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Probation and parole system in Pakistan: Assessment and recommendations for reform

Alternatives to imprisonment in Pakistan have their legal basis at the pre-trial stage in the form of bail; at the sentencing stage with fines and probation; and at the post-sentencing stage with parole. Probation and parole are, however, underused, despite significant overcrowding in the country’s prisons and widely accepted evidence globally that alternatives to imprisonment […]

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