Location | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
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Coordinates | 33°29′14.62″N 73°2′24.49″E / 33.4873944°N 73.0401361°ECoordinates: 33°29′14.62″N 73°2′24.49″E / 33.4873944°N 73.0401361°E |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 1919 |
Population | 5082 (as of 04 April 2016) |
Opened | 1986 |
Managed by | Government of Punjab, Pakistan |
Director | Saeed Ullah Gondal, Senior Superintendent of Jail |
Central Jail Rawalpindi (also slanged as Adyala jail by local residents of surrounding rural area) is a prominent jail in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
The Central Jail Rawalpindi was constructed in between the late 1970s and early 1980s during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, after hanging to death of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan on 4 April 1979 in District Jail Rawalpindi. The latter jail was demolished and converted into a public park. The Jail is situated on Rawalpindi - Adyala Road near village Dahgal about 13 kilometres toward west of District Courts and the defunct / demolished old District Jail Rawalpindi. The village Adyala (with whose relation the Jail is slanged as Adyala Jail) is located about 4 kilometres west of the Jail.