This file photo taken on November 8, 2005 shows inmates sitting in their cell at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.
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U.P. prisons were the most overcrowded
Prisons in India registered the highest occupancy rate in five years in 2018 (latest available data).
Prisons in Uttar Pradesh were the most overcrowded, while Sikkim registered the highest relative increase in inmate population since 2014.
Data from newspaper reports also show that the number of prisoners found to be COVID-19 positive (at least 2,191 such inmates) was higher in prisons in States with high occupancy rates.
Infected jails
The table depicts the number of inmates found positive for COVID-19 in a select list of jails*.
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