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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Prison in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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| prison_name = Naini Central Prison<br />
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| location = [[Naini, Prayagraj|Naini]], [[India]]<br />
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| status = Open<br />
| classification = High security<br />
| capacity = 3,000 <ref name=red/><br />
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| managed_by = [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]<br />
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'''Naini Central Prison''' or '''Naini Jail''' at [[Naini, Prayagraj|Naini]], [[Prayagraj]], is one of the most important [[correctional Institution]]s in [[Uttar Pradesh]], built during the [[British Raj]].<br />
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==Independence movement==<br />
The prison played a large role in the pre-independence era, when many freedom fighters, including [[Motilal Nehru]] (1930), Pt. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (the first [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]]), [[Govind Ballabh Pant]], [[Narendra Dev]], [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]], [[Hasrat Mohani]] were imprisoned there during [[Indian independence movement]].<ref name="red">{{Cite web |title=Swami Ramdev to give yoga lessons in jail |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/12jail.htm |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Moraes |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0us3TambWogC&dq=Naini+Central+Prison&pg=PA326 |title=Jawaharlal Nehru |date=2007-01-01 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7992-695-6 |language=en}}</ref> During his stay, Nehru wrote a series of letters to his young daughter [[Indira Gandhi|Indira]] from the prison, starting on her thirteenth birthday until 9 August 1933. These were later published as ''Glimpses of World History.''<ref>''Discovery of Indira Gandhi: a select chronology'', by S. K. Dhawan. Published by Wave Publications, 1986. ''Page 33''.</ref><br />
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On 1 March 1941, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the prison, to see imprisoned freedom fighters [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and [[Abul Kalam Azad]].{{fact|date=November 2018}}<br />
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Indira Gandhi herself (later [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]]) was arrested along with her husband [[Feroze Gandhi]] and spent her prison term in Naini, from 11 September 1942 until 13 May 1943.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071209131508/http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2002/10/20/stories/2002102000110500.htm Feroze and Indira were arrested together on September, 10 ..]}} [[The Hindu]], 20 Oct 2002.</ref><br />
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==Issues==<br />
The prison has witnessed security concerns as it houses not just a few members of parliament, but sharpshooters and gang lords from [[Purvanchal]], including Sujeet Belwa and Rajesh Yadav, and rumours that gang wars were being raged from inside the prison. Many militants belonging to the [[Jaish-e-Mohammed|Jaish-e-Mohammad]] and [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] are also imprisoned here.<ref>[http://hindustantimes.in/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=d4a86615-3ace-4e32-8287-a7c71be56960 Naini Central Jail a powder keg waiting to explode] [[Hindustan Times]], 5 October 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/papers-missing-from-naini-jail/380719/ Papers missing from Naini jail] [[Indian Express]], 3 November 2000.</ref><br />
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In 2008, 97 prisoners who had already completed their sentences wrote to the [[president of India]] asking to be [[Euthanasia|euthanised]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526061826/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080607/jsp/nation/story_9378139.jsp Life convicts ask President for death] [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]], 7 June 2008.</ref> That same year, 17 inmates died over a period of five months, and as many as 239 inmates were found to be suffering from ailments like tuberculosis, scabies and water-borne diseases, forcing the government to implement improved health services available to the incarcerated.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Lucknow/17_prisoners_die_in_Naini_jail_in_five_months/rssarticleshow/3115612.cms 17 prisoners die in Naini jail in five months] [[The Times of India]], 10 June 2008.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023224226/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-17/allahabad/28051443_1_jail-authorities-naini-jail-jail-campus IG Prison inspects Naini jail] [[The Times of India]], 17 Mar 2009.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427054507/http://uppolice.up.nic.in/ Uttar Pradesh Police, Official website]<br />
* [http://wikimapia.org/11846671/Naini-Central-Jail Naini Central Jail Location]<br />
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