BEIRUT:
Officials opened the first ever social affairs center at Roumieh’s juvenile
prison Wednesday, aiming to provide awareness and individual therapies to
underage prisoners.
Interior
Minister Marwan Charbel and Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour inaugurated
the center vowing to establish similar centers in all prisons in the country.
Speaking
at a news conference in Roumieh, Charbel said that the time has come to make
inmates feel that they are “here to improve and not simply be punished.”
Abu
Faour said that the center would provide eight professional social workers to
counsel inmates on the problems they experience in their daily lives behind
bars.
He
also said the social workers will offer therapy to inmates to help them
understand the dangers of drug dealing and drug abuse.
“The
cooperation of Interior Minister Charbel is an example of how two different
government institutions can work together,” Abu Faour said.
“No one wants to take the
prerogatives of another ministry or violate them, but it is important to have
cooperation between them,” Abu Faour added.
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