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Formed | 1885 (1885) |
Headquarters | 22°20′14″N 91°50′22″E / 22.337186°N 91.839458°E / 22.337186; 91.839458 |
Motto | "Keep safe, show the way to light" |
Parent prison | Ministry of Home Affairs |
Child prison | |
Website | prison |
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Chittagong Central Jail is a central jail located on the eastern side of Laldighi under Kotwali police station in ] city, Bangladesh. It is the second largest prison in the country by number of inmates.
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 January 12, 1934, Masterda Surya Sen, a revolutionary of the anti-British movement, and one of his associates, Tarkeswar Dastidar, were hanged by the British in this Jail.
অবকাঠামো ও ধারণক্ষমতা
The total area of Chittagong 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.
References
- "Ctg Central Jail still overstretched". The Daily Star. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- "Number of inmates drops by 1,800 in a month in Chittagong jail". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব; চট্টগ্রাম (2024-08-09). "চট্টগ্রাম কারাগারের পরিস্থিতি শান্ত, পালাতে পারেনি কোনো কয়েদি: জেল সুপার". The Daily Star Bangla. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- "Chittagong Central Jail inmates attempt to escape". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- "Protest erupts in Ctg central jail -". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ "চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগীয় কারাগার". prison.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - "এক নজরে - চট্টগ্রাম কেন্দ্রীয় কারাগার". prison.chittagong.gov.bd. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - ^ "চট্টগ্রাম কেন্দ্রীয় কারাগার". prison.gov.bd. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - ^ "সংরক্ষিত চট্টগ্রাম কারাগার 'অরক্ষিত', অনিয়মই নিয়ম". বাংলা নিউজ ২৪. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - ^ "চট্টগ্রাম কারাগার যেন বন্দি বাণিজ্যকেন্দ্র". দৈনিক কালের কণ্ঠ. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - "চট্টগ্রামে চার দিনে ৭৫০ বন্দির মুক্তি". দৈনিক যুগান্তর. Retrieved ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২২.
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(help) - "2000 prisoners to cram into 1200-men cells on first day". The Daily Star. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2024-12-21.