to follow the instructions of the treating physicians in order to achieve the
required benefit from the treatment.
28. The NIHR also tweeted that those 925 inmates from the Correction and
Rehabilitation Center in the Jau District were examined by doctors during the
period from 9 to 15 July 2020, and appropriate medicines were dispensed to
them. Required health services were given to (22) inmates who are diabetic,
and (34) inmates suffering from skin problems or allergies were examined by
consultant doctors from Al- Salmaniya Medical Complex and were given the
appropriate treatment.
29. The NIHR noted that doctors are the only ones who decide the treatment plan
and medical care according to the diagnosis and the medical protocol
followed for each case and confirmed that it will continue to meet directly with
the inmates, listen to their observations, receive requests for assistance from
them, and coordinate directly with the management of the Center to ensure
the right to health for all.
30. On a related level, the NIHR monitored allegations circulated on some social
media platforms about an increase in the local communication tariff at the
inmates Correction and Rehabilitation Center, in addition to a claim that some
inmates were deprived of their right to communicate with the outside world
through phone calls with their families. Immediately, the NIHR contacted the
concerned authorities to establish the facts of the allegations. It was found
that there were no changes in the tariff for local communications and that
communications take place as scheduled and at the assigned times, and that
it was planned according to a new administrative system that simulates what
is in place in most of the correction and rehabilitation centers around the
world, where a set of phone numbers of persons the inmate wishes to
communicate with is specified in advance.
31. In this regard, the NIHR noted that, by viewing CCTV surveillance cameras
in the Correction and Rehabilitation Center, it monitored a group of inmates
vandalizing and destroying communication devices available for use by
everyone, which casts a shadow on the right of the rest of the inmates to
communicate with the outside world.
32. The NIHR called for peaceful and civilized means in expressing the objection
of some inmates to the new communication system, through direct dialogue
with the administration of the Correction and Rehabilitation Center without
resorting to vandalism, which makes them accountable for their actions and
deprives the rest of the inmates of their right to communicate.
33. The NIHR also stressed the importance of resorting to official channels that
have jurisdiction over such allegations, and not to circulate unreliable
information and stir up public opinion.
34. The NIHR also monitored an allegation about depriving an inmate from
visitation rights without explaining the reasons. At the time, the NIHR
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