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District Jail

  1. Name of Department/Office: District Jail, Siaha (Prison Home Department)
  2. Date of Commencement: 24/April/1977 (open as Camp Jail) and on 6/March/1978 Upgraded as District Jail vide No. HMJ-10/76/17 Dt 6/3/1978
  3. Works and Activities: To serve the state by keeping in safe custody the persons forwarded to prisons of state. The prisoners are kept in safe, humane, cost efficient and adequately secure and supervised environment of prisons and provide work and other self –improvement opportunities to assist the offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. The Department has been established to provide progressive and humane care for prison inmates, to professionalize the service and to ensure consistent administration of prison in operation.
Staff Strength
S.No Designation Post Occupied

1

Superintendent

1

2

Jailor

Nil

3

Asst. Jailor

1

4

Chief Head warder

1

5

LDC

Nil

6

Head Warders

3

7

Staff Nurse

1

8

Warders

18 (13 M+3 F)

9

IV Grade

Nil

Total

24

 

Lock up Report as on 9/10/2019
S.No Category No. of Prisoners

1

Undertrial prisoners

14

2

Simple Imprisonment

22

3

Rigorous Imprisonment

7

4

Child with mother

3

Grand Total

46