[1] The first jail in Guwahati was set up in 1881 at Fancy Bazaar with a capacity of 500 inmates.

It was moved to Sarusajai on 30 April 2010 and was upgraded to the present capacity of 1000 inmates.

The new jail was opened in April 2012 when 805 inmates were moved there.

[1] The district jail is located in the heart of Guwahati City.

[citation needed] On 29 June 2020, when peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, founder of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) organisation completed a jail term of 200 days, 1200 inmates at the Central Jail declared a hunger strike, demanding the release of Gogoi and presenting COVID-19 related pleas to the authorities.