Egypt Rights Council Deputy Hails Medical and Rehabilitation Advances at Modern Correctional Centres

Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, deputy head of Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights, has praised what he described as major improvements in medical care and rehabilitation at modern correctional and rehabilitation centres.

El-Sadat said there was a vast, qualitative difference between prisons in the past and the facilities now operating under the correctional and rehabilitation model.

He based his assessment on observations made by a council delegation during field visits to the centres.

His remarks highlighted medical services and rehabilitation as areas of progress. The available summary of his comments did not identify the facilities visited or detail the services the delegation inspected.