Maldives Correctional Service

Authorities under fire after custodial death

The opposition spokesman says the Maldives now has the highest per capita rate of custodial deaths in the world with 13 in the past two years.

Gasim unable to return after 20-day medical leave, says family

“He actually cannot leave. As doctors have not authorised for him to fly, the airlines are refusing to sell tickets for him. We also requested that the MCS medical board review their decision,” said defence lawyer Hisaan Hussain.

Inmate dies while undergoing treatment

Mohamed Badeeu, from the Henveiru Landhooge in the capital, was taken to IGMH on Monday afternoon and passed away around 3:30am, according to the Maldives Correctional Service.

57-year-old dies in Malé remand centre

A 57-year-old man held in pre-trial detention at a remand centre in Malé died on Tuesday morning in the second custodial death in less than a month.

Government assures investigation of alleged bugging of ex-president’s meeting with lawyers

Following international media coverage of the alleged secret surveillance, the prisons authority said in a statement – posted in English on Twitter by the foreign ministry yesterday – that the “suggestion that the Maldives Correctional Services or the government is responsible for this infringement is wholeheartedly rejected.”

New regulations require inmates to shower twice a day

Drugs, mobile phones seized from jails

MP Jabir in Malaysia for medical treatment

Drug kingpin appeals sentence from Sri Lanka

Fifty inmates selected to begin work on Thilafushi road construction in a week