NCHR’s Jail Visits In terms of NCHR’s role as an oversight to jail management and the rights of prisoners, under the NCHR Act which refers to inspection of “any jail, place of detention or any other institution or place under the control of the government or its agencies, where convicts, under trial prisoners, detainees or other persons are lodged or detained.” Prisons are subject to budget restraints in Pakistan, resulting in staff shortage, with existing staff working prolonged hours that are detrimental to their health, and outdated infrastructure and facilities at jails. Overcrowded cells, poor ventilation systems, outdated medical and educational facilities, and lack of recreational space create an abysmal atmosphere for the inmates. A large percentage of Pakistan’s prison population is still under-trial, with slow trials and discrepancies in court proceedings keeping already overcrowded prisons populated. List of Jails NCHR visited across Pakistan: PUNJAB KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA BALOCHISTAN SINDH District Jail Lahore Central Jail & Juvenile Jail Faisalabad Central Jail (Adiala), Rawalpindi (multiple visits) District Jail Mansehra District Jail Abbottabad Sub Jail Lakki Marwat Sub Jail Tank (multiple visits) Central Jail D I Khan Central Prison Peshawar Central Prison Haripur Central Prison Bannu Sub Jail Swabi Sub Jail Charsadda Sub Jail Nowshera District Jail Kohat Central Prison Mardan Hudda Central Jail, Quetta (multiple visits) Women & Juvenile Karachi Central Jail Mirpurkhas Central Prison Karachi Malir Jail Jail NCHR’s Inquiry into Torture at Adiala Jail NCHR investigated allegations of torture at Central Jail (Adiala), Rawalpindi at the behest of Chief Justice Athar Minallah on the basis of a complaint of custodial torture filed by Ms. Imtiaz Bibi before the Islamabad High Court. 8