Qatar's Ministry of Interior Wraps Up "Unified Gulf Inmates Week" Activities

Doha, December 25 (QNA) - The Ministry of Interior concluded on Sunday the four-day Unified Gulf Inmates Week. which included numerous activities with the engagement of several supporting entities in the State of Qatar. Within the framework of these events, Penal and Correctional Institutions Department (PCID) held an exhibition within the institution to highlight the various works carried out by inmates that ranged from artistic paintings to wood crafts and antiques with the participation of several concerned ministries, institutions and entities in Qatar, in addition to a number of the ministry's departments. The events also included cultural, recreational and sporting programs, including a lecture on the ways discovering the people with special needs and dealing with them, along with other programs that primarily focused on narcotics and their devastating impacts, a panel discussion on the importance of aftercare role, organizing a plethora of sports activities, individual and group games, as well as dedicating a family day to visitation and distribution of gifts and toys to the sons and daughters of the male and female inmates. On this occasion, the PCID inmates affairs officer Brigadier Mohamed Abdulla Al Ahmad said that the Gulf Inmates Week was intended to highlight the functions discharged by the department to rehabilitate the inmates and raise their awareness, underlining that the role of the penal institutions is not solely confined to organizing training and educational courses for the inmates during the correction and rehabilitation period, but to follow-up on the inmates after their discharge, and their integration into the business market to support them socially to be good and producer individuals. He lauded the efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Interior represented by the penal and correctional institutions, adding that PCID exerts appreciative efforts to upgrade the inmates' capabilities and qualify them to have an effective role in the community. For his part, the Head of the Care and Reform Section at PCID Captain Bakhit Abdullah Al Baridi said that during the Gulf Inmates Weeks PCID was keen to highlight the works carried out by the inmates during the process of their rehabilitation and correction within the institution, and organizing a variety of programs to create good competitions among the inmates and pay tribute to the excelled inmates. The Head of the youth centers department at the Ministry of Sports and Youth Mubarak Al Dosari underscored the keenness of the Ministry of Sports and Youth to participate in the Gulf Inmates Week, pointing out that the ministry's role represented in organizing training courses would reflect positively on inmates, enhance their moral aspect, improve their future career and their return once again to life with greater morality. For her part, the Executive Director of Volunteering and Local Development at Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) Muna Fadel Al-Sulaiti said that QRCS has a strategic partnership with the penal and correctional institutions for many years, pointing out that there is a joint co-operation that benefited a substantial number of inmates who were trained to find suitable job opportunities for them after their discharge to be a source of livelihood that helps them support their families. (QNA)