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inmate will be also entitled to keep her baby until he/she is two
years old.
Concerning other rights of inmates, the Law confers on them the
right to work and get paid for it. It relieves the inmate from work
on reaching the age of 60 unless he otherwise desires and is
proved physically able to continue working. Inmates, according to
this Law, are entitled to have days off on religious events and
official holidays. The Law also stipulates for the validity of
provisions of Social Security Law regarding injuries inflicted on
inmates at work.
The Law gives inmates the right to learning and knowledge, and
obligates reform and rehabilitation institutions to educate and
train them vocationally in accordance with State schooling
curricula.
It permits inmates in specific cases to do exams in schools outside
the institution. It requires establishing a library in each institution
with a view to educate and discipline inmates alongside
permitting them to buy books, newspapers, magazines and others
from outside which they will pay for.
According to the Law, the judicial police are required to provide
different mass media to the inmates, and to hold synthesizing and
recreational symposiums and workshops for them. The Law states
in this regard that inmates, who seek to be better educated, shall
be awarded remuneration if they managed during their stay in the
institution to memorize the Holy Qoran or half of it or to obtain
general or university certificate.
The Law makes it obligatory to have in each institution a preacher
or more to conduct guidance activity and help in rectifying
aberrant behavior of inmates to reinstate them in the community
as sagacious citizens.
The Law includes the provision citing the right of inmates to
medical care by having in each institution a resident doctor aided
by an adequate number of assistants, whose mission is to follow