District Jail Jhelum is a prominent jail in Jhelum, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest jails in Pakistan which is used for prisoners of Jhelum and Chakwal.[2][3][4]

District Jail Jhelum
LocationJhelum, Pakistan
Security classMaximum security prison
Capacity416[1]
Population805 prisoners as of 2009[1]
Opened1854
Managed byGovernment of Punjab, Pakistan
DirectorHassan Mujtaba

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  1. ^ a b "Punjab jails house 160 percent more inmates". Daily Times (newspaper). 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Baqir Sajjad Syed (5 December 2021). "Military court convicts rights activist of espionage". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ Jails in the Punjab (includes District Jail Jhelum) Punjab Prisons, Government of the Punjab website, Retrieved 31 March 2022
  4. ^ "Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab". Punjab Prisons (Pakistan) website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2022.