Youths make for 80% of Maldives’ prison population

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People under the age of 35 years make for a staggering 80 percent of the total prison population in the Maldives, according to Commissioner of Prisons Hassan Zareer. Zareer made this remark at the inauguration of the Inmates Futsal Tournament 2025 in K. Maafushi last week. At the inauguration ceremony, Zareer said that roughly 80 percent of the prison population is composed