According to Prison Statistics report, published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), there were 4,78,600 people in jail in India as on the 31st of December, 2019. Women constituted around 4.1% of this figure, numbering a total of 19,913 women. In particular, there were 1,543 women prisoners with 1,779 children all over India– majorly in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
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