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Chattogram Central Jail

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  • Chattogram Central Jail Gate 01.jpg

    Photo by Owais Al Qarni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Chattogram Central Jail Gate 02.jpg

    Photo by Owais Al Qarni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Chittagong Central Jail gate.jpg

    Photo by Riaz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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    Photo by User:Swomitra via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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Background

Chattogram Central Jail (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম কেন্দ্রীয় কারাগার) is a central jail located on the eastern side of Lal Dighi, Chittagong in Bangladesh. In terms of inmates, it is the second-largest jail in the country.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1885

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1885

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

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Data completeness

20%

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