Community Development Authority - Inmates of Punitive and Correctional Institutions
Community Development Authority - Inmates of Punitive and Correctional Institutions
The Prisoners' Care service addresses the social and psychological challenges that inmates in penal and correctional institutions and their families often face. The objective is to help them adopt a positive way of thinking, enabling them to better cope with life during incarceration and after their release. Whilst primarily focused on UAE nationals, this service is available to male and female inmates of various nationalities, religions and with various case histories.
It includes providing group and individual support to inmates and their families in order to overcome their social and psychological challenges, and rebuild their lives by studying their cases, social conditions, and providing social, psychological and social counselling. It also includes supporting the family through financial assistance and psychological, social counselling for all members in order to accept the inmate after the release and to create a healthy environment in order to avoid recidivism.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Emirati inmates of Penal and Correctional Institutions, both male and femal.
- Some special cases of inmates of other nationalities
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Services Offered
Services
- Study psychological, social and financial aspects of the inmate cases, regardless of the case type and sentence duration
- Conduct individual, group and family meetings for the benefit of inmates
- Provide guidance and advice to inmates who commit further offenses inside correctional institutions
- Coordinate internally and externally to address inmates issues
- Conduct case studies and identify the challenges they face in an effort to develop intervention plans and find appropriate solutions for it
- Provide rehabilitation programs according to the outcomes of case studies to prepare inmates to be socially integrated after their release through short courses or on-going programs
- Provide social and psychological counselling by phone or field/office visits upon request from released inmates and their families
- Provide aftercare program for inmates and their families to help them communicate, to provide family therapy to prepare them for release, and to socially empowering them
Fees and Payment
This service is free of charge.
Services Offered To: Adults
Languages: Arabic, English
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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