At the request of heritage conservationists and the public, the main gate and a portion of the exterior wall have been preserved and now form part of the park surrounding the Bukit Bintang City Centre development and mall, which occupies the site of the former prison.

Charles Edwin Spooner, the head of Selangor's Public Works Department, was the architect and project manager.

The epidemic peaked in August 1895, coinciding with an unusually dry weather, resulting in 126 recorded cases, including 68 fatalities in that month alone.

[8] In 1911, Richard Alfred Ernest Clark, a former soldier of the third battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, was one of the European warders at Pudu Prison.

Capital punishment, in the form of long-drop hanging, was done in an execution chamber in Block D, where death row inmates were held.

Chua was hanged for another crime he was detained for in Pudu Prison while the rest were jailed for wrongful confinement and abduction.

Security was a major issue due to the prison's proximity to fast-rising commercial developments such as Bukit Bintang.

In 2007, eight supporters of the Hindu Rights Action Force were arrested and incarcerated in Pudu Prison following the 2007 HINDRAF rally.

When Fong Kui Lun (DAP), the Member of Parliament for Bukit Bintang, asked why the building was not being retained as part of Malaysia's heritage, Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussain (UMNO-BN) replied, "In our opinion, it's not something to be proud of.

The government agreed to maintain a part of the exterior wall and the main gate after being petitioned by conservationists and the general public.

These remaining features have been incorporated into the fountain park forming part of Mitsui Lalaport Mall, which now occupies the site of the prison.