Over representation of minorities in prisons continue to be a cause of concern for the country. Substantiate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports show that in almost all the states of the Indian Union, irrespective of the party holding office, religious minorities are over-represented in jail.
· In Assam, Muslims, according to the 2011 census, are 34 per cent of the population and they represent 43 to 47.5 per cent of the “undertrials”;
· in Maharashtra, Muslims are 11.5 per cent of the population, and their percentage among the “undertrials” peaked at 36.5 per cent in 2012 (it went back to its 2009 level, 30 per cent, in 2015);
· The over-representation of Muslims in jail is to some extent a reflection of the communal bias of the police.
· In many states, the percentage of “convicted” Muslims is much lower than their percentage amongst “undertrials”.
· These data show that when the judiciary, at last, take up the cases of many “undertrials”. the judges realise that there is not enough evidence and they release people who have spent a lot of time
· This is a clear indication of the communalisation of the police that tends to prevail, irrespective of the ideology of the ruling party.
· One of the only ways to correct this state of affairs could be the recruitment and promotion of policemen from minority communities.
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