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CENTRAL JAIL
The Central Jail, Vellore was established on 19.03.1867 with 160 convicts. It is
the largest Jail in the dist. The prison has historical importance.
Political leaders like former president SRI R.VENKAT RAMAN,
DR. ARINGER C.N ANNA DURAI, late
Tr.V.V.GIRI, late Tr. KAMARAJ and SRI VINOBA
BHAVE were confined in this prison. Convicts
sentenced to imprisonment are confined
in the jail from various districts of the Presidency
as well as from Burma. Many prisoners sentenced to
transpiration by the courts of this Presidency are retained when considered
physically unfit for deportation toAndaman. The expenditure in the jail is
recovered by the value of the convict’s labour
The chief industry carried out in the jail is
weaving. A great variety of clothes of various patterns as well as table
clothes, gunnies, choir mats, carpets etc are woven. Central jail is famous for
its carpets. The manufacture was first taught to the convicts by a carpet weaver
of Ellore. The fabrics are excellently woven and find ready sale in England.
Carpentry, shoe making, iron and brass work and tent making are also carried on
and the prison is wellworth a visit. By extreme hard work and good conduct,
convicts may earn a remission not exceeding 1/6th of the total period
of imprisonment awarded them.
There is a small sub jail attached to the
central prison to accommodate the remand and under-trail prisoners of this dist.
They will be sent to the concerned courts on the dates under Police
Escorts.
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