A new law approved on Tuesday by the Egyptian parliament, turning the name of prisons into “correctional facilities” and prisoners into “inmates” has been met with widespread satire on social media. Ibrahim Al-Masry, the deputy head of the defence and national security committee at the parliament, said the law aimed to turn prisons into public correctional and rehabilitation centres, while wardens would be called “directors”, local independent Al-Masry Al-Youm daily reported. The legislation dictates that new rights will be granted to inmates that include delivering personal letters and allowi…

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