The president of the United Arab Emirates promulgates a law that organizes penitentiary establishments

According to the law, Abu Dhabi’s punitive and correctional facilities will be renamed correctional and rehabilitation centres.

Under the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, the functions and responsibilities of correctional and rehabilitation centers include receiving inmates, identifying appropriate duty of care, and informing inmates of their responsibilities and expected behavior.

The functions of the centers also include the provision of health and social care services to prisoners, education and vocational training opportunities, and the implementation of rehabilitation programs to reintegrate prisoners as effective members of the community.

The responsibilities of the correctional and rehabilitation centers include upskilling staff in line with international best practices, enabling them to achieve their goals of rehabilitating inmates while ensuring effective economic management across their rehabilitation ecosystem in the emirate. .