Pudu Prison

Pudu Prison
Penjara Pudu

An overhead view of the Pudu Prison complex, as seen from Berjaya Times Square, in 2004
Location	Jalan Hang Tuah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Status	Demolished (redeveloped as Bukit Bintang City Centre)
Security class	Medium-security
Opened	1895[1]
Closed	1996 (Malaysian Prison Department)[citation needed] 2008 (Royal Malaysian Police)[citation needed]
Managed by	Malaysian Prison Department (1895 - 1996) Royal Malaysian Police (2003 - 2008)

The Pudu Prison (Malay: Penjara Pudu, simplified Chinese: 半山芭监狱; traditional Chinese: 半山芭監獄; pinyin: Bànshānbā Jiānyù), also known as Pudu Jail, was a prison in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Built in phases by the British colonial government between 1891 and 1895, it stood on Jalan Shaw (now Jalan Hang Tuah).^[2] The construction began with its 394-metre prison wall at a cost of 16,000 Straits dollars, and had been adorned with the world's longest mural at one point in its history.^[3] The cells were small and dark, each only the size of a shoebox.

The prison complex was largely demolished by December 2012 to make way for urban development. At the request of heritage conservationists and the public, the main gate and a portion of the exterior wall have been preserved and now form part of the park surrounding the Bukit Bintang City Centre development and mall, which occupies the site of the former prison.