An inmate at a jail in Dubai was united with his son, courtesy of the General Department of Punitive and Correctional Institutions, who arranged a surprise visit after noticing that he would always draw his son’s pictures during group activities.
On the day of the event, police informed the inmate that he had a visitor, Khaleej Times reported.
The father was taken aback as he never had any visitors and when he saw that it was his son, he was stunned at first and then burst into tears, department director Marwan Jalfar said.
"The heart-warming reunion was an incredibly moving moment.
"He often expressed his longing for his son through drawing,” Mr Jalfar explained, adding that the inmate had learned how to draw as part of the department’s educational and vocational programmes.
The father-son duo expressed their gratitude, saying they had previously only met virtually.
The reunion was made possible through the 'Inmate Happiness' initiative, a humanitarian gesture aimed at easing the experiences of inmates as they serve their sentences.
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