C I V I L L I B E RT I E S 3) Analysis of Prison Population as of 31 December 2001 4.75 The total prison population of the country was 3,00,811. This indicated an overcrowding of 32.33% against the authorized capacity of 2,27,313. Twelve States/Union Territories, namely, Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, UP, MP, Bihar, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Orissa, Gujarat and Tripura experienced overcrowding ranging from 39% to 189%. Delhi with an overcrowding of 189%, had the dubious honour of heading the list. It was followed by Jharkhand (183%), Haryana (158%), Chhattisgarh (114%) and Uttar Pradesh (90%). 4.76 Nine States and five Union Territories were found to have idle capacity in their jails. These were: Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal, Mizoram, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Pondicherry. 4.77 Under-trial prisoners constituted 75.09% of the total prison population for the country as a whole. The proportion of under-trial prisoners was more than 80% of the prison population in ten States/Union Territories. These were: Meghalaya (97.30), Dadra & Nagar Haveli (95.83), Manipur (93.99), Jammu & Kashmir (89.90), Uttar Pradesh (89.77), Bihar (85.77), Jharkhand (85.37), Mizoram (82.83), Nagaland (82.08) and Karnataka (80.47). In Tamil Nadu and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, less than 50% of the prison population were under-trial prisoners, the figures for them being 32.78% and 42.29% respectively. 4.78 Women comprised 3.08% of the total jail population in the country. Dadra & Nagar Haveli was at the top of the table, 12.5% being women prisoners, followed by Mizoram (8.83%) and Punjab (5.48%). Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Kerala had less than 2% as women prisoners. 4) Analysis of prison population as of 30 June 2002 4.79 The total prison population was now 3,04,893, which indicated an overcrowding of 31.19%, the authorized capacity having increased to 2,32,412. As the population of India, according to the 2001 census, was 1,02,70,15,247 persons, India had 29.69 prisoners per hundred thousand of the population. Mizoram, with 114.59 prisoners per hundred thousand of the population, was at the top of the chart, while Jammu & Kashmir with 12.76 prisoners per ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 ... ... 65 ... ... ..