India, Dec. 22 -- Delhi prison authorities are planning to shut down Mandoli jail's women cell and transfer all female inmates to Tihar jail's women facility, jail authorities said. In turn, some male inmates from Tihar will be shifted to Mandoli to fix the overcrowding issue.

As per the proposal, Mandoli prison's central jail number 16 and Tihar's jail numbers 16 and 6 - all women's cells - are currently operating below capacity, so the shifting will not raise a problem.

Further, Tihar's jail number 4 - the men's cell - has a capacity of 900 inmates but is currently operating with 4,000 inmates. Tihar administration officials said the jail is overcrowded because most new undertrials are sent to jail number 4.

The plan was initiated af...