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Still strict: prisons hold many drug offenders, which is why a 2025 proposal to depenalise cannabis was framed as a way to relieve overcrowding.[@aa] Courts have kept control of bail since 1986, when the Supreme Court struck down the statutory exclusion.(/history/mauritius-drug-bail-nordally-ruling-1986/) In 2024 the judiciary convicted 1,747 drug offences, 81.2% for possession, 8.2% for consumption, 6.0% for cannabis cultivation and 4.0% for dealing.[@ndo24]