The head of the judiciary: As much as possible, let’s avoid imprisoning individuals.
The head of the judiciary stated that attention to the families of prisoners is one of our constant emphases directed at judicial officials and prison organization authorities. In this context, the families of prisoners must be very careful and vigilant so that when a family member is released from prison through the help of benefactors or legal leniencies, they do not, God forbid, commit another crime. Otherwise, it becomes difficult and challenging to apply legal leniencies and receive help from benefactors again.
Mohseni Ejei further stated that our firm and continuous emphasis to the competent judicial officials and authorities is to avoid and refrain from imprisoning suspects whose imprisonment is not necessary, as much as is feasible and possible according to legal standards. A person who goes to prison faces compounded problems.
Sometimes a suspect can be released on bail before their sentence is finalized. In such cases, the judicial authority should arrange matters in such a way that the mentioned suspect can introduce their guarantor promptly, and there is no need to direct them to prison. Also, in cases where it is not necessary, the amount of bail should not be set so high that the suspect is unable to provide it and is forced to be sent to prison. On the other hand, if a suspect is detained out of necessity and according to the law, as soon as the necessity for detention ends, the issued order for them should be changed from detention to another legal order.