Undertrials comprise 75% of India’s prison population, most in a decade
2022-02-14
NEW DELHI: The number of undertrials in prisons rose sharply in 2020 even as the number of convicts fell, resulting in undertrials accounting for over three-fourths of all those in jail, the highest proportion in at least a decade. The year also showed a significant decline of 2.6 lakh in the number of undertrials released…Continue Reading