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462 men and women await death in Sindh Jails

 

NewsPakistan.tv report by M. M. ALAM

 

KARACHI: There are some 20,000 men and over 200 women prisoners languishing in 25 prisons in Sindh. The population of jails includes 460 condemned men and two condemned women. 38 infants are also rotting behind bars for no crime of their own.

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Central Prison Karachi that was constructed in 1899 for only 2400 inmates presently harbors 6253 prisoners.

Flaws in the jail structure surfaced recently when cells were flooded with water and prisoners had to spend nights standing in knee-deep water.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.