List of prisons in India

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 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

Gaya Central Jail near Rampur thana, Gaya

Beur Central Jail, Patna

Khudi Ram Bose,Central Jail Muzaffarpur, Muzaffarpur

Jubba Sahni Bhagalpur Central Jail, Bhagalpur

Motihari Central Jail

Purnea Central Jail

Buxar Central Jail

The state also has 31 district jails, 17 sub-jails, a women 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

Aguada Central Jail, Aguada

Goa also has one sub-jail (which is in this case is a women jail).

A modern central jail is under construction at Colvale, Bardez Goa.

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 jail, 2 open jails and 2 special jails.

Haryana

Central Jail, Ambala

Central Jail-I, Hisar

Central Jail-II, Hisar

Haryana also has 16 district jails.

Himachal Pradesh

Model Central Jail, Kanda, Shimla

Model Central Jail, Nahan

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

Srinagar Central Jail, Rainwari, Srinagar

The state also has 10 district jails and 2 sub-jails.

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

Jharkhand

Birsa Munda Central Jail, Ranchi

LokNayak Jaiprakash Narayan Central Jail, Hazaribagh

Dumka Central Jail, Dumka

Central Jail, Ghaghidh, Jamshedpur

Central Jail, Palamu ( Daltonganj)

Jharkhand also has 17 district jails, 5 sub-jails, 1 borstal school and an open jail.

Karnataka

Central Prison, Bangalore

Central Prison, Belgaum

Central Prison, Bellary (1884)

Central Prison, Bijapur (1888)

Central Prison, Gulbarga

Central Prison, Mysore(1862)

Central Prison, Dharwad

Central Prison, Tumkur

Karnataka also has 19 district prisons, 70 sub-jails, 1 borstal school, 1 open jail, 2 special jails and 1 other jail (Juvenile Jail).

Kerala

Central Prison, Viyyur, Thrissur

Central Prison, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram

Central Prison, Kannur

Kerala also has 11 district jails, 16 sub-jails, 3 women 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

New 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 39 district jails, 72 sub-jails and an open jail.

Maharashtra

Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai

Harsul Central Jail, Aurangabad

Yerwada Central Jail, Pune

Nagpur Central Jail, Nagpur

Nashik Road Central Jail, Nashik

Taloja Central Jail, Kharghar

Kolhapur Central Prison, Kalamba

Thane Central Prison, Thane

Amaravati Central Prison, Amaravati

The state also has 28 district jails, 100 sub-jails, 1 women 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 of them 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

Dimapur Central Jail, Dimapur.

The state also has 10 district jails.

Odisha

Baripada Central Jail, Mayurbhanj

Berhampur Central Jail, Ganjam

Choudwar Central Jail, Cuttack

Koraput Central Jail, Koraput

Sambalpur Central Jail, Sambalpur

The state also has 9 district jails, 73 sub-jails, 1 women jail, 1 open jail and 2 special jails.

Punjab

Ferozpur 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 jail (in Ludhiana), a borstal school and an open jail.

Construction work of new jails at Nabha and Mansa is nearing completion.

Rajasthan

Jaipur Central Jail, Jaipur

Jodhpur Central Jail, Jodhpur

Central Jail, Udaipur

Central Jail, Bikaner

Central Jail, Ajmer

Central Jail, Kota

Central Jail, Bharatpur

Central Jail, Sri Ganganagar

Central Jail, Alwar

The state also has 24 district jails, 60 sub-jails, 2 women 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

Madurai Central Prison

Palayamkottai Central Prison

Puzhal Central Prison I, Puzhal

Puzhal Central Prison II, Puzhal

Tiruchirappalli Central Prison

Vellore Central Prison, Vellore

Salem Central Prison, Salem

The state also has 9 district jails, 96 sub-jails, 3 women jails, 12 borstal schools, 3 open jails and 5 special jails.

Telangana

Chanchalguda Central Jail, Hyderabad

Cherlapally Central Jail, Cherlapally

Warangal Central Jail, Warangal

The state also has 7 district jails, 33 sub-jails, a women jail, a borstal school, 1 open jail and 4 special jails. Telangana State Prisons Department has 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 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

Varanasi Jail, Varanasi

Fatehgarh Jail, Fatehgarh

Bareilly Central Jail, Bareilly

Agra Jail, Agra

The state also has 57 district jails, 2 sub jails, a women jail and 2 special jails.

Uttarakhand

Central Jail, Sitarganj, Udham Singh Nagar

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

Alipore Jail, Kolkata

Central Jail, Presidency, Alipore, Kolkata

Central Jail, Burdwan

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

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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

Chandigarh

Model Jail, Chandigarh

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra and Nagar Haveli has a sub-jail located at Silvassa.

Daman and Diu

Daman and Diu has 2 special jails, one each at Daman and Diu.

Delhi

Central Jail No. 1, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 2, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 3, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 4, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 5, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 6, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 7, Tihar, New Delhi

Central Jail No. 8/9, Tihar, New Delhi

Delhi also has 1 district jail and 1 women jail.

Lakshadweep

Union Territory Lakshadweep has 4 sub-jails.

Puducherry

Central Prison, Kalapet, Puducherry

It also has 1 sub-jail and 2 special jails.

Decommissioned

The following Indian prisons have been decommissioned and demolished:

Cellular Jail, Port Blair

Madras Central Prison, Chennai

Bankipur Central Jail, Patna

Freedom Park, Bangalore

Musheerabad Jail, Hyderabad

Viper Island, Andaman Islands

Central Jail, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Ross Island Penal Colony, Port Blair