New Delhi: Prison population across India fell from 5,73,220 in 2022 to 5,30,333 in 2023, which helped in easing some pressure on the correctional facilities, but overcrowding remains acute in several regions, especially Delhi’s prisons which have an alarming 200% occupancy rate. This was underlined in the latest Prison Statistics India 2023 report, released Monday by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The decline in prison population across the nation has brought down the overall occupancy rate to 120.8% in 2023, compared to 131.4% in 2022 and 130.2% in 2021. However, occupancy in Delhi prisons remains the highest among all states and union territories while Telangana had the lowest occupancy rate, at 72.8%.

According to the report, India had at least 1,332 prisons housing at le

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