NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the number of unnatural deaths of prisoners in Indian jails. The deaths are further classified by suicide, execution, murder by inmates, deaths due to asssault by outside elements, deaths due to firing, deaths due to negligence by jail personnel, accidental deaths and others.
NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
This dataset provides year wise and cause wise data on the number of unnatural deaths of prisoners in Indian jails. The deaths are further classified by suicide, execution, murder by inmates, deaths due to asssault by outside elements, deaths due to firing, deaths due to negligence by jail personnel, accidental deaths and others.
Rows: 199
Columns: 6
Time period: 2001 to 2024
Last Updated: 03 July 2026
Data preview
year
state
cause_of_death
value
unit
note
2024
All India
Deaths due to Negligence / Excess By Jail Personnel
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23045