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Recently, in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the player Quincy Promes encountered the everyday life of prisons in the Middle East.
The Dutch media described the conditions the 32-year-old footballer must endure while waiting for extradition to the Moscow "Spartak" club he still belongs to.
Upon capture, Q. Promes had his head shaved and was thrown into a cell with five criminals.
In the Dubai facility, there is no guarantee that the detained person will receive a proper bed, and the suspect may be forced to sleep on the floor.
In the prison wing where the Dutchman is held, young men are often subjected to violence, as there is almost no presence of security guards.
Most of the "clients" in the facility are criminals of Pakistani, Egyptian, and Indian origin, including men addicted to drugs. According to the media, Asians don't even realize that a well-known footballer is walking among them.
One of the only entertainments behind bars is permission to watch TV and perform simple sports exercises three times a week.
Q. Promes is accused of smuggling a large amount of cocaine and stabbing his half-brother with a knife. The player's extradition is sought not only by the Netherlands, but also by Russia, which has provided a formal reason regarding alleged tax evasion. The criminal himself dreams of returning to the occupier's country.
