From Arrest to Trial Court: The Story of Women Prisoners of Pakistan

This study used mix methods design and was conducted in all four women prisons of Sindh province of Pakistan. It was a ‘census’, no sampling was done and total respondents were 100. Inmates were involved in six types of crimes i.e. drug trafficking (26), murder of husband (25), kidnapping (23), murder (18), robbery/theft (5), child trafficking (2) and extra-marital relationship (1). The prisoners were tortured to sign confession. Inmates from rural and poor strata were found to be more ignorant, disempowered and vulnerable to existing judicial system. Findings also showed least legal help from government as well as NGOs sector.