Heartwarming New Year's Eve meal for prisoners in prison

On the afternoon of January 16 (December 25), Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center organized an early New Year's Eve meal for prisoners serving their sentences there. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

After a brief New Year's greeting from Lieutenant Colonel Le Xuan Hanh, Captain of the Prisoner Management Division, Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center, 98 prisoners happily enjoyed a warm New Year's Eve meal together. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

The early New Year's Eve feast at the Detention Camp had many dishes, including those with the typical flavors of the nation's traditional Tet, including banh chung, boiled chicken, pickled vegetables, bone and vegetable soup... It is known that most of the ingredients to make this feast are the results of the labor of the prisoners during their sentence here. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Prisoner D.VT (born in 1989, residing in Quynh Luu) said, "On normal days, it's one thing, but as Tet approaches, everyone misses home and feels more deeply the price of the mistakes they have made. However, being cared for by the Board of Supervisors and prison officers, and being able to celebrate Tet early makes us feel a little better and feel warmer. We promise to reform well to soon return to our families and become good citizens, useful to society." Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Along with the year-end meal, the unit also had gifts to reward prisoners with outstanding achievements in labor reform, and gifts for prisoners without relatives to visit. In the photo: A prisoner sadly remembers his family. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

It is known that the New Year's Eve meal has become an annual tradition at Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center. This is not only the sentiment of the Board of Supervisors and correctional officers recognizing the efforts and endeavors of prisoners in the process of labor reform, good compliance with discipline and prison cell discipline in the past year, but also through that, hoping that prisoners will better understand the leniency policy of the Party and State to reform better, soon return to be a good citizen, useful to society. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

In addition to preparing the New Year's Eve meal for 98 prisoners, preparations for Tet for prisoners detained at the Provincial Police Detention Center have also been completed. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

According to Lieutenant Colonel Le Xuan Hanh, Captain of the Prison Management Division, Nghe An Provincial Police Detention Center: During Tet, prisoners are given time off work and have a meal 5 times more than usual. Along with that, the division will organize many fun activities to welcome the Spring such as: Volleyball, table tennis, organizing TV viewing, reading books..., and art programs performed by the prisoners themselves. Photo: Dinh Tuyen