Kannur Central Prison

Kannur central Prison

Location	Pallikkunnu, Kannur, Kerala, India
Status	Operational
Security class	Central Prison
Capacity	2000
Opened	1869 [1]
Managed by	Department of Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services
Director	Superintendent of Central Prison
State/province	Kerala
Website	www.keralaprisons.gov.in/central-prison-kannur.html

Central Prison Front View

Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur, is situated in Pallikkunnu in Kannur, Kerala state of India. It was the first Central Jail established in Kerala in the year of 1869.^[1] It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners.^[2] It is one of the three central prisons other than Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur situated in Kerala.

Kannur Central Prison is the first one in India to have a literature festival screening, it was an initiative by the Wayanad Literature Festival (2024).

References

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1. History of Central jails
2. http://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/images/stories/pdf/cpknr.pdf ^{[dead link]}