• Penjara Pudu (1895-2010)

“There are at present in the prison:-
- 98 Persons on long term sentences by the Japanese regime.
- 21 Persons on short terms (6 months or less to serve) left by Japanese.
- 4 Persons who were unable to pay fines left by Japanese.
- 13 Awaiting trial (looting etc.).
- 69 Military Prisoners. (Including 4 Formosans, 1 Japnaese, 4 Chinese arrested by Japanese and now moved to the Military controlled wing).”

(Sumber: PEJABAT SETIAUSAHA KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR, 08/10/1945: |"REPORT ON PUDU ROAD GAOL: INFORMATION ON CASES OF PRISONERS IN PUDU ROAD JAIL AND ALSO DAILY SCALE OF RATIONS FOOD ORDERED BY THE INSPECTOR OF PRISON.").

Selepas perang, Penjara Pudu dijadikan penjara pejuang kemerdekaan seperti ahli Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) dan Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM), antaranya Idris Hakim dan Mustapha Hussain: “The post war period saw the formation of local organizations fighting for an Independent Malaya such as the The Young Malay Union (KMM) and Malay Nationalist Party. A large number of nationalists were imprisoned in Pudu Jail by the British Administration, among them Idris Hakim and Mustapha Hussain.”

Hal ini menjadi salah satu hujah penting mengapa penjara ini harus dipulihara: “It is important to realize that within 100 years of serving as a prison, Pudu Jail’s inmates were not solely convicts but also servicemen and nationalists who fought against the Japanese and British for Malaya’s liberation. The prison’s key significance is the role it played towards the emergence of Malaysia’s nationhood.”

Kiri: Peta lokasi Penjara Pudu, 1950. Jalan Gaol di sebelah utaranya telah diberi nama Jalan Shaw (kini Jalan Hang Tuah): “Malaysia, Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Sheet 47, 1950, 1:7 920” (Surveyor General, Malaya. Drawn and printed by the Survey Dept: Federation of Malaya @ The Australian National University, 1950: |"Malaysia, Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Sheet 47, 1950, 1:7 920").
Kanan: Gambar sekitar 1946: orang ramai mengerumuni jenazah pesalah yang telah dihukum mati ketika dibawa masuk ke dalam lori: “Figure 16: A crowd gathers to watch the bodies of executed prisoners carried into lorries (1946).”

(Sumber: Mariana Isa @ University of Bath, 2006: |"Pudu Jail Conservation Statement", m.s. 12, 15-16).

Contoh surat permohonan bertemu banduan di Penjara Pudu, serta laporan permohonan-permohonan dan status permit kebenaran bagi setiap satunya. Ketika ini Penjara Pudu masih di bawah penyeliaan tentera British (BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION, 05/02/1946: |"PERMITS TO VISIT ACCUSED PERSONS IN PRISON").

Contoh petisyen rayuan keluarga seorang banduan untuk memohon pembebasannya, serta keputusan pihak pengurusan. Ketika ini Penjara Pudu telah diambil alih oleh kerajaan persekutuan (FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, 05/07/1948: |"PETITION FOR REMISSION OF SENTENCE PASSED ON PRISONER WOON HOW S/O WOON HEE NO. A.132 OF PUDU PRISON."). Beberapa contoh banduan dan permohonan lain:-

• 01/07/1948: See Toh (tidak dapat dikesan): permohonan lawatan isterinya Lim Geok Eng ("APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO VISIT HER HUSBAND SEE TOH AT PUDU GAOL").
• 05/07/1948: Koh Peng Choi s/o Koh Ah Kai: permohonan pelepasan hukuman oleh isterinya Boh Ah Kam ("PETITION FOR REMISSION OF SENTENCE PASSED ON PRISONER KOH PENG CHOI S/O KOH AH KAI N.A. 134/47 OF PUDU PRISON.").
• 22/07/1948: Hashim bin Samsudin: permohonan pemindahan dari penjara Singapura ("TRANSFER OF PRISONER HASHIM BIN SAMSUDIN FROM SINGAPORE TO PUDU GAOL.").
• 13/08/1948: Wong Ah Cheong dan Chong Ah Sooi: permohonan pemindahan dari penjara Taiping ("TRANSFER OF PRISONERS WONG AH CHEONG AND CHONG AH SOOI FROM TAIPING GAOL TO PUDU GAOL").
• 19/08/1948: Chen Swee Nyong: permohonan lawatan saudara kandungnya Chen Yong Kiew: “INFORMATION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FROM CHEN VONG KIEW TO VISIT HER BROTHER WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED TO 10 YEARS OF CONFINEMENT AT THE PUDU PRISON AS WELL AS THE PERMISSION FOR HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER TO VISIT THE BROTHER.” ("APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO VISIT HER BROTHER CHEN SWEE NGONG AT PUDU GAOL").
• 05/10/1948: Chong Tong Chun: permohonan lawatan isteri keduanya, Pn. Wong Ah Sim. Tidak diluluskan oleh kerana terlalu kerap (juga khuatir ia mencetus rasa cemburu!): “THE KUALA LUMPUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS REJECTED THE APPLICATION RECEIVED FROM MRS WONG AH SIM OF 18 SULTAN STREET, KLANG TO SEE HER HUSBAND AT PUDU JAIL, KUALA LUMPUR ONCE A WEEK.” ("APPLICATION FROM MR F.H. WILLIAMS ON BEHALF OF MRS WONG AH SIM FOR PERMISSION TO VISIT HER HUSBAND CHONG TONG CHUN AT PUDU GAOL.").