Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2024, published 113rd ILC session (2025)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) - Jordan (Ratification: 1958)

Compulsory nature of prison work. The Committee recalls that section 8(c) of Act No. 9 of 2004 on Reformatory and Rehabilitation Centres provides that prisoners have no obligation to work, unless they are sentenced to hard labour or if the work is carried out for training purposes. Moreover, section 32 provides that the High Committee of Prisons and Rehabilitation is responsible for the adoption of rules concerning the training and work programs of the detainees. The Committee notes that according to the information available on the website of the Rehabilitation and Correction Centres Department, 18 modern rehabilitation centres have been established with productive workshops enabling these centres to carry out their correctional role.

The Committee requests the Government to indicate whether the rules concerning training and work programmes have been adopted by the High Committee of Prisons and Rehabilitation and, if so, to provide a copy. It also requests the Government to indicate whether work undertaken under such programmes is voluntary and, if so, the manner in which the prisoners give their consent to work.