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Background
Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur, is situated in Pallikkunnu in Kannur, Kerala state of India. It was the first Central Jail established in Kerala in the year of 1869. It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners. It is one of the three central prisons other than Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur situated in Kerala. Kannur Central Prison is the first one in India to have a literature festival screening, it was an initiative by the Wayanad Literature Festival (2024).
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Year opened
1869
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
Government of KeralaPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1869
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Death-row facility
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Central Prison, Kannur. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison-kannur
Chicago
"Central Prison, Kannur." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison-kannur.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-central-prison-kannur,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Central Prison, Kannur},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-prison-kannur},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}