New prisons are being built for inmates serving sentences while the detainees, who are awaiting trial, will remain in the old correction homes, according to a senior official from the Directorate General of Prisons.
Col. Mohammed Al-Hibaishi, director of the Dammam reformatory, said about 80 percent of the reformatory have been completed in two years and it will be used to house the prisoners already sentenced and are serving their prison terms.
"The detainees, who have not yet been sentenced will remain to be locked in the old prisons," he said.
Hibaishi was talking at a seminar titled "The field work" organized by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Dammam on Tuesday.
He said once they are sentenced, the inmates will immediately be transported to the new prisons, which include hospitals, playgrounds, schools, entertainment facilities, and other utilities.
Hibaish has said the prisoners of debt will be housed in separate barracks so that they will not mix with convicted criminals.
He asked the families, relatives and friends to visit the prisoners and said social visits will have a great impact on reducing prisoners' criminal tendencies in the future.
Speaking at the same seminar, Col. Mohammed Bin Mashhour, director of rehabilitation, public relations and information at the Eastern Province prisons, said the prisoners who are well behaved will be allowed to go out of the prison for 48 hours during which they will enjoy complete freedom.
"The prisoners who were convicted of taking part mutiny, obtaining forbidden substances, fighting or disobeying orders will be prevented from such privileges," he said.
Mashhour said under certain guarantees, married prisoners will be allowed to go out of the prison for 24 to 48 hours to meet with their families.
"There are houses built inside the prisons for the inmates to stay with their wives in privacy for a day or two," he said.
Mashhour, however, said prisoners serving long terms and the detainees charged with murder are not allowed this privilege.
He said 798 prisoners in the Eastern Province are completing their education in various levels.
"We have concluded agreements with a number of universities to enable the prisoners join distance education programs," he explained.
Col. Mohammed Al-Hibaishi, director of the Dammam reformatory, said about 80 percent of the reformatory have been completed in two years and it will be used to house the prisoners already sentenced and are serving their prison terms.
"The detainees, who have not yet been sentenced will remain to be locked in the old prisons," he said.
Hibaishi was talking at a seminar titled "The field work" organized by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Dammam on Tuesday.
He said once they are sentenced, the inmates will immediately be transported to the new prisons, which include hospitals, playgrounds, schools, entertainment facilities, and other utilities.
Hibaish has said the prisoners of debt will be housed in separate barracks so that they will not mix with convicted criminals.
He asked the families, relatives and friends to visit the prisoners and said social visits will have a great impact on reducing prisoners' criminal tendencies in the future.
Speaking at the same seminar, Col. Mohammed Bin Mashhour, director of rehabilitation, public relations and information at the Eastern Province prisons, said the prisoners who are well behaved will be allowed to go out of the prison for 48 hours during which they will enjoy complete freedom.
"The prisoners who were convicted of taking part mutiny, obtaining forbidden substances, fighting or disobeying orders will be prevented from such privileges," he said.
Mashhour said under certain guarantees, married prisoners will be allowed to go out of the prison for 24 to 48 hours to meet with their families.
"There are houses built inside the prisons for the inmates to stay with their wives in privacy for a day or two," he said.
Mashhour, however, said prisoners serving long terms and the detainees charged with murder are not allowed this privilege.
He said 798 prisoners in the Eastern Province are completing their education in various levels.
"We have concluded agreements with a number of universities to enable the prisoners join distance education programs," he explained.
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