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{{Infobox Prison<br />
| prison_name = Chanchalguda Central Jail<br />
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| location = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], India<br />
| coordinates ={{coord|17.365742|78.500068|display=title,inline}} <br />
| status = Open<br />
| classification = Maximum<br />
| capacity = 1000<br />
| opened = 1876<br />
| closed = <br />
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'''Chanchalguda Central Jail,''' located in [[Hyderabad]], India, is one of the oldest jails in the country.<ref name=":0">. {{Cite web|url=http://tsprisons.gov.in/cph.htm|title=TS Prisons Department|website=tsprisons.gov.in|access-date=2018-12-11|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218213541/http://www.tsprisons.gov.in/cph.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The jail is in the old city of Hyderabad at [[Chanchalguda]]. It was constructed during the regime of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] by chief architect Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig,<ref>{{cite news|date=2011-09-11|title='Richest' Gali now baths under trees at Chanchalguda|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-11/hyderabad/30141835_1_jail-authorities-undertrial-prisoner-prison-canteen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106115529/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-11/hyderabad/30141835_1_jail-authorities-undertrial-prisoner-prison-canteen|archive-date=2012-11-06|accessdate=2018-01-16}}</ref> and remains operational today. <br />
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The jail has an official capacity of 1000 inmates, but has recently come to exceed 1600 inmates and is said to be overcrowded. An average of 40 new inmates arrive at the jail daily.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jails in Hyderabad, Cherlapalli Central Jail, Chanchalguda Jail|url=https://www.hyderabadonline.in/city-guide/jails-in-hyderabad|access-date=2021-07-21|website=www.hyderabadonline.in}}</ref> In 2012, renovations began to update the amenities and expand the occupancy of the jail. Following the introduction of an adult literacy program, Chanchalguda Central Jail reported a 100% literacy rate from 1989-90.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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