News : There is an ATM and hotels in Al-Hair Prison Saudi Arabia

With dozens of automatic riflemen guards and watchtowers, a high-security prison, al-Hair, feels more like a hotel than a prison. Beyond the thick and heavy steel, there is a wide range of luxury facilities for 1,100 inmates were all convicted of terrorism crimes, ranging from cell equipped with a king-size bed, a refrigerator, a television, and a bathroom. 

Moreover, in this prison, there are ATM machines and rooms are reserved for inmates who are married. Once a month, the prisoners were allowed to get a special time with her partner for three to five hours. Inside the room, provided a bed with clean sheets, tea, and snacks to be enjoyed with her soulmate. This prison was built a few kilometers south of the capital Riyadh. 

Al-Hair is the largest prison of five maximum security prison built Saudi Arabia in the past decade to address the increasing threat of terrorism. Typically, the Government of Saudi Arabia does not allow journalists to enter the facility. However, Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef ordered prison officials to receive the journalists who want to see the prison conditions. 

"We do not hide anything. Appoint any building or any cell. You can see that you want to see," said the head of Al-Hair prison, Mohammed al-Ahmed, told Kevin Sullivan of The Independent newspaper. Flood goodness Al-Ahmed said the Saudi government strategy is "flooded" terrorist suspects it with kindness rather than confining and torturing them as do the US in Guantanamo. The Saudi government even took care of the families of terrorist detainees. 

The government provides money to buy food, rent a home, up to the cost of school for the families of prisoners. The government even provides airfare and hotel for family members who came to Riyadh to visit their fathers, husbands, or their brothers who became residents of Al-Hair. Not only that, the prisoners were even allowed to attend the funeral or wedding of their families, of course with tight escort.

 However, the prisoners were then given money 2,600 US dollars to buy a wedding gift or donation death. In the Al-Hair prison of environmental, provided a hotel that is used as a gift for well-behaved inmates. The hotel has 18 large rooms, which can be used to nine people at once, complete with fresh flowers, food buffet, and a playroom for children. Officials said last year the Saudi government budgeted $ 35 million (USD 72.5 billion) to give "good" for the prisoners. "Just because someone is a prisoner, his family joined punished. Our strategy is to take care of them so as to make society better. This is what Islam teaches us," said Al-Ahmed.