Central Jail Faisalabad

Jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan

31°23′24″N 73°11′08″E / 31.389935°N 73.185489°E / 31.389935; 73.185489StatusOperationalSecurity classMaximumCapacity2088Population3346^[2] (as of 17 August 2017)Opened1 July 1971 (1 July 1971)Managed byGovernment of the Punjab, Home DepartmentDirectorChaudhry Asghar Ali, Senior Superintendent of Jail

Central Jail Faisalabad is a jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan located on Jaranwala road nearly 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Faisalabad city.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

Family Rooms

A scheme for construction of Family Rooms,^[1]^[3] 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 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]}

Gallery

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Punjab to construct 2 high-security jails for terrorists". The Nation (newspaper). Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Inspector General of Prisons Punjab". Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Saleem Mubarak (25 February 2019). "Overcrowding issue at Faisalabad central jail". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Photos of the World". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014.
^ Quoted from Building File of Central Jail Faisalabad.
^ 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).