KATHMANDU: A total of 132,000 convicted criminals are still out of the jail due to the lack of sufficient space, a report in Naya Patrika said.
Currently, the prison in Nepal can accommodate 15, 466. There are already 21, 835 jailbirds.
Those convicted of various crimes include high-profile police officials to bankers. The government has yet to recover Rs 13 billion 806 million 500 thousand from them.
The current prison facilities cannot accommodate all the convicted criminals.
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