In April 2008, I visited Pul-e Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan. At the time, there were 226 young children in Afghanistan’s prisons, including many who were born there. They had committed no crime but remained with their mothers who were among the country’s 300 or more incarcerated women, many of whom are serving 7+ year sentences for the offense of leaving their marriages.
In that same month the women and children of Pul-e Charkhi were moved to Badam Bagh, a new facility which recognized the special requirements of female prisoners and their children.
David Guttenfelder ©The Associated Press
