There is no shortage of barracks for women prisoners in various jails of the country as only 70 per cent of them are lodged against the available capacity but male prisoners are 114 per cent of the capacity for them, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
“There is no shortage of jails and barracks for women prisoners in the country,” Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.
The Minister said against the capacity of 4,748 for women prisoners, a total of 2,985 women are kept in jails.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, he said against the total capacity of 3,66,781 for prisoners in various jails in the country, “a total of 114 per cent male prisoners are lodged. In case of women, only 70 per cent prisoners of the capacity are lodged in various jails.”
