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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.
In 1884 the British formed an armed constabulary to police the Somaliland coast. In 1910 the British created the Somaliland Coastal Police, and in 1912 they established the Somaliland Camel Corps to police the interior.
In 1926 the colonial authorities formed the Somaliland Police Force. Commanded by British officers, the force included Somalis in its lower ranks. Armed rural constabulary supported this force by bringing offenders to court, guarding prisoners, patrolling townships, and accompanying nomadic tribesmen over grazing areas.
In 1960, the British SomalilandSomaliland Scouts joined with the (Police Corps of Somalia) (1910–1960) to form a new Somali Custodial Corps, which consisted of about a few hundred men. The authorities also organized approximately 1,000 of the force as the Daraawishta Booliska, a mobile group used to keep peace between warring clans in the interior.
In 1970, the then military government created the Somali Custodial Corps as a separate entity from the existing police structures.[1] As the Police Force acted as a civil police force, the Custodial Corps fulfilled roles that would be more in-line with military police forces. The government considered the Custodial Corps a part of the armed forces until 1991, after which the Asluubta would be put under the Ministry of Justice instead of the Armed Forces.
部隊の制服はカーキ色であるため軍の制服に似ているように見えるが、部隊は緑色のベレー帽、ネクタイ、階級章のアクセントを使用している（陸軍は赤色のアクセントを使用）。また、部隊は国の南部では濃い緑色の戦闘服を使用している。政府が武器をこれ以上入手できない禁輸措置のため、部隊の装備は軍のものと似ている。
