System of Prison Management in Pakisan
system of prison management in pakistan
prison management:
1. types of prisons:
In Pakistan prisons are constitutionally under the provinces which are classified into four types, namely: (i) Central Prisons; (ii) Special Prisons; (iii) District Prisons; Class-I, II & III; and (iv) Sub-jails. * Central prisons have an authorized accommodation for more than 1000 prisoners, irrespective of the length of sentences. There should be a central prison in each zone/division of the province. * Women prison, open prison, Borstal institution and juvenile training centre or reformatory schools are deemed to be special prisons. * District prisons are prisons other than central prisons or special prisons and are class I, II or III. Class I prisons have capacity upto 500 and class II have intake upto 300. * Sub-jails are prisons other than central, district or special prisons.
2. inmate classification:
The underlying principle in Pakistan for classification of prisoners is not security rating but personality traits, education, social status and pre-conviction as well as crime involvement records after conviction. There are three classes of prisoners in Pakistan under the Prisons Rules 1978: (1) Superior class; (2) Ordinary class; and (3) Political class.
Class ‘A’ comprises of prisoners who should have three qualifications: (i) They should be first offenders of good characters; (ii) By social status , education and habit of life should have been accustomed to a superior made of living; and (iii) Should have not been convicted of offences of serious and pre-meditated violence. Islam does not allow classes in prisons on any grounds as it is discrimination on public charges to facilitate haves and deprive the have notes. Great scholars of Islam were imprisoned for no wrongs but they never claimed better class.
Class ‘B’ consists of offenders who by social status, education or habit of life have
prison management:
1. types of prisons:
In Pakistan prisons are constitutionally under the provinces which are classified into four types, namely: (i) Central Prisons; (ii) Special Prisons; (iii) District Prisons; Class-I, II & III; and (iv) Sub-jails. * Central prisons have an authorized accommodation for more than 1000 prisoners, irrespective of the length of sentences. There should be a central prison in each zone/division of the province. * Women prison, open prison, Borstal institution and juvenile training centre or reformatory schools are deemed to be special prisons. * District prisons are prisons other than central prisons or special prisons and are class I, II or III. Class I prisons have capacity upto 500 and class II have intake upto 300. * Sub-jails are prisons other than central, district or special prisons.
2. inmate classification:
The underlying principle in Pakistan for classification of prisoners is not security rating but personality traits, education, social status and pre-conviction as well as crime involvement records after conviction. There are three classes of prisoners in Pakistan under the Prisons Rules 1978: (1) Superior class; (2) Ordinary class; and (3) Political class.
Class ‘A’ comprises of prisoners who should have three qualifications: (i) They should be first offenders of good characters; (ii) By social status , education and habit of life should have been accustomed to a superior made of living; and (iii) Should have not been convicted of offences of serious and pre-meditated violence. Islam does not allow classes in prisons on any grounds as it is discrimination on public charges to facilitate haves and deprive the have notes. Great scholars of Islam were imprisoned for no wrongs but they never claimed better class.
Class ‘B’ consists of offenders who by social status, education or habit of life have
Bibliography: * Aulakh, Abdul Majeed Dr. “Criminal Justice in Pakistan”, Muslim Academy Lahore 1985. * Aulakh, Abdul Majeed Dr. “Prison Administration” in Pakistan, S&S Publications, Urdu Bazzar. Lahore, Pakistan, 1995. * Aulakh, Abdul Majeed Dr. “Prison Code & Probation Parole Laws of Pakistan”, Kausar Brothers, Lahore 2004.