PAKISTAN’S overcrowded jails distort the intention of imprisonment — rehabilitation, education, and occupational development. The Annual Prisons Data Report 2026, compiled by the National Commission for Human Rights and Justice Project Pakistan, reveals that attention to lengthy confinement, delays in trials, and difficulties in obtaining bail has been long overdue. It also finds that Pakistan’s jails, built for 68,832 people, were operating at over 160pc of their capacity. The prison system........

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