proportion of UTPs was more than 80 per cent of the total prison population in nine States/Union Territories: Dadra & Nagar Haveli (100%), Lakshadweep (100%), Meghalaya (93.0%), Manipur (90.3%), Daman & Diu (87.5%), Jammu & Kashmir (85.7%), Bihar (85.7%), NCT of Delhi (81.8%) and Chandigarh (80.1%). The State of Uttar Pradesh was able to reduce the proportion of its UTPs to less than 80 per cent of the total prison population during the period under review. 5.24 The percentage of women prisoners in relation to the total prison population in the country remained the same as in the preceding year — 3.9 per cent. In this regard, Mizoram (15.3%) has consistently held the 'top slot' in all the five analysis since 2002. It is followed by Daman & Diu (10.2%), Tamil Nadu (8%), Chandigarh (6.7%), West Bengal (6.2%), Punjab and Andhra Pradesh (5.2% each). 5.25 There were 1,732 children (up to the age of 6 years) staying with their mothers in jails across the country. Uttar Pradesh with 323 accounted for the largest number, followed by West Bengal (264), Madhya Pradesh (184), Maharashtra (152) and Jharkhand (141). vvv National Human Rights Commission 29