States

Andhra Pradesh Rajahmundry Central Prison 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 also has 11 district jails and 12 sub-jails.

Goa Central Jail, Colvale Sub Jail Cum Judicial Lockup, Sada, Vasco da Gama

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.

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.

Jammu and Kashmir Central Jail, Kotbhalwal, Jammu Central Jail, Kathidarwara, Srinagar The state also has 10 district jails, 2 sub-jails and 2 correction centers.

To augment the capacity of jails, the Government is building new jails at Pulwama, Anantnag, Kishtwar, and Doda (Bhaderwah).

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.

Karnataka Bengaluru Central Prison Central Prison, Belgaum Central Prison, Ballari (1884) Central Prison, Vijayapura (1887) Central Prison, Gulbarga Central Prison, Mysore(1862) 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 (sub-jails), 1 borstal school, 1 open jail, 2 special jails and 1 other jail (Juvenile Jail).

Kerala Kannur Central Prison, Kannur Viyyur Central Prison, Thrissur Poojappura Central Prison, Thiruvananthapuram Tavanur Central Prison, Tavanur, Malappuram Women Central Prison, Attakulangara, Thiruvananthapuram 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.

Maharashtra Mumbai Central Jail, Mumbai Harsul Central Jail, Aurangabad 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 29 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 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.

Nagaland Central Jail, Chümoukedima.

The state 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 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.

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 also has 24 district jails, 60 sub-jails, 2 women's jail, 1 borstal school, 29 open jails and a special jail.

Sikkim State Central Prison, Rongyek The state also has a district prison at Namchi in South Sikkim.

One more district prison at Omchung was proposed in 2005-06.

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 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 Chanchalguda Central Jail, Hyderabad Cherlapally Central Jail, Cherlapally Warangal Central Jail, Warangal Nizamabad Central Jail, Nizamabad Kandi Central Jail, Sangareddy The state 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 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 jail, Allahabad Central Jail, Etawah Central Jail, Varanasi Central Jail bareilly 2, Central Jail, bareilly 1 Central Jail, Fatehgarh Central jail, Agra

Uttar Pradesh has the largest prison department in India and one of the largest around the world consisting of 73 total prisons ().

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, Baruipur,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.

Lakshadweep Lakshadweep has 4 Sub Jails.

Puducherry Central Prison, Kalapet, Puducherry Puducherry also has 1 Sub Jail and 2 Special Jails.

Decommissioned The following Indian prisons have been decommissioned and demolished: Alipore Central Jail, Alipore Bankipur Central Jail, Patna Cellular Jail, Port Blair Dagshai Central Jail & Museum, Dagshai Freedom Park, Bangalore Heritage Jail Museum, Sangareddy Madras Central Prison, Chennai Musheerabad Jail, Hyderabad Ross Island Penal Colony, Port Blair Viper Island, Andaman Islands

See also Prisons in India

References

External links https://eprisons.nic.in https://ncrb.gov.in/en