RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Public Prosecution has released more than 1,500 detainees in all regions of the Kingdom for want of substantial legal ground for their arrest, reflecting the Kingdom's commitment to protecting the individual rights of detainees in prisons and detention centers, according to a report in Al-Arabiya Television. The Public Prosecution said that its teams continue inspection rounds to ensure the implementation of regulations and safety of detainees in prisons and social care homes, as well as to ascertain the legitimacy of their detention. It said that files of detainees in prisons and social care homes and the measures taken against them are being examined and checked in accordance with the standards stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law. In a statement on its Twitter account, the Public Prosecution confirmed that the Department for Monitoring Prisons and Detention Centers are carrying out independent tasks of verifying the legality of detention, its validity, and termination, as well as supervising the execution of criminal judgments by meeting prisoners and detainees. Sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the department officials carry out visits to prisons and detention centers at any time regardless of office hours and make sure that no one was imprisoned or detained illegally. It also supervises the execution of penalties and continues communications with prisoners and detainees and listens to their complaints with having access to registries of prisons and detention centers as part of taking the required legal procedures.
