Conditional release for prisoners without paying fines and court fees

The Reintegration Service of the Ministry of Justice has decided on exceptional measures for prisoners who wish to benefit from conditional release, and whose remaining sentence is less than two years, without being bound by paying fines and court fees.
The content of a letter sent by the head of the Reintegration Service to all penal institutions, to be published with the aim of informing the families of prisoners, stated: “Let the families of prisoners know that they can submit conditional release files for prisoners whose remaining sentence is less than two years without being bound by paying fines and court fees.”
The new procedures, according to “Echorouk” sources, allow prisoners who have less than two years left of their sentence, who meet the conditions, to leave penal institutions without paying fines and court fees, so that they can benefit from conditional freedom.
Rather, these dues can be paid while they are outside the prison walls, which allows for reducing overcrowding in penal institutions.
Our sources explained that these measures are part of promoting the policy of reintegrating prisoners into society and giving them the opportunity in the social milieu to be good citizens.
In this context, many inmates of penal institutions have engaged in this endeavor and this policy and have integrated into various training programs within penal institutions to benefit from conditional release, considering that one of the conditions for benefiting from conditional release is the good conduct of prisoners.
Article 134 of the Law on the Organization of Prisons and the Social Reintegration of Prisoners stipulates that a prisoner who has been finally sentenced and has served a probationary period of his sentence may benefit from conditional release, if he has good conduct and has shown serious guarantees of his integrity.
A prisoner who has been finally sentenced may also benefit from conditional release for health reasons, according to Article 149 of the same law, if his health condition is not compatible with his situation in prison, based on a medical report prepared by 3 specialized experts.
The release system is not a reason for the expiration of the sentence, and is not considered a final release.
To benefit from conditional release, a number of conditions must be met, including the following:
– The prisoner must be of good conduct and behavior within the penal institution during the period he spent there.
– The prisoner must present and demonstrate real guarantees of reform for his integrity, through the presence of signs that indicate beyond a doubt the ease of his integration into society and his adaptation to it.
– The prisoner must be sentenced to a custodial sentence.
– Serve a probationary period from the term of the sentence imposed.
– Pay the legal expenses and the amounts of fines imposed on him, as well as civil compensation, or evidence that the civil party has waived them.