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{{Infobox prison
{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = High Security Prison, Sahiwal
| prison_name = High Security Prison, Sahiwal
| image =
| image =
| location = [[Sahiwal]], [[Pakistan]]
| location = [[Sahiwal]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| coordinates =
| coordinates =
| status = Operational
| status = Operational
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| population = Nearly 100 prisoners
| population = Nearly 100 prisoners
| populationdate =
| populationdate =
| opened = {{Start date|2012}}
| opened = {{Start date|2015}}
| closed =
| closed =
| managed_by = [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of the Punjab]], [[Home Department]]
| managed_by = [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan|Government of the Punjab]], [[Home Department (Punjab, Pakistan)|Home Department]]
| director = Naveed Ashraf, [[Superintendent of Jail]]
| director = Yasir Khan, [[Superintendent of Jail]]
| prisoners =
| prisoners =
}}
}}


'''High Security Prison, Sahiwal''' is a jail in [[Sahiwal]], [[Pakistan]], constructed to confine high-profile prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism and sabotage activities.
'''High Security Prison, Sahiwal''' is a jail in [[Sahiwal]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]], constructed to confine high-profile prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism and sabotage activities.

Two members of the terrorist group [[Tehreek-e-Taliban]] were hung at the prison. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.geo.tv/latest/137638-Two-terrorists-hanged-in-Sahiwal-prison | title = Two TTP terrorists hanged in Sahiwal prison | date = 11 April 2017 | accessdate = 29 July 2018}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
The jail which has been constructed on 98 acres with an estimated cost of Rs930.206 million will have capacity to hold 1,044 prisoners. <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1156902 | title = Country’s first high-security prison ‘ready for opening’ | date = 14 January 2015 | accessdate = 29 July 2018}}</ref>
The jail which has been constructed on 98 acres with an estimated cost of Rs930.206 million will have capacity to hold 1,044 prisoners.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1156902 | title = Country’s first high-security prison ‘ready for opening’ | date = 14 January 2015 | accessdate = 29 July 2018}}</ref>


It has an automatic locking system in individual cells and accommodates prisoners from other provinces. It also follows a provision incorporated in the Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014. It has 70 percent of cellular confinement (500 individual cells) and 30 percent barrack system (6 barracks). <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1116694 | title = High security prison in Sahiwal shortly | date = 3 July 2014 | accessdate = 29 July 2018}}</ref>
It has an automatic locking system in individual cells and accommodates prisoners from other provinces. It also follows a provision incorporated in the Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014. It has 70 percent of cellular confinement (500 individual cells) and 30 percent barrack system (6 barracks).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1116694 | title = High security prison in Sahiwal shortly | date = 3 July 2014 | accessdate = 29 July 2018}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.gulfnews.com/news/first-ever-high-security-prison-ready-for-inauguration-1.1441466|title=First-ever high security prison ready for inauguration|website=gulfnews.com}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Pakistan|Punjab|Criminal justice}}
{{Portal|Pakistan|Punjab|Law}}
* [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan]]
* [[Government of Punjab, Pakistan]]
* [[Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)]]
* [[Punjab Prisons (Pakistan)|Punjab Prisons]]
* [[Prison Officer]]
* [[Prison Officer]]
* [[Headquarter Jail]]
* [[Headquarter Jail]]
* [[National Academy for Prisons Administration]]
* [[National Academy for Prisons Administration]]
* [[Punjab Prisons Staff Training Institute]]
* [[Punjab Prisons Staff Training Institute]]
* [[Punjab Prison Staff Training College, Sahiwal]]



==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Prisons in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Prisons in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Sahiwal District]]

Latest revision as of 23:46, 16 August 2024

High Security Prison, Sahiwal
LocationSahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum
PopulationNearly 100 prisoners
Opened2015 (2015)
Managed byGovernment of the Punjab, Home Department
DirectorYasir Khan, Superintendent of Jail

High Security Prison, Sahiwal is a jail in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan, constructed to confine high-profile prisoners convicted in cases of terrorism and sabotage activities.

Background

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The jail which has been constructed on 98 acres with an estimated cost of Rs930.206 million will have capacity to hold 1,044 prisoners.[1]

It has an automatic locking system in individual cells and accommodates prisoners from other provinces. It also follows a provision incorporated in the Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014. It has 70 percent of cellular confinement (500 individual cells) and 30 percent barrack system (6 barracks).[2]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Country's first high-security prison 'ready for opening'". 14 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ^ "High security prison in Sahiwal shortly". 3 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "First-ever high security prison ready for inauguration". gulfnews.com.
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