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Alipore Women's Correctional Home
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Background
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule. It also housed the Alipore Jail Press. It is no longer in operation as a jail, having been shut down on 20 February 2019. The jail site has been now developed into an independence museum in memory of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed there.
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Capacity
314
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 31 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
West Bengal
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in India
1738 peersCapacity (beds)this: 314 · peers avg: 889 (65%)
Data completeness
34%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- West Bengal Correctional Services Department — Government of West Bengal, India
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4726823)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Alipore Women's Correctional Home. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/alipore-central-jail
Chicago
"Alipore Women's Correctional Home." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/alipore-central-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-alipore-central-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Alipore Women's Correctional Home},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/alipore-central-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}