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	On 1 March 1941, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the Jail as he called on imprisoned freedom fighters, [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and [[Abul Kalam Azad]].{{fact\|date=November 2018}}		On 1 March 1941, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the Jail as he called on imprisoned freedom fighters, [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and [[Abul Kalam Azad]].{{fact\|date=November 2018}}

	Also [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter and a later [[Prime Minister of India]] was arrested along with her husband [[Feroze Gandhi]], and spent her prison term here, from 11 September 1942 until 13 May 1943 <ref>[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><ref>[http://www.ceeby.com/people/IndiraGandhi.cfm Indira Gandhi]</ref>		Also [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter and a later [[Prime Minister of India]] was arrested along with her husband [[Feroze Gandhi]], and spent her prison term here, 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><ref>[http://www.ceeby.com/people/IndiraGandhi.cfm Indira Gandhi]</ref>

	==Recent news==		==Recent news==

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{{Infobox Prison
| prison_name = Naini Central Prison
| image =
| location = [[Naini]], [[India]]
| coordinates =
| status = Open
| classification = High security
| capacity = 3,000 <ref name=red/>
| opened =
| closed =
| managed_by = [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]
| director =
|website =
}}

'''Naini Central Prison''' or '''Naini Jail''' at [[Naini]], near [[Prayagraj]], is one of the most important prisons, and [[correctional Institution]]s in [[Uttar Pradesh]], built during the [[British Raj]].

==Independence movement history==
It became famous in pre-independence era, when many freedom fighters, including [[Motilal Nehru]] (1930), Pt. [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]] (1930, March 1945), the first [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Govind Ballabh Pant]], [[Narendra Dev]], [[Rafi Ahmed Kidwai]], [[Hasrat Mohani]] were imprisoned during [[Indian independence movement]].<ref name=red>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/12jail.htm Swami Ramdev to give yoga lessons in jail] [[Rediff.com]], 12 January 2007.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0us3TambWogC&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=Naini+Central+Prison&source=bl&ots=RGzvhRmjBu&sig=AUIZ2XIJwC55HkExecu5Mk-XVkE&hl=en&ei=S_4KSorlO9eUkAWp7NWtCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2 March and April 1945] ''Jawaharlal Nehru'', by Frank Moraes. Published by Jaico Publishing House, 1959. {{ISBN|978-81-7992-695-6}}. ''Page 326''.</ref><ref>[[s:Chronology of Mahatma Gandhi's life/India 1930|Chronology of Mahatma Gandhi's life/India 1930]] [[wikisource]], "1930, August 30–31: T.B. Sapru and M.R. Jayakar saw Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr. Syed Mahmud in Naini Jail. ".</ref> Jawaharlal Nehru during his stay, wrote a series of letters to his young daughter Indira from the prison, starting on his thirteenth birthday till 9 August 1933, which 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>

On 1 March 1941, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the Jail as he called on imprisoned freedom fighters, [[Vijayalakshmi Pandit]] and [[Abul Kalam Azad]].{{fact|date=November 2018}}

Also [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter and a later [[Prime Minister of India]] was arrested along with her husband [[Feroze Gandhi]], and spent her prison term here, from 11 September 1942 until 13 May 1943 <ref>[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><ref>[http://www.ceeby.com/people/IndiraGandhi.cfm Indira Gandhi]</ref>

==Recent news==
Lately, it 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. Apart from that 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>

In 2008, the prison made news again, when 97 prisoners who had already completed their 14-year sentence, wrote to the [[President of India|President]] asking for [[euthanasia]]<ref>[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>

After health concerns in the prison in 2008 when 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, the government has taken measure to improve health services available to the inmates in the prison.<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>

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090427054507/http://uppolice.up.nic.in/ Uttar Pradesh Police, Official website]
* [http://wikimapia.org/11846671/Naini-Central-Jail Naini Central Jail Location]

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[[Category:Prisons in Uttar Pradeh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Allahabad]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement in Uttar Pradesh]]

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