List of prisons in Afghanistan

There are approximately 77 prisons and detention facilities in Afghanistan,[1][2][3] and at least one maximum security prison primarily for enemy combatants. The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:

Prisons in Afghanistan
Prison Status Classification Managed Opened Capacity Location
Parwan Detention FacilityOperationalMaximumMinistry of Defense2009?Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province
Pul-e-Charkhi prisonOperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior1970s5,000Kabul
Herat Prison[4][5][6][7][8][9]OperationalMinimum[10]Ministry of Interior?3,500[11]Herat
Kandahar Prison[12]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,900[13]Kandahar
Nangarhar Prison[14]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?1,700[15]Jalalabad
Balkh Prison[16]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior??Mazar-i-Sharif[17]
Ghazni Prison[18]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500[19]Ghazni
Khost Prison[20]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?500Khost
Kunduz PrisonOperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior?Over 500[21]Kunduz
Helmand Prison[22][23]OperationalMinimumMinistry of Interior??Lashkar Gah
Salt Pit??United States???
Dark prison??United States???
Total capacity

Further information on prisons in other countries: list of prisons

See also

References
  1. "UN Finds Progress In Torture Eradication In Afghan Prisons". TOLOnews. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. "UN: Some Progress In Afghanistan Torture Eradication, But Much Left To Do". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. "More Than 300 Afghan Children, Many Older Than 5, Home Is Mother's Cellblock". The New York Times. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-prison/alarm-rises-for-afghan-women-prisoners-after-western-troops-leave-idUSBRE9BI04H20131219
  5. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/01/10/71-pardoned-prisoners-released-herat-jail
  6. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/01/22/female-herat-prisoners-upbeat-about-post-jail-life
  7. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2016/12/03/55-prisoners-released-herat-prison
  8. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2015/07/27/scores-prisoners-released-prison-herat
  9. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/03/18/herat-prison-officials-arrested
  10. http://awwproject.org/2011/02/behind-bars/
  11. https://www.transterramedia.com/collections/3567-the-male-prison-in-herat-in-afghanistan
  12. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/12/30/kandahar-central-jail-should-move-out-city-residents
  13. "60 prisoners released from Kandahar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2018/06/06/131prisoners-released-nangarhar-jail
  15. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/08/10/34-prisoners-set-free-nangarhar-prison
  16. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2017/12/27/prisoners-flee-balkh-jail-after-gunbattle-security-guards
  17. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/131843
  18. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34241882
  19. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/taliban-afghanistan-prison-ghazni-frees-prisoners-kills-police/
  20. https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2015/10/08/khost-prison-security-beefed-after-kunduz-jailbreak
  21. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/28/world/afghanistan-kunduz-taliban-attack/index.html
  22. https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/131845
  23. https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fearing-more-jailbreaks-afghanistan-rushed-inmates-helmand-162705737.html
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