The Dagshai Jail Museum

The Dagshai Jail Museum or Dagshai Central Jail set up in 1847 is a T-shaped building of local stone masonry and has 54 tiny cells. It is the only museum in India which once was a jail apart from the Cellular Jail in the Andamans.
It is 6087 feets above sea level, 11 Km away from Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Maintained by the Engineering Wing of the Indian Army. The structure holds 54 maximum cells, out of which 16 cells were used for severe punishments. These cells were hardly ventilated and there was no source for any sort of natural light. The details of each cell are mentioned on title boards.