Sarposa prison
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Background
Kandahar Central Jail, also known as Sarpuza Prison, is a minimum-security prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is located next to the Kandahar-Herat Highway in the Sarpuza neighborhood of the city, between the Chilzina Complex and Dand Chawk (Dand Square). Its current warden is Sayed Akhtar Mohammad Agha Hussaini. The Kandahar Central Jail has been historically used for the incarceration of common criminals of Kandahar Province, some of whom turn out to be innocent and released. In the last two decades, the facility has also been used to house Taliban and other insurgents.
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Facility profile
Operator
Ministry of the Interior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021)
Population held
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Death-row facility
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Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
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Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
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Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
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