Data | Tamil Nadu and Gujarat have a disproportionate share of Scheduled Caste detainees in their prisons
The Hindu
The share of the Scheduled Caste detenues in Indian prisons saw an increase from 18% in 2019 to 23% in 2021
In 2021, over 23% of all detenues in Indian prisons were from the Scheduled Castes (SC) whose share in the population was 16.6% (as of 2011). The share of SC detenues saw an increase from 18% in 2019 to 23% in 2021. Indian jails host four types of prisoners — convicts (persons found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court), undertrials (currently on trial in a court of law), detenues (persons held lawfully in custody), and those who do not belong to any of these three categories and who comprise a small share of the total number of prisoners. Notably, in Tamil Nadu, over 30% of convicts and 30% of undertrials were SCs, while the SC share in the State’s population was 20%. Among States with a relatively high number of detainees, the share of SC detainees was notably disproportionate to the SC population share in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
The chart shows the share of SCs in the total population in India in 2011, the share of SC convicts, the share of SC undertrials, and the share of SC detenues in Indian prisons as of 2021
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The chart shows the share of non-SCs, non-STs, and non-OBCs (Others) in the total population in India in 2011, the share of convicts from this category, the share of undertrials from this category and the share of detenues from this category in Indian prisons as of 2021
The chart shows the share of SCs in the total population in 2011, the share of SC convicts, the share of SC undertrials and the share of SC detenues in prisons across States as of 2021. While the share of SC detenues was high in some States, the total number of detenues (number given in brackets) was higher only in two of them. So, the share has to be read along with the total number of detenues
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