KARACHI, Pakistan: Karachi's colonial-era prison is adorned with murals of rural Pakistani life, painted by convicted murderers and kidnappers locked away from the world but learning their craft inside its walls. A rehabilitation art and music program has seen some inmates sell their work for several thousand dollars at exhibitions supported by the local arts council, according to prison chiefs. "Before I was jailed, it was another life with no responsibility and immaturity," Mohammad Ijaz told Agence France-Presse from the prison studio. In this photograph taken on December 16, 2023, a prisoner works on a wall mural at the Central Jail in Karachi. AFP PHOTOThe art program was launched at Karachi Central Jail in 2007, and aims to reform inmates serving long sentences or those on death row.
