Central Jail Faisalabad

Central Jail Faisalabad is a jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan located on Jaranwala road nearly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Faisalabad city.[3]

Central Jail Faisalabad
An outer view of Administrative Block of Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in October 2011
LocationFaisalabad, Pakistan
Coordinates31.389935°N 73.185489°E / 31.389935; 73.185489[1]
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
Capacity2088
Population3346[2] (as of 17 August 2017)
Opened1 July 1971 (1 July 1971)
Managed byGovernment of the Punjab, Home Department
DirectorAsad Javed Warraich, Superintendent of Jail

History

The jail was built in 1967 and formally inaugurated on 1st day of July 1971. It was constructed with a view to confine long-term prisoners of Faisalabad Region (except Mianwali and adjoining districts) and to function as Headquarter Jail for subordinate Jail staffers of the region. After creation of four regions of jails in the province of Punjab stationed at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad, the role of Headquarter Jail has been shifted from the Superintendent of Central / Headquarter Jail Faisalabad to the regional Deputy Inspector General of Prisons in the year 2004.[4]

The prison provides education, particularly religious education, to reform convicts. Convicted prisoners receiving Qur'anic education in 2010

Family Rooms

A scheme for construction of Family Rooms,[5] an entirely new concept in Pakistan, for long-term convicted prisoners at larger jails including Central Jail Faisalabad was initiated in the year 2006. After completion of these Family Rooms, the prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment and other long-term inmates will be facilitated to keep their wives with them for three days once in every quarter of a year. The facility shall be provided subject to verification of the good conduct of the prisoner and their family members by the jail authorities, the District administration and the concerned police.

Prison industries

The following prison industries are functioning in the jail[6] to train the convicted prisoners in various trades and handicrafts so that they could earn their living after release form Jail, utilise prison labour in profitable works for benefit of state exchequer, and keep the prisoners busy in useful tasks.

  • Jail Warder Uniform Tailoring / Stitching Unit
  • Prisoner Chadar Weaving Unit
  • Hospital Bed Sheet Weaving Unit
  • Hospital Patients' Blanket Weaving Unit
  • Carpet Knitting Unit
  • Phenyle Manufacturing Unit

The total number of convicted prisoner is 1,826. Condemned prisoners 428(sentenced to death). Out of remaining 1,082 under trial prisoners, 682 have been employed in the Jail factory.

  • Central Jail Faisalabad offers recreational programmes for prisoners - Two convict artists busy in drawing designs of carpets on graph papers at Industrial Workshops of the jail, in 2010
  • A convicted prisoner trained as a weaver during confinement weaving a red blanket used in Jail Hospitals on a traditional manual loom in 2010.
  • Convicted prisoners learning the art of tailoring and stitching the clothes during confinement
  • Convicted prisoners busy in knitting Persian designs' carpets in the carpet industry of the jail in 2010
  • Convict weaver busy in weaving a hospital bed sheet on a traditional manual loom in the industrial workshops of the jail, in 2010
  • Correctional Activities in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convicted prisoners working on a traditional manual Charkha

See also

References
  1. Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan.
  2. Official Website of Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) Archived 26 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Photos of the World". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. Quoted from Building File of Central Jail Faisalabad.
  5. Archived 29 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Record of Manufacturing Jails maintained at the Industry Branch of the Inspectorate General of Prisons, Punjab, Lahore under superivision of A.I.G (Prison Industries).
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