Woman student passes official exams from Baabda prison

An inmate at Baabda women prison reportedly passed the official exams which she independently filed and sat for from the confinement of her cell. Prisoner H.N who comes from a disadvantaged household and who suffered harsh social, economic and family conditions received the consent of the Ministry of Education , the General Directorate of Security Forces and the Appeal Public Prosecutor to sit for the exame with supervision of an inspector. It will be noted that Education Minister Elias Abu Saab while on tour to various official exams centers among them the Baabda women prison, had a talk with the woman prisoner and motivated her to follow up higher studies. He also stressed the need to improve what he described as the “rough prisons conditions and to equip them so that they become real rehabilitation centers while expressing his hopes that the inmate experience will extend in the future to other prisons.”

(Source: An Nahar, July 3, 2015)

 

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