A spokesman at the Directorate General of Prisons says 80 percent of the large prison facilities in the Kingdom have employed women staff members.
Ayoub bin Nehait said women can rise to the position of deputy sergeant. “That is the highest position that a woman can attain in this security institution,” Nehait was quoted as saying in a local newspaper.
“Saudi women have proved their competence on the job and have attained new ranks at the directorate,” he said.
