No Burqas Behind Bars

No Burqas Behind Bars is a 2013 Swedish feature-length documentary film made by Nima Sarvestani on life in a women's prison in Afghanistan. In Takhar Prison, Afghanistan, 40 women are locked behind bars together with their 34 children. They all share four cells. Through the prisoners’ own stories, the film explores how "moral crimes” are used to control women in Afghanistan. The film shows that women fleeing from their husbands get a longer punishment than those who have committed murder.

No Burqas Behind Bars

No Burqas Behind Bars is a 2013 Swedish feature-length documentary film made by Nima Sarvestani on life in a women's prison in Afghanistan. In Takhar Prison, Afghanistan, 40 women are locked behind bars together with their 34 children. They all share four cells. Through the prisoners’ own stories, the film explores how "moral crimes” are used to control women in Afghanistan. The film shows that women fleeing from their husbands get a longer punishment than those who have committed murder.