THE PARTICULARS OF ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE
HOME(JAIL) DEPARTMENT :-
NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT: Home(Jail) Department.
1. Brief Facts
The Central jail, Agartala is located at Dhaleswar, Agartala. In the beginning, only
one Central Jail was commissioned but as on date there are total eleven functional Jail- one
Central Jail, two District Jails, seven Sub-Jails and one District Female Jail, Agartala. Almost
all the District Jails and Sub-Jails have been established after participation of the Tripura
State with Union of India and expand maintenance of strict security and discipline inside
the Jails. The Central Jail is considered to be one of the best-managed prisons in the
Tripura. Besides this reformative and correctional programmes for the prisoners have been
undertaken.
The founder of the Jail was His Excellency Maharaj Birchandra Manikya Bahadur who
reformed Royal Prison Administration on the line of British Rules. The Central Jail is
covered with an area of 302229.58 Sq. Ft.
Particulars in brief of Tripura Jails:
Sl.
No.
Name of Jail
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Central Jail, Agartala
District Jail, Udaipur
District Jail, Kailashahar
Female Jail, Agartala
Dharmanagar Sub-Jail
Kamalpur Sub-Jail
Khowai Sub-Jail
Sonamura Sub-Jail
Amarpur Sub-Jail
Belonia Sub-Jail
Sambrrom Sub-Jail
Year
of Present capacity
established of
accommodation
Male
Femal
e
1874
355
1952
154
2
1957
98
4
1996
30
1963
55
2
1953
50
2
1940
69
2
1961
54
2
1961
50
2
1964
78
2
1964
52
2
The Government in Home(Jail) Department has undertaken to setup one Central
Prisons at Bishalgarh, one District Jail at Ambassa, three Sub-Jails at Kanchanpur,
Gandacherra and Longtharai Valley with the expansion of existing Jails and living
accommodation of prison staff in all Jails under Modernization Scheme.
In Tripura there are 11(eleven) Jails, namely Central Jail, Agartala, District Jail, Kailashahar
and Udaipur, Sub-Jails Dharmanagar, Kamalpur, Khowai, Sonamura, Belonia, Amarpur,
Sabroom and Female Jail adjacent to Central jail, Agartala.
(i)
The Central Jail, Agartala is manned by the Superintendent with one Chief
Welfare Officer, one Deputy Superintendent, two Jailors, one Discipline Officer,
one Deputy Jailor, three Sub-Jailors and other staff.
(ii)
The District Jails are manned by the Superintendent and are assisted by the
Jailor, Deputy Jailor, Sub-Jailor and other staff.
(iii)
For all Jails, the Sub-Divisional Magistrates are the Ex-officio Superintendent
assisted by Sub-Jailor and other subordinate officers.
(iv)
The Female Jails, Agartala is supervised by the Superintendent, Central Jail.
For all the Jails, the Inspector General of Prisons is the head of the Department
CORPORATE OBJECTIVE & FUNCTION OF JAILS:
As one of the three wings of criminal justice system (Jail, Police & Judicial), the Jail
Department is providing the safe custody for the prisoners both under trails & convicts as
and when sent by the competent courts. The Jail Department is responsible for well being
of the prisoners & the Department follows the Rules & Regulation of National Human
Rights Commission & National Commission for Women.
The Jail Department is entrusted with the twin objectives of maintenance of strict
security and discipline inside the Jail and implementation of different reformative and
correctional programmes for the prison inmates.
Organizational setup:
Minister Home(Jail) Department
Commissioner & Secretary, Home(Jail) Department
Inspector General of Prisons
Assistant Inspector General of Prisons
Superintendent, Central Jail
Dy. Supdt, Central Jail, / Supdt., District / Chief Welfare Officer
Supdt. Sub-Jail(SDM)
Jailor/Probation Officer
Dy. Jailor/Discipline Officer
Sub-Jailor
Chief Head Warder
Head Warder
Warder
MANPOWER PROFILE IN JAIL DEPARTMENT
Group
Group-A
Group-B
Group-C
Group-D
Total
Sanctioned
strength
8
1
468
44
521
Man in position
Vacancy
4
2
431
34
470
4
0
37
10
51