An agreement between the General Directorate of Prisons and Red Crescent Administration – New Algeria

Today, Sunday, in Algiers, an agreement was signed between the General Directorate of Prison and Reintegration AdministrationAlgerian Red Crescent In order to devote joint work between the two sides and expand its horizons.
The agreement was signed by the Director General of Prison and Reintegration Administration, Saeed Zarb, Head of the National Observatory of Civil Society, President of the Algerian Red Crescent, Ibtisam Hamlawi.

In this regard, Zarb explained that this agreement comes “a consecration of joint action and embodiment of the participation of activities Civil society In support of the state’s efforts to ensure the category of imprisoned and accompanying the released and their families, in accordance with the adopted national punitive policy, in light of the law related to the regulation of prisons and the social reintegration of the prisoners, which states that the social reintegration of the prisoners is important to the state bodies and civil society contributes to.

This agreement includes – as the same official referred to – “the permanence of constructive partnership between the Algerian Prison and Red Crescent administration” with “devoting the values ​​of solidarity and synergy for the Algerian society”, as well as “providing appropriate conditions to enable the prisoners to integrate in the society After the end of their penalty and extending a helping hand to them to divide their path as citizens who contribute to building their homeland and the welfare of their society.

Among the other goals to which this agreement aims is “the promotion of cooperation and the increase in bilateral coordination at the central and local levels in order to take optimal sponsorship bImprisoned The accompanying of the released from the categories of the needy and the weak groups with special needs, the elderly, women and events, as well as foreign imprisoned.

This step also seeks to “achieve the supreme goals of the national punitive policy in terms of ensuring respect for dignity and humanitarian treatment and diversifying the activities and programs of reintegration to fight a return to Crime And prevention from it, ”says Mr. Zarb.

In the same context, he pointed out that bilateral cooperation between the two parties witnessed a “qualitative and quality jump”, referring to this “qualitative activities and services supporting the guarantee of the rights of the prisoners, most notably the organization of 29 multidisciplinary medical convoys to ensure the medical guarantee of the prison Medical examination The specialist, “in addition to” supporting the pharmacists of penal institutions with 2869 units of various medicines and 88 units of medical and paramedical supplies “, in addition to” organizing 56 training courses in first aid, benefiting 1470 imprisoned. “

As mentioned, in the same direction, the Algerian Red Crescent Foundation was presented to “4000 school bags and distributed to 5905 loud expulsions for the benefit of the prisoners NeedyIn addition to providing in -kind assistance to penal institutions.

For its part, Hamlawi affirmed the commitment of the Algerian Red Crescent Foundation to “continue to support the state’s efforts in the field of guests Punitive institutions Even after the end of the penalty period in order to enable them to integrate them again into society.

After referring to the intention of the Algerian Red Crescent to raise the number of medical convoys directed to the prisoners, Mrs. Hamlawi stopped at the endeavors of the hospital unit for the prisoners located in the university hospital, Mustafa Pasha, in cooperation with a number of national economic institutions.

In conclusion, in conclusion, the International Committee of the Red Cross was praised by efforts Algerian state In the field of caring for imprisoned, based on the periodic visits they make for penal institutions.