Members of the National Council for Human Rights and media delegation and representatives of more than 28 foreign agencies visited Borg Al-Arab prisons area in Alexandria on Tuesday, April 20.
The visit included inspecting clinics, the prison hospital, and industry workshops inside the prison, in addition to the kitchen, rooms, and playgrounds for exercise.
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Prisoner Receiving Medical Treatment at Hospital of Borg Al-Arab Prison- Taken by Nawal Sayed[/caption]
The delegation watched a football match between two teams of prison inmates, and the prisoners expressed their happiness with the level of services provided to them and said that the prison provides them with many means of entertainment inside the prison.
A prison inmate explained on the sidelines of an inspection visit organized by the prison sector to Borg Al-Arab prison that he practices sports twice every week, indicating that he has been imprisoned for a drug case for 5 years, and that he is keen to practice sports in prison and reform himself.
The director of the hospital in Borg Al-Arab prison said that “There is no coronavirus case in Borg Al-Arab prison.”
He added that “The ministry’s prison hospitals are equipped with the latest medical devices and well-trained staff to provide the best possible health care to the prisoners.”
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Prisoner Receiving Medical Treatment at Hospital of Borg Al-Arab Prison- Taken by Nawal Sayed[/caption]
“The hospitals receive medical convoys to conduct prisoner examinations, provide them with the necessary treatment and implement anti-coronavirus preventive measures."
For his part, Major General Tarek Marzouq, Assistant Minister of Interior for the Prisons Sector, said that: “All prisons in Egypt are clear of Covid-19 cases.”
The assistant minister stressed that "We have a very serious responsibility to rehabilitate and reform those who have gone out of law in a way that makes them an active member of society."
In this regard, he said that all Covid-19 protective measures are being taken inside all prisons across Egypt including taking into consideration a one-meter, at least, the distance between the prisoner and his family during usual and exceptional visits.
“Each prisoner changes the mask every day. Also, when the prisoner moves from one place to another, he changes the mask, Marzouq affirmed.
In another context, he added that “we are facing a deliberate smear campaign to paint a different picture of prisons."
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