Correctional Service

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HRCM probes mistreatment of jailed journalists

The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives is investigating the alleged mistreatment of jailed journalists Mohamed Shahzan and Leevan Ali Naseer. Reports indicate Leevan was held in unsanitary solitary confinement and denied medical care. The probe follows concerns over prison conditions and the journalists' treatment while in custody.

HRCM probes mistreatment of jailed journalists

Bassam taken back to jail after criticism

Salaries increased for Customs and Corrections staff

Police decide to conduct autopsies of two prisoners

Prisoner dies while being treated at IGMH

Inmate serving 25-year sentence dies while under treatment

Nigerian man dies in Maafushi prison

HRCM monitors hunger strike in Maafushi Prison

Sentence reductions for completing rehab

Child molester transferred to house arrest

Assistant Prisons Commissioner suspended over embezzlement

Three jail officers reach plea deal in drugs case

Information gathered on Jameel death: HRCM

Thirteen prison officers remanded in custody

Police tries to take away Jameel's body without family's consent

MVR 40 million spent annually to feed inmates

Network of thieves made up of freed inmates: police

Prison inmate passes away

Legal changes pledged to discontinue indefinite detention

Male' prison shut down, inmates transferred