UP govt planning cow shelters in 69% overcrowded jails
UP government has proposed housing cow shelters in jails, which are 69% overcapacity and 33% short-staffed. As per National Crime Records Bureau's 2015 prison statistics, the capacity of jails across UP is 49,434, but they hold 88,747 inmates. UP's minister of state for jails Jai Kumar Singh said the jails have manpower and adequate land to set up gaushalas.