Prison visiting hours have been altered over the Eid holidays.

Major Marwan Al Jalfar, Acting Director of Dubai Men's Prison, said visiting times for men would start from 8am to 9am for Iranian and Pakistani inmates, from 9am to 10am for all other nationalities, and from 10am to 11am for UAE nationals and Arab inmates.

Visiting times for female prisoners start from 2.30pm to 3.30pm for Iranian and Pakistani inmates, from 3.30pm to 4.30pm for other nationalities, and from 4.30pm to 5.30pm for national and Arab prisoners.

Today, visiting times for juveniles will be from 8am to 10am and on Saturday from 3pm to 5pm.

Prison visiting hours in Abu Dhabi have also been changed.

Visitors can come to Al Ain and Al Wathba prisons, in addition to the Mafrak Juvenile centre, from 8am to 2pm and from 3pm to 5pm.

Arab men can visit on Thursday, foreigners on Friday and women on Saturday.

Arab men can visit juveniles on Thursday, foreign men can visit on Friday and women on Saturday.