Prison Department of Punjab
comes under Department of Home affairs and Justice. The Headquarter of Prison
Department is situated in Chandigarh. There
are seven Central Jails in Punjab located at Amritsar, Patiala, Bathinda, Ferozepur,
Gurdaspur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. Besides this, there are six District Jails
at Nabha, Sangrur, Faridkot, Kapurthala, Ropar, and Hoshiarpur. We
also have two Open air Jails at Nabha & Kapurthala and one Women's Jail at Ludhiana.
For the young offenders, we have a Borstal Jail at Ludhiana. At tehsil level,
we have Sub Jails located at Fazilka, Moga, Mukatsar, Patti, Barnala, Malerkotla,
Phagwara, Dasuya and Pathankot. Address:
Punjab Prisons Headquarter SCO No. 8-9, Sector 17 A Chandigarh
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