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In a view to reduce the overcrowding of inmates at the Sub-Jail, Gunupur and to facilitate the Judicial Justice System to the local people in conflict with law coming under the Jurisdiction of 04 (Four) Police Stations such as Bissam-Cuttack P.s., Muniguda P.S, Chandrapur P.S. and Ambadala P.S. the Govt. of Odisha decided to open a new Jail at Bissam Cuttack about 60(Sixty) Kilometer from the District Head Quarter Raygada and about 65 Kilometer from Sum-Divisional Head-Quarter Gunupur as proposed by Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. The total area of this Jail land 5 acres. The Construction work of this Jail was completed in the year- 2007 by the Odisha State Police Housing Board and inaugurated on Dt.14.11.2007 by the then Hon’ble Collector & D.M. Sri. Bhaskar J. Sharma,(I.A.S) , the Superintendent of Police - Sri Asish Singh( I.P.S), Local M.L.A Sri Dambaru Dhar Ulaka and Senior Superintendent of Circle Jail, Berhampur Sri Bankim Ch, Mohanty. But confinement of inmates was started on Dt. 08.02.2008 after admission 25 (twenty five) numbers of prisoners being transfer from Sub-Jail, Gunupur, Dist-Rayagada, State-Odisha. The jail having One Administrative Block, one Superintendent office, One Asst. Jailor chamber , One Godown, One computer room having all facilities. There are 6 nos. of Male ward and 2 nos. of Female ward along with one kitchen, One VC Hall, One Hospital, One writer office. Sri Asish kumar Sinha was the First incumbent to take over the charge as the Jailor- cum-Superintendent of this Jail. Sri Sanjay Kumar Verma was the first Assistant Jailor. The staff strength of this institution is as follows.