14 infants along with mothers languishing in Peshawar Jail.

Salman Shahzad


PESHAWAR: What would be the future of my 10-month-old child who is languishing along with me in the central jail? This was the main concern expressed by a female prisoner, who wished not to be named, in his letter she wrote to Lead Pakistan from central prison of the provincial capital.
She further informed that currently 11 infants, excluding her own, are suffering from acute illness but they are not being provided proper treatment facilities.

“Although, medicines are available in the prison’s dispensary but they are substandard, thus cannot cure our babies,” she disclosed, adding that concerned authorities should take notice of the issue without any delay.
She continued: “Such children are in fact victims of circumstances; they easily fall into hands of criminals after stepping into adulthood as the conditions wherein they spend their childhood are completely unfavorable for upbringing of children.”
The unknown female prisoner suggested that there should be proper family environment in the jail for minor children who could be made law-abiding citizens in future rather than criminals.

Sources in prison told this scribe that presently there are 36 female prisoners in the jail who are convicted in various crimes. A total of 14 kids including 12 suckling babies are living along with their mothers behind the bars.
It may be recalled here that in same cases the accused females having infants approached the courts for bails and subsequently were granted concessionary bail, so they could take care of their babies in better way while remaining outside the prison.
Recently, Peshawar High Court and Rawalpindi released one accused Dr Fatima on the same grounds. She was accused of selling babies and was released on bail after she prayed to the court that she had a suckling baby.
Commenting on the condition faced by kids in the prison, Dr Shumaila
Durrani, a medical practitioner, told Lead Pakistan that children living in jails are deprived of basic facilities including healthcare facilities.
“Among these 14 infants, some were born in jail and have not seen the outside world. Their ages range between 10-month to seven years. They are without educational facilities apart from proper family environment necessary for better nourishment of a child. The sorriest aspect of the whole episode is that these unfortunate children are compelled to eat roti, daal (pulses) and rice with their mothers.” Dr Shumaila lamented.
She said the provincial government should take serious steps to introduce new modern laws and implement existing laws, related to the issue.
FM Sabir, an advocate of Supreme Court, said the courts grant bail to those mothers who have infants in jails. “The courts grant concessionary bails only in under-trail cases,” he explained.


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