Afghanistan penal code is one of the most updated criminal laws in the region which has identified various cases and various vital cases of today’s society as crime, there is a great proportionality between crime and punishment and suitable solutions are determined for implementing the law. Among these, imprisonment and juvenile detention alternatives is one of the needs of today’s society. Equal punishment for small crimes is an important and up-to date issue in the penal law which has been imposed considering the time needs, solving social problems, individual and national economic for rescuing small criminals from adversity and better training or disciplining of prisoners. The alternative issue of juvenile detention and imprisonment which has taken ten articles of Afghanistan penal code has numerous prominences, but at the moment, the government will encounter challenges when implementing this portion of penal code. The challenges include lack of entire electronic control coverage, corruption, taking bribe, utilizing from criminals for personal services instead of public services, and lack of overall security. The mentioned challenges are not the problem of Afghanistan penal code but is needy of strengthening government for implementing this portion of law.