The mother hid the presence of her children in an apartment by themselves, without water or electricity
Dubai Police takes care of 3 children until their mother is released from prison
Dubai Police was keen not to separate the children in response to the mother's wish.
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Brigadier General Marwan Julfar: "The administration took over coordination with (Child Protection), and they decided not to separate children, in response to the mother's wish."
Colonel Jamila Al Zaabi: "Dubai Police helps inmates overcome their ordeal with rehabilitative, educational and training programmes."
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The General Administration of Punitive and Correctional Institutions in Dubai Police took care of the children of an inmate (widow) in the women's prison in Dubai, and they had no one to support them, and their mother was silent about reporting that they were alone in the house without care, no electricity or water, for fear that the care institutions would receive them, and they would be separated The eldest child of his two brothers, given that he reached the age of 15, and the Dubai Police took care of them in a new humanitarian gesture for the Dubai Police.
In detail, the Director of the General Department of Punitive and Correctional Institutions in Dubai, Brigadier General Marwan Abdul Karim Julfar, said that the women's prison received an inmate whose case is still pending before the courts, and weeks after she was placed in prison, she disclosed that her three children were alone in their apartment, without a breadwinner or an adult to take care of them. , without water or electricity, due to her recent financial difficulty, and the failure to receive her late dues, to be able to pay the rent for the apartment or pay the water and electricity bills, expressing her great concern and fear for them to remain alone there.
He explained that the mother hid from everyone the presence of three children in the apartment alone, respectively, 15 years, 12 years, and 9 years, hoping that she would be released within a few days of her arrest, and resume her pending case in the courts while she was outside, and at the same time She was afraid that she would disclose their presence, for fear that the care institutions would take them over and separate the eldest son from his two brothers, which prompted her to remain silent for several weeks, relying on friends to check on them from time to time.
Julfar confirmed that, in coordination with the Child Rights Protection Department at the Social Services Department in Sharjah, they decided not to separate the three children, in response to the mother's wish, and the best solution was for a foster family to receive them until the end of their mother's ordeal.
He added that a female Dubai Police employee volunteered to embrace and care for the children until their mother was released from prison, while the Humanitarian Care Department in the penal institutions ensured the payment of monthly salaries to them, the payment of the late rent value for the last period, and the value of electricity and water bills until the end of the crisis.
For her part, the director of the women's prison in Dubai, Colonel Jamila Al Zaabi, confirmed that they are keen to welcome the new inmates, reassure them that they are one family, and that the goal of the Dubai Police is to help them overcome their ordeal, by enrolling in rehabilitation, educational, training, vocational, sports, cultural and religious programmes, in an effort to reform them so that they can From reconciling with themselves, coexisting with the new circumstances, and starting over with society after the end of the ruling period.
She added: “When we received the inmate (the mother of the children), she did not disclose anything at all, and after a period of her feeling of safety and reassurance, and not seeing her children throughout that period, made her unbearable feelings of anxiety and fear for them, and the inmate admitted that her three children were in their apartment alone, without electricity and water.” And that she lost her job, did not receive her dues yet, and was unable to pay the rent or electricity and water bills, and also accumulated debts, and became unable on her own to fix the situation, then she was surprised by her arrest and deportation to the women’s prison, until the verdict in her case.
The inmate added that she was consoling herself that friends abroad checked on her children from time to time, and provided them with help, but the time was long, and she did not know her fate, so she could no longer control her nerves, and decided to reveal that they were alone, and she collapsed in tears, hoping to communicate with them and check on them, and not separate them. about each other.
Colonel Jameela Al Zaabi said that immediately contact was made with the Department of Child Rights Protection in the Department of Social Services in Sharjah, who cooperated strongly and diligently in the interest of the children, and it was agreed that a foster family would legally receive them, to take care of them and take care of them, in addition to paying the human care section in penal institutions. Late rent, electricity and water bills, and monthly salaries for them, until their mother is released from prison.
She confirmed that the three children live together in good health and are in regular contact with their mother.
As for the inmate, she could not control her tears, which poured out with happiness, reassurance, and comfort, and she thanked the family that embraced her children, and the Dubai police, who sought urgently to take care of her children and end their suffering.
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