KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The National Office for Human Rights praised the services of the Juvenile Welfare Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs, and its keenness to monitor various care homes and their commitment to human rights standards. Mona Al-Attiyah, a member of the Board of Directors and rapporteur of the Complaints and Grievances Committee at the Diwan, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Tuesday, during a visit by a delegation from the Diwan to the Department of Welfare, that this visit aims to review the conditions in the centers of correctional institutions, detention centers, and care homes, pursuant to the provisions of the law establishing the Diwan No. 67 of 2015.

Al-Attiyah added that the delegation met, during its visit to the Juvenile Welfare Home, in the boys and girls sections between the ages of 14 and 20, to learn directly from the inmates about the nature of social and psychological services, various activities, and the quality of the subsistence services provided to them. She explained that during the tour, the delegation learned about the nature of the vocational and rehabilitative activities provided by the administration, such as carpentry, printing, mechanics, computer workshops, recreational and sports activities that include football, tennis and others, in addition to some activities for girls in the field of sewing, drawing and flower arrangement, in addition to cultural activities in the field of reading and the library in addition to introducing them to the religious guidance house, which is responsible for rehabilitating the inmates and integrating them into an appropriate social environment.

She stated that the Social Welfare Home includes a regular school affiliated with the Ministry of Education and is equipped with administrative and educational cadres to complete the formal education of inmate juveniles. She stated that the delegation held meetings with the Director of the Juvenile Welfare Department, Dr. Jassim Al- Kandari, who stated that the total number of inmates is 39, and that the administration intends to move to a new building to provide various services and activities. Al-Attiyah indicated that the National Office for Human Rights made recommendations and observations with the aim of raising the efficiency of the level of care and providing a safe environment for employees and inmates, as stipulated in human rights. It is noteworthy that the social care institutions are concerned with receiving juveniles who are convicted and others, where the inmates are classified according to gender, age, mental level, in addition to judgments issued by court order and others. (KUNA)