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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Prison in Kannur, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Prison<br />
| prison_name = Kannur central Prison<br />
| image = Central Prison Kannur 1.JPG<br />
| location = [[Pallikkunnu]], [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| status = Operational<br />
| classification = Central Prison<br />
| capacity = 2000<br />
| population =<br />
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| opened = 1869 <ref name="history" /><br />
| closed = <br />
| managed_by = [[Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services|Department of Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services]]<br />
| director =Superintendent of Central Prison <br />
| website = {{url|https://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/central-prison-kannur.html}}<br />
|state=[[Kerala]]}}<br />
[[File:Central Prison Kannur 2.JPG|thumbnail|Central Prison Front View]]<br />
'''Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur''', is situated in [[Pallikkunnu]] in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]] state of [[India]]. It was the first Central Jail established in Kerala in the year of 1869.<ref name="history">[http://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54 History of Central jails]</ref> It is authorised to accommodate 1062 prisoners.<ref>http://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/images/stories/pdf/cpknr.pdf {{dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> It is one of the three central prisons other than [[Central Prison, Poojappura|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Viyyur Central Prison|Thrissur]] situated in Kerala.<br />
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Kannur Central Prison is the first one in India to have a literature festival screening, it was an initiative by the [[Wayanad Literature Festival]] (2024). <br />
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