The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, in his capacity as the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has issued a law regarding the regulation of rehabilitation and correctional centers in the emirate. The law aims to outline the public policy for these centers, ensuring the protection of inmates' rights and providing them with social and cultural rehabilitation.
Under this law, the term "penal and reform institutions" in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi will be renamed to "rehabilitation and correctional centers." These centers, affiliated with the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, will have competencies that include the admission of inmates, classification of their categories, and informing them of their rights and responsibilities, as well as the primary obligations they must adhere to and the prohibitions they should avoid.
The rehabilitation and correctional centers will work on providing healthcare and social services to inmates, alongside offering educational and cultural programs to train and prepare them professionally, through implementing rehabilitation programs aimed at reintegrating them as active members of society. Additionally, the tasks of these centers include training their staff according to the highest international standards, ensuring the application of best practices in the management of the centers, which, in turn, will enable them to fulfill their mission of rehabilitating inmates and achieving effective economic management of the rehabilitation and correctional system in the emirate.
