A total of 1,002 people are currently lodged in various jails across 24 districts for insurgency-related crimes in Chhattisgarh as on January 15, 2014.This was disclosed by Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra in a written reply to Congress member Motilal Devangan in the Chhattisgarh Assembly on Wednesday.
The Minister informed that out of the 1,002 prisoners, a total of 929 are men and 73 are women. The maximum number of prisoners are lodged in Central Jail at Jagdalpur at 402 followed by Dantewada at 326. The number of inmates lodged in other jails are as follows—Kanker (179), Raipur
(59), Durg (30) and Ambikapur (6).
The maximum number of male and female inmates booked for insurgency related crimes are in Jagdalpur Central jail at 343 and 59 respectively followed by District Jail in Dantewada where there are 326 male inmates and no female inmates. In Kanker District Jail there are 171 male inmates and 8 female inmates.