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Yerawada Central Jail Prison located near Pune, India Yerwada Central Jail Yerwada Central Jail is a noted high-security prison in Yerwada, Pune in Maharashtra. This is the largest prison in the state of Maharashtra, and also one of the largest prisons in South Asia, housing over 5,000 prisoners (2017) spread over various barracks and security zones, besides an open jail just outside its premises. Many well known nationalist fighters individuals including Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru have been jailed here.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1871
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
Government of MaharashtraPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1871
Region
Pune
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948 · politician
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Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q142534)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Yerawada Central Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/yerawada-central-jail
Chicago
"Yerawada Central Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/yerawada-central-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-yerawada-central-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Yerawada Central Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/yerawada-central-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}