There are 18 ''correction and rehabilitation centers / CRCs'' (ar. مركز اصلاح وتاهيل) in the

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Kingdom of

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which are operated by the Public Security Departments prison service which answers to the Ministry of Interior.

List of Jordanian prisons

Qafqafa, al Mwaggar 1, and Swaqa incarcerate only convicts and the rest house detainees and convicts in separate housing areas. Swaqa correction center is the largest of all these centers with a capacity of 2200 inmates. It provides vocational and cultural rehabilitation programs Fuhais mental hospital accommodates mentally ill prisoners. The three main inspection bodies include

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, ICRC and the National Centre for Human Rights (Jordan)

Human rights abuses

* The use of

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pills during the initial examination. The goal is to provoke diarrhea in order to prevent prisoners from smuggling pills, drugs, razor blades and the like which were previously swallowed into the prison. * Beatings by Darak and prison guards with metal sticks and cables

Notable events

* Riots broke out among the

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of Juwaida, Swaqa and Qafqafa in March and April 2006

References

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