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)
Punjab Prison Department (British India) self-linksurface differs
surface form: District Jails in Punjab (British India)

Sub-jails in Punjab (British India)
appliesToJurisdiction Punjab Province under British India
surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
category Political Department of the Government of India
surface form: Government departments of British India

Punjab Province under British India
surface form: 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 (in some provinces)
surface form: Inspector-General of Prisons (Punjab)

Medical officers in prisons
Superintendents of jails
warders and jail staff
follows Prisons Act, 1894
surface form: Prisons Act 1894 (India)

Punjab Jail Manual
governedBy Punjab Jail Manual
surface form: Punjab Jail Code
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
surface form: Lahore (Punjab, British India)
operatedInPeriod British colonial period
surface form: British colonial period in India
partOf Punjab Province under British India
surface form: Government of Punjab (British India)
regulatedBy colonial legal framework of British India
reportsTo Punjab Province under British India
surface form: Punjab provincial authorities (British India)
subjectTo Government of India prison policies
subordinateTo Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Punjab
surface form: Home Department of Punjab (British India)

Punjab Province under British India
surface form: Punjab provincial government (British India)
succeededBy Punjab Prison Department (British India) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Punjab Prison Department (British India) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: District Jails in Punjab (British India)
Punjab Prison Department (British India) succeededBy Punjab Prison Department (British India) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Punjab Prisons Department (India)