President approves prison reforms: pardons, sentence reductions to follow rehabilitation

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has today approved prison reform measures, which includes a system where time spent in rehabilitation programmes could be counted as time served, leading to such individuals becoming eligible for sentence reductions and pardons.

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Inmates at Maafushi prison.

Mariyath Mohamed

2024-12-02 17:25:46

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has today approved prison reform measures, which includes a system where time spent in rehabilitation programmes could be counted as time served, leading to such individuals becoming eligible for sentence reductions and pardons.

The decision was reached following discussions held in yesterday's Cabinet meeting on a paper submitted by the Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology.

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