At the time of Partition in 1947, the Punjab province inherited approximately 19 jails, which formed the initial prison system for the newly divided regions, with some historical sources suggesting slightly different numbers for Pakistan's Punjab post-Partition, but 19 is a key figure for the inherited count.
At the time of partition, how many jails were in the Punjab province?
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