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SIBU: A 31-year old woman prisoner, the first in Sarawak to be allowed home detention under the Licensed Release of Prisoners (PBSL) initiative, is grateful for the chance to be reunited with her young children.

PETALING JAYA: In a move to curb overcrowding in prisons, about two-thirds of eligible inmates are targeted to undergo rehabilitation programmes within the community by 2030.

IPOH: There will be a panel to evaluate the types of prisoners who will be allowed home detention, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA SELANGOR: Sixty prisons nationwide are currently housing approximately 75,000 inmates, surpassing the capacity limit of 71,000 prisoners. Prison...

KUALA SELANGOR: Sixty prisons nationwide are currently housing approximately 75,000 inmates, surpassing the capacity limit of 71,000 prisoners.

GEORGE TOWN: A prison inmate is grateful for being given a second chance to change after being released through the Licensed Release of Prisoners (PBS...

PETALING JAYA: The proposal on the employment of parolees to address labour shortages in the manufacturing sector is a welcome move, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

Many employers hiring low-risk inmates to address manpower shortage

KOTA KINABALU: Companies in Sabah facing hiring difficulties have been urged to give former convicts and parolees a chance to fill the vacancies as a way to reduce dependency on foreign labour.

Solving the prison dilemma of COVID-19 Feb 11,2021 - Last updated at Feb 11,2021 KUALA LUMPUR — Few good things will come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now killed more than 2.2 million people worldwide. But one possible silver lining could be serious prison reform, including in Malaysia. In September 2020, an initially small COVID-19 cluster, centered around the Lahad Datu police headquarters and Tawau prison on the island of Borneo, quickly exploded into the biggest cluster of Mala...