Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur, is situated in Pallikkunnu in Kannur, Kerala state of India. It was the first Central Jail established in Kerala in the year of 1869.History of Central jails It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners.http://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/images/stories/pdf/cpknr.pdf It is one of the three central prisons other than Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur situated in Kerala.
Kannur Central Prison is the first one in India to have a literature festival screening, it was an initiative by the Wayanad Literature Festival (2024).
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