NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year and State wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise and state 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 and State wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise and state 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 data pertains.
state
String
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The Indian state or union territory for which the inmate figures are reported.
period_of_sentence
String
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The sentence period category of inmates, such as capital punishment or duration-based sentence brackets.
value
Float64
1953
8292
The number of inmates recorded for the given year, state, and sentence period.
unit
String
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The unit of measurement for the reported figure, expressed as an absolute number.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or footnotes associated with the data record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year and State wise Number of Convicts by their Period of Sentence [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23146
