The high-security prison in the national capital -- Tihar Jail -- known even before independence to keep criminals at bay takes care of children whose initial years are spent there. There are around 20,200 inmates currently at Asia's largest prison of whom 584 are female -- both under trial and convicted -- serving their time at the central jail no 6 of the Tihar prison and 162 female inmates at Mandoli jail. Decades ago in the 90s, female inmates who were pregnant used to deliver their children inside the jail premises but later this practice was done away with. "Now any pregnant female in her latter stages of pregnancy is being shifted to a hospital where she delivers her child," a senior Tihar Prison official told The New Indian Express. The high-security prison in the national capital -- Tihar Jail -- known even before independence to keep criminals at bay takes care of children whose initial years are spent there.

Source: Indian Express September 21, 2023 11:13 UTC