PrisonsReforminPakistan

ReportbytheCommission(ConstitutedbyIslamabadHighCourtinW.P.4037of2019)

January2020

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This Report is produced by the Commission which was created under the directions of the Honourable Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court in the matter titled Khadim Hussain vs Federation of Pakistan (W.P. 4037 of 2019). I am grateful to the members of the Commission including Secretary Ministry of Health, the Provincial Prison Departments and the Provincial Chief Secretaries for their meaningful input in the form of provision of relevant data. I am also thankful for the technical support offered by the officials at Ministry of Human Rights; Mr. Mohammad Arshad Director General HR Wing, Mr. Arfan Shabbir Deputy Director HR Wing, Ms. Khoala Batool HR Wing and Ms. Maimana Khattak Junior Legal Expert for preparation of questionnaires and review of relevant laws – both national and international. A special thank you is also extended to the Regional Directorates of Human Rights who contributed by carrying out on spot visits of jails and recording their findings. Rabiya Javeri Agha Federal Secretary Ministry of Human Rights Government of Pakistan

REFORMSINPRISONSOFPAKISTANReportbytheCommission

ABSTRACTThisReportiscreatedpursuanttothedirectionsoftheHonorableIslamabadHigh

CourtinthemattertitledKhadimHussainvsFederationofPakistanW.P.No.4037

of2019.TheCommissionconductedextensiveresearch in linewith theTermsof

Reference laid down by the Honourable Islamabad High Court. The Report

produced by this Commission is divided into five sections. The first section

provides an introduction to the purpose of this report wherein the terms of

referenceofthecommissionarelaidout.ThesecondsectionoftheReportprovides

abriefnarrativeof theactionstakenbytheCommission incomplianceofCourt’s

directions.The thirdsectiondescribes thedatacollected fromprisonauthorities;

andcategorizesthesameintorelevantdistinctgroups.Thefourthsectionanalyses

theexistingprisonrulesinlightof internationalstandardsdraftedbytheUNand

identifiesgapsinlightofthedatacollectedbythecommission.Inthelastsection,

theReportproposessolutionsandrecommendationstoimprovethehumanrights’

conditions in the prisons of Pakistan in light of the Commission’s Terms of

Reference.

INDEX

Sr. Pages

1. MainReport 1

2. AppendixA-JailVisitRawalpindi 12

3. AppendixA-1–JailVisitKotLakhpat 13

4. AppendixA-2–JailVisitPeshawar 19

5. AppendixA-4–JailVisitKarachi 21

6. AppendixA-5–JailVisitMach 23

7. AppendixB–DataReceived 24

8. AppendixC–MandelaRulesMatrix 28

9. AppendixD–MatrixregardingSickPrisoners 40

10. AppendixX–SOPtreatmentfortransgenders 46

ACRONYMSUSEDINTHEREPORT:

KPK–KhyberPakhtunkhwaNAPA–NationalAcademyforPrisonsAdministrationNGOs–Non-GovernmentOrganizationsNCSW–NationalCommissiononStatusofWomenNCHR–NationalCommissiononHumanRightsPMIS–PrisonersMonitoringIndexSystemPPR–PakistanPrisonRulesSOP–StandardOperatingProceduresTOR–TermsofReference

I. IntroductionandBackground

Mr. KhadimHussain, currently a prisoner at the Central Jail Adyala, Rawalpindi,filed aWrit Petition before the Honorable IslamabadHigh Court after his visionwas impaired during the course of his sentence due to failure and negligence ofprisonauthorities.Afterhearing theplightof theprisoner, theHonourableHighCourt constitutedaCommission to be chaired by the Minister of Human Rights to look into thefollowingareas(theTermsofReference):

i. To investigate human rights violations in the prisons of Pakistan andlack ofmedical assistance and obstacles in access to a court of lawofprisonerswhodonothavemeansorassistanceinthisregard.

ii. ToinvestigatefailureonpartoftheexecutiveauthoritiesandrespectiveGovernmentstofulfillobligationsandenforcethePrisonRulesandtheCodeofCriminalProcedure,1898relatingtoprisonerswhosufferfromillnessanddiseases.

iii. TocarryoutareviewofthePrisonRulesandotherrelevantlawswiththeobjectof fulfilling the commitmentsof theStateofPakistanundertheConstitution,InternationalTreatiseandConventions.

iv. Proposesolutionstodealwiththehumanrightviolationsintheprisonsandamendmentsinanylaw,rulesorregulations.

v. Suggestproposalsregardingappropriategovernanceandmanagementsystems.

vi. Howtoensureindividualandinstitutionalaccountability.The Commission comprised the following members; Federal Minister of HumanRights (Chairperson),SecretaryMinistryof Interior, SecretaryMinistryofHealth,Former Chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Mr. GhaziShahabuddin Journalist,Mr.ZiaAwanAdvocateSupremeCourt,Mr.TariqKhosa,Former Director General Federal Investigation Agency, the Provincial ChiefSecretariesandSecretaryMinistryofHumanRights.II. CompliancewithCourtOrdersPursuant to the orders of the Honourable Islamabad High Court dated 22ndNovember2019intheabovetitledmatter,theMinistryofHumanRightsissuedanotificationon27thofNovember2019notifying themembersof theCommissionandTermsofReferenceoftheCommission.TheCommission’sfirstmeetingwasheldon4thDecember2019.InresponsetotheletteroftheMinistryofHumanRights,Mr.TariqKhosa,FormerDirectorGeneraloftheFIArespectfullydeclinedtoacceptmembershipoftheCommissiononbasisofcertainprinciplesandcommunicatedthesameviaemailon29thNovember2019.Ms. Zohra Yusuf vide letter dated 9th December 2019 also communicated herinability to become a member of the Commission due to health reasons and

nominatedMs.UzmaNoorani,Co-ChairpersonoftheHumanRightsCommissionofPakistanasherreplacement.On 4th of December the Minister of Human Rights chaired the meeting of theCommissionandalltheremainingmembersoftheCommissionattendedthesame.TheCommissiondeliberatedupontheTORsandcertainkeyissues/considerationswereraised.Abriefsummationofthesalientissuesdiscussedinthemeetingisasfollows:

i. Home Departments to provide currently available data regardingprisons, their capacity andoccupancy ingeneral andmore specificallywith respect to procedures in place to deal with sick and mentallychallengedprisoners;

ii. Nelson Mandela Rules (adopted by the UN) and where necessaryBangkokRules 2010 (Regarding detention ofwomen and children) tobeusedasstandardguidelinestoestablishbestpracticesinjailreform;

iii. TheprocedurestodealwithmercypetitionshavebeenstreamlinedandimprovementsintheprocessoffillinganddealingwithmercypetitionstobeimplementedbyProvincialAuthorities;

iv. Individualcasesofprisonerswhoaresickand/ormentallychallengedmay be considered apart from the data provided by the relevantauthorities;and

v. AddresstheissueofUnderTrialPrisonerswhoformahugeportionofprisonpopulationonanurgentbasis.

TheMinistryofHumanRightsalsodispatcheda lettertotheMinistryofNationalHealth Services, Regulation and Coordination (NHSR&C) to share the data andfindings/observationsof theCommittee fromtheirvisit to theCentral JailAdiala,Rawalpindi on 9th of December 2019 for consideration of the Commission. ThereportwasdulysharedbyNHSR&CwiththeCommission.

On8thofJanuary2020twodesignatedofficialsfromtheMinistryofHumanRightsvisitedtheCentralJailinRawalpindi,andofficersfromtheRegionalDirectorateofMinistry of Human Rights in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta also visitedCentral Jail Kot Lakpat Lahore, Central Prison Peshawar, Central Prison Karachi,andCentral JailMachrespectively foraphysical inspectionofprisonpremises toassess the health conditions of the prisoners. (The reports of these visits areattachedherewithasAppendixA,A-1,A-2,A-3,A-4andA-5respectively).The secondmeeting of the Commissionwas held on 9th January 2020. The draftreportandmatrix,produced in lightofvarious information received fromprisondepartmentsandthejailvisits,wascirculatedanddiscussedamongstmembersfortheirinputandrecommendations.III. InformationandDatareceivedfromPrisonAuthoritiesThe information and data for the purposes of this Report was collected in twophases.Inthefirstphaseprisonauthoritiesfromallfourprovinceswererequested

during the Commission’s meeting held on 4th of December 2019 to provide allinformation anddata to theMinistry ofHumanRights. Eachprovincial authorityprovideddata,whichwasdividedintothefollowingmaincategories:

i. The number of prisoners in each province categorized byUnder TrialPrisoners,ConvictedPrisonersandCondemnedPrisoners;

ii. The number of female inmates (including number of mothers andchildren);

iii. Thenumberofjuvenilesincarceratedineachprovince;iv. The number of seriously or terminally ill prisoners in each province

(PrisonWise);v. The amount of Diyat/Arsh/Daman to be paid by prisoners in each

province;vi. Thenumberofmercypetitionsmadeineachprovince;andvii. The number and type ofmedical facilities and equipment available at

eachprisonincludingmedicalandtechnicalstaff.

Theaimofcompilingrawdatareceivedwas toconsolidate therawdata fromallfour prisons authorities into uniform categories. Compilation of data into astandard format helped the Commission identify areas where information waseither missing or required. Secondly, once all the data was received, theCommission identified problem areas (substantiated with data) to proposeeffectiveandrelevantrecommendationsforprisonreforms.In the second phase, the Commission againwrote to the prison departments forprovisionofmissinginformationearlier identifiedinPhaseone,whichtheprisondepartments graciously provided. The data received was then used to proposerelevantsolutionstoameliorateconditionsofprisonersinPakistan.ThedatacollectedisannexedasAppendixBtothisReport.IV. AnalysisofthePrisonRulesinlightofInternationalObligationsTheCommissionalsofocusedonthereviewofPakistan’sdomesticlawsinlightofinternationally recognized best practices and standards. In Pakistan, prisons areregulated and administered under the Pakistan Prison Rules 1978, which are acompilationof over1250 rules thatdealwith allmatters relating toprisons andprisoners.On the international front, the Nelson Mandela Rules adopted by the UnitedNationsin2015,arecurrentlytheinternationalguidingprinciplesontreatmentofprisoners. The UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment ofOffenders originally adopted the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment ofPrisonersin1955toconstitutetheuniversallyacknowledgedminimumstandardsfor themanagementofprison facilitiesandthe treatmentofprisonersacross theworld. InDecember2015, theUNGeneralAssemblyadopted therevisedrulesasthe“UnitedNationsStandardMinimumRules for theTreatmentofPrisoners”.AspertherecommendationoftheExpertGroup,therevisedrulesaretobeknownas

"the NelsonMandela Rules" to honour the legacy of the late President of SouthAfrica,NelsonRolihlahlaMandela,whospent27yearsinprisoninthecourseofhisstruggle for global human rights, equality, democracy and the promotion of acultureofpeace.There are a total of 125Mandela Rules that cover 27 broad areas of prison lifeincludingbutnot limitedtomattersof filemanagement,separationofcategories,accommodation,hygiene,clothingandbedding,food,exercise,searched,complaintmanagement, contactswith outsideworld, transfer of prisoners, prison staff andinternalandexternalinspections.Whereissuesofwomenandchildrenareconcerned,referencehasalsobeenmadeto theBangkokRules.TheBangkokRules,or formally, “TheUnitedNationsRulesfor the Treatment ofWomen Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures forWomenOffenders” is a set of 70 rules focused on the treatment of female offenders andprisonersadoptedbytheStandardMinimumRulesfortheTreatmentofPrisoners,whichappliestoallprisonersregardlessofgender.AgapanalysiswascarriedoutbytheCommissionwhereeachMandelaRulewasjuxtaposed with the Prison Rules already in place in Pakistan to highlight anydeficiencies in the Prison Rules and to make recommendations to make theseprisonrulescompliantwithinternationalstandards.Thematrixpreparedasaresultofthisanalysis,isannexedasAppendixCtothisReport.Apartfromagenericgapanalysis,aspecificanalysiswascarriedoutwithrespecttotherightsofsickprisonersinlightofinternationalstandards.ThematrixforthisisannexedasAppendixDtothisReport.V. RecommendationsinlightofTORsInlightofthedatacollectedandthegapanalysisconductedbytheCommission,thefollowing recommendations with respect to each TOR are submitted before theHonorableHighCourt.i. To investigate human rights violations in the prisons of Pakistan and

lack ofmedical assistance and obstacles in access to a court of law ofprisonerswhodonothavemeansorassistanceinthisregard.

The data collected revealed that currently the prison population in Pakistan isapproximately 77,000 inmates. As compared to the total population the over-allauthorizedcapacityofprisonsacrossPakistanisonlyfor56,634inmates.Thus,oneof the root causes for major human rights violations is a result of massiveovercrowdingofprisons.InPunjabalone29outofthe41prisonsareovercrowdedwhereasinSindh8prisonsareovercrowded.

Desegregationoftheprisonpopulationrevealsthatamongsttheprisonpopulation,analarmingproportioncomprisesofunder-trialprisoners.Inallfourprovincestheunder-trial prisoners constitute almost (if not more) than half of the prisonpopulation. Even though these prisoners have not yet been convicted of anyoffences they are languishing in prisons and contributing to overcrowding. Thetablebelowprovidesabreakdownofthesefiguresprovince-wise:Province TotalOccupancy Under-Trial PercentagePunjab 45324 25,054 55%KPK 9900 7067 71%Sindh 16315 11,488 70%Balochistan 2122 1244 59%Inaddition to themassiveproblemofovercrowding, severalotherhumanrights’violationswere also identified from the data provided by the prison authorities.According to the data provided, amongst the total prison population there arecurrently almost 2100 prisoners with physical ailments, approximately 2400inmates who are suffering from contagious diseases like HIV, Hepatitis andTuberculosisandapproximately600prisonerswhosufferfrommentaldiseases.Thetablebelowprovidesabreakdownofthesefiguresprovincewise:Prisonerswith Punjab Sindh KPK Balochistan Male F Male F Male F Male FHepatitis 1047 34 461 1 208 0 72 0HIV 255 2 115 1 39 0 13 0TB 87 0 50 2 27 0 07 0Mentaldisease 290 8 50 0 235 0 11 0Othersickness 1453 27 50 0 642 20 0 0The Pakistan Prison Rules contain provisions for adequate medical and legalassistance,howevertheprimaryproblemisthatofimplementationoftheserules.The data received from the prison departments across Pakistan revealed thatalmosthalfofthesanctionedpostsofmedicalstaffremainvacant.Toworsenthesituation, not every prison is equipped with medical and dental equipment andvery few prisons have functioning labs and paramedical staff. The prisonauthoritiesfailtoprovideambulancestotransferprisonerstohospitalsincasesofemergencies.Linkedtotheproblemsidentifiedabove,istheissueofprisonersnotbeingawareof their rights under the Pakistan Prison Rules. Prisoners are not adequatelyinformed of their rights at the time of sentencing and therefore continue to faceviolationsoftheirrightstakingplaceintheprisonpremises.AlthoughtheprisonsinPunjabhavetherightsoftheprisonerspostedonsignboardsandprisonsinKPKandSindhhave similarpamphlets of these rightspastedon the frontwall of thebarracks,itappearsthattheprisonersarenotreadtheserightsouttoandremainunawareoftheirrights.

ii. ToinvestigatefailureonpartoftheexecutiveauthoritiesandrespectiveGovernmentstofulfillobligationsandenforcethePrisonRulesandtheCodeofCriminalProcedure,1898relatingtoprisonerswhosufferfromillnessanddiseases.

TheCommission identifiedcertain factors thatcontributetowards failuresonthepartofexecutiveauthoritiestofulfillobligationsandenforcePrisonRules.

A. ProceduralDelaysinobtainingpermissionfromHomeDepartment:

First and foremost, data reveals that currently there are a total of 245 cases ofmedically illprisoners thatarependingbefore therespectiveHomeDepartmentswith232casesinSindhand12inPunjab.However, the language of PrisonRules (Rule 197) states thatwherenecessarytoremoveaconvictedprisoneroranundertrialprisonertohospitaloutsidetheprisonfor operative or other special treatmentwhich cannot conveniently be given in theprison itself (a) the order of the Government shall be obtained through the IG…providedthatinemergentcasestheSuperIntendantoftheprisonisauthorizedtoanticipatethesanctionofGovernmentandifhedoesso,heshouldmakeanimmediate report to IG(b)incasesinwhichaconvictedorundertrialprisoneristakentohospital fortreatmentasanout-patientonlyorforX-rayexamination,theSuperintendent of the prison is empowered to authorize the visit himself… (v) allexpenses incurred by the hospital authorities in connection with the treatment ofprisonersfromprisonswillbebornebytheHealthDepartment.[EmphasisAdded]Such delays in seeking permission from the Home Departments have seriouslyaffected andworsened the health conditions of prisoners that can be effectivelyaddressed at early stages. For example, Abdul Basit, a former administrator at a medical college, was sentenced to death in 2009. On 1 August 2010 whilst in Central Jail, Faisalabad, Basit contracted tubercular meningitis, which, due to the negligence of the jail authorities, has left him paralyzed from the waist down. He has been scheduled for execution three times since July 2010 but such punishment could not be performed since a botched hanging would be in Violation of Articles 7 and 14 of the ICCPR. He is still languishing in jail. It would therefore be prudent to devise SOPs that would significantly reduceproceduraldelaysandshortenthetimelinesformedicalredressortheauthoritytoissue transportation orders for hospitals may be given to the Superintendententirely.

B. LackofMedicalEquipmentandAmbulancesAlthough all the district and central prisons across Pakistan have hospitals, theproblemhighlightedbytheprisondepartments isa lackofadequateprovisionofmedical and technical equipment such as ECG machines, X-Ray machines,ultrasoundmachines,oxygencylinders,dentalunits,laboratoriesandbedsintheseprison hospitals. For example, the data provided by Punjab prison departmentshowedthat10%percentoftheprisonsdon’thaveambulancesandthosethatdo,arenotwellequipped.Balochistanprisonauthoritiessharedthattheyonlyhave4

ambulances for the entire province. The Commission discovered thatapproximately200prisonerswereunabletoreceivemedicalassistanceduetolackofambulancesinprisonsinSindh.Furthermore,visitstojailsalsorevealedthatnooxygen cylinders or other equipment for emergency cases were available in jailhospitals. Most of the doctors who come for checkups of inmates come fromhospitalsoutsideoftheJails.

C. TrainingandCapacityBuildingofStaff

Anothermajorissueisthelackoftrainingandcapacitybuildingoftheprisonstaffand second is the vacancy of posts of prison staff – both administrative andmedical. The data collected from Balochistan states that at present, BalochistanProvincedoesnothaveitsowntrainingcenterforprisonofficialsandstaff.Allthetrainees are sent to NAPA Lahore for basic/ Mandatory and other promotionaltraining facility. NAPA as the key institution for Prison training is highly under-utilized. Only30%of theOfficers/OfficialshavecompletedtheirBasicTrainingand remaining 70% are untrained. Although the other provinces do carry outtrainings and capacity building exercises, the prison staff remains generallyunawareoftheirdutiesunderthePrisonRulesthatspeciallyincludeshumaneanddignified treatment of prisoners. The essence of Mandela Rules i.e. of treatingprisoners with dignity and respect is generally missing from the training of theprison staff. As highlighted by the Ministry of Interior, after the devolution ofsubjectofpoliceandjailtotheprovincesNAPAisnotbeingusedtoitsfullpotentialandispractically lyingdormant. Amandatoryin-serviceandcentralizedtrainingatNAPAwouldsavecostsandimprovecapacityofjailofficials.Relatedtothisissueistheproblemofvacantposts.Datarevealsthatalmosthalfofthesanctionedposts remainvacant.Possible causes for suchvacancies identifiedby the prison authorities themselves are the lack of adequate protection of theprisonstafforinsufficientpayscalesascomparedtoothergovernmentofficers.InPunjabandKPKalmosthalfoftheparamedicandmedicalstaffpostshavenotbeenfilled. The Sindh prison department highlighted that a lot of these issues are aresultof financial restraintsasprisonwork is round the clockdutyand requiresmore resources than other departments. The Balochistan prison departmenthighlighted several issues like an absence of employee’s quota for prisons ingeneralrecruitment,provisionofadequatehealthandhousingfacilitiesforprisonstaffandtheirtime-scalepromotion.Thetablebelowdetailstheinformationreceivedfromprisonauthorities:Data Punjab Sindh KPK Balochistan Male Female M F M F M FSanctioned strength ofmedicalofficers

64 23 47 7 31 5 12 04

Vacant strength ofmedicalofficers

36 09 31 6 17 2 04 03

Sanctioned strength ofdentists in all theprisonsintheprovince

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Vacantpostsofdentistsinall theprisons in theprovince

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sanctioned strength ofpsychologists in all theprisons in the province(Chief,Junioretc.)

93 0 0 0 11

02 0

Vacant posts ofpsychologists in all theprisonsintheprovince

56 0 0 0 02 04 0

Sanctioned strength offemalenursesandLHVsinall theprisons in theprovince

15 13

11 15

Totalnumberofaddictsadmitted in drugrehabilitationprograms

538 - 20 0 59 0 05 0

D. CoordinationwithHealthDepartments

ThePunjabPrisonDepartmentpointedoutthatincreasedcoordinationwithhealthdepartments is required in order to improve the conditions of sick prisoners inPakistan. As per the data received from all four departments there areapproximately 800 prisonerswho are admitted in drug-rehabilitation programs.Structuredandinstitutionalcoordinationisessentialtoensurethewelfareofsickprisoners.iii. TocarryoutareviewofthePrisonRulesandotherrelevantlawswith

theobjectof fulfilling the commitmentsof theStateofPakistanundertheConstitution,InternationalTreatiseandConventions.

TheCommissionpreparedagapidentificationmatrixinordertocarryoutareviewofPrisonRulesinlightoftheinternationallyrecognizedstandardsandguidelines.Thematrix identifies primary two categories of gaps. First is the gapwithin thelanguageofthePrisonRulesandthesecondisthegapineitherimplementationorknowledgeofthoserules.Asreferredto intheprevioussectiontheentirematrixhasbeenannexedwiththisreportasAnnexureChoweversomeofthesalientgapshavebeenreproducedbelow:

A. GapsInPrisonRules

a. The language of the Prison Rules barring Rule 1065 does not reflect thespiritofMandelaRulesi.e.treatmentofprisonswithhumanityanddignity

b. No separate provisions exist in the Prison Rules to cater to transgenderprisoners.Inthisregard,it issubmittedthatMinistryofHumanRightshasdeveloped SOPs for treatment of transgender and police that may bereferred to while dealing with transgender prisoners (SOP is attached asAnnexureXwiththeReport).

c. Data shows that there are currently over 1500 prisoners who are seniorcitizens (807 in Punjab, 223 in Sindh, 447 inKPK and 50 in Balochistan).There are no express provisions for prisonerswho are above 60 years ofage.

d. ThePrisonRulesdonotrefertoanytrainingoftheprisonstaff.e. Inmateswithdisabilities requirespecialattention in thePrisonRules.The

Rights of PersonswithDisabilitiesAct has recently been approved by theNational Assembly and the prison staff in dealing with prisoners withdisabilitiesmustrefertotheRulesoncetheyaremadeunderthisAct.

B. GapsInImplementation

a. Overcrowding of prisons is the biggest problem that must be dealt with.Under-trial prisoners constituting ahugeportionof theprisonpopulationareconfinedinthesamecircumstancesandsetofconditionsas convictedprisoners. Appropriate classification or categorization of prisoners is notensuredwithrespecttotheirage,medicalconditions,ordisabilities;

b. Thereisnouniformfilemanagementsysteminplaceintheprisonsacrossthe country therefore, it is therefore difficult to collect and maintaininformation toconstantlyassessandmonitor thehumanrights conditionsinprisons.AlthoughPunjab,KPKandSindhhave introducedPMISmostofthemareinbetastageandstillrequirefurtherupgradationandinstallationinallprisons.

c. TheMinistryofHumanRight’shasdevelopedacomputerizedtemplateforthe submission ofMercy Petitionswhichmay also be adopted in the firstinstancesothatastandardizedformisavailableforprisonersondeathrow.It may be informed that Ministry of Human rights, through approval ofCabinet was also able to streamline and shorten the entire lengthyprocedureofMercyPetitions.Effortsmaybemadetoensurethatthisnewprocedureis followedin letterandspiritsothatmercypetitionsreachthePresidencyintheshortestpossibletime.

d. Prisonersarenotmade fullyawareof their rights inprisons,despitesuchprovisions in the Pakistan Prison Rules and additionalmeasuresmust beintroducedtoinformthemoftheirrights;

e. There is a lack Proper psychiatric counseling of prisoners either due tounavailabilityofprisonpsychologistsorcapacityproblemsofpsychologistsworking in the prisons, as seen in data the number ofmental patients isconsiderable.Cases like thoseof ImdadandKanizawhohasn’t spoken foryearsarejustsomeofthementalpatientslanguishinginjail.

f. The majority of prison staff remain under-staffed, under-qualified anduntrainedtodealwithprisoners;

g. The complaintmechanismof prisoners is not followed either because theprisonersareunawareofthisprocessorbecausetherightsoftheprisonersarenotgiventheirdueimportance;

h. Notallprisonsareprovidingchild-carefacilitiesespeciallyinprisonswherechildrenareresidingwiththeirmothers;and

i. There is lackof effective legal aid available forprisoners.Althoughall theprovincesencourageaccesstolegalaidthroughadvocatesandbarcouncils

that offer their services voluntarily,many prisoners are unable to benefitfromfreelegaladvice.

iv. Proposeregardingsolutionstodealwiththehumanrightviolationsin

theprisonsandamendmentsinanylaw,rulesorregulations.

In light of the data received and the review of existing laws and internationalstandardsthefollowingmajorrecommendationsarepresentedbelow:

a. Trainingofprisonstaff,b. Immediatefillingofvacantpostswithtrainedandqualifiedstaff,c. Reduction in overcrowding of prisons by releasing good prisoners on

probation,paroleandremissions,d. Digitizationofprisondata,e. Creating SOPs that would quicken the process of seeking government

approval to transfersickprisoners tohospitalsandensuring theirright tohealthandadequatemedicaltreatment;

f. Allowingforexternalauditsofprisons;andg. NCSWandNCHRmust fulfill theirmandate by ensuring that the rights of

prisonersareupheldbyconductingregularprisonvisitsh. Adequatebudgetsareallocatedforprisons.

Additional recommendationsarealsoprovided in thematrixdevelopedpursuanttoTORno.iii.v. Proposalsregardingappropriategovernanceandmanagementsystems.Data received from the provinces show that Sindh and KPK have launched betaversions of PMIS however there is still a long way to go till all the prisons aremanagedandsupervised throughthese indicators.ThePMISbeingsetup inKPKshallbecompletedbyMay2022.Inordertosignificantlyimprovethegovernanceand management system of the prisons, the entire system would have to bedigitized. Thiswould greatly assist the provincial authorities to develop uniformsystems of e-filing of prisoners’ records and would make record-keepingmanageableandeasier.In addition to the above, interprovincial trainingsofprison staffmaybe carriedout so thatbestpracticesofotherprovinces canbeadopted.Lastly, the financialbudgetofprisondepartmentsmustbe increasedtocater tohumanandtechnicalresourcerequirements.ForexampletheprisondepartmentinKPKinformedthatit is in the process of introducing a case management system for the prisonerswherebyallrelevantauthorities includingthepolice, the judiciaryandtheprisonstaff will have relevant data on each prisoner. If effectively operated the otherprovincesmaylearnfromthesamemanagementsystem.vi. Howtoensureindividualandinstitutionalaccountability.

DataprovidedbyprisondepartmentsshowsthatinBalochistanDistrictOversightcommitteesarealreadyfunctioningandtheyconveneeveryfortnight.InSindhtheCommittee for welfare of prisoners in Sindh is functioning which is alsoresponsibleforprovisionoflegalaidtoprisoners.InKPKandPunjabDistrictandProvincial Oversight Committees have been notified as well who are regularlyconducting visits, however reports of these oversight committees have not beenseen.Although theseCommitteesare functioning, it isalsorecommended thatexternalorganizationsincludinghumanrightsbasedNGOsaswellasNCSWandNCHRmaybe allowed to regularly visit theprisons to eithermake recommendationswhichmay be useful to improve prison conditions or maintain a check on the prisonconditionsandhealthofprisoners.TheMinistryofHumanRightshasproposedadraftbillonpreventionofTorturetitledTortureandCustodialDeath(Prevention&Punishment)Bill2018.Thesaidbill holds accountable prison officials responsible for inflicting torture and otherforms of cruel and inhumane treatment including custodial death and custodialrape. If passed by the national assembly the same can be efficacious in ensuringinstitutionalaccountability.

Government of Pakistan Ministry of Human Rights **** Subject: Report on Visit to Central Jail, Rawalpindi to Assess the Condition of

Sick Prisoners and Available Facilities on 8th January, 2020 Central Jail, Rawalpindi has currently 5000 inmates out of which 131 are

female prisoners. The medical facilities include one general 80 bed hospital. There are four

isolated rooms for emergencies and special cases while eight other segregated cells are

allocated for prisoners on the death row. Three medical officers are posted there, including

one male and two female officers, one senior psychologist and two junior psychologists.

Apart from that, there is paramedical and other supporting staff. There are enough basic

medical facilities including a mini laboratory, two wheel chairs and two ambulances for

emergencies. The female section had an extra emergency room with the ultra sound machine

and other necessary equipment for delivery of children. A number of tests including blood

grouping, blood sugar, urine, pregnancy, detection of hepatitis B&C as well as HIV/AIDs are

regularly carried out in the above mentioned laboratory.

2. About 250- 300 sick prisoners daily visit OPD for check-up while a total of

82642 inmate patients were treated in the OPD in the year 2019. A total of 6628 inmates were

assessed by the psychologist in the year 2019. 335 screenings for Hepatitis C and HIV, 9

screenings for Tuberculosis, 17 for HIV/AIDs were carried out in the year 2019. Moreover,

there are weekly visits of specialists/consultant doctors from PIMS and public hospitals of

Rawalpindi to Central Jail Hospital, Adyala. The doctors visiting from PIMS, Islamabad treat

sick prisoners of Islamabad while the others treat Rawalpindi based prisoners.

3. The Medical Officer Dr. Khalil during the briefing informed that currently

there are ten prisoners who are seriously ill based on the assessment of Medical Board of

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) constituted after the Honourable Islamabad

High Court, Islamabad took up the matter of sick prisoners and formed this Commission.

Also, there are approximately 77 male and 14 female prisoners who are aged 60 and above.

These prisoners mostly have age related health issues but no major sickness. All the medical

officers however informed that there is shortage of staff and the hospital facilities also need

to be upgraded. The medical officers are overburdened as the prison is overcrowded which

makes it difficult to timely address emergency situations.

Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Human Rights,

Regional Office HR Peshawar, Ph# 091-9219599 Federal Judicial Complex, 1st Floor Fax. 091-9219599 Phase-VII Hayatabad, Peshawar

F. No. HRP/_____________ Peshawar, the 8th January, 2020 To The Director General (HR), Ministry of Human Rights,

Islamabad.

Subject REPORT ON THE VISIT TO CENTRAL PRISON PESHAWAR.

Memo,

As directed, I visited Central Prison Peshawar on 7th January, 2020 and personally examined the

processes / procedures and the available facilities regarding facilitation of elderly prisoners and the referral

system for the chronic sick inmates in the jail. There is a small health unit in the jail premises which provides

basic health facilities and has arrangements for simple laboratory tests. However, the sick prisoners, who need

complicated tests, diagnosis and specialized treatment are referred to nearby LRH, KTH and other health

facilities available in Peshawar under strict security system without any procedural modalities through provincial

government by Superintendent of the Prison.

2. It is pertinent to mention that the elderly prisoners are treated as ordinary inmates and are not

provided any special facility in the jail. As per data provided by the administration, 14 elderly prisoners have

been convicted F/A and 27 are still under trial F/B. Similarly 92 Juveniles F/C and 36 female prisoners are

also facing trial in different courts F/D. Five babies in the age group of 2 months to 7 years are languishing in

jail with their confined mothers without any schooling F/E.

3. As per record 210 prisoners were referred to different hospitals of Peshawar for specialized

treatment from 1-10-2019 to 31-12-2019, where 04 have been diagnosed as TB patients whereas 25 HCV, 13

HBS, 08 HIV F/F. During the course of visit to jail hospital, 14 prisoners were found admitted in medical ward

whereas 21 prisoners were found hospitalized in psychiatry unit.

Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Human Rights,

Regional Office HR Peshawar, Ph# 091-9219599 Federal Judicial Complex, 1st Floor Fax. 091-9219599 Phase-VII Hayatabad, Peshawar

Suggestion / Recommendations

1. Correction center for the prisoners under the supervision of criminologists and

sociologists may be established in jails, which may help in understanding the nature of crime

and criminals, the behavior of the prisoners and their psychology so that more stress can be laid

on reformation / correction and social integration instead of mere punishment.

2. Govt sponsored Skill Development Center with proper affiliation with certifying body

may be introduced in the prison.

3. Proper mess system for prisoners be introduced and the present system of food

distribution may be discarded as it is degrading and humiliating.

4. Though every barak has three to four washrooms but these are not sufficient for the

sanitation of 80 to 120 prisoners residing in one barak. It is root cause of many diseases such as

TB and Hepatitis.

5. Modernization of Mulaqat Room. Video conferencing or e- mulaqat system needs to be

introduced particularly in all central prisons since lot of people come for mulaqat and it

becomes difficult for the inmates and the visitors to communicate because of heavy rush on

both sides of the steel mesh.

6. Regular trainings / sessions for jail administration and staff may help to improve human

rights situation in jails.

Note. Detailed Report regarding this visit is being sent separately on Jail Monitoring tool of ROHR,

Peshawar.

(GHULAM ALI) Director Peshawar Copy to: P.S to Worthy Secretary (HR), Ministry of Human Rights Islamabad. (GHULAM ALI) Director, Peshawar

Government of Pakistan Ministry of Human Rights

Regional Office Human Rights 1st Floor, PRCS Building adjacent OEC

Dr. Daudpota Road, Karachi Phone:99205835, Fax:99205837

F. No. ROK/1-2/18 Dated 8th January, 2020

To, The Director General (HR), Ministry of Human Rights, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.

SUBJECT: VISIT OF CENTRAL PRISON KARACHI BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR REGIONAL OFFICE HUMAN RIGHTS KARACHI.

Sir, Kindly refer to our telephonic conversation on 07-01-2020 on the subject noted above.

2. As directed, the Deputy Director of this office visited Central Prison and

Correctional Facility Karachi on 7th January, 2020 in order to obtain the requisite information

regarding sick prisoners, procedures for their treatment, remission for aged prisoners (if any) and

medical facilities for prisoners. The details are attached herewith for your kind perusal as

desired, please.

Yours faithfully,

Encl: (As above)

-Sd- (Iqbal Pasha Shaikh)

Acting Director

SUBJECT: VISIT OF CENTRAL PRISON KARACHI BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR REGIONAL OFFICE HUMAN RIGHTS KARACHI.

During the visit of Central Prison Karachi on 07-01- 2020, as per meeting with

Syed Kamal Shah, Deputy Superintendent, Central Prison Karachi and Chief Medical Officer,

Central Prison & Correctional Facility Karachi and obtained following information regarding

sick prisoners, procedures for their treatment, remission for aged prisoners (if any) and medical

facilities for prisoners as desired, please.

Ø 101 patients are admitted in Central Prison hospital, Karachi the details are

attached.

Ø There are five Doctors posted in Central Prison & Correctional Facility Karachi

Karachi (two in morning, two in evening and one in night).

Ø There are 10 wards and two ambulances in Central Prison & Correctional Facility

Karachi.

Ø For medical treatment of surgery or other medical treatment which are necessary

for prisoner but not available at prison (if the case is not related to the

emergency), the request of the same is forwarded to the Home Department (for

convicted prisoners) and to the concerned Court (for under trial prisoners) in order

to obtain prior permission for medical treatment of the prisoners in the hospital

which are outside the prisons.

Ø In case of Emergency, the Chief Medical Officer of the Prison refers the case to

the Superintendent of the Prison for permission and moves the prisoner (under

trial or convicted) for medical treatment in the hospitals which are outside the

prisons. Then, the details are forwarded to the Home Department (if the prisoner

is convicted) and to the concerned Court (in case of under trial prisoner).

Ø In case of remission, there is no any particular policy regarding remission.

Further, there are 16 prisoners above 60 years in Central Prison Karachi. The

details of the same has already been forwarded to the Home Department for

remission purpose as desired and waiting for further communication from Home

Department.

*****

AppendixB

COMPILATIONOFRAWDATAPROVIDEDBYIGPRISONSOFALLPROVINCESI. PrisonPopulation:

Province KPK PUNJAB SINDH BALOCHISTANPrisons(Central andDistrict)

20 41 24 11

Capacity 4519 32477 13538 2585CurrentOccupancy

9900 45324 16315 2122

Addicts 1474 17 6473 248 673 1 1131 3

Juveniles 339 618 153 46

Mothers withChildren

37 83

Children 50 90 23 Females UT

139Conv.32

UT452

Conv.301

UT148

Conv.51

UT16

Conv.05

II. SickPrisoners:Prisonerswith

Punjab Sindh KPK Balochistan

Male F Male F Male F Male FHep 1047 34 461 1 208 0 72 0HIV 255 2 115 1 39 0 13 0TB 87 0 50 2 27 0 07 0Mentaldisease 290 8 50 0 235 0 11 0Othersickness 1453 27 50 0 642 20 0 0III. EquipmentandMedicalStaffData Punjab Sindh KPK Balochistan Male F Male F Male F Male FSanctioned strength ofmedicalofficers

64 23 47 7 31 5 12 04

Vacantstrengthofmedicalofficers

36 09 31 6 17 2 04 03

Sanctioned strength ofdentists in all the prisonsintheprovince

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Vacantpostsofdentistsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all the prisons in theprovinceSanctioned strength ofpsychologists in all theprisons in the province(Chief,Junioretc.)

93 0 0 0 0 11 02 0

Vacant posts ofpsychologists in all theprisonsintheprovince

56 0 0 0 0 2 04Vacant

0

Sanctioned strength offemalenursesandLHVsinall the prisons in theprovince

14

13

11

14

Total number of addictsadmitted in drugrehabilitationprograms

538 - 200 0 59 0 05 0

Ambulances 30 6 4Labs 6 5 7 2IV. UnderTrialPrisoners

V. OtherRelevantInformationprovided:Balochistan:i. Presently, Balochistan Province have no separate Juvenile and Women

Prisons,oneenclosureisseparatelyallocatedforthepurpose;ii. Atpresent,BalochistanProvincedoesnothaveitsowntrainingcenter.All

the trainees are sent to NAPA Lahore for basic/ Mandatory and otherpromotionaltrainingfacility.

iii. 0nly30%of theOfficers/Officialshave completed theirBasicTrainingandremaining70%areuntrained;

Sindh:i. SindhPrisonsandCorrectionServicesAct2019ii. TheGoodConductPrisonersProbationalReleaseRules,2001iii. SindhPrisonsandCorrectionServicesAct2019-sec55(LegalAid)

Province Prisons TotalAdults

Male Female TotalJuveniles

Male Female

KPK 20 6753 6614 139 314 305 9Punjab 41 24545 24092 452 509 509 0Sindh 24 11354 11206 148 143 143 0Balochistan 11 1200 1184 16 44 44 0

iv. In women prison Karachi counseling being provided to 50 womenprisoners

v. PrisonerswithHIV,Hepatitis,TBanddrugaddictsaresegregatedvi. Training at Sindh Prisons Staff Training Institute Nara Hyderabad,

NationalAcademyforPrisonAdministrationLahore,NationalInstituteofManagement

vii. DistrictOversight Committees have been notified inDecemberwho areconductingregularvisits

viii. Constructionofnewjailsisunderconsiderationix. 1188prisonersareonprobationx. Beta version of PIMS has been installed and training sessions with the

helpofUNODChavebeenorganizedforover200prisonofficialsxi. Activity for updating the record of prisoners and connecting it with

NADRAisunderwayxii. Courses like fine arts, painting, computing, carpet manufacturing and

textilemanufacturingareprovidedxiii. Special boards have been constituted to consider cases of terminally ill

patientsforearlyreleasePunjab:i. TBDOTprogramandScreeningbeingconductedii. Dengueeradicationprogramsbeingcarriedoutiii. 17408 Addicts entered in rehabilitation programs and provision of

specialdiettothemand160havebeenreferredtooutsidejailhospitaliv. Detailsofvocationalcoursesofferedandtheirparticipationv. 21jailshaveadultliteracycentersvi. 66disabledprisonersKPK:i. All jailshavehospitals/dispensariesandambulancesareavailable inall

centralprisonsii. BloodscreeningtestsforHepatitisBandCofprisonersarebeingcarried

outiii. Treatmentisbeingprovidedtomentallydisabledpersonsiv. Specialdietplansareprovidedtosickprisonersv. ProvincialOversightCommitteeshavebeennotifiedbyHomeDepartment

and District Oversight Committees have been notified by DeputyCommissioners.Theyareconductingregularvisits

vi. Ramps have been constructed in Central Prison Peshawar to cater toprisonersinwheelchairsandthesamewillbeincorporatedinotherJails

vii. Proposalsandconstructionofadditionaljailsareunderwayviii. FormalandReligiouseducationisbeingimpartedtoprisonersincluding

highersecondaryandmatriculationix. In collaboration with Dost Foundation non-formal education is being

providedtojuvenilesx. Freelegalaidisbeingprovidedto1349prisoners

xi. PMISsystemhasbeenintroducedandwillbestreamlinesandupgradedinalljailsofKPK

xii. Prison Census activity has been initiated to identify prisoners worthconsidering for non-custodial arrangements like bail, probation andparole.

xiii. CampCourtsinJailsareheldfordisposalofpettynaturecases.xiv. DOT Program for prisoners with TB and blood screening of 13141

prisonershasbeencarriedoutxv. 185MercyPetitionspendingbeforevariousforums

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

AR

EA

S SU

BSE

CT

ION

S L

EG

AL

FR

AM

EW

OR

K

GA

PS

RE

CO

MM

EN

DA

TIO

NS

1 G

ener

al

Prin

cipl

es

Def

initi

ons

i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 1,

2, 3

, 4.

ii.

R

ule

1065

in

Paki

stan

Pr

ison

s R

ules

is

a

com

plem

enta

ry

rule

th

at

emph

asiz

es

on

the

duty

of

pr

ison

sta

ff t

o tre

at p

rison

ers

hum

anel

y an

d lis

ten

to t

heir

grie

vanc

es.

How

ever

Sec

tion

2 of

Sin

dh

Pris

ons

and

Cor

rect

ions

Se

rvic

es

Act

20

19

(‘Si

ndh

Act

’) is

a b

ette

r enu

ncia

tion

of

the

Man

dela

R

ules

si

nce

it re

cogn

izes

th

e in

here

nt

fund

amen

tal r

ight

to d

igni

ty o

f a

pris

oner

. Fu

rther

mor

e,

the

Sind

h A

ct g

ives

mec

hani

sms

for

redr

essa

l an

d fil

ing

of

com

plai

nts

agai

nst

the

pris

on

staf

f.

The

Man

dela

Rul

es s

tress

on

th

e im

porta

nce

of

dign

ity o

f th

e pr

ison

ers.

Th

is

is

mis

sing

in

th

e ov

eral

l la

ngua

ge

of

the

Paki

stan

Pr

ison

R

ules

ba

rrin

g a

few

sp

ecifi

c ru

les.

Stre

ss o

n th

e in

here

nt h

uman

dig

nity

and

hum

ane

treat

men

t of

pr

ison

ers

with

out

disc

rimin

atio

n, a

nd o

n th

e ne

ed f

or r

ehab

ilita

tion

rath

er th

an p

uniti

ve p

unis

hmen

t is

esse

ntia

l and

ther

efor

e m

ust r

efle

ct

in a

ll le

gisl

atio

n de

alin

g w

ith tr

eatm

ent o

f pris

oner

s.

The

Sind

h A

ct r

ecog

nize

s C

onst

itutio

nal

Fund

amen

tal

Rig

hts

of

pris

oner

s, w

hich

has

not

bee

n do

ne in

the

Paki

stan

Pris

on R

ules

. To

cite

an

exam

ple,

Sec

tion

2 of

the

Sind

h A

ct is

repr

oduc

ed b

elow

: “P

urpo

se o

f the

Pri

son

Syst

em:

b) c

onfin

ing

all P

riso

ners

in s

afe

and

secu

re c

usto

dy w

hils

t ens

urin

g th

eir

fund

amen

tal

righ

ts a

s en

shri

ned

in t

he C

onst

itutio

n of

Isl

amic

Re

publ

ic o

f Pa

kist

an, a

s w

ell

as u

nder

thi

s Ac

t or

rel

ated

law

s an

d ru

les;

and

c)

ass

istin

g th

e w

elfa

re a

nd r

ehab

ilita

tion

of p

riso

ners

and

the

ir

rein

tegr

atio

n in

to

soci

ety

as

a la

w

abid

ing

citiz

ens

thro

ugh

prov

isio

ns o

f ref

orm

atio

n pr

ogra

ms.

”

2 A

dmis

sion

to

Pris

on

Allo

catio

n (c

lose

to h

ome)

i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 59

, 6

ii.

Rul

e 15

9 of

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

Rul

es

Alth

ough

ther

e ar

e pr

ovis

ions

to tr

ansf

er o

f a

pris

oner

to h

is/h

er h

ome

dist

rict s

uch

as R

ule

159

of P

PR, i

t is

man

dato

ry to

do

so

only

30

days

bef

ore

the

rele

ase

of th

e pr

ison

er.

The

oper

atio

n of

Rul

e 15

9 sh

ould

be

by d

efau

lt, li

ke th

e R

ule

59 o

f M

R. T

his

wou

ld b

e in

line

with

the

conc

ept t

hat c

onta

ct w

ith fa

mily

fa

cilit

ates

reha

bilit

atio

n pr

oces

s an

d m

akes

pos

t rel

ease

rein

tegr

atio

n ea

sier

. A

s fa

r as

poss

ible

, whe

n de

term

inin

g al

loca

tion

of p

rison

ers,

au

thor

ities

sho

uld

cons

ult w

ith p

rison

ers

them

selv

es to

ass

ess

wha

t th

ey c

onsi

der h

ome.

Inte

rnat

iona

l gui

delin

es a

llow

for s

peci

al to

be

mad

e fo

r: 1.

Pr

ison

ers

with

men

tal i

llnes

ses

2.

Fe

mal

e pr

ison

ers

with

chi

ldre

n 3.

Ju

veni

le p

rison

ers

4.

Fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls

The

pris

on d

ata

that

was

pro

vide

d di

d no

t exp

ress

ly p

rovi

de fo

r the

nu

mbe

r of p

rison

ers

who

hav

e be

en im

pris

oned

in ja

ils/p

rison

s aw

ay

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

fr

om th

eir h

omes

.

Reg

istra

tion

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 7

, 8.

ii.

Cha

pter

50

of th

e Pa

kist

an

Pris

on R

ules

.

Cur

rent

ly th

ere

does

not

ex

ist a

uni

form

ele

ctro

nic

file

man

agem

ent s

yste

m

in a

ll th

e pr

ison

s ac

ross

Pa

kist

an.

The

data

pro

vide

d by

the

Pris

on d

epar

tmen

ts re

flect

that

Pris

on R

ules

ar

e fo

llow

ed a

nd d

ata

rela

ted

to th

e pr

ison

er a

t the

tim

e of

adm

issi

on

is ta

ken

dow

n. H

owev

er, a

men

dmen

ts m

ay b

e m

ade

to th

e ex

tent

of

inco

rpor

atin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

cate

gorie

s of

dat

a in

the

list a

s w

ell (

in

addi

tion

to th

e da

ta a

lread

y re

cord

ed) a

t the

tim

e of

regi

stra

tion

• in

form

atio

n re

late

d to

beh

avio

ur a

nd d

isci

plin

e,

• re

ques

ts a

nd c

ompl

aint

s re

gard

ing

ill tr

eatm

ent.

•

Emer

genc

y co

ntac

t det

ails

of t

he p

rison

er’s

nex

t of k

in

shou

ld b

e no

ted.

Info

rmat

ion

(Reg

ime,

rule

s,

lega

l adv

ice)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

54,

55

ii.

Rul

e 64

of t

he P

akis

tan

Pris

ons

Rul

es.

Alth

ough

Rul

e 64

of

Paki

stan

Pris

ons

Rul

es

says

that

abs

tract

of r

ules

ar

e to

be

read

up

and

hung

but

no

prov

isio

ns

exis

t with

resp

ect t

o pr

ovis

ion

of m

anua

l of

pris

on la

ws

or th

e rig

hts

of th

e pr

ison

ers,

es

peci

ally

the

right

to

cons

ult a

lega

l pr

actit

ione

r are

dea

lt w

ith u

nder

the

Pris

on

Rul

es.

Ther

e ou

ght t

o be

a li

st o

f rig

hts/

pro

tect

ions

that

sho

uld

be re

ad o

ut

to th

e pr

ison

ers

upon

adm

issi

on, i

n a

lang

uage

they

und

erst

and.

Thi

s in

clud

es th

eir r

ight

to fi

le a

com

plai

nt, t

he p

roce

dure

for i

t, ap

plic

able

pr

ison

regu

latio

ns e

tc.

Alth

ough

the

pris

on d

epar

tmen

ts h

ave

prov

ided

that

som

e fo

rm o

f in

form

atio

n is

sha

red

with

the

pris

oner

s, it

is u

ncle

ar w

heth

er a

ll th

e la

ws

and

right

s ar

e re

ad o

ut to

them

. The

refo

re, i

t is

prop

osed

that

a

com

plet

e Ja

il m

anua

l with

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

Rul

es a

ttach

ed c

opy

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to th

e pr

ison

ers

upon

requ

est.

M

oreo

ver,

in li

ne w

ith S

ectio

n 34

of t

he S

indh

Pris

ons

and

Cor

rect

ions

Ser

vice

s A

ct (2

019)

, a p

anel

of l

egal

pra

ctiti

oner

s sh

ould

be

pre

sent

for t

he p

rison

ers

to c

onsu

lt w

ith, i

f the

y re

ques

t it.

Pris

oner

s Pr

oper

ty (S

afe

cust

ody)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

7, 6

7.

ii.

Paki

stan

Pris

ons

Rul

e,

Cha

pter

4, R

ules

69-

89.

Rul

e 68

Th

e pr

ison

dep

artm

ents

hav

e co

mm

unic

ated

that

a p

rope

rty re

gist

er

is m

aint

aine

d at

eve

ry p

rison

ther

efor

e th

ese

prov

isio

ns a

re b

eing

co

mpl

ied

with

. How

ever

, it i

s pr

opos

ed th

at th

e m

edic

ine

brou

ght b

y th

e pr

ison

ers,

if a

ny, b

e ke

pt a

vaila

ble

for t

he p

rison

er to

use

, sub

ject

to

the

appr

oval

of a

med

ical

pra

ctiti

oner

.

Med

ical

Sc

reen

ing

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 3

0, 3

4 ii.

R

ule

18-R

ule

20 o

f Pa

kist

an P

rison

Rul

es

(med

ical

exa

min

atio

n of

th

e pr

ison

er a

nd re

cord

ing

it)

Alth

ough

the

Paki

stan

Pr

ison

Rul

es s

peci

fy th

at

an e

valu

atio

n w

ill b

e do

ne o

f men

tal a

nd

phys

ical

hea

lth o

f the

pr

ison

er a

t the

tim

e of

ad

mis

sion

, no

prov

isio

ns

The

initi

al e

valu

atio

n m

ust a

lso

inco

rpor

ate

repo

rting

of a

ny s

igns

of

phys

ical

or

men

tal t

ortu

re s

uffe

red

by th

e pa

tient

in h

is m

edic

al

repo

rt, a

nd w

heth

er th

e in

mat

e is

at r

isk

of s

elf-

harm

at t

he ti

me

of

adm

issi

on.

Alo

ng w

ith th

is, t

reat

men

t sho

uld

be p

resc

ribed

and

imm

edia

tely

pr

ovid

ed.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

ex

ist w

ith re

spec

t to

cont

inua

tion

of

treat

men

t.

In li

ne w

ith th

e ab

ove

sugg

estio

n, it

shou

ld is

not

icea

ble

that

the

data

pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e Pu

njab

pris

ons a

utho

ritie

s act

ually

show

that

tre

atm

ent i

s ext

ende

d to

pris

oner

s at t

he ti

me

of a

dmis

sion

if in

jurie

s or

evi

denc

e of

tortu

re is

seen

.

3 C

lass

ifica

tion

and

Acc

omm

odat

ing

spec

ial n

eeds

Cat

egor

izat

ion

i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 11

. ii.

C

hapt

er 9

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

.

Ther

e is

no

conc

ept o

f op

en p

rison

s in

Pris

on

Rul

es.

Alth

ough

the

MR

stat

e th

at a

clo

sed

pris

on

shou

ld n

ot e

xcee

d 50

0 pr

ison

ers,

maj

ority

of

pris

ons i

n Pa

kist

an a

re

over

crow

ded.

N

o co

rres

pond

ing

prov

isio

ns fo

r Rul

e 2

and

5 of

the

MR

(pris

oner

s w

ith d

isab

ilitie

s) e

xist

in

Paki

stan

Pris

on R

ules

. Fu

rther

mor

e, n

o sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

with

resp

ect t

o ca

re o

f sen

ior c

itize

ns a

re

prov

ided

in P

rison

Rul

es.

Dat

a re

ceiv

ed fr

om p

rison

s ref

lect

s tha

t in

all p

rovi

nces

bar

ring

Bal

ochi

stan

, the

re a

re p

rison

s tha

t hav

e ou

tgro

wn

thei

r cap

acity

and

ar

e ov

ercr

owde

d. In

Pun

jab

alon

e al

mos

t hal

f of t

he p

rison

s hav

e ex

ceed

ed th

eir a

utho

rized

cap

acity

.

Cla

ssifi

catio

n i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 8

9, 9

3, 9

4 A

lthou

gh th

ere

is a

con

cept

of s

peci

al p

rison

s in

rule

6 (3

) of t

he

PPR

, but

in p

ract

ice

ther

e ar

e no

ope

n pr

ison

s in

Paki

stan

. N

o da

ta a

vaila

ble

on o

pen

pris

ons t

o co

ntes

t the

abo

ve st

atem

ent.

Spec

ial N

eeds

(e

.g.

disa

bilit

ies)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

2,5

Pr

oper

faci

litie

s sho

uld

be d

esig

ned

for d

isab

led

pris

oner

s. M

edic

ine

and

regu

lar m

edic

al c

are

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed to

peo

ple

with

di

sabi

litie

s. Th

eir m

edic

al fi

le sh

ould

be

upda

ted

with

the

chec

k up

s th

ey h

ave

unde

rgon

e. In

KPK

ram

ps a

re b

eing

con

stru

cted

oth

er

prov

ince

s may

take

sim

ilar m

easu

res.

Pr

ison

ers i

dent

ifyin

g as

the

trans

gend

er sh

ould

be

prot

ecte

d fr

om

othe

r pris

oner

s, as

they

are

vul

nera

ble.

A c

ompl

aint

pro

cedu

re c

an b

e de

vise

d fo

r the

m w

here

they

can

eith

er b

e se

para

ted

or p

lace

d in

se

para

te, i

n m

ore

secu

re q

uarte

rs o

f the

pris

on. U

pon

adm

issi

on,

pris

on o

ffic

ials

may

follo

w th

e SO

Ps fo

rmul

ated

by

the

Min

istry

of

Hum

an R

ight

s. A

nnex

ure

X

Sim

ilarly

, am

endm

ents

may

be

mad

e to

Pris

on R

ules

to in

corp

orat

e sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

for s

enio

r citi

zens

in th

e pr

ison

s.

4 Pr

ison

Sta

ff

Safe

ty

i. M

ande

la R

ule

74, R

ule

82

Ther

e ar

e no

co

rres

pond

ing

prov

isio

ns

in th

e PP

R, w

hich

ad

equa

tely

pro

tect

safe

ty

and

the

right

s of t

he

pris

on st

aff.

Ther

e is

a h

uge

turn

over

of

the

pris

on st

aff i

n

Pris

on S

taff

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

a ro

utin

e ch

ecku

p of

phy

sica

l and

m

enta

l hea

lth.

A su

ppor

t gro

up, h

eade

d by

a p

sych

olog

ist c

an b

e m

ade,

and

in

divi

dual

app

oint

men

ts c

an a

lso

be se

t up

to d

iscu

ss a

ll m

enta

l he

alth

issu

es fa

ced

by p

rison

staf

f.

Reg

ular

trai

ning

s of P

rison

staf

f to

deal

with

agg

ress

ive

pris

oner

s (M

R R

ule

82),

or in

spec

ial c

ircum

stan

ces.

Empl

oym

ent

i. M

ande

la R

ules

74,

78

ii.

Cha

pter

45

of P

PR

Secu

rity

of e

mpl

oym

ent s

houl

d be

ens

ured

and

em

ploy

men

t sho

uld

be in

cent

iviz

ed to

redu

ce h

igh

turn

over

rate

. Em

ploy

men

t ben

efits

an

d co

nditi

ons o

f ser

vice

shal

l be

favo

urab

le in

vie

w o

f the

exa

ctin

g

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

Pa

kist

an a

s the

re a

re n

o ad

equa

te p

rote

ctio

ns

espe

cial

ly fo

r med

ical

st

aff.

The

info

rmat

ion

rece

ived

from

the

pris

on

depa

rtmen

ts sh

ow th

at

alm

ost h

alf o

f the

pris

on

post

s tha

t pro

vide

te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt an

d ot

herw

ise

are

curr

ently

va

cant

. Th

e Pr

ison

staf

f als

o la

cks

prop

er tr

aini

ng w

ith

resp

ect t

o sp

ecia

l pr

ison

ers.

The

train

ing

of th

e of

ficia

ls sh

ould

be

upda

ted

year

ly.

Acc

ordi

ng to

dat

a pr

ovid

ed b

y Si

ndh

pris

on

depa

rtmen

t, re

gula

r tra

inin

gs o

f pris

on st

aff

are

carr

ied

out.

How

ever

, B

aloc

hist

an st

ates

that

on

ly 3

0% o

f the

ir st

aff i

s tra

ined

. A

lthou

gh th

e Pr

ison

Rul

es

refe

r to

rele

vant

qu

alifi

catio

ns o

f the

Pr

ison

staf

f, th

e sa

me

is

not i

mpl

emen

ted.

N

o co

rres

pond

ing

rule

s in

Pri

son

Rul

es to

cat

er

to R

ule

34 o

f the

B

angk

ok R

ules

ac

cord

ing

to w

hich

C

apac

ity-b

uild

ing

natu

re o

f the

wor

k.

For E

xam

ple

Cas

h A

war

ds fo

r Pris

on O

ffic

ers m

ay b

e in

trodu

ced

for

exce

ptio

nal p

erfo

rman

ce a

s pro

vide

d un

der S

ectio

n 24

of S

indh

Pr

ison

s and

Cor

rect

ions

Ser

vice

s Act

, 201

9

Rem

uner

atio

n i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 74

St

anda

rdiz

ed sa

fety

pro

cedu

res f

or S

peci

alis

ts a

nd m

edic

al p

erso

nnel

.

Rec

ruitm

ent

i. M

ande

la R

ules

74,

81

ii.

Cha

pter

45

of P

PR

Bef

ore

ente

ring

on d

uty,

all

pris

on st

aff s

hall

be p

rovi

ded

with

tra

inin

g ta

ilore

d to

thei

r gen

eral

and

spec

ific

dutie

s.

Alo

ng w

ith th

is, a

tuto

rial o

n tra

nsla

ted

sum

mar

y of

Man

dela

gu

idel

ines

on

the

treat

men

t of p

rison

ers s

houl

d be

giv

en m

anda

toril

y.

The

psyc

hoso

cial

nee

ds o

f pris

oner

s and

the

civi

c du

ties o

f the

staf

f sh

ould

be

emph

asiz

ed, t

he im

porta

nce

of th

eir j

ob sh

ould

be

impa

rted.

Pris

on st

aff s

houl

d al

so b

e de

terr

ed fr

om u

sing

exc

essi

ve

forc

e.

Trai

ning

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 7

5, 7

6 ii.

C

hapt

er 4

5 of

PPR

iii

. B

angk

ok R

ule

34

Staf

f tra

inin

g an

d pr

omot

ion

oppo

rtuni

ties s

houl

d be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to a

ll st

aff m

embe

rs o

n an

equ

al b

asis

, with

out d

iscr

imin

atio

n, a

nd in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

heir

parti

cula

r rol

es a

nd

func

tions

(MR

215

). W

omen

pris

on st

aff s

houl

d re

ceiv

e eq

ual a

cces

s to

train

ing

as m

ale

staf

f, an

d al

l sta

ff in

volv

ed in

the

man

agem

ent o

f wom

en’s

pris

ons

shal

l rec

eive

trai

ning

on

gend

er se

nsiti

vity

and

pro

hibi

tion

of

disc

rimin

atio

n an

d se

xual

har

assm

ent (

Ban

gkok

Rul

e 32

). In

line

with

Ban

gkok

Rul

e 33

, All

staf

f ass

igne

d to

wor

k w

ith

wom

en p

rison

ers s

houl

d re

ceiv

e tra

inin

g re

latin

g to

the

gend

er-

spec

ific

need

s and

hum

an ri

ghts

of w

omen

pris

oner

s. A

dditi

onal

ly,

basi

c tra

inin

g sh

all b

e pr

ovid

ed fo

r pris

on st

aff w

orki

ng in

wom

en’s

pr

ison

s on

the

mai

n is

sues

rela

ting

to w

omen

’s h

ealth

, in

addi

tion

to

first

aid

and

bas

ic m

edic

ine.

Mor

eove

r, w

here

chi

ldre

n ar

e al

low

ed to

st

ay w

ith th

eir m

othe

rs in

pris

on, a

war

enes

s-ra

isin

g on

chi

ld

deve

lopm

ent a

nd b

asic

trai

ning

on

the

heal

th c

are

of c

hild

ren

shal

l al

so b

e pr

ovid

ed to

pris

on st

aff,

in o

rder

for t

hem

to re

spon

d ap

prop

riate

ly in

tim

es o

f nee

d an

d em

erge

ncie

s.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

pr

ogra

mm

es o

n H

IV

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed a

s par

t of

the

regu

lar t

rain

ing

curr

icul

a of

pris

on st

aff.

The

data

pro

vide

d by

the

pris

on a

utho

ritie

s sho

ws t

hat t

he n

o sa

nctio

ned

post

s for

psy

chia

trist

s in

Sind

h, K

PK a

nd B

aluc

hist

an

whi

ch m

ay c

ater

to th

e hu

man

e tre

atm

ent o

f wom

en p

rison

ers a

nd

child

ren

born

in p

rison

s.

Alth

ough

lang

uage

acc

ordi

ng to

the

Rul

e 34

is m

issi

ng, d

ata

show

s th

at H

IV, T

B a

nd h

epat

itis s

cree

ning

s are

alre

ady

bein

g co

nduc

ted

acro

ss P

akis

tan.

In P

unja

b al

one

appr

oxim

atel

y 30

00 p

rison

ers w

ere

scre

ened

for H

IV.

Man

agem

ent

i. M

ande

la R

ules

79,

80

ii.

Cha

pter

45

of P

PR

Reg

ular

feed

back

to b

e ta

ken

from

the

STA

FF a

nd P

RIS

ON

ERS

on

how

the

man

agem

ent o

r ser

vice

s can

be

impr

oved

.

5 Fi

les a

nd

Rec

ords

Sy

stem

st

anda

rdiz

ed

i. M

ande

la R

ules

6, 1

0 ii.

R

ule

1240

In

Pak

ista

ni P

rison

s the

re

is a

cul

min

atio

n of

m

anua

l and

aut

omat

ed

syst

ems,

whi

ch a

re b

eing

us

ed a

nd th

ese

also

diff

er

from

pris

on to

pris

on.

No

com

plai

nts f

rom

pr

ison

staf

f and

the

pris

oner

are

reco

rded

. Th

e in

form

atio

n sh

ould

be

kep

t con

fiden

tial

espe

cial

ly th

e he

alth

re

cord

s of t

he p

rison

er

and

that

info

rmat

ion

shou

ld b

e tra

nsfe

rred

to a

m

edic

al fa

cilit

y up

on

rele

ase.

A S

tand

ard

elec

troni

c R

egis

ter s

houl

d be

use

d w

hich

shou

ld c

onta

in

all t

he fi

les o

f the

pris

oner

.

Info

rmat

ion

(Per

sona

l dat

a,

date

of r

elea

se,

lega

l cas

e,

com

plai

nts e

tc)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

7-9

, 26,

92

ii.

Cha

pter

50

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

. (R

ule

1240

)

All

of th

e re

gist

ers b

eing

use

d as

per

Rul

e 12

40 o

f the

PPR

shou

ld b

e A

utom

ated

. A

syst

em h

as to

be

devi

sed

in w

hich

a p

rison

er c

an e

ffec

tivel

y w

ithou

t coe

rcio

n m

ake

a co

mpl

aint

to th

e Su

perin

tend

ent a

nd u

pon

rele

ase

the

pris

oner

shal

l rec

eive

an

offic

ial c

opy

of th

e re

cord

s. Th

e da

ta p

rovi

ded

by S

indh

Pris

on d

epar

tmen

t sta

tes t

hat a

reco

rd is

m

aint

aine

d of

dire

ctio

ns fr

om th

e C

ourt

whe

re p

rison

ers h

ave

cour

iere

d th

eir g

rieva

nces

and

regu

lar r

epor

ts a

re fi

led

in c

ompl

ianc

e of

the

dire

ctio

ns. O

ther

pro

vinc

es m

ay a

dopt

sim

ilar m

etho

ds.

MoH

R h

as a

lread

y de

velo

ped

a st

anda

rdiz

ed M

ercy

Pet

ition

fo

rm/T

empl

ate

whi

ch sh

ould

be

uplo

aded

thro

ugh

adeq

uate

softw

are

onto

the

data

bas

e of

eac

h pr

ison

.

6 A

ccom

mod

atin

g Pr

ison

ers

Hyg

iene

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 1

5, 1

6, 1

8-21

ii.

C

hapt

er 3

1 of

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

s Rul

es

Alth

ough

Rul

e 76

7 of

the

PPR

talk

s abo

ut

mai

nten

ance

of w

ells

but

it

does

not

ens

ure

clea

n dr

inki

ng w

ater

. A

lthou

gh th

ere

is a

co

mpl

ete

proc

edur

e fo

r

The

pris

on se

rvic

e sh

ould

pro

vide

cle

an d

rinki

ng w

ater

and

sani

tatio

n se

rvic

es. T

he d

ata

prov

ided

by

Punj

ab re

flect

s tha

t eff

orts

are

bei

ng

mad

e fo

r san

itatio

n of

wel

ls, t

he sa

me

may

be

intro

duce

d in

oth

er

prov

ince

s.

As p

er R

ule

12 o

f The

MR

, one

pris

oner

shou

ld o

ccup

y on

e pr

ison

. H

owev

er, d

ata

prov

ided

to th

e C

omm

issi

on re

flect

s ser

ious

ov

ercr

owdi

ng in

all

pris

ons e

xcep

t Bal

ochi

stan

.

Food

and

W

ater

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 2

2, 3

5, 4

2,

43.

ii.

Cha

pter

20

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

A

ccom

mod

atio

n (p

re-

trial

de

tain

ees

sepa

rate

, pr

oper

he

atin

g et

c)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

12-

14, 4

2,

113

win

ters

in th

e R

ule

260

of

the

PPR

but

no

adeq

uate

he

atin

g fa

cilit

ies

are

prov

ided

for.

Rul

es 3

25 to

327

talk

ab

out c

hild

ren

born

in

pris

on, h

owev

er th

ese

are

inad

equa

te.

Dat

a: th

ere

are

50

child

ren

with

thei

r m

othe

rs in

KPK

and

90

in

Punj

ab.

Abs

ence

of

co

rres

pond

ing

prov

isio

ns t

o R

ule

51 o

f th

e B

angk

ok

Rul

es

whi

ch r

efer

to

prov

isio

n of

he

alth

-car

e se

rvic

es,

educ

atio

n,

deve

lopm

ent

and

reta

inin

g a

heal

thy

envi

ronm

ent

for

child

ren’

s up

brin

ging

are

be

ing

com

plie

d w

ith.

If th

e ch

ild is

con

ceiv

ed in

the

pris

on th

is fa

ct s

houl

d no

t be

men

tione

d in

the

child

's re

cord

s in

clud

ing

birth

cer

tific

ate.

(Rul

e 28

M

R a

nd R

ule

3 of

the

Ban

gkok

Rul

es).

T

o up

date

rul

es 3

25 to

327

, Rul

e 48

of t

he B

angk

ok R

ules

shou

ld

be in

corp

orat

ed v

erba

tim:

1.

Preg

nant

or b

reas

tfeed

ing

wom

en p

rison

ers

shal

l rec

eive

ad

vice

on

thei

r hea

lth a

nd d

iet u

nder

a p

rogr

amm

e to

be

draw

n up

and

mon

itore

d by

a q

ualif

ied

heal

th p

ract

ition

er.

Ade

quat

e an

d tim

ely

food

, a h

ealth

y en

viro

nmen

t and

regu

lar

exer

cise

opp

ortu

nitie

s sh

all b

e pr

ovid

ed fr

ee o

f cha

rge

for

preg

nant

wom

en, b

abie

s, c

hild

ren

and

brea

stfe

edin

g m

othe

rs.

2.

Wom

en p

rison

ers

shal

l not

be

disc

oura

ged

from

br

east

feed

ing

thei

r chi

ldre

n, u

nles

s th

ere

are

spec

ial h

ealth

re

ason

s to

do

so.

3.

The

med

ical

and

nut

ritio

nal n

eeds

of w

omen

pris

oner

s w

ho

have

rece

ntly

giv

en b

irth,

but

who

se b

abie

s ar

e no

t with

them

in

pris

on, s

hall

be in

clud

ed in

trea

tmen

t pro

gram

mes

.

It m

ay b

e no

ted

how

ever

that

alth

ough

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

Rul

es d

o no

t sp

ecifi

cally

refe

r to

vacc

inat

ions

and

mat

erna

l car

e to

be

prov

ided

, ho

wev

er, t

he m

othe

rs a

nd c

hild

ren

are

bein

g va

ccin

ated

.

It is

pro

pose

d th

at th

e be

st p

ract

ices

as

enlis

ted

in th

e B

angk

ok R

ules

fo

r chi

ldre

n m

ay b

e in

corp

orat

ed in

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

Rul

es:

Rul

e 50

Wom

en p

rison

ers

who

se c

hild

ren

are

in p

rison

with

the

m

shal

l be

pro

vide

d w

ith t

he m

axim

um p

ossi

ble

oppo

rtuni

ties

to s

pend

tim

e w

ith th

eir c

hild

ren.

Rul

e 9

If th

e w

oman

pris

oner

is a

ccom

pani

ed b

y a

child

, tha

t chi

ld

shal

l als

o un

derg

o he

alth

scr

eeni

ng, p

refe

rabl

y by

a c

hild

hea

lth

spec

ialis

t, to

det

erm

ine

any

treat

men

t and

med

ical

nee

ds. S

uita

ble

heal

th c

are,

at l

east

equ

ival

ent t

o th

at in

the

com

mun

ity, s

hall

be

prov

ided

.

Rul

e 23

Dis

cipl

inar

y sa

nctio

ns fo

r wom

en p

rison

ers

shal

l not

incl

ude

a pr

ohib

ition

of f

amily

con

tact

, esp

ecia

lly w

ith c

hild

ren.

Rul

e 28

Vis

its in

volv

ing

child

ren

shal

l tak

e pl

ace

in a

n en

viro

nmen

t

Chi

ldre

n an

d W

omen

i. M

ande

la R

ules

28,

29.

ii.

A

lso

see

UN

Ban

gkok

R

ules

. iii

. C

hapt

er 1

3 of

the

Paki

stan

Pr

ison

s R

ules

.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

th

at is

con

duci

ve to

a p

ositi

ve v

isiti

ng e

xper

ienc

e, in

clud

ing

with

re

gard

to s

taff

atti

tude

s, a

nd s

hall

allo

w o

pen

cont

act b

etw

een

mot

her

and

child

. Vis

its in

volv

ing

exte

nded

con

tact

with

chi

ldre

n sh

ould

be

enco

urag

ed, w

here

pos

sibl

e.

Rul

e 5T

he a

ccom

mod

atio

n of

wom

en p

rison

ers

shal

l ha

ve f

acili

ties

and

mat

eria

ls r

equi

red

to m

eet

wom

en’s

spe

cial

hyg

iene

nee

ds,

incl

udin

g sa

nita

ry to

wel

s pr

ovid

ed fr

ee o

f cha

rge

and

a re

gula

r sup

ply

of w

ater

to

be m

ade

avai

labl

e fo

r th

e pe

rson

al c

are

of c

hild

ren

and

wom

en, i

n pa

rticu

lar

wom

en i

nvol

ved

in c

ooki

ng a

nd t

hose

who

are

pr

egna

nt, b

reas

tfeed

ing

or m

enst

ruat

ing.

W

here

con

juga

l vis

its a

re a

llow

ed, t

his

right

sha

ll be

app

lied

with

out

disc

rimin

atio

n, a

nd w

omen

pris

oner

s sh

all b

e ab

le to

exe

rcis

e th

is

right

on

an e

qual

bas

is w

ith m

en. P

roce

dure

s sh

all b

e in

pla

ce a

nd

prem

ises

sha

ll be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to e

nsur

e fa

ir an

d eq

ual a

cces

s w

ith

due

rega

rd to

saf

ety

and

dign

ity.

It m

ay b

e no

ted

that

Birt

hday

par

ties

of c

hild

ren

and

othe

r ev

ents

are

ce

lebr

ated

in

pris

ons

in P

unja

b. S

choo

ls e

xist

in

wom

en w

ard

in t

he

Punj

ab j

ails

for

the

chi

ldre

n of

fem

ale

pris

oner

s. H

owev

er,

in K

PK

only

one

pris

on h

as s

choo

l fo

r ch

ildre

n.

Mos

t of

the

pris

ons

acro

ss

Paki

stan

allo

w fo

r Con

juga

l rig

hts.

7 D

isci

plin

e an

d Sa

nctio

ns

Sear

ches

(d

igni

ty a

nd

priv

acy)

i. M

ande

la R

ules

50-

53, 6

0

Sear

ches

sho

uld

be

carr

ied

out i

n a

resp

ectfu

l w

ay k

eepi

ng in

min

d th

e in

here

nt d

igni

ty o

f in

grai

ned

in e

very

per

son.

A

s pe

r Rul

e 43

, the

sco

pe

of s

olita

ry c

onfin

emen

t an

d ot

her f

orm

s of

de

grad

ing

treat

men

t in

clud

ing

crue

l pu

nish

men

ts s

houl

d be

lim

ited.

Hum

an C

onta

ct is

ne

cess

ary

for t

he m

enta

l he

alth

of t

he p

rison

ers

thus

pro

long

ed

conf

inem

ent s

hall

be

redu

ced.

Sear

ches

sho

uld

not b

e us

ed a

s a

pret

ext t

o ha

rass

pris

oner

s.

Strip

Sea

rche

s sh

ould

onl

y be

don

e in

exc

eptio

nally

dire

ci

rcum

stan

ces.

St

aff m

embe

rs h

ave

to fi

le a

repo

rt of

all

sear

ches

con

duct

ed, t

heir

natu

re, j

ustif

icat

ion

and

subs

eque

nt c

oncl

usio

n. A

cop

y sh

ould

be

prov

ided

to th

e pr

ison

ers

who

sho

uld

be to

ld o

f the

ir rig

ht to

file

a

com

plai

nt a

gain

st s

uch

sear

ches

. A c

opy

shou

ld a

lso

be fi

led

in th

e pe

rman

ent r

ecor

d of

the

pris

oner

. R

ule

19 o

f the

Ban

gkok

Rul

es c

larif

ies

that

per

sona

l sea

rche

s of

w

omen

and

girl

s sh

ould

“on

ly b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t by

wom

en s

taff

who

ha

ve b

een

prop

erly

trai

ned

in a

ppro

pria

te s

earc

hing

met

hods

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith e

stab

lishe

d pr

oced

ures

”.

Rul

e 42

Pre

gnan

t wom

en a

nd g

irls

shou

ld n

ever

be

subj

ecte

d to

va

gina

l sea

rche

s.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

i.

Solit

ary

conf

inem

ent

i. M

ande

la R

ules

43-

46,

Als

o se

e U

N B

angk

ok

Rul

es a

nd U

N H

avan

a R

ules

. Cha

pter

26

of

Paki

stan

Pris

ons R

ules

. Se

ctio

n 29

of P

rison

s Act

, 18

94

Dis

cipl

ine

and

orde

r sha

ll be

mai

ntai

ned

with

ne

cess

ary

rest

rictio

ns b

e im

pose

d an

d th

ese

rest

rictio

ns sh

ould

not

am

ount

to to

rure

(Rul

e 43

). In

stru

men

ts o

f Res

train

t ar

e in

here

ntly

deg

radi

ng

It m

ay b

e no

ted

that

the

data

rece

ived

by

the

pris

on d

epar

tmen

ts o

f al

l pro

vinc

es st

ate

that

solit

ary

conf

inem

ent,

if ev

er g

iven

, doe

s not

ex

ceed

3 d

ays.

In K

PK p

rison

s 74

pris

oner

s hav

e be

en d

etai

ned

in

solit

ary

conf

inem

ent.

H

owev

er, S

olita

ry c

onfin

emen

t sho

uld

be fo

rbid

den

alto

geth

er fo

r w

omen

, juv

enile

pris

oner

s and

pris

oner

s with

men

tal i

llnes

ses.

Dis

cipl

inar

y of

fens

es

i. M

ande

la R

ules

36-

43

Col

lect

ive

puni

shm

ent s

houl

d be

forb

idde

n.

Use

of

rest

rain

ts

i. M

ande

la R

ules

43,

47-

49

ii.

Rul

e 65

2 an

d R

ule

653

Rul

e 43

MR

No

Dis

cipl

inar

y ac

tion

shou

ld a

mou

nt to

tortu

re o

r any

ot

her c

ruel

or d

egra

ding

trea

tmen

t.

Any

such

trea

tmen

t sho

uld

also

be

repo

rted

on p

aper

, with

the

staf

f m

embe

r exp

lain

ing

the

reas

on fo

r it a

nd th

e pr

ison

er h

oldi

ng th

e rig

ht

to fi

le a

com

plai

nt a

gain

st it

.

Use

of f

orce

i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 82

. ii.

A

lso

see

UN

Bas

ic

Prin

cipl

es o

n th

e U

se o

f Fo

rce

and

Fire

arm

s by

Law

Enf

orce

men

t O

ffic

ials

iii

. R

ule

1066

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

Pris

oner

s sha

ll be

allo

wed

to d

efen

d th

emse

lves

in p

erso

n, o

r thr

ough

le

gal a

ssis

tanc

e w

hen

the

inte

rest

s of j

ustic

e so

requ

ire, p

artic

ular

ly

in c

ases

invo

lvin

g se

rious

dis

cipl

inar

y ch

arge

s.

Pris

oner

s sha

ll ha

ve a

n op

portu

nity

to se

ek ju

dici

al re

view

of

disc

iplin

ary

sanc

tions

impo

sed

agai

nst t

hem

.

8 C

onta

ct w

ith

the

outs

ide

wor

ld

Fam

ily a

nd

frie

nds

i. M

ande

la R

ules

43,

58-

60,

68, 7

0. S

ee a

lso

UN

B

angk

ok R

ules

. ii.

Pa

kist

an P

rison

s Rul

es,

Cha

pter

38

and

chap

ter

22.

Pris

oner

s are

allo

wed

to

mee

t vis

itors

onc

e a

wee

k bu

t thi

s sho

uld

be

exer

cise

d as

of r

ight

and

ot

her f

orm

s of

com

mun

icat

ion

shou

ld b

e m

ade

poss

ible

. Pr

ison

ers s

houl

d be

al

low

ed to

kee

p th

eir

lega

l file

s in

thei

r cel

l. La

ngua

ge b

arrie

r.

Tele

phon

e fa

cilit

y sh

ould

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to a

ll pr

ison

ers w

ho

wis

h to

talk

to th

eir c

ouns

el. T

his i

s in

light

of t

he fa

ct th

at in

far

flung

are

as, m

ost p

rison

ers a

re u

nabl

e to

kno

w th

e pr

ogre

ss o

f the

ir ca

ses o

r abl

e to

con

tact

thei

r fam

ily m

embe

rs.

Lega

l re

pres

enta

tive

s

i. M

ande

la R

ules

41,

53,

61,

11

9, 1

20. S

ee a

lso

UN

Pr

inci

ples

and

Gui

delin

es

on le

gal a

id in

Crim

inal

Ju

stic

e Sy

stem

s.

Any

cor

resp

onde

nce

with

a la

wye

r sho

uld

rem

ain

conf

iden

tial -

w

heth

er c

all o

r a le

tter.

In c

ase

of a

lang

uage

bar

rier t

he st

ate

shou

ld p

rovi

de th

e se

rvic

es o

f an

inte

rpre

ter i

n th

e pr

ison

to fa

cilit

ate

lega

l act

ion.

A

cces

s to

Lega

l aid

org

anis

atio

ns sh

ould

be

ensu

red,

incl

udin

g

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

A

cces

s to

effe

ctiv

e le

gal

aid.

D

ue p

roce

ss fo

r the

pr

ison

ers.

Unt

ried

Pris

oner

s. N

o sp

ecifi

c pr

ovis

ions

w

ith re

spec

t to

fore

igne

rs

is p

rese

nt in

Pris

on R

ules

acce

ss to

an

NG

O o

f the

pris

oner

s cho

osin

g. A

lthou

gh S

indh

Pris

on

Dep

artm

ent s

hare

d da

ta o

f pris

oner

s who

are

rece

ivin

g le

gal a

id, t

hey

also

shar

ed th

at a

larg

e po

pula

tion

is st

ill u

nabl

e to

rece

ive

free

lega

l ai

d. F

or e

xam

ple

in S

indh

147

6 pr

ison

ers a

re p

rovi

ded

free

lega

l aid

bu

t 550

nee

dy p

rison

ers a

re st

ill n

ot p

rovi

ded

lega

l aid

. In

Bal

ochi

stan

no

free

lega

l aid

is p

rovi

ded.

U

ntrie

d pr

ison

ers s

houl

d be

info

rmed

pro

mpt

ly a

bout

thei

r cas

e st

atus

and

dev

elop

men

ts.

If th

e pr

ison

er c

anno

t aff

ord

the

stat

e sh

ould

bea

r leg

al fe

es.

Emba

ssie

s i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 62

PP

R sh

ould

incl

ude

prov

isio

n de

alin

g w

ith fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls g

rant

ing

them

dip

lom

atic

pro

tect

ion

incl

udin

g co

nsul

ar a

cces

s.

Stat

eles

s per

sons

shou

ld a

lso

be a

ccom

odat

ed.

Exam

ple:

Sec

tion

46 [

Inte

rnat

iona

l Tra

nsfe

r of P

rison

er] o

f the

Si

ndh

Act

, 201

9 M

ande

la R

ule

62 is

idea

l are

may

be

inco

rpor

ated

ver

batim

: 1.

Pris

oner

s who

are

fore

ign

natio

nals

shal

l be

allo

wed

reas

onab

le

faci

litie

s to

com

mun

icat

e w

ith th

e di

plom

atic

and

con

sula

r re

pres

enta

tives

of t

he S

tate

to w

hich

they

bel

ong.

2. P

rison

ers w

ho a

re n

atio

nals

of S

tate

s with

out d

iplo

mat

ic o

r co

nsul

ar re

pres

enta

tion

in th

e co

untry

and

refu

gees

or s

tate

less

pe

rson

s sha

ll be

allo

wed

sim

ilar f

acili

ties t

o co

mm

unic

ate

with

the

dipl

omat

ic re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e St

ate

whi

ch ta

kes c

harg

e of

thei

r in

tere

sts o

r any

nat

iona

l or i

nter

natio

nal a

utho

rity

who

se ta

sk it

is to

pr

otec

t suc

h pe

rson

s.

For e

xam

ple

In S

indh

, 240

det

aine

d fo

reig

ners

are

not

pro

vide

d co

nsul

ar a

cces

s.

9 D

ay-t

o-da

y ac

tiviti

es

Réh

abili

tati

on/

reso

cial

izat

ion

pr

ogra

mm

es

i. M

ande

la R

ules

4, 8

8, 8

9,

91-9

4, 9

6-10

8 Th

ere

shou

ld b

e an

act

ive

effo

rt by

the

stat

e to

re

habi

litat

e th

e in

divi

dual

an

d to

redu

ce ra

tes o

f re

cidi

vism

. Ove

r all

the

stat

e sh

ould

shift

from

the

auth

orita

rian

crim

e co

ntro

l mod

el to

a d

ue

Voc

atio

nal t

rain

ing

and

wor

k fo

r the

sole

pur

pose

of r

ehab

ilita

tion

shou

ld b

e ad

apte

d. D

epen

denc

y pr

ogra

ms h

ave

to b

e in

trodu

ced.

Pu

njab

off

ers t

rain

ing

at tr

aini

ng c

entre

s in

a va

riety

of a

ctiv

ities

as

an M

OU

has

bee

n si

gned

with

TEV

TA a

nd so

far 1

1, 3

96 p

rison

ers

have

ben

efitt

ed fr

om it

. Alm

ost ¼

of t

he p

rison

pop

ulat

ion

parti

cipa

tes i

n th

ese

activ

ities

. A sp

ace

shou

ld b

e al

loca

ted

for

pris

oner

s to

wal

k/re

crea

tiona

l pur

pose

s eve

ryda

y fo

r one

hou

r. Th

ree

slot

s per

day

can

be

allo

cate

d so

that

cro

wd

man

agem

ent i

s eas

ier f

or

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

pr

oces

s m

odel

thus

a

pris

on s

houl

d be

vie

wed

as

a re

hab

faci

lity.

Se

nten

ced

pris

oner

s sh

ould

be

prov

ided

wor

k as

per

Rul

e 96

of T

he

MR

, the

wor

k sh

ould

be

usef

ul in

nat

ure.

W

ork

shou

ld n

ot b

e us

ed

as a

pre

text

to h

ard

labo

ur

with

long

hou

rs a

s it

is

inhu

man

e.

The

Purp

ose

wor

k in

pr

ison

sho

uld

not b

e to

tu

rn a

fina

ncia

l pro

fit.

staf

f mem

bers

as

a sp

ecifi

c nu

mbe

r of p

rison

ers

will

be

give

n on

e sl

ot e

ach.

Sent

ence

d pr

ison

ers

shal

l hav

e th

e op

portu

nity

to w

ork

and/

or to

ac

tivel

y pa

rtici

pate

in th

eir r

ehab

ilita

tion,

sub

ject

to a

det

erm

inat

ion

of p

hysi

cal a

nd m

enta

l fitn

ess

by a

phy

sici

an o

r oth

er q

ualif

ied

heal

th-c

are

prof

essi

onal

s.

Incl

ude

Soci

ety

for t

he a

dvan

cem

ent o

f hea

lth, e

duca

tion

and

envi

ronm

ent (

SAH

EE),

to p

rovi

de re

com

men

datio

ns a

nd e

xper

tise.

Wor

k i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 4

0, 9

6-10

3 ii.

C

hapt

er 3

3 of

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

s R

ules

talk

s ab

out

Pris

on in

dust

ries,

and

la

bour

For e

xam

ple

In S

indh

cou

rses

are

pro

vide

d in

Bea

utic

ian,

Car

pent

ry,

Mot

or W

indi

ng, E

lect

ricia

n, H

andi

craf

ts, T

ailo

ring

and

Embr

oide

ry

as w

ell a

s M

usic

to a

ppro

xim

atel

y 24

0 pr

ison

ers.

How

ever

in B

aloc

hist

an o

nly

fact

ory

exis

ted

at M

ach

Jail

and

the

sam

e w

as b

urnt

dow

n in

riot

ing

in 2

007-

2009

. No

othe

r fac

tory

ex

ists

.Tw

o (0

2) v

ocat

iona

l tra

inin

g ce

nter

s ar

e st

ill in

com

plet

e du

e to

no

n-al

loca

tion

of re

mai

ning

fund

s

Mea

ning

ful

activ

ities

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 4

, 23,

64-

66, 1

05

Extra

pro

tect

ions

for m

inor

ities

sho

uld

be e

stab

lishe

d as

they

are

the

mos

t vul

nera

ble.

D

ata:

Pun

jab

repo

rts th

at th

ey h

ave

esta

blis

hed

tech

nica

l tra

inin

g ce

ntre

s fo

r wom

en in

cou

rses

suc

h as

Fas

hion

des

igni

ng, b

eaut

icia

n,

Mac

hine

em

broi

dery

etc

.

Educ

atio

n i.

Man

dela

Rul

e 10

4 ii.

R

ule

679

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons

Rul

es

Acc

ess

to R

elig

ion

as a

righ

t sho

uld

be g

uara

ntee

d no

t onl

y in

theo

ry

to a

ll pr

ison

ers

not o

nly

mus

lims.

In

Sin

dh c

ours

es a

re p

rovi

ded

in fi

ne a

rts, c

ompu

ting,

and

Eng

lish

to

4400

pris

oner

s ap

prox

imat

ely

10

Phys

ical

and

M

enta

l Hea

lth

Acc

ess

to

Hea

lthca

re

i. M

ande

la R

ules

24-

29, 3

1 ii.

C

hapt

er 3

2 of

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

s R

ules

D

entis

t sho

uld

be m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

pris

oner

s. D

ata

refle

cts

that

no

pos

ts a

re s

anct

ione

d fo

r den

tists

in S

indh

and

KPK

.

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

R

ole

of

Hea

lthca

re

staf

f

i. M

ande

la R

ules

25,

30-

34

ii.

Cha

pter

40

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

on

Med

ical

O

ffic

er

All

med

ical

file

s sho

uld

be re

cord

ed e

lect

roni

cally

, acc

ess t

o th

ose

files

shou

ld b

e gi

ven

to a

third

par

ty if

the

pris

oner

con

sent

s. Th

e m

edic

al st

aff s

houl

d be

inde

pend

ent o

f the

pris

on se

rvic

e, so

th

ey m

ay d

o th

eir w

ork

unfe

ttere

d.

For p

regn

ant f

emal

es:

The

heal

thca

re st

aff s

houl

d re

gula

rly c

heck

for a

ny si

gns o

f men

tal

stre

ss a

nd sh

ould

take

nec

essa

ry st

eps f

or tr

eatm

ent.

Med

ical

s Off

icer

shou

ld u

phol

d th

e sa

me

stan

dard

of c

are

as o

f a

regu

lar p

atie

nt

Con

fiden

tialit

y be

twee

n pr

ison

er a

nd d

octo

r and

the

prac

tice

of

info

rmed

con

sent

shou

ld b

e im

plem

ente

d.

Pris

oner

s as

patie

nts

i. M

ande

la R

ules

26,

32

ii.

Cha

pter

18

on “

men

tal

patie

nts”

, Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

R

ules

Incl

ude

DO

ST W

elfa

re F

ound

atio

n (f

or d

rug

reha

bilit

atio

n) to

pro

vide

re

com

men

datio

ns a

nd e

xper

tise.

A

ll un

der-

trial

pris

oner

s suf

ferin

g fr

om m

enta

l dis

orde

rs sh

ould

pr

efer

ably

be

gran

ted

bail.

Pr

ison

ers u

pon

rele

ase

shou

ld b

e sa

fegu

arde

d fr

om fr

om a

ny so

rt of

in

sults

or a

buse

thus

the

rele

ase

shou

ld b

e as

dis

cree

t as p

ossi

ble.

A

n af

firm

ativ

e ac

tion

by th

e st

ate

for p

rison

ers r

eint

egra

tion

is c

ruci

al,

the

conc

ept o

f hal

f way

hom

es c

an b

e im

plem

ente

d, a

nd o

ther

m

easu

res l

ike

mic

rofin

ance

loan

s to

star

t a n

ew p

hase

of l

ife.

Adv

ice

on

heal

th

i. M

ande

la R

ule

35

ii.

Cha

pter

32

of P

akis

tan

Pris

ons R

ules

iii

. M

enta

l Hea

lth O

rdin

ance

20

01

11

Rel

ease

from

Pr

ison

Pr

oper

ty

i. M

ande

la R

ule

67.

ii.

Rul

e 13

1 of

Pak

ista

n Pr

ison

s Rul

es.

iii.

Gen

eral

ly se

e C

hapt

er 6

of

Pris

on R

ules

The

pris

oner

shou

ld si

gn

off a

ll hi

s arti

cles

upo

n re

leas

e, in

clud

ing

the

mon

ey th

e pr

ison

er

brou

ght i

n.

Rei

nteg

ratio

n i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 8

8,90

12

Insp

ectio

ns a

nd in

vest

igat

ions

i. M

ande

la R

ules

83-

85, 5

7,

71

ii.

Cha

pter

28

and

29 o

f Pa

kist

an P

rison

s Rul

es

Insp

ectio

ns O

f the

Pris

on

by E

xter

nal a

nd

inte

rnat

iona

l or

gani

zatio

ns a

re n

ot

prov

ided

for i

n pr

ison

ru

les.

Man

dela

Rul

es: T

he sy

stem

of t

wo-

fold

insp

ectio

ns sh

ould

be

impl

emen

ted,

whe

re In

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal p

artie

s (in

depe

nden

t of

pris

on st

aff)

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

insp

ect t

he p

rison

. Ea

ch p

rovi

nce

can

deci

de h

ow th

eir t

wo-

fold

insp

ectio

n ca

n un

fold

an

d pr

ovid

e m

echa

nism

s.

Alth

ough

for e

xam

ple

in S

indh

, Ove

rsig

ht C

omm

ittee

s are

App

endi

x C

PR

ISO

N R

EFO

RM

fu

nctio

ning

that

regu

larly

con

vene

eve

ry fo

rtnig

ht.

13

Tra

nsfe

r an

d T

rans

port

i.

Man

dela

Rul

es 2

6(2)

, 73

ii.

C

hapt

er 7

of P

akis

tan

Pris

on R

ules

The

MR

sta

tes

that

upo

n tra

nsfe

r med

ical

file

s sh

ould

be

trans

ferr

ed to

th

e re

leva

nt h

ealth

au

thor

ities

or t

he p

erso

nal

doct

or. N

o su

ch p

rovi

sion

ex

ists

in C

hapt

er 7

of t

he

PPR

.

The

trans

porta

tion

vehi

cles

for t

he p

rison

ers

shou

ld b

e ad

equa

tely

ve

ntila

ted.

Med

ical

file

s sh

all b

e tra

nsfe

rred

to th

e he

alth

-car

e se

rvic

e of

the

rece

ivin

g in

stitu

tion

upon

tran

sfer

of a

pris

oner

and

sha

ll be

sub

ject

to

med

ical

con

fiden

tialit

y.

1

AppendixD

MANDELARULES(MR)ONSICKPRISONERSANDTHEIRCORRESPONDINGPROVISIONSINPAKISTANPRISONRULES(PPR)

MRMandelaRulesDescription

PPR

GapsandRecom

mendations

109

Personswhoarefoundtobenotcriminallyresponsible,orwhoarelater

diagnosedwithseverementaldisabilitiesand/orhealthconditions,for

whomstayinginprisonwouldmeananexacerbationoftheircondition,shall

notbedetainedinprisons,andarrangementsshallbemadetotransferthem

tomentalhealthfacilitiesassoonaspossible.

433–

455

Currentlym

anymentallysick

patientsarebeingretainedin

prisons

and

are

notbeing

transferred

tomentalhealth

facilities.

InPunjabalonethereare222

sickprisoners.

Ifnecessary,otherprisonerswithmentaldisabilitiesand/orhealthconditions

canbeobservedandtreatedinspecializedfacilitiesunderthe

supervisionofqualifiedhealth-careprofessionals.

Prisonsareunderstaffedand

many

donothavetrained

psychiatric

and

psychologists

workingfulltim

e.

Thehealth-careserviceshallprovideforthepsychiatrictreatmentofall

otherprisonerswhoareinneedofsuchtreatment.

110

Itisdesirablethatstepsshouldbetaken,byarrangem

entw

iththeappropriate

agencies,toensureifnecessarythecontinuationofpsychiatrictreatment

afterreleaseandtheprovisionofsocialpsychiatricaftercare.

NoRulespersewithinthe

Prisonrulesexistcurrentlyto

dealw

iththisissuehowever

otherrelevantlawsthatlook

intothis.

24

1.

TheprovisionofhealthcareforprisonersisaStateresponsibility.

Prisonersshouldenjoythesamestandardsofhealthcarethatareavailablein

thecommunity,andshouldhaveaccesstonecessaryhealth-careservicesfree

ofchargewithoutdiscriminationonthegroundsoftheirlegalstatus.

Rule197

However,

Punjab

Prison

Department

stated

that

increased

coordination

is

required

between

health

department.

2

2.Health-careservicesshouldbeorganizedincloserelationshiptothe

generalpublichealthadministrationandinawaythatensurescontinuity

oftreatmentandcare,includingforHIV,tuberculosisandotherinfectious

diseases,asw

ellasfordrugdependence.

Thedataprovidedshowsthat

often

doctors

and

medical

personnel

from

nearby

hospitalscomeinforvisitsas

andwhenrequired.

However,

more

information

maybe

soughtinthis

regardfrom

Prisonauthoritiesandhealth

ministry.

25

1.Everyprisonshallhaveinplaceahealth-careservicetaskedwith

evaluating,promoting,protectingandimprovingthephysicalandmental

healthofprisoners,payingparticularattentiontoprisonerswithspecial

health-careneedsorwithhealthissuesthatham

pertheirrehabilitation.

787

Althoughtherearesanctioned

postsforaninterdisciplinary

team

,mostofthepostsremain

vacant.Thisisamajorcauseof

concernwithrespecttosick

prisonersandtheirtreatmentin

prisons.

2.Thehealth-careserviceshallconsistofaninterdisciplinaryteam

with

sufficientqualifiedpersonnelactinginfullclinicalindependenceand

shallencompasssufficientexpertiseinpsychologyandpsychiatry.The

servicesofaqu

alifieddentistshallbeavailabletoeveryprisoner.

26

1.Thehealth-careserviceshallprepareandmaintainaccurate,up-to-

dateandconfidentialindividualmedicalfilesonallprisoners,andall

prisonersshouldbegrantedaccesstotheirfilesuponrequest.Aprisonermay

appointathirdpartytoaccesshisorhermedicalfile.

166

Norulesexisttoallowprisoners

tohavetheirmedicaldata

reviewedbythirdparties.Or

detailedprovisionwithrespect

totransferofhealth

fileof

prisoners.

2.Medicalfilesshallbetransferredtothehealth-careserviceofthe

receivinginstitutionupontransferofaprisonerandshallbesubjectto

medicalconfidentiality.

3

27

1.

Allprisonsshallensurepromptaccesstom

edicalattentionin

urgentcases.Prisonerswhorequirespecializedtreatmentorsurgeryshall

betransferredtospecializedinstitutionsortocivilhospitals.W

herea

prisonservicehasitsownhospitalfacilities,theyshallbeadequatelystaffed

andequippedtoprovideprisonersreferredtothem

withappropriate

treatmentandcare.

197

TheRuledoesexisthowever

datahasrevealedthatcurrently

over245casesofmedicallyill

prisoners

thatare

pending

beforethe

respective

Hom

eDepartmentswith232casesin

Sindhand12inPunjab.

2.

Clinicaldecisionsm

ayonlybetakenbytheresponsiblehealth-care

professionalsandmaynotbeoverruledorignoredbynon-medicalprison

staff.

28

Inwom

en’sprisons,thereshallbespecialaccom

modationforallnecessary

prenatalandpostnatalcareandtreatment.Arrangem

entsshallbemade

whereverpracticableforchildrentobeborninahospitaloutsidethe

prison.Ifachildisborninprison,thisfactshallnotbementionedinthebirth

certificate.

323,324,

325,326

Toupdaterules325to327,

Rule48oftheBangkokRules

should

be

incorporated

verbatim(alreadyprovidedin

theMatrixatAnnexureC)

29

1.

Adecisiontoallowachildtostaywithhisorherparentinprisonshall

bebasedonthebestinterestsofthechildconcerned.Wherechildrenare

allowedtoremaininprisonwithaparent,provisionshallbemadefor:

(a)

Internalorexternalchildcarefacilitiesstaffedbyqualifiedpersons,

wherethechildrenshallbeplacedwhentheyarenotinthecareoftheir

parent;

(b)

Child-specifichealth-careservices,includinghealthscreeningsupon

admissionandongoingmonitoringoftheirdevelopm

entbyspecialists.

325,327

The

prisonrulesstate

that

childrencanonlystayinprison

tilltheageof7.

However,

serious

problems

withrespecttotheirschooling

andeducationpersistinthese

prisonsandprovisionsforthe

samemaybeincorporatedin

PrisonRules

2.

Childreninprisonwithaparentshallneverbetreatedasprisoners.

30

Aphysicianorotherqualifiedhealth-careprofessionals,whetherornotthey

arerequiredtoreporttothephysician,shallsee,talkwithandexam

ine

everyprisonerassoonaspossiblefollowinghisorheradm

issionand

thereafterasnecessary.Particularattentionshallbepaidto:

(a)

Identifyinghealth-careneedsandtakingallnecessarymeasuresfor

976,979

4

treatment;

(b)

Identifyinganyill-treatmentthatarrivingprisonersmayhavebeen

subjectedtopriortoadm

ission;

(c)

Identifyinganysignsofpsychologicalorotherstressbroughtonby

thefactofimprisonment,including,butnotlimitedto,theriskofsuicideor

self-harmandwithdrawalsymptom

sresultingfrom

theuseofdrugs,

medicationoralcohol;andundertakingallappropriateindividualized

measuresortreatment;

(d)

Incaseswhereprisonersaresuspectedofhavingcontagiousdiseases,

providingfortheclinicalisolationandadequatetreatmentofthose

prisonersduringtheinfectiousperiod;

(e)

Determiningthefitnessofprisonerstowork,toexerciseandto

participateinotheractivities,asappropriate.

31

Thephysicianor,w

hereapplicable,otherqualifiedhealth-careprofessionals

shallhavedailyaccesstoallsickprisoners,allprisonerswhocom

plainof

physicalormentalhealthissuesorinjuryandanyprisonertowhom

theirattentionisspeciallydirected.Allmedicalexaminationsshallbe

undertakeninfullconfidentiality.

981

32

1.

The

relationship

between

the

physician

orother

health-care

professionalsandtheprisonersshallbegovernedbythesameethicaland

professionalstandardsasthoseapplicabletopatientsinthecommunity,

inparticular:

(a)

Thedutyofprotectingprisoners’physicalandmentalhealthandthe

preventionandtreatmentofdiseaseonthebasisofclinicalgroundsonly;

(b)

Adherencetoprisoners’autonom

ywithregardtotheirownhealthand

informedconsentinthedoctor-patientrelationship;

(c)

Theconfidentialityofm

edicalinformation,unlessmaintainingsuch

confidentialitywouldresultinarealandim

minentthreattothepatientorto

others;

(d)

Anabsoluteprohibitiononengaging,activelyorpassively,inactsthat

mayconstitutetortureorothercruel,inhumanordegradingtreatmentor

NoRuleswithrespecttoethical

andprofessionalstandardsfor

medicalstaffexistcurrently.

MedicalStaffmaybetrainedto

apprisethem

ofthese.

5

punishment,includingmedicalorscientificexperimentationthatm

aybe

detrimentaltoaprisoner’shealth,suchastherem

ovalofaprisoner’scells,

bodytissuesororgans.

33

Thephysicianshallreporttotheprisondirectorwheneverheorshe

considersthataprisoner’sphysicalormentalhealthhasbeenorwillbe

injuriouslyaffectedbycontinuedimprisonmentorbyanyconditionof

imprisonment.

981

34

If,inthecourseofexaminingaprisoneruponadmissionorprovidingmedical

caretotheprisonerthereafter,health-careprofessionalsbecomeaw

areof

anysignsoftortureorothercruel,inhumanordegradingtreatmentor

punishment,theyshalldocumentandreportsuchcasestothecompetent

medical,adm

inistrativeorjudicialauthority.Properproceduralsafeguards

shallbefollowedinordernottoexposetheprisonerorassociatedpersonsto

foreseeableriskofharm.

982

CapacityBuildingandTrainings,

Trainingtheprisonstafftotreat

prisonersaswardsofstateand

worthyofrespectanddignity

35

1.

Thephysicianorcom

petentpublichealthbodyshallregularlyinspect

andadvisetheprisondirectoron:

(a)

Thequantity,quality,preparationandserviceoffood;

(b)

Thehygieneandcleanlinessoftheinstitutionandtheprisoners;

(c)

Thesanitation,temperature,lightingandventilationoftheprison;

(d)

Thesuitabilityandcleanlinessoftheprisoners’clothingandbedding;

(e)

Theobservanceoftherulesconcerningphysicaleducationandsports,in

casesw

herethereisnotechnicalpersonnelinchargeoftheseactivities.

780,-785

793,984

–985,

991,803,

802

983,799,

999

CapacityBuildingofexisting

staff(JailSuperintendantand

Medicalofficersetc.)maybe

carriedouttoeducatethemon

theserulesandtheirduties.

Proper

records

to

be

maintainedforallthefindings

made

by

the

medical

administration.

6

2.Thep

risondirectorshalltakeintoconsiderationtheadvicean

dreports

provide

dinaccordancew

ithparagraph1

ofthisruleandrule33

andshalltake

imme

diatestepstogiveeffecttothea

dvicean

dtherecom

mendationsinthe

reports.Iftheadviceorrecom

mendationsdonotfallw

ithin

theprison

director’scomp

etenceo

rifheo

rshedoesnotconcurwiththem

,thedirector

shallim

media

telysubmittoah

igherau

thorityhisorherown

reportandthe

adviceorrecom

mendationsoftheph

ysicianorcomp

etentpu

blichealthbody.

791–79

2 994

AppendixX

DraftGuidelinesforPoliceEngagementwithTransgenderPersons

PURPOSE:The purpose of this document is to establish guidelines for the police department for appropriate

treatment of transgender individuals who encounter the Police officials or Police Department.

DEFINITIONS:Adopted Name: Is the non-birth name that a transgender individual uses, in self-reference. (This

may or may not be the individual’s legal name.)

Sex: The classification of people’s bodies as male or female, usually as assigned at birth.

Gender Identity: Gender identity means a person's innermost and individual sense of self as

male, female or a blend of both or neither: that can correspond or not to the sex assigned at birth

(Transgender Act 2018)

Gender Expression: Gender expression refers to a person's presentation of their gender identity,

and/or the one that is perceived by others (Transgender Act 2018)

Transgender:

A transgender person is a person who is

(i) Intersex (Khunsa) with mixture of male and female genital features or congenital ambiguities,

or

(ii) Eunuch assigned male at birth, but undergoes genital excision or castration; or

(iii) a Transgender Man, Transgender Woman, Khawajasira or any person whose gender identity

and/or gender expression differs from the social norms and cultural expectations based on the sex

they were assigned at the time of their birth. (Transgender Act 2018)

PROCEDURES:

1. FORMSOFADDRESS:1.1. Officers shall address transgender individuals by the individual’s adopted name. This is

true even if the individual has not received legal recognition of the adopted name. In

addressing or discussing a transgender person, officers shall use pronouns appropriate

for that person’s gender identity.

1.2. If Gender Expression does not clearly indicate a transgender person’s identity, an officer

may politely and respectfully ask how the person wishes to be addressed. For example,

an officer may ask a transgender person which name and pronoun the person prefers.

1.3. When a person self-identifies as a transgender person, officers shall not question this

identity or ask about the person’s physical status.

1.4. Whether or not the name on a person’s driver’s license or identification card coincides

with the person’s gender identity, an officer shall address or refer to the person by the

name that the person has used to identify him or herself. An officer shall also use the

pronouns consistent with the name provided by the person.

1.5. Under no circumstances may an officer frisk, search, or otherwise touch any person for

the purpose of obtaining information about that person’s gender status.

1.6. Under no circumstances shall transgender people be subject to more invasive search

procedures than non-transgender people

2. CALLSFORSERVICE:2.1. Calls for service or complaints generated by transgender individuals shall be addressed

and investigated in a manner that is consistent with all Departmental policies. No officer

shall fail to respond to a call for service or take appropriate action based on the gender

identity, gender expression, or any other demographic characteristic of the caller.

3. IDENTIFICATIONOFINDIVIDUALSONOFFICIALRECORDSANDREPORTS:3.1. To minimize inconsistency or confusion, any individual listed on any official

Departmental reports shall be identified in a manner which is consistent with their

current government-issued identification card (CNIC Card). This applies to all personal

information including name and gender.

3.2. An officer should ask the person for his or her legal name (CNIC name) in a one-on-one

situation. If the contact is in a group environment, the officer should ask the person to

step outside the group to obtain the legal name and avoid "outing" the person.

3.3. If the individual uses an adopted name, that name should be listed as any other alias

would be.

3.4. Persons without any government identification shall be identified according to their self

identified Gender.

3.5. If any confusion exists regarding how to identify an individual’s gender (for example, if

the person has no government-issued identification and is unwilling or unable to speak

with an officer about the matter), a supervisor shall be consulted and the report shall note

how the final decision was reached.

3.6. Legal names (CNIC name) are only relevant for purposes of accurate legal record

keeping. In all other interactions, an officer should address the person using their

adopted name.

4. INVESTIGATIVEDETENTION/STOPANDSEARCH:4.1. Officers shall continue to use standard practices and procedures when conducting

“Investigative Detentions” and “Pat downs” and shall abide by all Departmental policies

and procedures. Additionally, a search or pat down shall not be performed for the sole

purpose of determining an individual’s anatomical sex, and transgender individuals shall

not be subject to more invasive search or pat down procedures than non-transgender

individuals.

4.2. If a transgender individual makes a request to be searched by an officer of a specific

gender, that request shall be honored if it is reasonably possible to do so. This does not

apply to a non-invasive pat down search for officer safety reasons.

5. SEARCHES:5.1. The search will be conducted by officers of the same gender as the transgender

prisoner’s gender identity, (e.g. for Transgender woman, a woman police personnel will

be appointed).

6. PROCESSINGOFTRANSGENDERARRESTEES:6.1. Appearance-related items, including, but not limited to, prosthetics, clothes, wigs, or

make-up should not be confiscated or removed from transgender people unless such

items present a safety hazard.

7. JUVENILETRANSGENDERINDIVIDUALS:7.1. All interactions with juvenile transgender individuals shall conform to the mandates set

out by this policy. This policy does not affect any other provisions outlined in applicable

directives covering the processing and handling of juveniles.in an eventjuvenile

transgender individual is arrested the Juvenile Justice Systems Act 2018 will apply to the

minor transgender.

8. DETENTION:8.1 Transportation:

8.1.1 As with all prisoners, a transgender prisoner shall be transported alone when

possible. In cases of multiple arrests, officers should make efforts to ensure that

additional units are called to assist with the transporting of transgender individuals.

8.1.2 When requested by a transgender individual, an officer of the individual’s gender

identity will conduct the transport or be present for the transport, if possible.

8.2BookingandProcessing:8.2.1 The Booking Officer will book a transgender prisoner under the name appearing on

the prisoner’s government-issued identification (CNIC Card) according to normal

booking procedures and protocols. The adopted name (i.e. name that the individual uses

in self reference) of the transgender prisoner will be listed as an a.k.a. or alias. If

insufficient identification is available, then ask the person's self identified gender and

preferred pronoun.

8.2.2 Prisoner logs and other documents used to keep track of prisoners while they are

in custody shall identify transgender individuals as stipulated above. The individual’s

adopted name as well as gender identity/expression shall be noted so subsequent shifts of

officers may address the prisoner as the prisoner wishes to be addressed.

8.2.3 According to section vi of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act

2018, separate prisons, jails and confinement cells need to be established for transgender

people. Transgender prisoners shall not be placed in cells with other prisoners unless no

alternative exists. Where no alternative exists, the transgender prisoner’s views

regarding their personal safety should be considered seriously when determining how to

allocate prisoners between cells.

8.2.4 Officers transporting a transgender detainee to another facility (court, jail, etc.)

shall advise the personnel at the receiving facility of the housing preference and gender

status of the detainee and ensure that all paperwork accompanying the prisoner

adequately describes the gender-related identity issues that are presented. This

information shall be relayed in a discreet, respectful, and timely manner.

8.3MedicalTreatment:8.3.1 Whenever a transgender individual expresses a need for medical attention,

members shall handle the situation with the same urgency and respect as any other

illness or injury to detainees and document any treatment that is provided.

8.4UseofBathrooms:8.4.1 Officers shall permit a detainee to use gendered facilities that correspond to that

individual’s identity. A detainee shall not be required to use the restroom of such

individual’s designated sex at birth.

8.4.2 Options for reasonable restroom access may be limited by the physical set-up of

the Department’s facilities.

Fortunately, any of the following options can be employed:

• Single-occupant, gender-neutral restroom facilities.

• Multiple-occupant, gender-segregated restroom facilities with lockable single-

occupant stalls.

9. TRAINING:9.1. Training on interactions with transgender people and review of this Policy should be

conducted as directed by the Police Personnel and Training Section. This training should

sensitize all the police officials from time to time especially on checkpoints who may

interact with transgender community and be respectful towards their gender.