List of prisons in India

States

Andhra Pradesh

Rajahmundry Central Prison^[1]
Nellore Central Prison
Kadapa Central Prison
Visakhapatnam Central Prison

Besides the above four central prisons, the state has 7 district jails, 99 sub-jails, a women's jail and an open jail.

Arunachal Pradesh

The state has two district jails at Itanagar and at Tezu respectively.

Assam

Guwahati Central Jail, Guwahati
Tezpur Central Jail, Sonitpur
Silchar Central Jail, Cachar
Dibrugarh Central Jail
Jorhat Central Jail
Nagaon Central Jail

Apart from the above-mentioned 6 central jails, Assam has 22 district jails, 1 sub-jail, an open jail and a special jail.

Bihar

Beur Central Jail, Patna
Central Jail, Buxar
Central Jail, Gaya
Central Jail, Motihari
Central Jail, Purnea
Special Central Jail, Bhagalpur
Shahid Jubba Sahni Central Jail, Bhagalpur
Shahid Khudi Ram Bose Central Jail, Muzaffarpur

The state also has 31 district jails, 17 sub-jails, a women's jail, an open jail and a special jail.

Chhattisgarh

Raipur Central Jail, Raipur
Jagdalpur Central Jail, Jagdalpur
Bilaspur Central Jail, Bilaspur
Ambikapur Central Jail, Ambikapur
Durg Central Jail, Durg

Chhattisgarh^[2] also has 11 district jails and 12 sub-jails.

Goa

Central Jail, Colvale
- Sub Jail Cum Judicial Lockup, Sada, Vascodigama

Gujarat

Sabarmati Central Jail, Ahmedabad
Vadodara Central Prison, Vadodara
Rajkot Central Prison, Rajkot
Lajpor Central Prison, Surat

Gujarat also has 7 district jails, 11 sub-jails, a women's jail, 2 open jails and 2 special jails.

Haryana

Central Jail, Ambala
Central Jail-I, Hisar
Central Jail-II, Hisar

Haryana also has 18 district jails.^[3]

Himachal Pradesh

Model Central Jail, Kanda, Shimla
Model Central Jail, Nahan, Sirmaur

Himachal Pradesh also has 2 district jails, 8 sub-jails, 1 borstal school and an open air jail.^[4]

Jammu and Kashmir

Central Jail, Kotbhalwal, Jammu^[5]
Central Jail, Kathidarwara, Srinagar^[6]

The state also has 10 district jails, 2 sub-jails and 2 correction centers.^[7]

To augment the capacity of jails, the Government is building new jails at Pulwama, Anantnag, Kishtwar, and Doda (Bhaderwah).^{[citation needed]}

Jharkhand

Birsa Munda Central Jail, Ranchi
Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Central Jail, Hazaribagh
Central Jail, Ghaghidh, Jamshedpur
Central Jail, Medininagar, Palamu
Central Jail, Deoghar
Central Jail, Dumka
Central Jail, Giridih

Jharkhand also has 16 District Jails, 6 Sub Jails, 1 Borstal School and 1 Open Jail cum Rehabilitation Center.^[8]

Karnataka

Bangalore Central Prison^[9]
Central Prison, Belgaum
Central Prison, Ballari (1884)^[9]
Central Prison, Vijayapura (1887)^[10]
Central Prison, Gulbarga
Central Prison, Mysore(1862)^[9]
Central Prison, Dharwad
Central Prison, Shivamogga
Women Central Prison, Shivamogga

Karnataka has 105 prisons including 9 Central Prisons, 21 district prisons, 30 taluk jails, 44 revenue taluk jails^[11] (sub-jails), 1 borstal school, 1 open jail, 2 special jails and 1 other jail (Juvenile Jail).

Kerala

Kerala also has 11 district jails, 16 sub-jails, 3 women's jail, 1 borstal school, 3 open jails, 16 special jails and 1 other jail.

Madhya Pradesh

Central Jail, Indore
Central Jail, Gwalior
Central Jail, Jabalpur
Central Jail, Bhopal
Central Jail, Rewa
Central Jail, Satna
Central Jail, Ujjain
Central Jail, Sagar
Central Jail, Narsinghpur
Central Jail, Barwani
Central Jail, Hoshangabad

Madhya Pradesh also has 41 District Jails, 73 Sub Jails and 6 Open Jails.^[8]

Maharashtra

Mumbai Central Jail, Mumbai
Harsul Central Jail, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Yerwada Central Jail, Pune
Nagpur Central Jail, Nagpur
Nashik Road Central Jail, Nashik
Taloja Central Jail, Navi Mumbai
Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba
Thane Central Prison, Thane
Amaravati Central Prison, Amaravati

The state also has 28 district jails, 100 sub-jails, 1 women's jail, 1 borstal school, 13 open jails, 1 special jail and 1 other jail.

Manipur

Manipur Central Jail, Imphal
Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa

There are two district jails at Churachandpur and Chandel. Both are non-functional.

There is also a sub-jail at Jiribam which is temporarily closed.

Meghalaya

Although the state has 4 district jails, it does not have any central jail.

Mizoram

Aizawl Central Jail, Aizawl.

The state^[12] also has 6 district jails.

There are 2 district jails (District Jail at Serchhip and District Jail at Mamit) which are currently inoperative because of the lack of armed guards.^[12]

Nagaland

Central Jail, Chümoukedima.

The state^[13] also has 10 district jails.

Odisha

Baripada Circle Jail, Mayurbhanj
Berhampur Circle Jail, Ganjam
Choudwar Circle Jail, Cuttack
Koraput Circle Jail, Koraput
Sambalpur Circle Jail, Sambalpur

The state^[14] also has 9 district jails, 73 sub-jails, 1 women's jail, 1 open jail and 2 special jails.

Punjab

Jalalabad Central Jail, Ferozpur
Patiala Central Jail, Patiala
Ludhiana Central Jail, Ludhiana
Amritsar Central Jail, Amritsar
Guradspur Central Jail, Gurdaspur
Bathinda Central Jail, Bathinda
Jalandhar Central Jail, Kapurthala
Faridkot Central Jail, Faridkot
Central Jail, Hoshiarpur

The state also has 7 district jails, 7 sub-jails, a women's jail (in Ludhiana), a borstal school and an open jail.

Construction work of new jails at Nabha and Mansa was nearing completion as of mid-2016.^[15]

Rajasthan

Jaipur Central Jail, Jaipur
Jodhpur Central Jail, Jodhpur
Central Jail, Udaipur
Central Jail, Bikaner
Central Jail, Ajmer
Central Jail, Kota
Central Jail (Tihad), Bharatpur
Central Jail, Sri Ganganagar
Central Jail, Alwar

The state^[16] also has 24 district jails, 60 sub-jails, 2 women's jail, 1 borstal school, 29 open jails and a special jail.^[17]

Sikkim

State Central Prison, Rongyek

The state^[18] also has a district prison at Namchi in South Sikkim.

One more district prison at Omchung was proposed in 2005-06.^[19]

Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore Central Prison, Coimbatore
Cuddalore Central Prison, Cuddalore
Madurai Central Prison, Madurai
Palayamkottai Central Prison, Palayamkottai
Puzhal Central Prison I, Puzhal
Puzhal Central Prison II, Puzhal
Tiruchirappalli Central Prison, Tiruchirappalli
Vellore Central Prison, Vellore
Salem Central Prison, Salem

The state^[20] also has 9 district jails, 96 sub-jails, 3 women's jails, 12 borstal schools, 3 open jails and 5 special jails. Tamil Nadu Prison Department Contact details are here.

Telangana

The state^[22] also has 5 district jails, 33 sub-jails, a women's jail, a borstal school, 1 open jail and 4 special jails. Telangana State Prisons Department introduced the Video Linkage System between prisons and courts for the first time in the country, which enabled the delivery of speedy justice to prisoners under trial.

Tripura

Kendriya Sansodhanagar, Bishalgarh

The state^[23] also has 2 district jails and 10 sub-jails. One women's jail also exists in the complex of Kendriya Sansodhanagar, Tripura, Bishalgarh. A new district jail at Ambassa and a new sub-jail at Santirbazar will be opened in the near future.

Uttar Pradesh

Naini Central Prison, Allahabad
Central Jail, Gorakhpur
Central Jail, Ayodhya
Central Jail, Etawah
Central Jail, Varanasi
Aawadha Central Jail, Faizabad
Bareilly Central Jail, Bareilly
Mirzapur Central Jail, Mirzapur
Fatehgarh Jail, Fatehgarh
Agra Jail, Agra
Sadar Jail, Deoria

Uttar Pradesh has the largest prison department in India and one of the largest around the world consisting of 73 total prisons (As of 2021^[update]).

Uttarakhand

Sitarganj Central Jail, Sitarganj

The state also has 7 district jails, 2 sub-jails and an open jail.

West Bengal

Central Jail, Jalpaiguri
Central Jail, Berhampore
Central Jail, Midnapore
Central Jail, Dum Dum,Kolkata
Central Jail, Presidency, Alipore,Kolkata
Central Jail, Burdwan

The state also has 12 district jails, 33 sub-jails, 1 women's jails, 2 open jails and 3 special jails.

Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands has 1 district jail, 3 sub-jails, and a special jail.

Chandigarh

Model Jail, Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Dadra and Nagar Haveli has a sub-jail located at Silvassa. Daman and Diu have 2 special jails, one each at Daman and Diu.

Delhi

Tihar Prison Complex (Central Jails 1-9), Janakpuri
Rohini Central Jail (Central Jail 10), Rohini
Mandoli Central Jail (Central Jail 11-16), Mandoli

Delhi also has 2 Open Jails (one for male and female each) and 3 Semi Open Jails.^[8]

Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep has 4 Sub Jails.^[8]

Puducherry

Central Prison, Kalapet, Puducherry

Puducherry also has 1 Sub Jail and 2 Special Jails.^[8]

Decommissioned

The following Indian prisons have been decommissioned and demolished:

References

^ "Andhra Pradesh Prisons Department - Hyderabad".
^ "Jails of Chhattisgarh". jail.cg.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
^ "Jails in Haryana | Haryana Prisons, Government of Haryana, India". haryanaprisons.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
^ "HP Prisons". hpprisons.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
^ "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
^ "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
^ "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Jail Details as on 31st December 2020" (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau. pp. 33–40. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Venkatesh, R. "Confined to chaos at Central Jail". Deccan Herald, Bangalore. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
^ Srivatsa, Sharath (2022-02-28). "Prison will make way for another slice of history soon at Vijayapura". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
^ archive, our online (2018-09-06). "Vijayapura Central Jail most overcrowded prison in state". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
^ ^a ^b "Welcome to Prisons Department". Prison Department, Government of Mizoram, India. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Disclosures Under Sec 4 of Right to Information Act 2005 (Introduction)". nlsic.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
^ "PRISON ADMINISTRATION AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES". www.homeorissa.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
^ "Department of Home Affairs and Justice". Government of Punjab, India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Prison population Statistics". Rajasthan Prisons. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "RTI Act - Category of Prisons" (PDF). Rajasthan Prisons. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "State Prisons, Government of Sikkim, India". Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "Report of State Govt committee on Omchung Jail miscalculation still awaited". Retrieved 28 July 2016 – via Sikkim Now!.
^ "Tamil Nadu Prison Department - Organisation Chart". www.prisons.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
^ "TS Prisons Department". tsprisons.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
^ "Telangana State Prison Department". Telangana State Prison Department. Retrieved 29 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "About Us | Directorate of Prisons". prisons.tripura.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
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External links

[1] "Andhra Pradesh Prisons Department - Hyderabad".

[2] "Jails of Chhattisgarh". jail.cg.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

[3] "Jails in Haryana | Haryana Prisons, Government of Haryana, India". haryanaprisons.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

[4] "HP Prisons". hpprisons.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

[5] "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

[6] "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

[7] "Directorate of Prisons, Government of Jammu & Kashmir". www.jkprisons.org. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

[:1-8] "Jail Details as on 31st December 2020" (PDF). National Crime Records Bureau. pp. 33–40. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

[chaos-9] Venkatesh, R. "Confined to chaos at Central Jail". Deccan Herald, Bangalore. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[10] Srivatsa, Sharath (2022-02-28). "Prison will make way for another slice of history soon at Vijayapura". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

[11] rchive, our online (2018-09-06). "Vijayapura Central Jail most overcrowded prison in state". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

[:0-12] "Welcome to Prisons Department". Prison Department, Government of Mizoram, India. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[13] "Disclosures Under Sec 4 of Right to Information Act 2005 (Introduction)". nlsic.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-07-26.

[14] "PRISON ADMINISTRATION AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES". www.homeorissa.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

[15] "Department of Home Affairs and Justice". Government of Punjab, India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[16] "Prison population Statistics". Rajasthan Prisons. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[17] "RTI Act - Category of Prisons" (PDF). Rajasthan Prisons. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[18] "State Prisons, Government of Sikkim, India". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[19] "Report of State Govt committee on Omchung Jail miscalculation still awaited". Retrieved 28 July 2016 – via Sikkim Now!.

[20] "Tamil Nadu Prison Department - Organisation Chart". www.prisons.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

[21] "TS Prisons Department". tsprisons.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-28.

[22] "Telangana State Prison Department". Telangana State Prison Department. Retrieved 29 July 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[23] "About Us | Directorate of Prisons". prisons.tripura.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-07-28.

[24] "Patna has lost its charm". B K Mishra, TNN. The Times of India (Patna). 6 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

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