Inmates' right to education, top priority for Morocco

   Securing the right to education for prisoners is at the heart of the roles assigned to the penitentiary establishments, Hilale said before the 11th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the theme "The Right to Education of Persons in Detention."

   He said the efforts of the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Reintegration of Prisoners evidences Morocco’s care for the blossoming of the human personality of the detainee. 

   The Foundation has devised an action plan for the 2005-2010 period to promote literacy among prisoners, give access to education to eligible people, and gradually set up handicraft workshops, the diplomat said.

   Hilale recalled that Morocco launched a pilot operation of post-prison reintegration to enable former prisoners with training degrees to get back to active life.

   The U.N. special rapporteur on the right to education, Vernor Munoz Villalobos, has noted during his visit to Morocco in 2006 the country’s major achievements in terms of education thanks to reforms undertaken in the sector, he added.