Maldives Correctional Service (MCS)
Maldives prison authority blamed for inmate’s seven-toe amputation
The inmate had a blocked nerve.
29 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Calls to probe Maldives prison chief over Gayoom house arrest delay
Gayoom’s family do not know why there is a delay.
27 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Great government giveaway continues as water fines waived
Fines have also been waived for fishermen, tenants and motorists.
21 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Emergency declared in Maafushi prison
Prison authorities did not say how long the emergency would last.
18 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Pardoned Maldives prisoners unable to vote
Pardoned prisoners are told what to wear and must stick to a pro-government social media policy.
16 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
All Maldives prison staff to vote in jail or detention centres
All uniformed and civilian staff will have to vote in jails or detention centres.
23 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Probe calls as tenth Maldives inmate dies
Giving prisoners basic rights should not be seen as giving them luxuries, said a local NGO.
09 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Millions spent unlawfully by prisons authority
The Maldives prisons authority spent millions unlawfully or accumulated it as a loss.
13 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Convicts building China ‘friendship bridge’ roads
Inmates who got work were the ‘obedient’ ones, the Maldives prisons commissioner said previously.
10 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
HRCM to probe forced head shaving allegations
Lawyers learned of the forced head shaving when the eight former Special Ops officers were summoned for a remand hearing.
18 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
Journalists questioned for reporting prisoner statements
Mihaaru and Avas both said that police officers went to their offices, asking about a statement from Ahmed Adeeb.
01 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
Media threatened with legal action for reporting prisoner statements
The statement follows several stories based on comments from the jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb and his lawyers.
30 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
Inmate death sparks anger over prison care
Politician Ahmed Mahloof said inmates are dying without proper care from authorities.
21 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
Officials charged over drug kingpin escape
A spokesman from the Prosecutor General’s office told media on Thursday that a case against former prisons commissioner, Moosa Azim, and former deputy home affairs minister, Mohamed Hanim, had been forwarded to the criminal court.
04 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
Jailed lawmaker leaves for medical treatment in India
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof has issued several press statements from jail during the past month, expressing concern over the treatment of inmates at the Maafushi jail and criticising the judiciary, Yameen’s state of the nation address, and the change of burials from the capital to Hulhumalé.
21 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
Police question witnesses over disputed document on Nasheed’s house arrest
After accompanying a witness to the police headquarters last night, Mahfooz Saeed from Nasheed’s legal team told the press that the police have assured lawyers the investigation will be completed in two weeks. The witnesses were present when an officer from the Maldives Correctional Service presented the document to the former president at his residence, Maafanu Yaagoothuge, in Malé.
31 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Contraband found in ex-defence ministers’ prison cell
Commissioner of Prisons Mohamed Husham said the “contraband was found during a routine check” at the ‘Asseryi’ jail in Himmafushi, but did not reveal what the item was. Husham downplayed the discovery and suggested that the prohibited item was not necessarily a mobile phone as reported by local media.
08 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Ex-defence minister Nazim at risk of losing eyesight, says family
Nazim’s brother Adam Azim told The Maldives Independent that the retired colonel’s eyesight was rapidly deteriorating and that doctors at the Indira Gandi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) were unable to reach a definitive diagnosis.
30 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM