AI imageOf 796 convicted foreigners in Bengal’s prisons, 204 are womenKOLKATA: West Bengal houses the highest number of foreign prisoners in the country. Of the Bangladeshis lodged here, 778 are convicts and 1,440 undertrials. Most undertrials are between 18 and 30 years of age.With more than half of the 4,906-km-long India-Bangladesh border falling in Bengal, the state has had to lodge a large percentage of foreign prisoners. As many as 60 prisons, with a total capacity of 21,476, housed 25,774 inmates (nationals and foreigners). Of the 796 foreign national convicts in Bengal’s prisons, 204 are women and 12 transgender persons.In the case of undertrials, there were 371 women and nine transgender persons out of 1,499 inmates.