TYPES OF PRISONS:
– Central Jails, District Jails, Sub Jails
– Women Jails
– Borstal Schools
– Special Jails
LIST OF PRISONS:
– 99 operational prisons
– Authorized capacity of 45,210 inmates
– 80,169 prisoners (Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan)
– Prisons in Gilgit Baltistan under Home and Prison Department
– Jails in Gilgit Baltistan: District Jail Gilgit, District Jail Ghizer, District Jail Skardu, District Jail Diamer, Gahkuch Jail
AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR:
– Prisons under AJK Prison Department
– Jails: Central Jail Mirpur, Central Jail Muzaffarabad, District Jail Bagh
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA:
– Prisons Inspectorate under Home and Tribal Affairs Department
– Supervises 22 prisons and 5 internment centers
– List of jails in various regions with construction years
– Includes Central Jail Lahore, District Jail Okara, Central Jail Multan, District Jail Vehari, Central Jail Faisalabad
TRAINING INSTITUTES:
– National Academy for Prisons Administration in Lahore
– Sindh Prisons Staff Training Institute Nara Hyderabad
– Punjab Prisons Staff Training Institute in Lahore
REFERENCES:
– Fourth Schedule: Legislative Lists
– World Prison Brief data on prison population
– Information on death penalty in countries
– Articles on prison reforms in Pakistan
– Websites of Punjab Prisons, Sindh Prisons Department, Balochistan Prisons Department, KP Prisons, Interior Ministry, and Home Departments
Prisons in Pakistan and their administration, is a Provincial competency under the Constitution of Pakistan. 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.