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Prison in Kannur, India Kannur central Prison 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.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur_Central_Prison#cite_note-history-1) It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur_Central_Prison#cite_note-2) 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).

Capacity

2,000

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1869

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Population held

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Opened

1869

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No

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1738 peers
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@misc{worldprisons-kannur-central-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kannur Central Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kannur-central-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-26}
}