The term Headquarter Jail or Headquarter Prison means one of the Jails (usually a Central Jail) in a Circle (a group of prisons) 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. [1]
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 69 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 prison located 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.
Kot Lakhpat Jail, officially known as Central Jail Lahore, is a prison located at Rakh Chandra in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Central Jail Mianwali is an old and historical jail in Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan located on Rawalpindi road nearly 8 kilometers away from Mianwali city. It is noted for housing a number of prominent prisoners, the most notable of these being Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
District Jail Jhelum is a prominent jail in Jhelum, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest jails in Pakistan which is used for prisoners of Jhelum and Chakwal.
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 a historic jail situated in Sahiwal, Pakistan. It is the largest jail in Asia with regard to the area and agricultural land until construction of High Security Prison and Punjab Prison Staff Training College adjacent to this jail. Ziad Ahmad Kayla Assistant Superintendent jail remained posted 2010 to 2015.
Central Jail Gujranwala is an ancient Jail situated in Gujranwala, Pakistan.
District Jail Lahore is an ancient Jail situated on Ferozepur Road in Lahore, Pakistan. Previously, it had been an open jail and referred to as Camp Jail.
District Jail Sheikhupura is an old Jail situated in Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan.
District Jail Kasur is an old jail in Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan.
District Jail Sialkot is an old Jail situated in Sialkot, Pakistan.
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.
Borstal Institution & Juvenile Jail Faisalabad is in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It operates in accordance with provisions of Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000 and Punjab Juvenile Justice System Rules 2002.
District Jail Gujrat is an old jail situated in Gujrat, Pakistan. A major portion of the jail consists of cell blocks.
Central Jail Dera Ghazi Khan is a historic jail of Pakistan. Imran Khan spent several months in this jail during General Musharraf's rule.
District Jail Multan is an old district jail in Multan, Pakistan.
High Security Prison, Sahiwal is a jail in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan, constructed to confine high-profile prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism and sabotage activities.
