National Council for Human Rights Conducts Inspection Visit to Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre

In accordance with its constitutional and legal mandate to monitor the human rights situation, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) conducted an inspection visit to Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Centre. The delegation included NCHR Board Members Dr. Wafaa Benjamin, Dr. Howaida Adly, Ms. Vivian Morad, and Mr. Mohamed Osman, along with a number of members of the NCHR’s General Secretariat.

During the inspection of the Centre’s facilities, the delegation examined their conditions and level of preparedness, as well as the services provided, particularly medical care, the quality of food services, the safety of drinking water, and the condition of the infrastructure, including structural safety and the regular availability of water and electricity services. The assessment was conducted in light of relevant international human rights standards, particularly those concerning conditions of detention and care within correctional institutions.

The visit covered a number of facilities and departments, including the medical centre and its various clinics and specialised units; the central kitchen and meal serving areas; the technical education and rehabilitation building, including the hobbies centre, music facilities and tailoring workshop; the educational services building, which includes a library, technical education classrooms and literacy classes; the rehabilitation and nursery building designated for children accompanying their mothers; as well as cultural and religious facilities and infrastructure related services.

The delegation also met with a number of female and male inmates and held direct and extended discussions with them, both collectively and individually, listening to their observations, needs, living conditions, and means of communication with their families.

 

The visit forms part of the NCHR’S ’s direct monitoring of the conditions of inmates in correction and rehabilitation centres and other places of detention, and its assessment of the extent to which their conditions of detention and the services provided to them comply with the Constitution, the law and relevant international standards, particularly the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules).

NCHR is preparing a report containing the findings of the visit and the observations made by its delegation, together with an assessment of the various aspects of care and services provided to inmates and any recommendations or proposals that may emerge from the field monitoring process.

NCHR affirms that visits to correction and rehabilitation centres constitute one of the key mechanisms through which it carries out its mandate, by directly monitoring the conditions of inmates, listening to their observations, and maintaining dialogue with the relevant authorities. Such visits contribute to supporting the development of the correction and rehabilitation system, safeguarding the dignity of inmates, and ensuring their enjoyment of their rights in accordance with the law and relevant estabshed standards.