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Pakistan: the struggle for prison reform
Pakistan’s prisons remain terribly overcrowded and under-resourced, and nascent efforts at progressive reform are stymied by ingrained attitudes of discrimination, including against religious and ethnic minorities.
Source: Himal Southasian (22/01/2024)