COUNTING EXECUTIONS
06.07.2017
EXECUTIONS AND
OVERCROWDED JAILS
The more overcrowding a jail experiences,
EXECUTING TO MAKE ROOM IN CROWDED JAILS the more frequent the executions.
Among jails that hold condemned prisoners in Punjab, 25 For every 70 prisoners added to an
out of 27 are holding prisoners beyond capacity.
overpopulated jail, 1 prisoner is
executed.*
In Punjab, as the number of prisoners held beyond *at a 99 percent confidence level
capacity increases, the number of prisoners executed
increases (correlation=0.73).
See Appendix for breakdown of jail data
Overpopulation and Executed Prisoners in Punjab Jails
Lahore Central Jail
2332 over capacity
54 executions
60
50
EXECUTED PRISONERS
40
30
20
10
0
-1,500
-1,000
-500
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
OVERPOPULATION
REFERENCES
Justice Project Pakistan, Executions Data (May 2017).
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Death Penalty Database (Jan.
2017).
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Annual Statistical Report 2015.
Government of Punjab, Population Statement of Jails (Mar. 2016).
Government of Sindh, Population Statement of Jails (Jul. 2015)
South Asia Terrorism Portal, Terrorism Fatalities (May 2017).
Justice Project Pakistan & Reprieve, Terror on Death Row: The Abuse
and Overuse of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Legislation (Dec. 2014).
JUSTICE PROJECT PAKISTAN
JUSTICE PROJECT PAKISTAN
JPP is a legal action nongovernmental
organisation
representing the most vulnerable
Pakistani prisoners facing the
harshest punishments, including those facing the death
penalty, mentally ill prisoners, and victims of police
torture. JPP investigates, litigates, and advocates
strategically in courts of law and the court of public
opinion.
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