The cost of providing food and beverages for inmates exceeded MVR 40 million annually over the past four years, figures shared by the Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) have shown.

Corrections shared with Adhadhu details of expenditures on inmates by the prisons authority from 2019 to 2023.

Expenditure on food:

• 2019: MVR 26,496,971.06
• 2020: MVR 53,689,244.08
• 2021: MVR 47,959,767.28
• 2022: MVR 48,341,629.62
• 2023: MVR 48,341,629.62

Expenditure on remuneration:

• 2019: MVR 3,151,500
• 2020: MVR 3,376,976
• 2021: MVR 3,367,290
• 2022: MVR 3,454,260
• 2023: MVR 3,591,675

Other expenditure:

• 2019: MVR 6,840,481.27
• 2020: MVR 13,164,567.89
• 2021: MVR 4,967,055.56
• 2022: MVR 9,632,165.64
• 2023: MVR 6,274,510.05