List of prisons in Afghanistan

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There are between 24 and 77 prisons in Afghanistan. [1] [2] [3] [4] As of 2023, the total number of prisoners in the country is approximately 14,000 of which up to 1,100 are females. [5] [6] The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:

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Prisons in Afghanistan
PrisonStatusClassificationManagedOpenedCapacityLocation
Parwan Detention Facility OperationalMaximum Ministry of Defense 2009? Bagram
Pul-e-Charkhi prison OperationalMinimum Ministry of Interior 1970s5,000 Kabul
Herat Prison [7] OperationalMinimum [8] Ministry of Interior?2,000 Herat
Kandahar Prison [9] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,900 [10] Kandahar
Nangarhar Prison [11] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,700 [12] Jalalabad
Balkh Prison [13] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?? Mazar-i-Sharif [14]
Ghazni Prison [15] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500 [16] Ghazni
Khost Prison [17] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500 Khost
Kunduz Prison OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?Over 500 [18] Kunduz
Helmand Prison [19] [20] OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?? Lashkar Gah
Salt Pit Closed?United States???
Dark prison Closed?United States???
Total capacity20,000 [5] (current)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pajhwok obtains list of 5,000 Taliban prisoners". Pajhwok Afghan News. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "UN Finds Progress in Torture Eradication in Afghan Prisons". TOLOnews. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "UN: Some Progress in Afghanistan Torture Eradication, But Much Left To Do". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "More Than 300 Afghan Children, Many Older Than 5, Home Is Mother's Cellblock". The New York Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. 1 2 "More Than 1000 Women Imprisoned in Afghanistan: Prison Authority". TOLOnews. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Officials: Over 12,000 Imprisoned Across Country". TOLOnews. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Karimi, Storai (3 December 2016). "55 prisoners released from Herat prison". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  8. ↑ "Behind Bars". 16 February 2011.
  9. ↑ Naadem, Bashir Ahmad (30 December 2018). "Kandahar Central Jail should move out of city: Residents". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  10. ↑ "60 prisoners released from Kandahar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Zarifi, Yousuf (6 June 2018). "131prisoners released from Nangarhar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  12. ↑ Zarifi, Yousuf (10 August 2017). "34 prisoners set free from Nangarhar prison". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  13. ↑ Ihsas, ‌Zabihullah (27 December 2017). "Prisoners flee Balkh jail after gunbattle with security guards". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  14. ↑ "ICRC Audiovisual Archives". International Committee of the Red Cross. 1 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison, freeing hundreds". BBC News. 14 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Taliban frees hundreds in deadly Afghan prison raid". CBS News. 14 September 2015.
  17. ↑ Haroon, Mohammad (8 October 2015). "Khost prison security beefed up after Kunduz jailbreak". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  18. ↑ "Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates". CNN. 28 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "ICRC Audiovisual Archives". International Committee of the Red Cross. 24 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "Exclusive: Fearing more jailbreaks, Afghanistan rushed inmates out of Helmand". Reuters. 27 October 2015.
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