Punjab Prison Department (British India)

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The Punjab Prison Department (British India) was the colonial-era administrative authority responsible for managing and overseeing prisons and correctional facilities across the Punjab province under British rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial prison administration ⓘ
government department ⓘ
penal administration authority ⓘ
administers Central Jails in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
District Jails in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
Sub-jails in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Punjab Province (British India) ⓘ
category Government departments of British India ⓘ
History of Punjab (British India) ⓘ
Penal system in British India ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedAs separate colonial department after 1947 Partition of India ⓘ
employs Deputy Inspectors-General of Prisons ⓘ
Inspector-General of Prisons (Punjab) ⓘ
Medical officers in prisons ⓘ
Superintendents of jails ⓘ
warders and jail staff ⓘ
follows Prisons Act 1894 (India) ⓘ
linked to: Prisons Act, 1894

Punjab Jail Manual ⓘ
governedBy Punjab Jail Code ⓘ
linked to: Punjab Jail Manual
hasFunction detention of criminal offenders ⓘ
detention of political prisoners ⓘ
implementation of penal labour policies ⓘ
rehabilitation measures for selected prisoners ⓘ
security of colonial rule through incarceration ⓘ
hasResponsibility administration of prisons in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
classification and segregation of prisoners ⓘ
custody of prisoners in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
health and sanitation in prisons ⓘ
implementation of prison rules and regulations ⓘ
maintenance of prison discipline ⓘ
management of jails in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
overseeing prison labour ⓘ
record-keeping on prisoners ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lahore (Punjab, British India) ⓘ
operatedInPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
partOf Government of Punjab (British India) ⓘ
regulatedBy colonial legal framework of British India ⓘ
reportsTo Punjab provincial authorities (British India) ⓘ
subjectTo Government of India prison policies ⓘ
subordinateTo Home Department of Punjab (British India) ⓘ
Punjab provincial government (British India) ⓘ
succeededBy Punjab Prisons Department (India) ⓘ
Punjab Prisons Department (Pakistan) ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ

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Lahore Central Jail, Lahore, British India → operatedBy → Punjab Prison Department (British India) ⓘ
Punjab Prison Department (British India) → administers → District Jails in Punjab (British India) ⓘ
linked to: Punjab Prison Department (British India)
Punjab Prison Department (British India) → succeededBy → Punjab Prisons Department (India) ⓘ
linked to: Punjab Prison Department (British India)