Consultative workshop on prison reforms held at KPJA
Press Release
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy (KPJA) hosted a 2-day consultative workshop on prison reforms.
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim graced the opening ceremony as chief guest. Other participants included Justice (R) Qalandar Ali Khan, IG Prisons and other prison officials, judges, law officers, representatives of civil society organizations, selected prisoners, academicians and researchers.
The objective of the workshop was to bring together all the stakeholders of criminal justice system, including parliamentarians, prison officials, judiciary, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, members of the Bar and selected prisoners to discuss the current situation of prisons and identify the areas of reforms.
In his remarks, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim stated that jail reforms had been a key component of criminal justice system, adding that the Supreme Court of Pakistan in suo motu case in 2015, highlighted the pathetic conditions of women prisoners and observed that the regulatory framework governing prisons was almost failed.
The Chief Justice further elaborated that fresh focus on jail reforms was crucial for many reasons while progress had been made, saying that some reforms such as proper prison infrastructure and recruiting sufficient and skilled staff would take time.
Earlier, Jehanzeb Shinwari, Director General, KPJA, in his welcome address highlighted that Pakistan’s prison system faced significant challenges that adversely affected the human rights of prisoners. He further said that the workshop was a crucial step towards reforming the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prisons system and crafted to materialize the vision of CJP Justice Yahya Afridi regarding the prison reforms.
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