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Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial competency under the
Constitution of Pakistan The Constitution of Pakistan ( ur, ), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's Pakistani political parties, opposition ...
. Pakistan has the 23rd largest prison population in the world and the 5th largest death row population. Around 64.5% of prisoners are awaiting trial prisoners. 98.6% of prisoners are male, 1.7% are juveniles and 1.2% of those held are foreign citizens. As of 2018 Pakistan had an official occupancy capacity for 56,499 prisoners but held 80,145 prisoners.


Types of prisons

The most common and standard jail institutions are Central Jails, District Jails and Sub Jails. The other types of jail establishments are Women Jails, Borstal Schools, Open Jails and Special Jails.


List of Prisons

There are 99 operational prisons with an authorized capacity of 45,210 inmates. According to the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan there are 80 169 prisoners.


Islamabad

* Islamabad Jail Complex, under construction


Balochistan

Prisons Department of Balochistan has following Jails:


Gilgit Baltistan

Prisons in
Gilgit Baltistan Gilgit (; Shina language, Shina: ; ur, ) is the capital city of Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and the Hunza River. It is a major Tourism in Paki ...
are under jurisdiction of Home and Prison Department.


Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Prisons in
Azad Jammu and Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...
are under jurisdiction of AJK Prison Department.


Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtukhwa Prisons inspectorate is an attached department of Home and Tribal Affairs Department. The Inspectorate of Prisons supervises the operation and management of 22 prisons and 5 internment centers.


Punjab


Sindh

Karachi Region #
Central Prison Karachi Central Jail Karachi, also known as Central Prison Karachi, is a prison in the city of Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan. It houses more than 4800 prisoners including convicted terrorists that include militants who attempted to assassinate President of P ...
# District Prison Malir Karachi # Central Prison for Women Karachi Hyderabad Region # Central Prison Hyderabad # Special Prison Nara Hyderabad # District Prison Badin # District Prison Mirpurkhas # District Prison Shaheed Benazirabad # District Prison Sanghar # District Prison Dadu # Open Prison Badin Sukkur Region # Central Prison Sukkur # Central Prison Larkana # Central Prison Khairpur # District Prison Sukkur # District Prison Shikarpur # District Prison Naushahroferoze # District Prison Ghotki # District Prison Jacobabad # Special Prison for Women Larkana


Training


Federal

The National Academy for Prisons Administration is the Federal Government's department for setting the standards of prison staff and is in charge of the training for all the prison staff in every provinces of Pakistan. It operates under
Ministry of Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...
. The academy is based in
Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
.


Sindh

Government of Sindh runs a training institute at Sindh Prisons Staff Training Institute Nara Hyderabad.


Punjab

Government of Punjab runs
Punjab Prisons Staff Training Institute Punjab Prisons Staff Training Institute (PPSTI) is a provincial Government's training institute for subordinate prison staff of all Jails in Punjab in Pakistan. It operates under general command and control of the Inspector General of Prisons, Pun ...
in Lahore.


See also

Prison officers ranks: * Inspector General of Prisons * Deputy Inspector General of Prisons * Assistant Inspector General of Prisons * Superintendent of Jail Related: *
Crime in Pakistan Crime in Pakistan is present in various forms and occurs everywhere, especially in the many major cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Peshawar, Multan, Hyderabad, Islamabad and Quetta. Among other general crimes ...
*
Law enforcement in Pakistan Law enforcement in Pakistan ( ur, ) is one of the three main components of the criminal justice system of Pakistan, alongside the judiciary and the prisons. The country has a mix of federal, provincial and territorial police forces with both gen ...
List: * List of prisons in Pakistan


References

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