Harsul Central Jail also known as Aurangabad Central Jail is one of 9 central jails of
Maharashtra
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state of
India
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and among the 5 most important central jails in the state. It is in
Aurangabad
Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is th ...
city of
Marathwada
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region.
Overview
Jail is a high security jail. Total area of the jail is 12 hectares. Jail has more than 250 cctv cameras and 19 barracks. Official capacity of the jail is 700 but as of 2014, there are 1600 prisoners in jail. Capacity of jail can be increased to 2000. There are separate barracks for woman prisoners.
Jail has video conference rooms for undertrials.
Programs
Harsul central prison have set up a stall at a city-based mall for selling articles such as wooden furniture among others prepared by its inmates. This is the first such experiment by the prison authorities in the Maharashtra state.
Various NGOs also conduct recreational activities in the prison.
Prisoners
The inmates include criminals from across the country, members of the underworld, foreign nationals booked under
NDPS Act,
MCOCA
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detainees,
1993 serial blast convicts, a suspected militant and some high-profile multi-crore scam accused.
Among 4 convicts of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts in Harsul prison, 2 namely Yusuf Memon and Isa Memon are brothers of
Yakub Memon
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who was hanged in
Nagpur Central Jail
Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...
for involvement in same crime.
See also
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Arthur Road Jail
The Mumbai Central Prison, also referred to as Arthur Road Jail, was built in 1926, and is Mumbai's largest and oldest prison. It houses most of the city's prisoners. It was declared a Central Jail in 1972. Although its name was changed to Mumba ...
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Yerwada Central Jail
Yerwada Central Jail is a noted high-security prison in Yerwada, Pune in Maharashtra. This is the largest prison in the state of Maharashtra, and also one of the largest prisons in South Asia, housing over 5,000 prisoners (2017) spread over var ...
References
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