NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year and State wise Percentage of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise and state wise data on the percentage share 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 Percentage of Convicts by their Period of Sentence
This dataset provides year wise and state wise data on the percentage share 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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The Indian state or union territory for which the inmate data is reported.
period_of_sentence
String
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The sentence period category under which inmates fall, such as capital punishment or other sentence durations.
value
Float64
698
8635
The percentage of inmates in the given state and year corresponding to the specified sentence period.
unit
String
1
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The unit of measurement for the reported value, expressed as a percentage.
note
String
1
0
Optional remarks or supplementary information pertaining to the data record.
Citation
National Crime Record Bureau. (2026). NCRB - Sentences of Prisoner Statistics: Year and State wise Percentage of Convicts by their Period of Sentence [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/23150
