This female Jail named as Naribandi Niketan, was established at Sambalpur during the year 1994 . It is one of the important unit of the Home Dept. Govt. Of Odisha & functions under the administrative control of the D.G. of Prisons & D.C.S. Odisha, Bhubaneswar. This institution is originally meant for confinement ofall classes of female prisoners sentenced to imprisonment and to detained local under trial female prisoners for their trial before the judicial & Executive Magistrates.

The main aim of this institution is ensuring safe custody of the female prisoners as per the provisions of Odisha jail Manual. Being the only one female prison in the state Special feature is to give vocational training to the female inmates which will facilitate them to maintain their livelihood after their release from jail. This Organization consist of Supervisory female staff headed by one Chief Matron ( Superintendent) one Matron, one Asst. Matron, and female guarding staff comprising of 02 Chief warder and 08 Warder. Besides that there is one female Craft Instructress, one female tailoring Instructress to give vocational training to the inmates. one lady teacher is also posted to make the illiterate prisoners literate and to assist in future higher study. Except that there is a lady regular pharmacist posted to look after the health care of prisoners and one lady Doctor from the D.H.Q. Hospital Sambalpur also attends the prisoners once in a week under the direction of CDMO Sambalpur as per the provision of Govt.