Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh in a detailed verdict of 26 pages on a public interest petition suggested that the establishment of women’s jails at Lahore, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi has been necessary to protect the rights of female prisoners.
The court has directed the authorities to take steps to reform the inmates into civilized members of society.
“Around 3200 inmates of Islamabad jurisdiction have been imprisoned in Rawalpindi jail, this congestion in the jail can be addressed with the establishment of a prison in Islamabad,” the bench suggested.
The court also directed specialized training of the jail staff for better treatment of death row, drug addicts, and mentally ill prisoners.
The court has also directed for transfer of mental patients to the Punjab Institute of Mental Health and the construction of separate wards for mentally ill prisoners.
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