265:(MPS) and the Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) initiated steps to reinforce the security system in the prison. On 1 December 2014, two more murder convicts – Ibrahim Shahum Adam and Fariyash Ahmed escaped from the prison but were caught soon thereafter. In another incident during an inspection visit to the prison cells four officers of the MCS were attacked by the inmates and two suffered serious injuries. These incidents have necessitated strengthening the existing 20 ft high wall with additional security measures such as electronic surveillance cameras, better lights and automatic locking systems.
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and a desalination plant, and on April 5 a raid on the prison found homemade bombs, knives and more. A further riot in
October 2009 caused further extensive damage to the prison through arson. Trouble continued the following year, with 15 prisoners injured during a riot in April, and a petition by 236 Maafushi inmates in July to the president, asking for improvements to the prison.
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was ratified with incorporation of a clause on the bill of rights. Many more reforms are on the anvil, such as the Penal Code, Criminal
Procedure Code, Evidence Bill, Prison & Parole Bill and Drugs Bill. On 31 December 2013, President Yameen established the Maldives Correctional Service which
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for injuries, and another, Ali Aalaam, later died. The beating of the 19-year-old Naseem to death during the uprising caused a public outcry, and resulted in riots in Malé after his family displayed his disfigured body to the locals.
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manages all the jails in the Maldives and abolished the DPRS.
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