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| Location | Alipore, Kolkata |
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| Coordinates | 22°31′31″N 88°20′24″E / 22.525275°N 88.339866°E |
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Opened | 1864[1] |
| Former name | Old Alipore Jail |
| Website | http://independencemuseum.in/ |
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a 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.[2] The jail site has been now developed into an independence museum in memory of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed there.[3][4]
- ^ "Presidency Correctional Home". Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "End of an era as Alipore Central jail closes down". Business Standard. India. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "Alipore jail to house museum on Independence movement". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Kolkata's historical Alipore prison turns into a Museum". The Hindu. 22 September 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 June 2023.