HM Prison Wandsworth, is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England. It is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service and is the largest prison in the United Kingdom.
Haripur District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan with an altitude of around 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level. As of 2015, Haripur District has a High level of Human Development. Before becoming a district in 1991, Haripur had the status of a tehsil in Abbottabad District.
Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram, is a prison complex in India and the largest complex of prisons in South Asia. Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, Government of Delhi, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the two prison complexes in Delhi, along with a district prison at Rohini Prison Complex. It is located in Tihar village, approximately 3 km from JanakPuri, to the west of New Delhi, India. The surrounding area is called Hari Nagar.
Central Prison Karachi is a prison in the city of Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan. It houses more than 6,000 prisoners including convicted terrorists that include militants who attempted to assassinate President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf.
The Punjab Prisons is a correctional organization, a uniformed service and an attached department of the provincial Home Department in Punjab, Pakistan. The organization works under administrative control of the Additional Chief Secretary Home to Government of the Punjab, Pakistan. Functional head of the organization is Inspector General of Prisons who manages 43 prisons in the province. The organization is responsible for custody, control, care and correction of prisoners confined in various central, district and special jails in the province of Punjab, Pakistan).
Central Jail Rawalpindi is a prominent prison in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Central Jail Faisalabad is a jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan located on Jaranwala road nearly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Faisalabad city.
The term Headquarter Jail or Headquarter Prison means one of the Jails in a Circle in any province of Pakistan, whose Superintendent or Officer-in-Charge is assigned with the administrative and financial powers of appointment, transfer and promotion of warders for all jails falling in the said Circle. In Punjab (Pakistan), the said powers have been shifted to the regional commanders i.e. Deputy Inspector General of Prisons of the region after creation of four regions of Jails in the province and posts of the regional commanders in the year 2004.
Central Jail Lahore is a prominent jail situated in Lahore, Pakistan at Rakh Chandra. The jail is also known as Kot Lakhpat Jail with reference to its location. The jail houses more than four times the 4000 prisoner capacity it was built for. Prisoners have been murdered in the prison in the past,including Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh
National Academy for Prisons Administration (NAPA) formerly known as Central Jail Staff Training Institute (CJSTI) is a Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan. It operates under Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan. The Academy is situated on Ferozepur Road in Lahore, Pakistan and is adjacent to District Jail Lahore.
Central Jail Mianwali is an ancient and historical jail in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan located on Rawalpindi road nearly 8 kilometers away from Mianwali city.
New Central Jail Bahawalpur is a jail in Bahawalpur, Pakistan located on Jail Road nearly one kilometer toward east of the Radio Pakistan Bahawalpur. In September 2006, four members of the same family, including one father, his two sons and one brother, were hanged to death in this jail. The jail has been declared as Model Jail by the Government of the Punjab, Home Department in the year 2010.
Central Jail Sahiwal is an ancient Jail situated in Sahiwal, Pakistan. It remained the largest jail in Pakistan for about 134 years since 1873 with regard to the area and agricultural land until construction of High Security Prison and Punjab Prison Staff Traning College adjacent to this jail.
Central Jail Multan is a prominent jail in Multan, Pakistan.
Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Bahawalpur is the Old Central Jail situated near Fareed Gate in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Central Prison Peshawar is a jail located in Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The jail is located next to important buildings such as the Peshawar High Court and the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Prisons, and their 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. Thus, the states have the primary role, responsibility and authority to change the current prison laws, rules and regulations. The Central Government provides assistance to the states to improve security in prisons, for the repair and renovation of old prisons, medical facilities, development of borstal schools, facilities to women offenders, vocational training, modernization of prison industries, training to prison personnel, and for the creation of high security enclosures.
On 29 July 2013, terrorists attacked on Dera Ismail Khan's central prison and freed more than 240 criminals including 35 high-profile terrorists. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility of attack.
Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial subject under the Constitution of Pakistan.
High Security Prison, Sahiwal is a jail in Sahiwal, Pakistan, constructed to confine high-profile prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism and sabotage activities.
Central prison Haripur is the largest prison in Khyberpukhtoonkhwa. It was built in 1930 by the Britishers. It has a total area of 890 Kanals. The capacity of Jail is 1500 prisoners, but at present there are 2000 prisoners confined in this jail.
