Dubai Central Jail inmates learn how to repair vehicles By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter November 14, 2006,
Dubai: Inmates at Dubai Central jail learn how to repair vehicles as part of the jail's rehabilitation programme, a senior police official said. Brigadier Khamis Saeed Al Suwaidi, Acting Director of Dubai Police's Punitive and Correctional Establishments, said the department is keen on rehabilitation programmes that will help inmates after they are freed. He said the education and training department at the jail organised the vocational course in cooperation with the Al Futtaim training centre. The course targeted 14 UAE national inmates. All passed the course and six were released from jail. The inmates have secured jobs as helpers at Al Futtaim as soon as they had taken the course and received the certificates. Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Kalentar, Director of Dubai Central Jail, said many inmates showed interest in taking the course. However, the 14 were selected based on interviews, their behaviour and their English language proficiency. He said the course was taught by instructors from Al Futtaim Training Centre for two-and-a-half months. The participants received theoretical and practical lessons for five hours, four days in a week. http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/11/14/10082418.html
