Precautionary Measures: Family Visits Suspended to Some Penitentiary Institutions - Prison Administration

Precautionary Measures: Family Visits Suspended to Some Penitentiary Institutions - Prison Administration
Thursday 27 August 2020 - 12:26

The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has decided to suspend family visits to detainees in some penitentiary institutions, due to the epidemiological situation in some prefectures and provinces.

The establishments concerned by this decision are: Ain Sebaa 1, Ain Sebaa 2, the reform and rehabilitation center of Ain Sebaa, Ain Borja in Casablanca, Salé 2, El Arjat 1, El Arjat 2, the local prison of Kenitra and Oudaya in Marrakech, Tangier 1, Tangier 2, Tetouan, Ras El Ma and Bourkaiz in Fez, the General Delegation points out Thursday in a release.

This decision is part of the precautionary measures taken by the DGAPR to protect the prison population as well as the officials who work there, the source added.

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