Our visit to Central Jail
Posted by Iqra Asif

Our visit to the main jail provided us with many insights to the prevailing situation and conditions thereby based on the material received from various sources, information gathered through visits to jail, communications received from the public, experiences/observations narrated by citizens and recommendations received from relevant professionals. Though security measures have been taken to assure that discipline is maintained throughout the premises of the jail such as they do not allow anyone to enter without a proper check and a stamp on the front of hand. The walls of the jail have also been kept high so that they can ensure that prisoners are not able to escape by any chance. Once you have entered the jail, its a necessity to abide by all the regulations pertaining to the laws.

Moreover, people are not allowed to take their cameras along but we still managed to take pictures of some of the important things. The jail contains various sections according to the nature of crime and has been separated for foreigners and the local prisoners. However, we still came across the unhealthy conditions especially for the women who had been sentenced to death. They have been exposed to the most inhuman treatment. They cannot leave their present rooms where they have been locked up. There are no separate bath rooms attached to the room, so they have to fulfil all their physical and personal requirements within the boundaries of that room.

There has been outcry over the inhuman conditions prevailing in Pakistani jails. If we as citizens are set out on the mission of strengthening and stabilizing Pakistan step by step, then security and structural changes are desperately required for administering reforms.

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