Somali Custodial Corps

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Somali Custodial Corps Ciidanka Asluubta Soomaaliyeed مصلحة السجون الصومالية
Logo of the Somali Custodial Corps
Abbreviation	CAS
Motto	Kahortag iyo u Adeegid (English: Protect and Serve)
Agency overview
Formed	22 February 1970; 54 years ago (22 February 1970)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency (Operations jurisdiction)	SOM
Operations jurisdiction	SOM
Legal jurisdiction	Somalia
Primary governing body	Federal Government of Somalia
Secondary governing body	Ministry of Justice
General nature	Military provost
Operational structure
Headquarters	Mogadishu, Somalia
Elected officer responsible	Hassan Moalim, Ministry of Justice
Agency executive	Brigadier General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, Chief of Custodial Corps
Website
moj.gov.so

The Somali Custodial Corps (Somali: Ciidanka Asluubta Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: فيلق حراسة الصومال) is the section of the Somali law enforcement in Somalia that is responsible for the maintenance and guarding of prisons and is a military provost due to the Corps investigating crimes within the Somali Armed Forces and bringing individuals before the Military Courts. Although the Custodial Corps is part of the Police, they have these powers as the Police was integrated into the military from 1960 to the turn of the 21st century. The Somali Custodial Corps were separated from the police in 1970.^[1] Since then, the government has separated the military from the Police, but the Corps still retains the same powers and responsibilities it had since 1970. Its function is quite similar to that of the Italian Arma dei Carabinieri, but the Custodial Corps fall under the Ministry of Justice.^[2] The founding commander was Ismail Ahmed Ismail.^{[citation needed]}