Sharjah jail launches video chats between inmates and their kids

The Department of Social Services launched the "Roaya" project, which allows children to see their parents in Sharjah penal institutions through an online platform.

The new project has been launched by the Sharjah Police in cooperation with the Sharjah Family Court, in conjunction with the Emirates Innovation Month.

The chairman of the legitimate court of Sharjah and the chairman of the standing committee for the care of children deprived of social welfare, counselor Salem Ali Matar Al Hosani, said that the new project has been launched along the lines of the Ministry of Justice's strategy to implement partnerships with the Sharjah government departments.

This project allows children to see their parents without administrative or legal obstacles. Moreover, it fulfills the requirement of the Personal Status Law, which prevents children from seeing prisons, police stations or places that are inappropriate with the nature and personality of the children.

The rapporteur of the standing committee for the care of children deprived of social welfare Ahmed Al Tartour, explained that the project "Roaya" is an idea that came from the perceived urgent humanitarian need of the community towards parents or children; and it is through brainstorming meetings that the committee saw that it could benefit from the internet by launching this platform.

The project is connected electronically through nine cities in the Emirate of Sharjah which includes Sharjah city, Hamriya, Al Dhaid, Al Bataih, Madame, Maleeha, Kalba, Khorfakkan and Dibba Al Hosn, he noted.