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Nakhu Jail

ललितपुर, Italy

Nakhu Jail (Nepali:नख्खु कारागार, Nakhu Karagar) is a jail in Nepal that was established in 1950 (2007 BS) in the existing, money printing area (Taksar department) in Lalitpur District. The facility has an area of 35 ropanies and 12 ana (about 1.8 hectares). There is a road in the eastern part of th

e jail, a school in the west, residential area in the north and Nakhu river in the south. There are two separate blocks for males and females in the Jail. Each block has a capacity to accommodate 250 inmates. There were plans to upgrade it with a capacity to accommodate 1,000 inmates in 2020 (2077 BS) but this was postponed. There is also a Community Rehabilitation Center and a Drug Rehabilitation Center inside the jail. A psychiatric hospital was announced in 2017, to be completed by 2018.

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