For the first time in Iran, a prison in the southern city of Bandar Abbas has made it possible for inmates to contact their families and loved ones online.<\/p>\n
An electronic meeting hall was inaugurated in Bandar Abbas in a Sunday ceremony attended by the head of the provincial Justice Department, the province\u2019s prosecutor and the director general in charge of the province\u2019s prisons.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn line with the implementation of macropolicies of the judiciary, \u2026 an electronic meeting hall has become operational at Bandar Abbas Central Prison,\u201d said Ali Salehi, the director general of the province\u2019s Justice Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hall contains an operating unit which monitors electronic meetings as well as 10 meeting rooms for prisoners along with audio and video online transmission equipment,\u201d he added, according to the Judiciary\u2019s official news agency Mizan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe initiative conforms the new judicial regulations and \u2026 the Code of Criminal Procedure,\u201d the official noted.<\/p>\n
He said the move comes to reduce problems and costs of prisoners and their families, especially at a time of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first time that the move is being done in the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, three types of meetings used to be held in prisons: meeting in person, meeting in a booth and meeting in private. Now, the electronic (video) meeting has become available as a new form of meeting and, as a privilege, will be granted to inmates who have actively participated in rehab and educational programs of prisons and who have good behaviour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He noted electronic meetings come at no expense for prisoners and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the first time in Iran, a prison in the southern city of Bandar Abbas has made it possible for inmates to contact their families and loved ones online. An electronic meeting hall was inaugurated in Bandar Abbas in a Sunday ceremony attended by the head of the provincial Justice Department, the province\u2019s prosecutor and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,4],"tags":[1069,28,1307,639,178,56,84],"yoast_head":"\n