Welcome to Directorate of Prisons

In Tripura, a Central Jail was established in the year 1874 at Dhaleswar, Agartala, by the then Maharaja Birchandra Manikya Bahadur who also reformed the Royal Prison Administration in the line of British Administration. Subsequently on 01-11-2013 the Central jail , Agartala has been shifted to the new premises at Bishalgarh and start its establishment in the name of Kendriya Sansodhanagar Tripura, Bishalgarh with accommodation capacity of prisoners 1000 .

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