List of prisons in Afghanistan

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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	Closed	?	United States	?	?	?
Dark prison	Closed	?	United States	?	?	?
Total capacity					20,000[5]	(current)

See also

• Afghanistan portal

• Black jail
• Capital punishment in Afghanistan
• Do Ab prison
• List of countries by incarceration rate
• Mazari Sharif prison
• Qala-i-Jangi
• Rish Khor prison
• Sheberghan Prison