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22 detainees released after being reformed |
| 2011-06-01 |
| [Arab News] Authorities have released 22 detainees who underwent the rehabilitation programs at the Muhammad bin Naif Center for Rehabilitation, a statement of the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. "A group of 22 detainees was released after completing their rehabilitation programs lasting four months and after showing signs of being reformed," the statement said. Three of them have enrolled in universities to continue their higher education. The number of Saudi gun-hung tough guys weaned away from deviant ideologies to the mainstream through the rehabilitation program reached 343 including those who returned from the Guantanamo Bay prison. The center also enrolled another group of 100 detainees to the program, the statement added. The programs aim to bring the gun-hung tough guys reform psychologically and socially and bring them back to the mainstream. On their arrival at the center, the detainees are allowed to meet with their relatives. Experts of the center conduct dialogues to wean them away from impact of deviant ideologies through various methods including narration of the history of the origin and growth of the deviant ideology and the wickedness caused by it. According to an official report, the Kingdom spent more than SR400 million on terror-related detainees and their families in recent years. The rehabilitation program has been effective in changing the outlook of the inmates and making them realize their mistakes. While 90 percent of the detainees benefited from the program, about 10 percent returned to their old ways. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I'm sure they met all the requirements. Colored inside the lines, worked well with others, renounced...bad stuff. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-06-01 16:20 |
| #3 Only Eight, you're low, way low. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-06-01 12:57 |
| #2 The Jihad will collapse when it runs out of Western / infidel oil revenues, and not until then. That event is not likely to be televised or publicized. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-01 11:07 |
| #1 I estimate about eight of them will rejoin the jihad within a year. What say you all? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-06-01 10:12 |