Posted inSindh

Jails bursting at seams with twice the population

KARACHI: Prisons across Sindh, especially in the metropolitan city of Karachi, are overcrowded as they are housing 10,000 more prisoners than their total capacity of 13,500, according to official figures. There are 33 prisons across Sindh, but 26 are operational. Of these, seven are central jails while the rest are district, women and juvenile prisons. […]

Gift this article