Minister vows prison reform after horrific abuse of inmates
Six prisoners at Maafushi beaten, pepper sprayed and forcibly head shaved.
22 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
Home Minister Imran Abdulla has vowed to end torture and inhumanity in prisons throughout the country after six inmates at Maafushi prison were beaten with batons, pepper sprayed and forcibly head shaved by guards.
The brutality was in response to a guard being attacked by a prisoner, an inmate at Maafushi prison told the Maldives Independent.
The six prisoners who were beaten on Thursday, all from Unit Four, were dragged out of their cells by some 40 prison guards and beaten while handcuffed.
“All of them had their hands cuffed to their back and were lying on the ground. Some of them were blindfolded. We heard their screams for more than an hour,” an inmate, who witnessed the brutality, said.
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