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'''Jail Madrassa''' is a religious [[seminary]] in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] that was used as a faith-based religious center for rehabilitation of [[drug addicts]], [[Juvenile delinquency|juvenile criminals]], and religious training for a fee.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16157177 | title=Pakistan: Karachi police free chained students | date=13 December 2011 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=27 February 2020 }}</ref><br />
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This seminary came into limelight due to its brutal treatment of students for chaining, beatings, lashes, and deprival of food like in a [[torture chamber]]. Apparently, parents voluntarily paid for their children to attend 'Jail madrassa' to morphe themselves from the addiction of drugs or for the crimes, children have committed.<br />
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==Criticism==<br />
Upon meeting the teenagers by Hasan Kazmi, a [[BBC]] [[Urdu]] service's scribe, the inmates complained that they were forced to study all hours with no adequate food nor clothing. Another boy complained, [[Taliban]] visited the seminary to get prepared for battle.<br />
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According to [[Pakistan]]'s police, they arrested the head of the seminary for subjecting students to torture and abuse under the basement of seminary. At least 18 of the teenagers aged under 20 were rescued.<ref name=BBC1 /><br />
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Some critics questioned the rationale behind the arrest of inmates in religious centre which is also common in private jails run by [[Feudalism|feudal lords]] in Pakistan and drug-addict rehabilitation centres where inmates are chained to prevent them from escape.<ref name=BBC1 /><br />
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Few reports also suggest that almost 50 students under age of 18 were kept chained in the basement of seminary for sexual abuse.<ref>[[Deccan Herald]] [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/211499/over-50-chained-boys-rescued.html Over 50 'chained' boys rescued from Pak seminary]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=82017&Cat=4|title=The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News}}</ref> According to [[Rehman Malik]], Pakistan's Interior Minister, he asked the police to investigate if the seminary had any links to the terrorist organisations like [[Tehreek-e-Taliban]] in imparting terrorist training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/211499/over-50-chained-boys-rescued.html|title = Over 50 'chained' boys rescued from Pak seminary|date = 13 December 2011}}</ref><br />
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According to [[CNN]] affiliate [[GEO News]], the students were beaten and shocked with electric wires. According to police, some parents enrolled the students for religious training with no knowledge of harsh treatment to their children.<ref>[[CNN News]] [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/12/world/asia/pakistan-students-chained/index.html Police raid in Pakistan finds chained students at religious school]</ref><br />
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* [http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=82017&Cat=4 Over 50 boys found chained in Madrassa]<br />
* [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20111219075801/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8953925/Police-rescue-50-boys-from-Karachi-madrassah-dungeon.html Police rescue 50 boys from Karachi madrassa dungeon]<br />
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