- Though female prisoners are less in number than male prisoners and their crimes often of lesser magnitudes than those of male prisoners, female prisoners suffer a lot when they are released after serving their prison terms.
They do not know where to go and what door to knock at. Their families and close relatives, who have already disowned them, are not willing to accept them or give them a second chance.
Many of these ex-prisoners would prefer to remain in prison instead of going out into the unknown.
The supervisor of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) in Makkah province Hussain Al-Sharif has called for building a home to accommodate and rehabilitate women ex-convicts who have no home to go to.
He said due to its meager resources, the organization is facing difficulties in providing legal and humanitarian support to these women.
Al-Sharif said on an initiative by his organization, representatives of more than 15 welfare societies attended a meeting that discussed cooperation and partnerships among them to serve citizens.
He said the meeting discussed the problem of female ex-convicts and hoped that a home would soon be built for them.
