Central Jail Faisalabad
{{short description|Jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Central Jail Faisalabad
| image = An outer view of Administrative Block of Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in October, 2011.JPG
| caption = An outer view of Administrative Block of Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in October 2011
| location = Faisalabad, Pakistan
| coordinates = {{coord|31.389935|73.185489}}
| status = Operational
| classification = Maximum
| capacity = 2088
| populationdate = 17 August 2017
| opened = {{Start date|1971|07|1|df=yes}}
| closed =
| managed_by = Government of the Punjab, Home Department
|director = Sajid Baig, Senior Superintendent of Jail
}}
Central Jail Faisalabad is a jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan located on Jaranwala road nearly {{convert|10|km|mi}} east of Faisalabad city.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1465904 |title=Overcrowding issue at Faisalabad central jail|author=Saleem Mubarak|date=25 February 2019|newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=31 March 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/map/#lt=31.389935&ln=73.185489&z=4&k=2 |title=Photos of the World |publisher=Panoramio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219052551/http://www.panoramio.com/map#lt=31.389935&ln=73.185489&z=4&k=2 |archive-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
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.Quoted from Building File of Central Jail Faisalabad.
File:Correctional Activities at Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convicted prisoners receiving Quranic education.jpg, to reform convicts. Convicted prisoners receiving Qur'anic education in 2010]]
Family Rooms
A scheme for construction of Family Rooms,{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/27-Nov-2009/punjab-to-construct-2-highsecurity-jails-for-terrorists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129040330/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/27-Nov-2009/Punjab-to-construct-2-highsecurity-jails-for-terrorists |archive-date=29 November 2009|title=Punjab to construct 2 high-security jails for terrorists|access-date=31 March 2022|url-status=live |newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)}} 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 jailRecord of Manufacturing Jails maintained at the Industry Branch of the Inspectorate General of Prisons, Punjab, Lahore under superivision of A.I.G (Prison Industries). to train the convicted prisoners in various trades and handicrafts so that they can earn a living after their release, utilise prison labour for the profit of the state exchequer, and keep the prisoners busy in useful tasks.
- Jail Warden Uniform Tailoring / Stitching Unit
- Prisoner Chadar Weaving Unit
- Hospital Bed Sheet Weaving Unit
- Hospital Patients' Blanket Weaving Unit
- Carpet Knitting Unit
- Phenyle Manufacturing Unit
There are 1,826 convicted prisoners at the jail, of which 428 have been sentenced to death. Of the 1,082 prisoners under trial, 682 are employed in prison industry.{{citation needed|date= August 2017}}
Gallery
File:Correctional Activities at Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convict artists busy in drawing designs of carpets on graph papers.JPG|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
File:A convicted prisoner trained as a weaver during confinement in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan weaving a red blanket used in Jail Hospitals on a traditional manual loom in 2010.jpg|A convicted prisoner trained as a weaver during confinement weaving a red blanket used in Jail Hospitals on a traditional manual loom in 2010.
File:Convicted prisoners learning the art of tailoring and stiching the clothes during confinement in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010.jpg|Convicted prisoners learning the art of tailoring and stitching the clothes during confinement
File:Correctional Activities in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convicted prisoners busy in knitting Persian designs' carpets.jpg|Convicted prisoners busy in knitting Persian designs' carpets in the carpet industry of the jail in 2010
File:Correctional Activities at Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convict weaver busy in weaving a Hospital Bed Sheet on a traditional manual loom.jpg|Convict weaver busy in weaving a hospital bed sheet on a traditional manual loom in the industrial workshops of the jail, in 2010
File:Correctional Activities in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 - Convicted prisoners working on a traditional manual Charkha.jpg|Correctional Activities in Central Jail Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2010 – Convicted prisoners working on a traditional manual Charkha
See also
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