 2013 Smt. S. Jalaja, Special Rapporteur, NHRC Analysis of Prison Population 4.206 NHRC compiles and analyses the statistics pertaining to prison population in the country on the basis of data obtained from Prison Headquarters of States/Union Territories. On analyzing the data for the year ending 31 December 2010, the problem of overcrowding was observed in large number of States. Overcrowding was especially high in Chattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab and Goa. 4.207 The main reason for overcrowding is the presence of a large population of undertrial prisoners (UTPs) in various prisons. Data collected shows that States like Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Chhattisgarh have high percentage of undertrial prisoners. 4.208 The number of women prisoners was noticeable in States of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. It was also observed that Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra had significant number of mothers with children below the age of five years in jail. 4.209 The analysis indicates the continuing need for all States to take steps to increase prison capacity, reduce overcrowding by ensuring speedy trials through measures like video conferencing, holding of jail adalats, providing legal assistance to poor and needy prisoners and streamlining procedure for grant of parole. E Follow up Action on Recommendations of National Seminar on Prison Reforms 4.210 The Commission's concern about the state of prisons was reflected in the National Seminar on Prison Reforms which it organized in 2011. Several recommendations were made in the Seminar which has been detailed out in the Commission's Annual Report 20112012. With regard to follow up action taken on the recommendations, the Commission during the period under report received responses from twenty States and four Union Territories only. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The Commission trusts that the remaining States/Union Territories who have so far not responded to the recommendations of the Commission on prison reforms will take necessary action and report back to the Commission about the steps taken by them. 4.211 The States which have responded have indicated the following : NHRC 63