14,059(out of total 20,458 of other two jail)[1] (as of 31 December 2023)
Opened
1957
Managed by
Department of Delhi Prisons
Website
tiharprisons.delhi.gov.in
Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram, is a prison complex in India and one of the largest complex of prisons in India. It has 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres.[2][3] Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the three prison complexes in Delhi. The other two prison complexes are at Rohini and Mandoli with one and six central prisons respectively.[4] Tihar prison complex is located in Janakpuri, approximately 3 km from Tihar village in West Delhi.
The prison is styled as a correctional institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into ordinary members of society by providing them with useful skills, education, and respect for the law. It aims to improve the inmates' self-esteem and strengthen their desire to improve. To engage, rehabilitate, and reform its inmates, Tihar uses music therapy, which involves music training sessions and concerts.[5] The prison has its own radio station, run by inmates.[6] There is also a prison industry within the walls, manned wholly by inmates, which bears the brand Tihar.[7] As of December 2023[update], Tihar jail has 14,059 inmates against the sanctioned capacity of 5,200. The prison population as on 31.12.2023 has increased by Double in comparison to the population as on 31.12.2018.[1][8]
^ ab"Department of Tihar Prisons". Government of Delhi. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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