Women in Bangladesh Prison

Women in prison

Tahmina Shafique uncovers the pathetic plight of the female inmates in the country’s prison system. The stories of abuse, the stories of torture, and the problems of reintegration

Having spent a year in prison already, 25-year-old Rahima still cannot reconcile with her living conditions. ‘The air, the walls, the people, the place- all of it has been a shock for me,’ she says. She struggles to wear the blank and emotionless expression that the rest of her inmates wear everyday, yet every time she speaks of her experience in jail, she fights back tears...........