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  2. List of prisons in India - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Prisons in India - Wikipedia

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    Maharashtra has 5 women's jails. Kerala and Tamil Nadu each have 3 women's jails. [7] Over the past five years, there has been an increasing trend in the number of women prisoners in India. The population statistics say women account for only 4.3% of all prisoners which is about 17,834 women. According to a study in 2009, homicide was the ...

  4. Chanchalguda Central Jail - Wikipedia

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    An average of 40 new inmates arrive at the jail daily. [3] In 2012, renovations began to update the amenities and expand the occupancy of the jail. Following the introduction of an adult literacy programme, Chanchalguda Central Jail reported a 100% literacy rate from 1989 to 1990. [1] Women's prison, Chanchalguda

  5. Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services - Wikipedia

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    Industrial activities were introduced in the Central Prison in the same year. Various reforms were implemented to improve the condition of convicts, including the construction of a separate block for female prisoners in 1904. In Cochin, improved jails were established alongside the establishment of Zilla Courts.

  6. Pulhal Central Prison - Wikipedia

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    It is among the largest prison complexes in India. [4] The prison complex occupies an area corresponding to 212 acres (0.86 km 2). It comprises three complexes of buildings: Pulhal Prison I for convicts, Pulhal Prison II for remand prisoners and Special Prison for women. A separate enclosure houses civil debtor convicts as well.

  7. Tihar Prisons - Wikipedia

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    The other two prison complexes are at Rohini and Mandoli with one and six central prisons respectively. [4] Tihar prison complex is located in Janakpuri, approximately 3 km from Tihar village in West Delhi. The prison is styled as a correctional institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into ordinary members of society by ...

  8. Prisons by country - Wikipedia

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    Prison in India, and its administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the state list in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State Governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison Manuals of the respective State Governments.

  9. Vellore Central Prison - Wikipedia

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    Vellore Central Prison (established in 1830) is a prison in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. [ 1 ] It is the largest jail in the district and 2nd largest in Tamil Nadu after puzhal central prison , Convicts sentenced to imprisonment are confined in the jail from various districts of the Presidency as well as from Burma.