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There are between 24 and 77 prisons in Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4] As of 2023, the total number of prisoners in the country is approximately 14,000 of which up to 1,100 are females.[5][6] The following is an incomplete list of prisons in Afghanistan:
Prisons in Afghanistan
Prison
Status
Classification
Managed
Opened
Capacity
Location
Parwan Detention Facility
Operational
Maximum
Ministry of Defense
2009
?
Bagram
Pul-e-Charkhi prison
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
1970s
5,000
Kabul
Herat Prison[7]
Operational
Minimum[8]
Ministry of Interior
?
2,000
Herat
Kandahar Prison[9]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
1,900[10]
Kandahar
Nangarhar Prison[11]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
1,700[12]
Jalalabad
Balkh Prison[13]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
?
Mazar-i-Sharif[14]
Ghazni Prison[15]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
500[16]
Ghazni
Khost Prison[17]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
500
Khost
Kunduz Prison
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
Over 500[18]
Kunduz
Helmand Prison[19][20]
Operational
Minimum
Ministry of Interior
?
?
Lashkar Gah
Salt Pit
?
?
United States
?
?
?
Dark prison
?
?
United States
?
?
?
Total capacity
20,000[5]
(current)
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^"UN Finds Progress in Torture Eradication in Afghan Prisons". TOLOnews. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^"UN: Some Progress in Afghanistan Torture Eradication, But Much Left To Do". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^"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.
^ ab"More Than 1000 Women Imprisoned in Afghanistan: Prison Authority". TOLOnews. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^"Officials: Over 12,000 Imprisoned Across Country". TOLOnews. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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^"Behind Bars". 16 February 2011.
^Naadem, Bashir Ahmad (30 December 2018). "Kandahar Central Jail should move out of city: Residents". Pajhwok Afghan News.
^"60 prisoners released from Kandahar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^Zarifi, Yousuf (6 June 2018). "131prisoners released from Nangarhar jail". Pajhwok Afghan News.
^Zarifi, Yousuf (10 August 2017). "34 prisoners set free from Nangarhar prison". Pajhwok Afghan News.
^Ihsas, Zabihullah (27 December 2017). "Prisoners flee Balkh jail after gunbattle with security guards". Pajhwok Afghan News.
^"ICRC Audiovisual Archives". International Committee of the Red Cross. 1 December 2015.
^"Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison, freeing hundreds". BBC News. 14 September 2015.
^"Taliban frees hundreds in deadly Afghan prison raid". CBS News. 14 September 2015.
^Haroon, Mohammad (8 October 2015). "Khost prison security beefed up after Kunduz jailbreak". Pajhwok Afghan News.
^"Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates". CNN. 28 September 2015.
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