More than 323 outdoor benches made by Dubai inmates for Expo 2020 Dubai

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If you have visited Expo 2020 Dubai, chances are you may have seen those large wooden benches at the corners and along the pathways.  Guess what? These wooden benches were made by the inmates at Dubai Central Jail.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qzuqfO  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Dubai #Expo2020

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00:00They brought the materials here and show from the beginning everything we learned here and

00:28the work has been intensive. We've put what we learned into practice. When they bring the materials

00:35we try to produce whatever command they bring at the picture. Once they bring the picture, we see

00:41from the picture we produce the same thing, mostly the chairs. We had information about that but we

00:46never knew. But some of us, like me, I saw some of them in the newspaper. So I was like, wow, this is

00:53our work. It's very good, it's very good. It's a very great opportunity for inmates here in this place to

00:59have a chance like this to learn something and it's a good time pass also because it takes our mind out

01:06of the sentence. We try to focus on something that can help someone who's outside, you know, because we

01:13learn new skills here, things we never knew before outside. Like me, I wasn't working in the shop.

01:19I never did things like this outside. This is the first time and I've learned something new that I'll take

01:26outside.

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