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Women's Capabilities Development Center

Saudi female prison officers proud of a job well done

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3 dead after inmates start fire in Mexican prison

Ameen Khan with his employer.

Emotional moments

The tailoring workshop at Dhahban Central Prison is fully equipped to train the inmates in the trade. — SG photo

Rehabilitation through crafts

The Saudi inmate of Dhahban prison in Jeddah being recognized for his efforts to write all chapters of the Holy Qura’n by hand in just four months.

Saudi inmate writes all Qur’an chapters by hand in 4 months

Indian farmer on death row returns home, hails Saudi prison authorities

Indian farmer on death row returns home, hails Saudi prison authorities

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Sri Lanka prison bus shooting kills seven

Ministry of Interior

Over 5,000 detained in intelligence prisons

Maj. Gen. Sami Eid Allihyani receives the honors from Director General of Prisons Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Hamzi in Riyadh on Tuesday.

Prison Directorate fetes officer who designed smart security gates

Wives and daughters of prisoners learn carpet weaving at a workshop organized by Tarahum in Jazan. — Okaz photo

Jazan jail’s women inmates trained in handicraft skills

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Shows To Watch Out For in 2017

Prisoners atop the roof of the compound celebrate the transfer of their leaders after a negotiation with the police at the Alcacuz Penitentiary, near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, on Monday. — AFP

Brazil govt struggles to rein in prison violence

Terumi Obata, head of a rehabilitation facility for former prisoners, speaking at an interview in Tokyo. — AFP

No country for old men: Japan’s elderly inmates prefer jail

Guards stand on either side of a line-up of detainees to perform a search for unauthorized items at Guantanamo’s Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Nineteen of the remaining 55 prisoners in 2017 are cleared for release and could be freed in the final days of the Obama presidency, part of an effort to shrink the prison since the administration couldn’t close it on his watch. — AP photos

Inmates’ uncertainty on Guantanamo prison’s 15th anniversary

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, center, is pictured on the second day of his of hearing of appeal in Borgarting Court of Appeal at Telemark prison in Skien, Norway, on Wednesday. — AFP

Breivik ‘trying to spread his ideology from prison’

Heavily armed police officers walk outside the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo, after dozens of inmates were killed, in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, on Friday. — AP

Hearts, intestines ripped out in Brazil prison killing spree

Prison programs change traditional concept of crime and punishment

Prison programs change traditional concept of crime and punishment

National Society for Human Rights

Defendants in murder case complain of protracted trial

Prison staff carrying riot shields leave HMP Birmingham in Winson Green, Birmingham, central England, on Saturday. — AFP

UK restores order after worst prison uprising since 1990

Some of the Saudi prisoners in the notorious Al-Nassiriah prison in Iraq. — Courtesy Al-Watan

No contacts with Saudis in Iraqi prisons for 4 years