यरवदा केंद्रीय कारागार का स्रोत देखें

{{Infobox Prison
| prison_name  = यरवदा केंद्रीय कारागार 
| image     =[[चित्र:Yerwada jail.JPG|200px]]
|caption     =यरवदा केंद्रीय कारागार परिसर का प्रवेश
| location    = [[यरवदा]], [[महाराष्ट्र]], [[भारत]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|18.564575|N|73.889651|E|displayit=yes}}
| status     = चालू है
| classification =अधिकतम       
| capacity    =
| population   =3,600<ref name=toi05/>
| populationdate =2005
| opened     =
| closed     =
| managed_by   = [[महाराष्ट्र सरकार]], [[भारत]]
| director    =
}}
'''यरवदा केंद्रीय कारागार ''', महाराष्ट्र के [[पुणे]] जिले के [[यरवदा]] नामक स्थान पर स्थित एक उच्च-सुरक्षा वाला कारागार है। यह महाराष्ट्र का सबसे बड़ा कारागार होने के साथ दक्षिण एशिया मे स्थित बड़े कारागारों में से एक है। यरवदा कारागार की बंदी क्षमता 3600 बंदियों (2005) की है और यह कई सुरक्षा क्षेत्रों और बैरकों में फैला है। यहां एक खुला-कारागार भी है जो ठीक इसके परिसर के बाहर स्थित है। 1930 और 1940 के दशक में [[भारतीय स्वतन्त्रता आन्दोलन|भारतीय स्वतंत्रता संग्राम]] के दौरान यहां कई प्रसिद्ध हस्तियों जैसे कि महात्मा गाँधी को इस कारागार में रखा गया था।अभी  हाल ही मे प्रवीन गर्ग भी याहा आकार जा चुके हे. 
== विवरण ==
512 एकड़ क्षेत्र में फैला यह कारागार दक्षिण एशिया के सबसे बड़े कारागारों में से एक है और यहां की बंदी क्षमता 3600 बंदियों की है। परिसर में स्थित उच्च सुरक्षा कारागार चार ऊँची दीवारों से सुरक्षित है।<ref name=mud10>{{cite news|title=Murder convict escapes from Yerawada prison|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-17/pune/28283205_1_murder-convict-jail-staff-balasaheb-pawar|publisher=The Times of India|date=Aug 17, 2010|access-date=24 नवंबर 2012|archive-date=3 जनवरी 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103204241/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-17/pune/28283205_1_murder-convict-jail-staff-balasaheb-pawar|url-status=dead}}</ref> और यह विभिन्न सुरक्षा क्षेत्रों और बैरकों में विभाजित है।<ref name=toi05>{{cite news|title=Nothing suspicious about it!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-21/pune/27852091_1_jail-inmate-surprise-search-mobile-phones|publisher=The Times of India|date=Dec 21, 2005|accessdate=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726204650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-21/pune/27852091_1_jail-inmate-surprise-search-mobile-phones|archive-date=26 जुलाई 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> इसमें अंडाकार कक्ष भी हैं जिनमें उच्च सुरक्षा प्राप्त बंदियों को रखा जाता है।<ref name=out07/>क्षमता से अधिक बंदी रखने और उनकी खराब जीवन स्थिति के लिए इस कारागार की आलोचना की जाती है और इस संदर्भ में २००३ में महाराष्ट्र के मानवाधिकार आयोग ने एक नोटिस भी जारी किया था।<ref>{{cite news |title=Panel takes up issue of Yerwada jail overcrowding |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-02-18/pune/27282653_1_overcrowding-human-rights-vijay-bendre |publisher=The Times of India |date=Feb 18, 2003 |access-date=24 नवंबर 2012 |archive-date=3 जनवरी 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103115843/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-02-18/pune/27282653_1_overcrowding-human-rights-vijay-bendre |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== इतिहास ==
<!--Mahatma Gandhi spent several years in Yerwada Jail during India's freedom struggle, notably in 1932 and later in 1942 during the [[Quit India movement]], along with many other freedom fighters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freedom-fighters to hold August meet Yerwada jail |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-04/pune/27314880_1_yerwada-jail-freedom-fighters-vijayendra-kabra |publisher= The Times of India|date=Jul 4, 2002|accessdate=November 21, 2012}}</ref> During his 1932 imprisonment, which started after his arrest in January 1932, he went on an indefinite fast to protest against the [[Communal Award]] on September 20, 1932,<ref name=ie19jan48>{{cite news|title=The Previous Fasts|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4995,4559107&dq=|accessdate=27 जनवरी 2012|newspaper=''[[द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस]]''|date=19 जनवरी 1948}}</ref> as a result he the famous [[Poona Pact]] was passed which he signed in this jail on 24 सितंबर 1932, he was later released in May 1933.<ref>{{cite book |title=Gandhi's Coolie: Life & Times of Ramkrishna Bajaj|author=M. V. Kamath|publisher=Allied Publishers|year=1995|isbn=8170234875 |page= 24|url=http://books.google.com/?id=7bRZgojbsPsC&pg=PA24&dq=Yerwada+Gandhi#v=onepage&q=Yerwada%20Gandhi&f=false |ref= }}</ref>

In 1998, noted social worker [[Anna Hazare]] was briefly imprisoned here after he lost a defamation suit<ref>{{cite news |title= Anna Hazare behind bars|url=http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/22409 |publisher=[[Down to Earth (magazine)]]|date=Sep 30, 1998 }}</ref>, and [[Bollywood]] film actor [[Sanjay Dutt]] in 2007<ref name=out07>[http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?493193 news.outlookindia.com &#124; Sanjay Dutt prisoner no C-15170 in Yerawada Jail] Outlook, Aug 03, 2007.</ref> and among other noted criminals, scamster [[Telgi]]<ref>{{cite news |title='Telgi won't live if sent to Yerwada'|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/aug/120811-news-bangalore-Telgi-wont-live-if-sent-to-Yerwada.htm |publisher=मिड डे |date=2011-08-12 }}</ref> and former underwold don [[Arun Gawli]] started his political career while being lodged in this jail,<ref>{{cite news |title=Yerawada jail — From Mahatma Gandhi to Ajmal Kasab|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report_yerawada-jail-from-mahatma-gandhi-to-ajmal-kasab_1767678 |publisher=DNA |date= Nov 21, 2012 }}</ref> and is currently serving a life sentence here, in a murder case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Painter, cook or… Gawli gets to choose a job in jail|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Painter-cook-or-Gawli-gets-to-choose-a-job-in-jail/articleshow/16172900.cms |publisher=The Times of India |date=Sep 2, 2012 }}</ref> After the later [[26/11]], the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai terror]] attacker [[Ajmal Kasab]] were also jailed here in 2008,<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/Mumbai+Terrorist+Attacks/articles/Y8Szpoqp00D/Ajmal+Kasab+shifted+Pune+Yerwada+jail Ajmal Kasab to be shifted to Pune’s Yerwada jail - Mumbai Terrorist Attacks - Zimbio]</ref> later his death sentence was carried out in Yerwada Jail, and he was buried also here on November 21, 2012.<ref name="Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune's Yerwada Jail TOI">{{cite news|title=Ajmal Kasab hanged and buried in Pune's Yerwada Jail|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ajmal-Kasab-hanged-and-buried-in-Punes-Yerwada-Jail/articleshow/17303820.cms?|accessdate=21 नवम्बर 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=21 नवम्बर 2012}}</ref><ref name="Ajmal Kasab hanged The Hindu">{{cite news|title=Ajmal Kasab hanged|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/ajmal-kasab-hanged/article4118491.ece|accessdate=21 नवम्बर 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 नवम्बर 2012}}</ref> -->

== यरवदा खुला-कारागार ==
<!--Yerwada Open Jail (YOJ) is situated just outside the Yerwada Central jail within the campus and houses life prisoners, who have amicably completed five years in the central jail. Here they live under basic security, and are not put in prison cells.<ref>{{cite news |title=Books bring relief to Yerwada’s life convicts|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-03/pune/27298270_1_central-jail-life-convicts-jail-population |publisher=The Times of India |date=Oct 3, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘No religious differences in Yerawada open jail’|url=http://72.78.249.187/SakaalTimesBeta/20120920/5182832475612340494.htm |publisher=Sakaal Times |date=September 20, 2012 }}</ref> Over 150 inmates of the open jail grow organic vegetables, over five [[guntha]] of land, which are sent to the Yerwada Central Prison and the women’s prison. Besides this, the cow shed has 30 cows, whose dung is used the farming activities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greenhouse rock |url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add&sectid=2&contentid=2012052420120524083119831c84650ba&subsite= |publisher=Pune Mirror |date= मई 24, 2012}}</ref> -->

== कार्यक्रम ==
<!--A program designed to spread [[Gandhian]] principles in Yerwada prison was introduced in Yerwada prison in 2002 by Asim Sarode, founder of Sahyog Trust. As part of the programme, the prison inmates are taught Gandhian principles for one year, at the end of the year, they have to appear for an examination. Admission to the course is optional.<ref>[http://www.virtualpune.com/citizen-centre/html/mahatma-gandhi.shtml Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi teachings, Yerwada jail, Yerwada prison, Sahyog trust, Asim Sarode, Gandhian principles in prison]</ref> Inmates of the jail produce nearly 5,000 clothes daily, supplied to jails across the state, it has its own itextile mill and later around 150 inmates, including women, are involved in stitching these clothes. Some of these costumes, like uniforms of superintendents, prisoners, wardens, and guards, were made for Madhur Bhandarkar’s 2009 film ''[[Jail (film)|Jail]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Authentic prison touch for Madhur Bhandarkar's Jail|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_authentic-prison-touch-for-madhur-bhandarkar-s-jail_1308278 |publisher=DNA |date=Nov 7, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2007, in an effort to promote in Indian medicinal plants, 8,500 saplings of [[sandalwood]] were planted within the central jail premises, while 9,000 saplings of [[Ashoka tree|Ashoka]] ([[saraca indica]]) in its open jail.<ref>{{cite news |title=Prison to grow medicinal plants |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-09-23/pune/27979474_1_medicinal-plants-open-jail-saplings |publisher=The Times of India |date=Sep 23, 2007 }}</ref> An Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) related facility was started at the jail on October 2 2008, by the Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), and within the following year 55 inmates including six women tested HIV positive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yerawada jail has 55 HIV+ve inmates|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-02/pune/28087721_1_positive-inmates-jail-inmates-women-inmates |publisher= The Times of India|date=Oct 2, 2009 }}</ref> -->

== सन्दर्भ ==
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