• The Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kilometres east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, offers inmates education, training and skill-building programmes. All photos: AFP
    The Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kilometres east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, offers inmates education, training and skill-building programmes. All photos: AFP
  • A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows inmates playing football at the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
    A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows inmates playing football at the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
  • Baking bread in the kitchen, as part of vocational training.
    Baking bread in the kitchen, as part of vocational training.
  • A music therapy lesson for inmates.
    A music therapy lesson for inmates.
  • Inmates perform in a band.
    Inmates perform in a band.
  • Prisoners here are given responsibilities and positions of trust.
    Prisoners here are given responsibilities and positions of trust.
  • Inmates attend a solar power training programme.
    Inmates attend a solar power training programme.
  • The medical centre inside the prison.
    The medical centre inside the prison.
  • Egypt has a prison population of about 120,000, figures compiled by international non-profit organisations show.
    Egypt has a prison population of about 120,000, figures compiled by international non-profit organisations show.

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Inside an Egyptian prison in Badr City - in pictures

From baking to music therapy, here is how the correctional and rehabilitation centre helps to reform inmates

The National

January 17, 2022

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Updated: January 17, 2022, 7:50 AM
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