5-star-nursery for women inmates’ children in Dubai
DUBAI: Lt. Col. Jamila Khalifa Al Zaabi, Director of the Dubai Women’s JAIL, HAS Conirmed that THE JAIL’S ivestar nursery, which serves 47 children of Arab and Asian female inmates, aims to provide the necessary care for these children in the presence of their mothers, who are serving penalties For THEIR moral, inancial, theft or other committed crimes.
THE nursery provides 16 qualiied babysitters to look after the children to ensure proper living conditions for them. The children’s mothers are further provided with a monthly stipend to secure the various needs for their children.
They are also rehabilitated in various ways to Help them REGAIN THEIR CONIDENCE in themselves to start life afresh. The jail administration is keen to provide babysitters for the inmates’ children keeping them happy and not to suffer in the absence of their mothers’ absence, Al Zaabi added.
The nursery cpvers around 658 square meters and consists of eight rooms, each with seven beds, next to each a cradle. The building also has an indoor children’s play area for daily activities, a small clinic, a dining hall, a classroom, educational activities, and a reception and observation room.
The nursery has been designed to provide a healthy environment and a perfect atmosphere, in addition allowing them to be near their mothers around the clock without isolating them in a separated dormitory. The inmates are also given time for breastfeeding infants.