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Doha
A two-day regional workshop on rehabilitation programmes in prisons organised by the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as part of the implementation of the Doha Declaration Global Programme, started on Tuesday.
The workshop is being organised with the financial support from Qatar to assist countries in achieving a positive and sustainable impact on crime prevention and criminal justice.
The workshop, which saw participation of 12 countries, discussed a series of topics such as rehabilitation in prison settings – an internal perspective, prison-based rehabilitation programs in the MENA region – a regional perspective, preview to the handbook on classification of prisoners and presentation of the technical guide to support national brand of prison products.
The participants will visit the Prisoner Rehabilitation Center of the Penal and Correctional Institutions in Qatar with education and vocational training in action.
In his speech at the opening of the workshop, Brigadier Mohammed Saud al Otaibi, director of the Penal and Correctional Institutions Department, said rehabilitation of prisoners should be based on studies and plans, according to a number of criteria such as age, educational qualification, health status, type of offence, and the duration of sentence.
He said efforts made by the Penal and Correctional Institutions Department at Ministry of Interior and civil society institutions in the State have reflected in the large number of released prisoners returning to the society as good individuals involved in development processes.
He highlighted the importance of a transitional period between the execution of punishment and the return to society through a stage of gradualism and preparation for the participation in society.
Marco Teixeira, coordinator of the Doha Global Programme, stressed the importance of assisting States in enforcing laws and projects of rehabilitation programmes, adding that international organisations were part of the global effort to improve the services provided in the rehabilitation centres.
He said, with Qatar’s assistance, a special education programme for prisoners could be established and technical support given to more than 11 countries.
Alejandro Matta, Programme Management officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said international law stipulates that detention should not be limited to deprivation of liberty only.
He said, “Prisoners must be given an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills that can help them reintegrate into society after their release to prevent them from returning to crime. International law on civil and political rights stipulates that the prison system should take into account the treatment of prisoners whose primary objective was to reform and social rehabilitation.
Doha
A two-day regional workshop on rehabilitation programmes in prisons organised by the Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as part of the implementation of the Doha Declaration Global Programme, started on Tuesday.
The workshop is being organised with the financial support from Qatar to assist countries in achieving a positive and sustainable impact on crime prevention and criminal justice.
The workshop, which saw participation of 12 countries, discussed a series of topics such as rehabilitation in prison settings – an internal perspective, prison-based rehabilitation programs in the MENA region – a regional perspective, preview to the handbook on classification of prisoners and presentation of the technical guide to support national brand of prison products.
The participants will visit the Prisoner Rehabilitation Center of the Penal and Correctional Institutions in Qatar with education and vocational training in action.
In his speech at the opening of the workshop, Brigadier Mohammed Saud al Otaibi, director of the Penal and Correctional Institutions Department, said rehabilitation of prisoners should be based on studies and plans, according to a number of criteria such as age, educational qualification, health status, type of offence, and the duration of sentence.
He said efforts made by the Penal and Correctional Institutions Department at Ministry of Interior and civil society institutions in the State have reflected in the large number of released prisoners returning to the society as good individuals involved in development processes.
He highlighted the importance of a transitional period between the execution of punishment and the return to society through a stage of gradualism and preparation for the participation in society.
Marco Teixeira, coordinator of the Doha Global Programme, stressed the importance of assisting States in enforcing laws and projects of rehabilitation programmes, adding that international organisations were part of the global effort to improve the services provided in the rehabilitation centres.
He said, with Qatar’s assistance, a special education programme for prisoners could be established and technical support given to more than 11 countries.
Alejandro Matta, Programme Management officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said international law stipulates that detention should not be limited to deprivation of liberty only.
He said, “Prisoners must be given an opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills that can help them reintegrate into society after their release to prevent them from returning to crime. International law on civil and political rights stipulates that the prison system should take into account the treatment of prisoners whose primary objective was to reform and social rehabilitation.
