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'''Bangladesh Jail''' is a law enforcement agency responsible for the management and security of jails in Bangladesh and is located in [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Jail|url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/|website=prison.gov.bd|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nothing free in prison|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/nothing-free-prison-1225216|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en|date=17 May 2016}}</ref> Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain is head of the force.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sun|first=daily|title=Brig Gen Anisul Haque made new IG Prisons {{!}} Daily Sun {{!}}|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/578291/Brig-Gen-Anisul-Haque-made-new-IG-Prisons|access-date=2021-11-27|website=daily sun|language=en}}</ref>
'''Bangladesh Jail''' is a law enforcement agency responsible for the management and security of jails in Bangladesh and is located in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Jail |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/ |website=prison.gov.bd |accessdate=22 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nothing free in prison |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/long-read/news/nothing-free-prison-1225216 |work=The Daily Star |accessdate=22 September 2017 |language=en |date=17 May 2016}}</ref> Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain is head of the force.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Brig Gen Anisul Haque made new IG Prisons |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/578291/Brig-Gen-Anisul-Haque-made-new-IG-Prisons |access-date=2021-11-27 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref>


The Bangladesh Jail manages 13 central jails and 55 district jails.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=কারা অধিদপ্তর |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/site/page/fe59cbdd-aefb-4df7-a619-ec43bb639583/- |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.prison.gov.bd |language=en}}</ref> The Department of Prison operates seven divisional prison and 68 prisons.<ref name=":0" /> Bangladesh Jail is under the [[Department of Prison]] which is under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name=":0" />
The Bangladesh Jail manages 13 central jails and 55 district jails.<ref name="glance">{{Cite web |script-title=bn:এক নজরে বাংলাদেশ জেল |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/site/page/fe59cbdd-aefb-4df7-a619-ec43bb639583/- |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.prison.gov.bd |language=bn}}</ref> The Department of Prison operates seven divisional prison and 68 prisons.<ref name="glance" /> Bangladesh Jail is under the [[Department of Prison]] which is under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]].<ref name="glance" />


==History==
==History==
Bangladesh Jail traces its origins to a Criminal Ward established in 1788 by the [[East India Company]].<ref name=":0" /> The company passed the [[Bengal Regulation III of 1818]] for preventive detention.<ref name=":0" /> The company built more prisons in 1986 in [[Comilla]], [[Dhaka]], [[Jessore]], and [[Rajshahi]].<ref name=":0" /> The [[British Raj]] declared jail in Dhaka and Rajshahi to be the [[Old Dhaka Central Jail|Dhaka Central Jail]] and Rajshahi Central Jail.<ref name=":0" />
Bangladesh Jail traces its origins to a Criminal Ward established in 1788 by the [[East India Company]].<ref name="glance" /> The company passed the [[Bengal Regulation III of 1818]] for preventive detention.<ref name="glance" /> The company built more prisons in 1986 in [[Comilla]], [[Dhaka]], [[Jessore]], and [[Rajshahi]].<ref name="glance" /> The [[British Raj]] declared jail in Dhaka and Rajshahi to be the [[Old Dhaka Central Jail|Dhaka Central Jail]] and Rajshahi Central Jail.<ref name="glance" />


Bangladesh jail was established in 1971, after the Independence of Bangladesh. They operate 13 central jails and 55 districts jails in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Jail History|url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/history-2|website=prison.gov.bd|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201231303/http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/history-2|archive-date=1 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bangladesh jail was established in 1971, after the Independence of Bangladesh. They operate 13 central jails and 55 districts jails in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Jail History |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/history-2 |website=prison.gov.bd |accessdate=22 September 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201231303/http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/history-2 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 4 december 1975, four senior leaders of the Awami League were murdered in Dhaka Central Jail.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Tamanna |date=12 November 2010 |title=Justice For An Undisclosed Chapter |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/11/02/s_feature.htm |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=The Daily Star |publisher=[[Star Weekend Magazine]]}}</ref> The four were former President [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], former prime ministers [[Tajuddin Ahmad|Tajuddin Ahmed]] and [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]], and President of Awami League [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]]. On 4 November 1975, jailer Aminur Rahman took the four from their separate rooms and placed them in one room.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Mahbub Uddin |date=3 November 2021 |title=Jail Killing Day: How the horrors of November 3 transpired |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/jail-killing-day-how-the-horrors-november-3-transpired-2220626 |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Aminur told them an important representative of the [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]] government would meet them.<ref name=":12" /> Five Army officers led by [[Moslemuddin]] were refused entry to the jail by the Deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed following the orders of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Ashutosh |date=2021-11-03 |title=Jail Killing Day: Too dark for an autumn morning |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/jail-killing-day-too-dark-autumn-morning-2220666 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The army personnel marched into the jail and shot the four leaders in their jail cell killing all except Muhammad Mansur Ali. After hearing the groans and Muhammad Mansur Ali call for water one of the prison guards, Motaleb, went and informed the army team who had returned to the entrance of the jail.<ref name=":12" /> The team returned and bayoneted all four Awami League leaders in their jail cells.<ref name=":12" /> It is observed as [[Jail Killing Day]] in Bangladesh.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2020-11-02 |title=Jail Killing Day: Bangladesh remembers 4 national leaders |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2020/11/02/jail-killing-day-to-be-observed-tuesday |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>
On 4 december 1975, four senior leaders of the Awami League were murdered in Dhaka Central Jail.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Tamanna |date=12 November 2010 |title=Justice For An Undisclosed Chapter |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/11/02/s_feature.htm |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=The Daily Star |publisher=[[Star Weekend Magazine]]}}</ref> The four were former President [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], former prime ministers [[Tajuddin Ahmad|Tajuddin Ahmed]] and [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]], and President of Awami League [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]]. On 4 November 1975, jailer Aminur Rahman took the four from their separate rooms and placed them in one room.<ref name="ds3Nov2021">{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Mahbub Uddin |date=3 November 2021 |title=Jail Killing Day: How the horrors of November 3 transpired |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/jail-killing-day-how-the-horrors-november-3-transpired-2220626 |access-date=20 July 2022 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Aminur told them an important representative of the [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]] government would meet them.<ref name="ds3Nov2021" /> Five Army officers led by [[Moslemuddin]] were refused entry to the jail by the Deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed following the orders of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.<ref name="ds3Nov2021" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Ashutosh |date=2021-11-03 |title=Jail Killing Day: Too dark for an autumn morning |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/jail-killing-day-too-dark-autumn-morning-2220666 |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The army personnel marched into the jail and shot the four leaders in their jail cell killing all except Muhammad Mansur Ali. After hearing the groans and Muhammad Mansur Ali call for water one of the prison guards, Motaleb, went and informed the army team who had returned to the entrance of the jail.<ref name="ds3Nov2021" /> The team returned and bayoneted all four Awami League leaders in their jail cells.<ref name="ds3Nov2021" /> It is observed as [[Jail Killing Day]] in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-02 |title=Jail Killing Day: Bangladesh remembers 4 national leaders |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/228795/jail-killing-day-bangladesh-remembers-4-national |access-date=2022-07-20 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>


== Inspector generals of jail ==
== Inspector generals of jail ==
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|1947
|1947
|1957
|1957
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=কারা অধিদপ্তর |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/site/page/57c5a68b-d3b1-480d-931a-3a0d7d7ebfb6/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prison.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fpage%2F57c5a68b-d3b1-480d-931a-3a0d7d7ebfb6%2F- |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.prison.gov.bd |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref name="formerIGPs">{{Cite web |title=Former Inspector Generals of Prisons |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/site/page/57c5a68b-d3b1-480d-931a-3a0d7d7ebfb6/- |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=www.prison.gov.bd |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Md. Nasim Uddin Sarkar
|Md. Nasim Uddin Sarkar
|1957
|1957
|1968
|1968
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|A Obaidullah
|A Obaidullah
|1969
|1969
|1972
|1972
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|ATM Nuruzzaman
|ATM Nuruzzaman
|1973
|1973
|1977
|1977
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General AFM Abdul Haque
|Brigadier General AFM Abdul Haque
|1977
|1977
|1982
|1982
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Colonel Moksul Hossain Chowdhury
|Colonel Moksul Hossain Chowdhury
|1982
|1982
|1987
|1987
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Colonel Md. Mujibur Rahman
|Colonel Md. Mujibur Rahman
|1987
|1987
|1989
|1989
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Colonel Abdul Matin
|Colonel Abdul Matin
|1989
|1989
|1991
|1991
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Colonel Md Iskandar Hossain
|Colonel Md Iskandar Hossain
|1991
|1991
|1992
|1992
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md. Abul Hossain
|Brigadier General Md. Abul Hossain
|1992
|1992
|1996
|1996
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md Waliur Rahman Chowdhury
|Brigadier General Md Waliur Rahman Chowdhury
|1997
|1997
|2001
|2001
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Md. Liaquat Ali Khan
|Md. Liaquat Ali Khan
|10 May 2001
|10 May 2001
|19 November 2011
|19 November 2011
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md. Zillur Rahman
|Brigadier General Md. Zillur Rahman
|2002
|2002
|2004
|2004
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md Taufiqul Alam
|Brigadier General Md Taufiqul Alam
|2004
|2004
|2005
|2005
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md. Zakir Hasan
|Brigadier General Md. Zakir Hasan
|2005
|2005
|2009
|2009
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General AHM Moqbul Hossain
|Brigadier General AHM Moqbul Hossain
|19 February 2009
|19 February 2009
|28 July 2009
|28 July 2009
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md. Ashraful Islam Khan
|Brigadier General Md. Ashraful Islam Khan
|2009
|2009
|2013
|2013
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin
|Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin
|18 December 2013
|18 December 2013
|10 December 2018
|10 December 2018
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General [[AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha]]
|Brigadier General [[AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha]]
|11 December 2018
|11 December 2018
|8 October 2020
|8 October 2020
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-
|Brigadier General Md. Mominur Rahman Mamun
|Brigadier General Md. Mominur Rahman Mamun
|8 October 2020
|8 October 2020
|12 October 2021
|12 October 2021
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|}
|}
|Brigadier General ASM Anisul Haque
|Brigadier General ASM Anisul Haque
|12 October 2021
|12 October 2021
|11 August 2024
|11 August 2024
|<ref name=":1" />
|<ref name="formerIGPs" />
|-
|-


==special unit==
==special unit==
The Bangladesh jail has specialized units, they are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Jail|url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/prisons-units|website=prison.gov.bd|accessdate=22 September 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216131835/http://prison.gov.bd/content/prisons-units|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Bangladesh jail has specialized units, they are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Jail |url=http://www.prison.gov.bd/content/prisons-units |website=prison.gov.bd |accessdate=22 September 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216131835/http://prison.gov.bd/content/prisons-units |archive-date=16 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Prisons intelligence Unit
*Prisons intelligence Unit
*[[Prisons Training Institute]], Dhaka
*[[Prisons Training Institute]], Dhaka
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[[Category:Prison-related organizations]]
[[Category:Prison-related organizations]]
[[Category:Prisons in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Prisons in Bangladesh]]


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Bangladesh Jail
Formation1973
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
IG Prison
Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain
Parent organization
Ministry of Home Affairs
Websiteprison.gov.bd
Combat uniform: Olive  

Bangladesh Jail is a law enforcement agency responsible for the management and security of jails in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2] Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Motahar Hussain is head of the force.[3]

The Bangladesh Jail manages 13 central jails and 55 district jails.[4] The Department of Prison operates seven divisional prison and 68 prisons.[4] Bangladesh Jail is under the Department of Prison which is under the Ministry of Home Affairs.[4]

History

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Bangladesh Jail traces its origins to a Criminal Ward established in 1788 by the East India Company.[4] The company passed the Bengal Regulation III of 1818 for preventive detention.[4] The company built more prisons in 1986 in Comilla, Dhaka, Jessore, and Rajshahi.[4] The British Raj declared jail in Dhaka and Rajshahi to be the Dhaka Central Jail and Rajshahi Central Jail.[4]

Bangladesh jail was established in 1971, after the Independence of Bangladesh. They operate 13 central jails and 55 districts jails in Bangladesh.[5]

On 4 december 1975, four senior leaders of the Awami League were murdered in Dhaka Central Jail.[6] The four were former President Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime ministers Tajuddin Ahmed and Muhammad Mansur Ali, and President of Awami League Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman. On 4 November 1975, jailer Aminur Rahman took the four from their separate rooms and placed them in one room.[7] Aminur told them an important representative of the Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad government would meet them.[7] Five Army officers led by Moslemuddin were refused entry to the jail by the Deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed following the orders of President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.[7][8] The army personnel marched into the jail and shot the four leaders in their jail cell killing all except Muhammad Mansur Ali. After hearing the groans and Muhammad Mansur Ali call for water one of the prison guards, Motaleb, went and informed the army team who had returned to the entrance of the jail.[7] The team returned and bayoneted all four Awami League leaders in their jail cells.[7] It is observed as Jail Killing Day in Bangladesh.[9]

Inspector generals of jail

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Name Term start Term end Reference
Amir Hossain Khan 1947 1957 [10]
Md. Nasim Uddin Sarkar 1957 1968 [10]
A Obaidullah 1969 1972 [10]
ATM Nuruzzaman 1973 1977 [10]
Brigadier General AFM Abdul Haque 1977 1982 [10]
Colonel Moksul Hossain Chowdhury 1982 1987 [10]
Colonel Md. Mujibur Rahman 1987 1989 [10]
Colonel Abdul Matin 1989 1991 [10]
Colonel Md Iskandar Hossain 1991 1992 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Abul Hossain 1992 1996 [10]
Brigadier General Md Waliur Rahman Chowdhury 1997 2001 [10]
Md. Liaquat Ali Khan 10 May 2001 19 November 2011 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Zillur Rahman 2002 2004 [10]
Brigadier General Md Taufiqul Alam 2004 2005 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Zakir Hasan 2005 2009 [10]
Brigadier General AHM Moqbul Hossain 19 February 2009 28 July 2009 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Ashraful Islam Khan 2009 2013 [10]
Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin 18 December 2013 10 December 2018 [10]
Brigadier General AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha 11 December 2018 8 October 2020 [10]
Brigadier General Md. Mominur Rahman Mamun 8 October 2020 12 October 2021 [10]

|Brigadier General ASM Anisul Haque |12 October 2021 |11 August 2024 |[10] |-

special unit

[edit]

The Bangladesh jail has specialized units, they are:[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Bangladesh Jail". prison.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Nothing free in prison". The Daily Star. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Brig Gen Anisul Haque made new IG Prisons". Daily Sun. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g এক নজরে বাংলাদেশ জেল. www.prison.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh Jail History". prison.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. ^ Khan, Tamanna (12 November 2010). "Justice For An Undisclosed Chapter". The Daily Star. Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e Ahmed, Mahbub Uddin (3 November 2021). "Jail Killing Day: How the horrors of November 3 transpired". The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ^ Sarkar, Ashutosh (3 November 2021). "Jail Killing Day: Too dark for an autumn morning". The Daily Star. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Jail Killing Day: Bangladesh remembers 4 national leaders". Dhaka Tribune. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Former Inspector Generals of Prisons". www.prison.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Jail". prison.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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