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{{Short description|Prison in Assam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox prison
|name=Tezpur Central Jail
|pushpin_map=India Assam#India
|pushpin_map_caption=Location in Assam
|location=[[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
|coordinates={{coord|26.6216|N|92.8019|E|region:IN_type:city_source:kolossus-frwiki|display=inline,title}}
|status=Operating
|classification=[[Prison#Security levels|Maximum]]
|capacity=1000
|population=1284
|populationdate=15 May 2018
|opened=1881<ref name="guwahati-plus-2016">{{Cite web | title=The captive humans: Life in Central Jail, Guwahati|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/the-captive-humans-life-in-central-jail-guwahati|date=1 August 2016|publisher=Guwahati Plus|access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref>
|managed_by=Assam Prisons
|website={{URL|https://prisons.assam.gov.in/}}}}
'''Tezpur Central Jail''' is a prison located in the [[Sonitpur district]] of [[Assam]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tezpur Central Jail · Mahabhairab, Tezpur, Assam 784001, India|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tezpur+Central+Jail/@26.6216048,92.7997595,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3744e8495c707589:0xa674601dcae2e639!8m2!3d26.6216048!4d92.8019482|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Tezpur Central Jail · Mahabhairab, Tezpur, Assam 784001, India|language=en}}</ref> It is one of 31 prisons located in the state of Assam.

== History ==
The Tejpur Jail was set up in 1846. It has been declared a Central Jail now. The total area of the jail premises is a little over 30 acres. The jail enclosure itself is situated on about 9 acres of land. All the buildings do not really date back to 1846 but they are all very old.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

== Major cases ==
At least 28 inmates of the Tezpur Central Jail in Assam have tested positive for the dreaded [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|COVID-19 virus]] on Wednesday, 29 July 2021. According to reports, as many as 40 prison inmates were tested using the rapid antigen method, out of which 28 inmates tested positive for the dreaded contagion. With this, the number of Tezpur Jail inmates. With this, the number of Tezpur Jail inmates who have tested positive for the dreaded contagion has risen to 56 inmates.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

A prisoner of Tezpur Central Jail Lalit Nayak, serving life term since 2005 has allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in the jail premises.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India TV News|date=2013-09-16|title=Assam: Prisoner commits suicide in jail|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/assam-prisoner-commits-suicide-in-jail-27931.html|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Notable prisoners ==

Mrinmoy Dawka, the superintendent of Tezpur Central jail in [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]] district, was arrested on Thursday following complaints of [[sexual assault]] by two women. There were two complaints against the accused. He had allegedly sexually assaulted the wife of an inmate on the promise of releasing her husband. The second case is of him outraging the modesty of the wife of a jail warden," said Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta, [[Superintendent of police (India)|superintendent of police]] (SP), Sonitpur.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=Assam: Two jail officials arrested in separate cases of sexual assault|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-two-jail-officials-arrested-in-separate-cases-of-sexual-assault/story-MwUrLypSmHE77ucj81sU9K.html|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

Dhabua Rajowar was arrested in March 1997 for the murder of his own mother. Apparently, he was suffering from mental illness at the time of the murder. He was placed in judicial custody on 24/03/97 and never secured bail. On 4/03/2002 he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Altogether he has been in jail for 11 years and 8 months.<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=12 Dec 2016|title=Tezpur Jail official to set up clothes bank for inmates {{!}} Guwahati News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/tezpur-jail-official-to-set-up-clothes-bank-for-inmates/articleshow/55933107.cms|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Prisons in Assam]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Prisons completed in the 1880s]]

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