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The fig of situation inmates successful Telangana roseate by astir 12% successful 2025, driven mostly by an summation successful cyber transgression and drunk driving cases, according to the Annual Report presented by the Telangana Prisons Department connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
According to Director General of Telangana Prisons, Soumya Mishra, the full fig of inmates accrued from 38,079 successful 2024 to 42,566 successful 2025, with undertrials forming the bulk astatine 36,627. The fig of convicted prisoners roseate from 3,229 to 5,856, portion the fig of detenues much than doubled. Cyber transgression cases recorded the highest leap astatine implicit 135%, followed by drunk driving cases, which roseate by much than 150%. Cases nether the NDPS Act, POCSO Act, murder, spot offences and crimes against women besides showed an upward trend. The fig of overseas nationals arsenic inmates, however, declined from 107 to 74.
Repeat offenders increase
The property radical of 18 to 30 years accounted for the largest stock of caller inmates, followed by those betwixt 31 and 50 years. Repeat offenders accrued from 1,468 successful 2024 to 2,496 successful 2025, pointing to continuing challenges successful preventing recidivism.
The Director General added that tribunal accumulation of prisoners saw a large displacement towards integer processes. “In 2025, a full of 1,93,404 tribunal productions were recorded, with astir 70% conducted done video conferencing, compared to astir 56% successful 2024. The wide carnal accumulation complaint besides improved, reflecting amended coordination betwixt prisons, constabulary and courts,” she said.
The situation medication expanded the usage of video conferencing for tribunal accumulation and rolled retired a wide scope of rehabilitation, healthcare, accomplishment improvement and exertion initiatives.
Legal assistance infrastructure was strengthened with the enactment of the State and District Legal Services Authorities. As galore arsenic 155 sheet advocates and 47 para-legal volunteers are present moving successful prisons. During the year, 44 jailhouse adalaths were held, successful which 1,558 cases were heard and 985 prisoners were released. Under the Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme, 18 inmates secured merchandise connected bail with authorities assistance, with Telangana lasting archetypal successful the state successful implementing the programme.
23,000 prisoners provided with literacy
Education and accomplishment improvement remained a cardinal focus. Over 23,000 prisoners were made literate nether the literacy drive, portion 108 inmates enrolled for Class X examinations done the National Institute of Open Schooling. Twenty-eight inmates completed graduation done Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University survey centres. Nearly 4,615 convicts, astir 79% of those admitted successful 2025, received vocational grooming successful trades ranging from welding and tailoring to beekeeping, bakery enactment and printing. Prison industries and cultivation units generated wages exceeding ₹1.63 crore for inmates during the year.
Interest-free loans continued to beryllium extended to prisoners, a strategy unsocial to Telangana, with 58 inmates receiving fiscal assistance successful 2025. Behavioural therapy programmes specified arsenic Unnathi and psycho-social counselling covered much than 1,500 inmates, portion de-addiction centres branded arsenic Nivrutti were established successful large prisons, with structured screening, attraction and post-release follow-up.
Rehabilitation
In the country of rehabilitation, the section expanded its web of substance outlets operated by semi-open and released prisoners successful concern with nationalist lipid companies. Three caller outlets were opened during the year, and much than ₹3.79 crore was paid arsenic salaries to inmates moving successful these units. Initiatives specified arsenic condemnation planning, waste-to-wealth programmes, agarbatti accumulation from temple flowers and apiculture projects were besides scaled up, with astir 500 kg of chromatic produced crossed six prisons.
Technology upgradation was different large thrust. Equipment worthy ₹2.5 crore, including computers, biometric devices, body-worn cameras, drones and surveillance systems, was supplied nether the ICJS 2.0 and modernisation schemes. An IT Cell was acceptable up astatine the situation headquarters, a Swagatham portal for integer visitant absorption was launched, and steps were initiated for e-Office and biometric attendance crossed each jails. The High Court has besides approved the installation of kiosk machines successful prisons to alteration inmates to entree lawsuit details, ineligible assistance and entreaty filing services.
