The jail is located at Bishalgarh in western Tripura's Sipahijala district.
Jail Minister Manindra Lal Reang said the new jail, also called a correctional centre, was built on 32.62 acres at a cost of Rs.64 crore.
It is fitted with several automated close circuit televisions and modern watch towers to keep a round-the-clock check on every nook and corner of the complex, the minister told reporters.
It will have a 20-bed hospital. It will also have separate playgrounds and physical exercise centres for male and female prisoners as well as entertainment systems, built by state-owned Engineering Projects India Ltd.
"We do not want to call it a jail, we want to make it a truly correctional centre," said the chief minister.
The 139 years old existing central jail in Agartala with a capacity to hold 355 inmates would be dismantled and a science college and a botanical garden are likely to be constructed on its 17 acres.
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