The Director General of Care Homes from the Ministry of Social Affairs has denied reports of sexual abuse at the Dar Al-Mulahadha Youth Detention Center in Jeddah “The reports are completely unfounded and I have not come across such a thing,” said Ali Al-Qarni Al-Qarni made the remarks while on a visit to the Northern Border Province to identify a new location for Arar's Dar Al-Mulahadha Youth Detention Center and look at the conditions of persons housed at the center “The Ministry of Social Affairs intends to construct a Dar for girls in the Northern Border province, ultimately seeking to set up institutions in every region,” Al-Qarni said. “Centers in Madina and Najran have already been budgeted for,” he added According to Al-Qarni, juveniles held in centers around the Kingdom number no more than 800. “Of those, 200 are female,” he said Al-Qarni revealed, however, that the ministry is seeking to increase the number of supervisors at the various correction centers in the Kingdom.
