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1873 Central Jail at Trivandrum was sanctioned and started functioning inside the fort in a building which was used as barracks for the Nayar Brigade. In September 1886 it was transferred and accommodated in the buildings put up for the purpose in Poojappura, Trivandrum. In 1949 when the state of Travancore-Cochin was formed there were two Central Jails at Trivandrum and Viyyur and 7 Sub Jails in the Cochin part of the State besides the police station lock-ups serving the purpose of Sub Jails in the Travancore part.