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Women's jails may exist at the sub-divisional, district and central (zone/range) level. There were 20 Women's Jails across India with a total capacity of 5,197 and an occupancy rate of 60.1% as on 31 December 2016. Due to the limited capacity of Women's Jails, most female prisoners are housed at other types of jails.
The state [22] also has 5 district jails, 33 sub-jails, a women's jail, a borstal school, 1 open jail and 4 special jails. Telangana State Prisons Department introduced the Video Linkage System between prisons and courts for the first time in the country, which enabled the delivery of speedy justice to prisoners under trial.
Men's organizations such as the Save Indian Family Foundation have opposed the law, arguing that it might be misused by women during disputes. [2] [18] Renuka Chowdhury, the Indian Minister for Women and Child Development, agreed in a Hindustan Times article that "an equal gender law would be ideal. But there is simply too much physical ...
Industrial activities were introduced in the Central Prison in the same year. Various reforms were implemented to improve the condition of convicts, including the construction of a separate block for female prisoners in 1904. In Cochin, improved jails were established alongside the establishment of Zilla Courts.
The constitutional rights of pregnant inmates in US prisons have been undergoing codification and expansion in the 2000s. Data from 2010 show that female incarceration rates are growing more rapidly than male incarceration rates in the United States. [68] One out of every four women in prison is pregnant.
According to Indian National Crime Record Bureau, in 2012, 8,233 dowry death cases were reported across India, [38] or dowry issues cause 1.4 deaths per year per 100,000 women in India. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] For contextual reference, the United Nations reports a worldwide average female homicide rate of 3.6 per 100,000 women, and an average of 1.6 ...
Haryana State Commission for Women was formed to investigate specific problems relating to women and apart from studying women related issues from the state. [3] The commission is equipped with powers to safeguard rights of women and ensure their protection and equality against any form of harassment and issues faced in the family and community.
The list is compiled from the 2016 and 2018 Crime in India Report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of 2016, Delhi is the least safe State/UT with the highest cognizable crime rate of 160.4 (per 100,000 persons).