Chittagong Central Jail

Chattogram Central Jail is a central jail located on the eastern side of Lal Dighi, Chittagong in Bangladesh. It is the second largest prison in the country by number of inmates.

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History

The jail was established in 1885 as Chittagong District Jail. Later, it was upgraded as Chittagong Central Jail on 16 September 1999 after the independence of Bangladesh.
On 12 January 1934, Masterda Surya Sen, a revolutionary of the anti-British movement and one of his associates, Tarakeswar Dastidar, were hanged by the British in this Jail.

Infrastructure and capacity

The total area of Chattogram Central Jail is 16.87 acres. The detention capacity here is 1753 people. But there are 9,000 prisoners on average. In 1998, Bangladesh government constructed 6 prison buildings with 5 floors and one cell building with 2 floors namely Padma, Meghna, Yamuna, Karnaphuli, Halda, Sangu. There are various buildings and infrastructures for the convenience of inmates and prison guards. It also has 100 bedded hospital, security cell, male condom cell, DIG prison building, officers quarter etc.