Location | Bogambara, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka |
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Status | Closed |
Security class | Maximum security |
Population | 1,450 (as of 2013) |
Opened | 1876 |
Closed | 1 January 2014 |
Former name | Bogambara Prison |
Managed by | Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development |
City | Kandy |
State/province | Central |
Postal code | 20000 |
Country | Sri Lanka |
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Bogambara Prison was a maximum security prison and the second largest prison in the country after Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After operating for 138 years, the prison was closed on 1 January 2014, and the inmates were transferred to the new Dumbara prison complex in Pallekele. In 2019, the government declared the prison site would become a cultural tourism centre, the Bogambara Cultural Park.[1]