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Muslims in Jails
It has been pointed out earlied that when it comes education, land holdings and employment, Muslims are well below their share of the population. But contrastingly, they have a disproportionately high representation when it comes to being in prison. In fact, in many states, Muslims even make up a higher percentage of population in jail than they do outside. "Muslim percentage of inmates in jails in states is as high as their share in population, in many states, including Gujarat, Maharastra, Jharkhand, Karnataka, it's even higher", says the Sachar Committee Report. The Table - III below shows the data forwarded to the Committee by eight states-
Table - III
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Muslim population (%)
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Convicted & under trial
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In jail for more than 1 year
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In jail for 1-5 years
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In jail for more than 5 tears
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In jail for less than 1 year
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Assam
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30.9
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30.0
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n.a.
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n.a.
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n.a.
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28.1
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Kerala
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24.7
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37.1
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39.5
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43.3
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28.7
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38.3
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Jhharkhand
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13.8
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17.6
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14.5
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37.5
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8.6
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14.8
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Karnataka
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12.2
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17.6
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14.5
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37.5
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8.6
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14.8
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Delhi
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11.7
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27.9
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23.9
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23.8
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24.0
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29.1
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Maharastra
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10.6
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32.4
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34.7
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38.5
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22.8
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40.6
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Gujarat
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9.1
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25.1
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26.2
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25.8
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21.9
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n.a.
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Tamil Nadu
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5.6
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9.6
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10.9
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10.1
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10.7
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7.7
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The summery for the 8 states, 23.4% of prison inmates are Muslims.
Last update : 12-05-2009 12:26
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