- Country
- Maldives
- Ministry responsible
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Prison administration
- a) Maldives Correctional Service (convicted prisoners), b) Maldives Police Service (pre-trial detainees)
- Contact address
-
a) Gaazee Building (1st Floor), Male'
Maldives - Telephone
- Fax
- Website
- Head of prison administration
-
Hassan Zareer, a) Commissioner of Prisons
Prison population data
| Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
1,195
at February 2024 (UN Committee against Torture)
|
|---|---|
| Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
225
based on an estimated national population of 530,600 at February 2024 (from United Nations figures)
|
| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
24.4%
(February 2024)
|
| Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
4.0%
(February 2024)
|
| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.3%
(2013 - juveniles)
|
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) |
8.8%
(February 2024)
|
| Number of establishments / institutions |
11
(2019 - prisons at Maafushi, Asseryi and Male, detention centre at Hulhumale and Ahuluveri Marukazu rehabilitation centre for those scheduled for parole are Maldives Correctional Service institutions; pre-trial detention centre at Dhoonidhoo and custodial centre at Male are Maldives Police Service institutions.)
|
| Official capacity of prison system |
1,360
(October 2020)
|
| Occupancy level (based on official capacity) |
Circac. 125.0%
(October 2020)
|
Prison population trend
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2,166 | 776 | |
| 1,889 | 643 | |
| 1,110 | 357 | |
| 1,489 | 455 | |
| 993 | 290 | |
| 830 | 227 | |
| 994 | 250 | |
| 1,200 | 276 | |
| 1,852 | 370 |
Prison population total
Prison population rate
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
MALDIVES
| Year | Number of female prisoners | Percentage of total prison population | Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 2010 | 40 | 4.8% | 12.3 |
| 2024 | 48 | 4.0% | 9.0 |
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column.)
Prison population trend up to 2000
The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.
MALDIVES
| Year | Prison population total | Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) |
| 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 | 1,901 1,767 872 1,171 2,166 | 1,234 960 404 478 793 |
Unconfirmed figures published in Maldives Statistical Yearbook.
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