Pakistan · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Peshawar
Central Jail Peshawar
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Central Jail located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Sanctioned capacity: 1,200; actual population: 4,800 (400% occupancy). Under-trial prisoners: 3,600 (75% of population). Data from the JPP Prison Data Report 2024 (3rd edition), Justice Project Pakistan, and NCHR (National Commission for Human Rights) inspection reports.
Capacity
1,200
Current population
4,800
Occupancy
400%
Year opened
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Under-trial prisoners: 3,600 (75% of population).
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 30/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Extreme overcrowding at 400% of capacity
Compared to other facilities in Pakistan
119 peersHigher risk than 19% of peer facilities in Pakistan.
Data completeness
42%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- JPP Prison Data Report 2024 (3rd ed.)
- NCHR Prison Conditions Reports
- JPP Prison Data Report 2024 (3rd ed.) + NCHR Reports — Justice Project Pakistan / National Commission for Human Rights
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.