India, July 10 -- The home department informed the state legislative council on Wednesday about the state of overcrowding in the state prisons. As of May 2025, the total number of inmates stood at 39,527 against the capacity of 27,184, as per the department.

Satej Patil, a Congress member of the state legislative council, raised this issue and demanded measures to solve it. The home department, led by CM Devendra Fadnavis, in a written reply to the legislative council, said that by May 2025, the total number of inmates was 39,527, which is 12,343 more than the capacity. Arthur Road Jail's capacity is 999, and by May there were 3,268 inmates in that jail.

"Despite the overcrowding in the prisons, the prison administration is taking neces...