Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Kandy, C. Rajagopalachari, V. V. Giri, R. Venkataraman, C. N. Annadurai, Vellore Central Prison (established in 1830) is a prison in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
[1] It is the largest jail in the district and 2nd largest in Tamil Nadu after puzhal central prison, Convicts sentenced to imprisonment are confined in the jail from various districts of the Presidency as well as from Burma.
Many prisoners sentenced to transpiration by the courts of this Presidency are retained when considered physically unfit for deportation to Andaman.
The manufacture was first taught to the convicts by a carpet weaver of Ellore.
[2] By extreme hard work and good conduct, convicts may earn a remission not exceeding 1/6 of the total period of imprisonment awarded them.