in cooperation and coordination with the relevant entities such as the
Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Development, to improve the
conditions of the detainees and convicted from this category of society. To
that end, a special ward in the Reform and Habilitation Center of Juwaida
was assigned so as to include all the facilities relating to preparing the
environment and services utilities and implementing a care program for
them.
The following represent information that we have reached about violations:
1. The number of inmates with disabilities as of 12/11/2010 reached (26)
detainees and (34) convicted, that is a total of (60) inmates with
physical, hearing, visual and mental disabilities, distributed by type of
disability in the various prisons of the Kingdom, as per the following
table:
Table (2)
Type of disability
No. of convicted inmates
No. of detained inmates
Physical disability
20
15
Mental disability
3
3
Hearing disability
6
4
Visual disability
5
4
Total
34
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In this connection, the following observations were recorded:
1. Reform and habilitation centers are taking into account the
preparation of prisons for the benefit of persons with disabilities,
where the Reform and Habilitation Center of Juwaida was prepared in
such a way as we have mentioned earlier. Furthermore, the national
construction code for persons with disabilities is being applied now in
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