The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) says it is very surprised by the allegations and other lies, referring to torture and ill-treatment in several establishments in the country. The DGAPR refutes them and reassures of its commitment to respecting the rights of each prisoner.
The Court of First Instance in Rabat sentenced, on Friday, August 23, 2019, a student to 3 months in prison for having insulted Abdelilah Benkirane, the former number 1 of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), as a "dog" in an SMS. Saïd is one of the three students involved in a case of defamation.
The Criminal Chamber near the Court of First Instance of Meknes recently sentenced a computer engineer to seven months in prison, accompanied by a fine of 20,000 dirhams. She was prosecuted for fraud, identity theft and falsification of bank documents.
The families of Hirak detainees at the local prison in Tangier have never been prevented from meeting their loved ones, insist the officials of the prison administration in Tangier.
An inmate, sentenced to 12 years in prison, managed to escape from the Tangier prison. He managed to deceive the vigilance of the guards, thanks to a Hollywood-style escape plan.
The information, widely relayed on social networks and reporting the homicide of a detainee at the local prison of El Arjat, is false. The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), while providing its denial, warns the authors of this "fake news".
Three scammers, who use subterfuges to deceive their victims, were arrested by the police in the city of El Jadida. Claiming to have good relations with senior officials of the city’s courts, they managed to defraud several people, including two mothers whose children were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The scene resembles a Hollywood movie sequence. A Moroccan prisoner in Frankfurt escaped from the local prison by climbing a 5.5-meter-high wall, in the middle of the day.
A Moroccan national escaped from the Franckfort-Preungesheim IV prison on Thursday, August 1, 2019, without the German police being able to find him so far.
A Moroccan national under an expulsion order has managed to escape from the Seville prison. This inmate, who had finished serving his sentence, was cunning in evading the vigilance of the security team in charge of retrieving him at the entrance of the Seville II prison.
The restrictions faced by Muslim inmates in several American prisons are worrying the leaders of the NGO "Muslim Advocates". These restrictions concern the diet and religious practices.
The Criminal Court of Dubai issued a judgment on Thursday, July 25, 2019, against the Moroccan actress Mariem Hussein, on the charge of indecent assault. She was sentenced to 3 months in prison and deportation from the Emirati territory.