NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise data on the number of convicted prisoners by their period of sentence in prisons. The sentence period are categorised into: capital punishment, life imprisonment, 10 to 13 years, 7 to 9 years, 5 to 6 years, 2 to 4 years, 1 to less than 2 years, 6 months to less than 1 year, and less than 6 months.
NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise data on the number of convicted prisoners by their period of sentence in prisons. The sentence period are categorised into: capital punishment, life imprisonment, 10 to 13 years, 7 to 9 years, 5 to 6 years, 2 to 4 years, 1 to less than 2 years, 6 months to less than 1 year, and less than 6 months.
The calendar year to which the inmate statistics pertain.
state
String
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230
The state or union territory the data covers, with 'All India' indicating a national-level aggregate.
period_of_sentence
String
11
230
The duration category of the sentence being served by inmates, ranging from short-term terms to life imprisonment.
value
Float64
226
230
The number of inmates in the given sentence-period category for the specified year.
unit
String
1
230
The unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute count.
note
String
1
0
Supplementary remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23145