provisions of the Model Prison Manual for the Superintendence and Management of Prisons in India were formulated by the Bureau of Police, Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs in 2003. However, these are yet to be adopted and implemented for the 70 prisons of Orissa. The Committee formulated for this purpose has never met. The work of the Committee needs to be expedited and a firm time schedule laid down for commencement and completion of its mandated tasks. (b) A State-level custodial/correctional Advisory Committee may be constituted with the Chief Secretary to the Government of Orissa as Chairperson and the Secretaries to Government in Home, Finance, Law, Education, Health, Industry, Revenue, Women and Child Development and Registrar, High Court as Members. Simultaneously, and as recommended by the Model Prison Manual, a high-powered Prison Development Board may be set up with the Chief Minister as the Chairman, Minister In-charge of Prisons as the Vice-Chairman and the Secretaries to the Government in Home, Finance, Revenue and Law as Members. Analysis of Prison Population 5.20 The Commission compiles and analyses prison statistics bi-annually. During the period under report, it analyzed prison statistics up to 30 June 2006. The total prison population of the country was 3,65,431, indicating an increase of 4 per cent over 3,50,346 in the corresponding earlier period (as on 30 June 2005). Given the authorized capacity of all jails and sub-jails at 2,57,348, there is an overcrowding to the extent of 42 per cent for the country as a whole, as compared to 42.9 per cent as on 30 June 2005 (when the capacity was somewhat lesser). Ten States — the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Sikkim, Gujarat, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa — had overcrowding ranging from 53 per cent to 128 per cent, that is above the authorized capacity. 5.21 Among these States, the State of Jharkhand has made remarkable progress in reducing overcrowding in jails. It was able to accomplish this feat by increasing the number of its jails from 5,814 (as of 30 June 2005) to 9,508. Being one among the list of 'top 10' States having overcrowded jails, it substantially reduced its overcrowding from 221.2 per cent to 93.3 per cent. Delhi too, being in the list of 'top 10', as of June 2006, has consistently reduced its overcrowding from 217.4 per cent to 128 per cent. Sikkim (105.8%), Gujarat (103.1%), Andaman & Nicobar Islands (96.8%), Bihar (92.5%), Chhattisgarh (86.8%), Uttar Pradesh (75.8%), Madhya Pradesh (68.2%) and Orissa (53.3%) are the other States with overcrowding above the all-India level of 42 per cent. 5.22 Seven States and four Union Territories — Manipur, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Mizoram, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Puducherry — have an idle capacity in their jails. 5.23 Undertrial prisoners (UTPs) constituted 69.2 per cent of the total prison population in the country as on 30 June 2006, a slight improvement from the previous year's 70.6 per cent. The 28 National Human Rights Commission