Punjab saw the highest number of clashes (59) inside prisons in the country, as per the recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for the year 2023. The state was followed by Kerala (15) and Madhya Pradesh (14). Thus, Punjab jails have more than three times the clashes compared to their nearest competitor states in this parameter.

In other worrying prison statistics, data shows that the state releases second highest number of jail inmates on parole in the country and that it also has the third highest absconders from these paroles.

These statistics, coupled with many other important ones, points towards the need for urgent reforms in the prison system of the state especially in light of regular reports of the several major drug networks in the state being run from the p

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