Open AccessSocio-Environmental Condition Of Women At Prison: A Case Study Of Karachi Central Jail
Author(s) -
Dur-E.-Shehwar Baloch,
Parveen Shah,
Misbah Bibi Qureshi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pakistan journal of gender studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8886
pISSN - 2072-0394
DOI - 10.46568/pjgs.v5i1.389
Subject(s) - prison , punishment (psychology) , criminology , psychology , data collection , sociology , social psychology , social science
This paper proposed to discuss the socio-environmental conditions of women at prison in Karachi.1 Prison is kind of punishment in which people are physically restricted of a range of personal freedom. Besides this, in jail manual, women have been protected by different rules and regulations. This paper is an explanatory study based on quantitative and qualitative research methodology. The questionnaire method was used for the purpose of data collection. The study shows that the situation on ground and the conditions of women prisoners is not good. In Pakistan rules and laws are available however, they are not implemented. This paper also suggests measures and recommendations in order to overcome the unhealthy and unhygienic condition faced by women prisoners at Karachi Central Jail.