Directorate of Prison and Correctional ServicesGovernment of Odisha

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Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services

The Prison administration of the State is headed by D.G./ Addl.D.G. of Police, who functions as I.G. of Prisons and Director, Correctional Services.

Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services

The Prison administration of the State is headed by D.G./ Addl.D.G. of Police, who functions as I.G. of Prisons and Director, Correctional Services.

Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services

The Prison administration of the State is headed by D.G./ Addl.D.G. of Police, who functions as I.G. of Prisons and Director, Correctional Services.

Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services

The Prison administration of the State is headed by D.G./ Addl.D.G. of Police, who functions as I.G. of Prisons and Director, Correctional Services.

Director General of Prisons and Director of Correctional Services, Odisha

DR. Manoj Kumar Chhabra

The Prison administration of the State is headed by D.G./ Addl.D.G. of Police, who functions as I.G. of Prisons and Director, Correctional Services. The State has 91 numbers of jails of different categories as under.

Prison Information

Prison Odisha

Prisons, and their administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison manuals of the respective state governments. Thus, the states have the primary role, responsibility and authority to change the current prison laws, rules and regulations.