List of Various Types of Prisons/Jails in India

• The 7th Schedule of the Constitution of India-item number 4-under the lists of the states in India,
• The ‘Prisons Act 1894’,
•  ‘Prisoners Act 1900’,
• The Transfer of Prisoners Act of 1950 of the Union Government of India and
• The ‘Prison Manuals’ of  the respective states.

The Central Government of India will provide assistance to the states in Administration and Management of Prisons for the following:

• To improve security in prisons,
• For the repair and renovation of old prisons,
• For the medical facilities,
• For  development of borstal schools/minors’ jails,
• Facilities to women prisoners
• For vocational training,
• For modernization of prison industries,
• For training to prison personnel and
• For the creation of high security enclosures.

• A person in prison does not become a ‘Non-Person”
• A person in prison is entitled to all human rights within the limitations of imprisonment.
• There is no justification for aggravating the suffering already inherent in the process of incarceration.
  

2.    District Jails/Main prisons in states and union territories not having central jails/333/1,24,768
3.    Sub Jails/Small prisons in Sub-Divisonal levels/809/50,908

4.    Women Jails/For Women only/19/4,271

5.    Open Jails/For specific good convicts-prisoners engaged in Agricultural Activities/44 /3,766
6.    Borstal Schools/Minors’ Jail-Rehabiliation centres-Vocational Training-Education/21/2,218

7.    Special Jails /High security-special arrangements-for  convicts of terrorism, insurgency and violent crimes/ 30 /9,279

8.    Other Jails /Not under the above 7 types/3 / 323
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Total /Types of Jails: 8/Number of Jails:1382/Total Capacity  of Prisoners:3,32,782
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