NCRB Report : UP jails lodges highest number of educated inmates, Maharashtra tops second

New Delhi: Most of the time criminals are assumed to be from illiterate and economically weaker sections. However, this version is reversed as the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report depicts that UP jails are lodged with inmates having sound educational qualifications. Most of these prisoners are engineers or post-graduates from various fields. According to the report, after Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra ranks second for holding up educated prisoners while Karnataka is third on this list.

According to the NCRB’s Crime in India 2019 report, Uttar Pradesh is the state of India where the maximum number of engineers, post-graduates and diploma holders are imprisoned. The 30, 740 prisoners holding technical degrees are locked in India’s jails. Most of these are in UP jails. There are 727 prisoners in Uttar Pradesh jail who have technical degrees. After this, 495 prisoners in Maharashtra and 362 prisoners of Karnataka have technical degrees. 5282 prisoners held in Indian jails have postgraduate degrees. Out of these, 2010 prisoners are in jails of Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Director General of Prisons (DG) Anand Kumar said that most prisoners holding technical degrees face charges like dowry murder and rape. There are some people who are in jail due to some economic crime. According to the report, 3, 30,487 prisoners are being sentenced due to different crimes in India’s jails. The skills of educated prisoners are being used to train other inmates inside the jail, added Kumar.

Uttar Pradesh Director General of Jails (DG) Anand Kumar said that only prisoners with technical degrees in jail have developed e-prison complexes in many jails. Along with this, these prisoners have helped in computerization of the prison inventory system. Some prisoners have also started participating in the jail radio inside the jail premises.