Kannur Central Prison

Kannur central Prison
Location	Pallikkunnu, Kannur, Kerala, India
Status	Operational
Security class	Central Prison
Capacity	2000
Opened	1869
Managed by	Department of Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services
Director	Superintendent of Central Prison
State/province	Kerala
Website	www.keralaprisons.gov.in/central-prison-kannur.html

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Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur, is situated in Pallikkunnu in Kannur, Kerala state of India. It was the first Central Jail established in Kerala in the year of 1869.^[1] It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners.^[2] It is one of the three central prisons other than Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur situated in Kerala.

Kannur Central Prison is the first one in India to have a literature festival screening, it was an initiative by the Wayanad Literature Festival (2024).

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[history-1] 1.0 ^1.1 History of Central jails

[2] ttp://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/images/stories/pdf/cpknr.pdf ^{[dead link]}

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