181 women prisoners confined in three Sindh jails: report

35 children are also confined along with their mothers

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh Police informed the Supreme Court on Monday that 181 female inmates were confined in three jails of the province.

The sou moto case regarding the miserable conditions of women prisoners in Pakistani jails is being heard by a three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Saqib Nasir.

During the hearing IG Sindh jails submitted a report stating that capacity of female inmates in the jails was 510 but presently, 181 women were confined in three jails of the province.

According to the report, out of the total 181 female inmates, 96 were detained in Karachi Central Jail, 47 in Hyderabad Women Jail whereas 38 in Larkana jail.

It was also revealed that 35 children, along with their mothers, were being kept in these jails.

Under the law, a mother is authorised to keep her less-than-6-year-old kids with herself.

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The Sindh Police in its report said there was no social welfare department in the province to look after these children. However, one NGO, run by former Supreme Court judge Nasir Aslam Zaid, is taking measures for the welfare of these detained children, the report added.

During the previous hearing on Wednesday, Punjab Police told the Supreme Court that there were 823 inmates with 175 of them females in different prisons in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), respectively.