HRC: Male’ Prison cells jam-packed with prisoners

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Some of the cells in Male’ Prison, where prisoners brought over from Maafushi Jail are temporarily held while in Male’ on medical leave or for other reasons, are jam-packed with prisoners, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has said.

The HRC had visited the Male’ Prison last month while conducting a survey to see if there were any human rights abuse issues in places where criminals were incarcerated and released the report of their findings last week. According to the report the maximum number of prisoners that can be kept in the Male’ Prison was 100 but during their visit more....