NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
This dataset provides year wise, state 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.
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Dataset - NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails
This dataset provides year wise, state 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.
The calendar year to which the inmate death record pertains.
state
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The Indian state or union territory where the inmates were held.
cause_of_death
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The reported cause of death among inmates, such as suicide, illness, or other circumstances.
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The absolute number of inmates who died from the specified cause in the given state and year.
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The unit of measurement for the recorded figure, expressed as an absolute count rather than a rate or percentage.
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Supplementary remarks or footnotes providing additional context for the record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Deaths and Illnesses of Prisoners: Year, State and Cause wise Number of Unnatural Deaths in Jails [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23046