Prison population and occupancy level, Pakistan

G-CRM-10 · gap-crime

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108,643 prisoners; official capacity 66,625; occupancy level 163.1% — Prison population and occupancy level, Pakistan · November 2024World Prison Brief, Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (citing the Chief Justice of Pakistan) · November 2024Source named — not yet verified

Source

World Prison Brief, Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (citing the Chief Justice of Pakistan) — https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/pakistan. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

Prisons hold far more inmates than capacity, showing that punishment is congested rather than swift and effective.

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