Inside Pul-e-Charkhi women’s prison just outside Kabul, Afghanistan, women raise their children as their serve their sentences. Inmates do not receive adequate medical attention, and education for the children is virtually nil. Many of the women are doing time for rather bogus crimes, such as being drunk, running away from an abusive family, or asking for a divorce, some of whom were charged before the fall of the Taliban with such offenses yet still languish in prison. Women who have no real criminal history share dormitory rooms with the likes of the infamous Shah Kuo Kuo, who led some twenty-plus men to their deaths. Some foreigners have ended up in Pul-e-Charki for drug trafficking or prostitution and have difficulty communicating with their families outside the country as mail is not usually allowed. Notorious criminals, innocent women and children spend their days loitering in the two hallways of the small, poorly maintained prison block. Some of the children are born into this world, many of whom exhibit clear signs of emotional and behavioral disturbances. To view the full archived edit click View Gallery