HERAT (Pajhwok): Efforts have been launched to positively change the thoughts of prisoners and to create job opportunities for them in western Herat province, officials said on Saturday.
Maulavi Mohammad NabiKhalil, director of the Herat prison, said the Islamic Emirate aimed to train and educate prisoners and find jobs for them in order they live an honorable life in society after their release.
A program of literacy and religious education has been launched in two separate parts for male and female prisoners, Khalil said.
Khalil said there were 1,750 prisoners in the Herat prison who had been convicted of . . .
