Shahid Hussain2018-07-312018-07-312018https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3046Supervised by: Inam ul HaqThe current study aims to investigate the major reasons behind the problems faced by prisoners during imprisonment. Researcher adopted qualitative research approach to find the answer of research questions. The researcher collected data from two different prisons, (District Jail Lahore & District Jail Pakpattan) to compare the situation and find the reasons behind problems. In Pakistanprisons the capacity of the prisoners is three times more than the actual capacity and the prisoners face many problems during imprisonment like inmate's violence on inmates, staff violence with prisoners, food, sexual harassment cases, gang violence, low availability of place, water problem, cleaning problems, the behaviour of guard with poor criminals who can't afford money and effect of imprisonment on prisoners' families. In-depth interviews were conducted with the prisoners in face to face mode of data collection and data was analysed using thematic analysis technique. The results showed very pathetic situation of cleaning, prisoners violence, overcrowding, food, health, usage of drugs and administrative flaws in Lahore district and the situation of these problems is totally diverse in district Jail Pakpattan. Researcher recommended to undergo serious policy making while keeping in mind the above mentioned situation of jails and prisonersenImprisonment, problems facedprisoners, prisoners ViolenceM.PhilThesis