Alipore Jail

The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule, among them Subhas Chandra Bose. It is still in operation.[2][3] It also houses the Alipore Jail Press.

Alipore Jail
LocationAlipore, Kolkata
StatusOpen
Security classMaximum
Capacity2000
Opened1864 (1864)[1]
Former nameOld Alipore Jail
The Alipore Gaol, Calcutta; in 1870

Notable inmates

References

  1. Presidency Correctional Home
  2. "This jailhouse has a rich past". Deccan Chronicle.
  3. "Children die in copycat hangings". BBC News. 25 August 2004.
  4. "The Prison-Cell Of Alipore". Sri Aurobindo Society. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.


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