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MOGADISHU — The Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnessed a new strategic step toward institutionalizing humanitarian and judicial work; as the Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamud Moallin Abdulle, held an expanded meeting today, Monday, at the agency’s headquarters, with the Commander of the Somali Custodial Corps, Major General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud, to build an integrated cooperation framework aimed at protecting and caring for correctional facility inmates and vulnerable families connected to custodial institutions.
The official coverage of the deliberations reflected a deep consensus between both sides to establish flexible and sustainable logistical and relief supply lines within prisons, alongside expanding the scope of social solidarity, health rehabilitation, and educational programs directed at the orphaned children of custodial corps personnel and their most vulnerable families.
The bilateral discussions addressed methods to upgrade the quality of medical and nutritional services provided inside reform houses, while improving the general living environment for detainees; thereby ensuring the reduction of psychological and social pressures facing inmates, and supporting their behavioral rehabilitation during detention and legal compliance.
The field meeting concluded with a shared desire to formulate a unified and sustainable strategy between the relevant humanitarian and security bodies; to coordinate joint efforts and expand the umbrella of social protection to include vulnerable and targeted groups, in line with sovereign plans aimed at establishing the rule of law and aligning correctional work with international rights standards.
Within the official comments released across the agency’s digital platform, the Commander of the Custodial Corps, Major General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud, expressed his deep appreciation for the humanitarian and proactive role played by the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) in prevention and crisis risk reduction, praising the relief programs and field plans designed to extend a helping hand to local communities.
Major General Hamud emphasized that caring for prisoners and securing welfare for orphans and families connected to the correctional sector does not fall under a purely functional duty, but rather represents a solidarity national and humanitarian responsibility requiring the unification of all government efforts; to guarantee a comprehensive response that creates a tangible, sustainable positive impact on society’s fabric.
For his part, SoDMA Commissioner Mahamud Moallin Abdulle reaffirmed the agency’s steadfast commitment to continuing to supply the custodial forces with necessary humanitarian and logistical provisions, focusing on improving the quality of life inside prisons and innovating rehabilitative and developmental programs that support the subsequent reintegration of inmates into the social fabric.
Abdulle revealed the agency’s intention to intensify field monitoring operations and comprehensive periodic evaluations of correctional facility conditions across various regions, in cooperation with partners; to ensure accurate identification of actual and emergency needs, and to guarantee the flow and distribution of aid fairly and objectively according to approved rights indicators.
This high-level coordination reflects the serious desire of the Somali Federal Government to strengthen social safety nets and establish concepts of humanitarian justice, by investing in national institutions and developing response tools; thereby contributing to building a more cohesive society and a correctional system characterized by integrity and the ability to preserve dignity.
This integrative cooperation between the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) and the Custodial Corps embodies an advanced strategic dimension in the path of institutional humanitarian work. It transcends the traditional concept of relief to formulate a comprehensive social protection system targeting inmates and vulnerable groups. Consequently, these joint programs gain added value that contributes directly to enhancing social and security stability, while opening wide horizons for modernizing the infrastructure of correctional and justice institutions in alignment with approved global legal and humanitarian standards.
