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MAY 31 — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the famous Russian author, once said that “the degree of civilisation in a society is revealed by entering its prisons.”  As Malaysia has always claimed that we are a civilised society, we must therefore do more for the people in our prisons.  In this...

Inmates enjoy ‘liquor’ and hookah inside central jail LUDHIANA: A video of gangster Manwinder Singh, alias Nikka Jattana, along with other jail inmates, lodged in Ludhiana Central Jail, has surfaced in which they are seen allegedly having liquor and smoking hookah. In the background, the inmates could be seen having fun while music is being played on the LED TV screen. When the TOI contacted the local jail officials, they claimed that they did not receive any video. However, on the basis o...

the punitive excess that has come to define America’s criminal legal system. Our penchant for punitive sentencing goes back beyond the Constitution or the Pilgrims or even British common law. It goes back further than the Magna Carta or the Code of Hammurabi or the Talmud, back to the dawn of human history, when small groups of people adopted concepts of culpability and punishment as a matter of basic survival. Our ancient ancestors shamed and weeded out the rule-breakers among them, some...

Vanguard News Reps’ C’mte to probe prison breaks nationwide On By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representative at Thursday plenary mandated its committee on Reformatory and Correctional Institutions to investigate the incidences of prisons breaks across the country. The House also urged the Controller of General of Corrections to immediately reinforce the armed Squad of the Service as part of measures to prevent reoccurrence. The parliament also called for effective collaboration betw...

Axed prisons boss Silas Motlalekgosi invited us into his home last week. Earlier this month, Motlalekgosi was retired as head of the Botswana Prisons Service (BPS), made to leave a position he held since 2009 when he was appointed by the then President, Ian Khama. A former Botswana Defence Force (BDF) officer, this is Motlalekgosi’s story; it is a tale he plans to document in a tell-all autobiography soon. Let’s journey back to 2009 and your appointment to the top post in the Botswana Priso...

Feb 23, 2021 Human Rights Commission Calls for JPs to be Appointed to Central Prison The Human Rights Commission of Belize is calling for Justices of the Peace to be appointed at the Central Prison following videos being circulated of what they term “alleged atrocious inhumane acts” against prisoners.  The Commission says it could not be determined when these videos were made or if those in the video are current inmates, but says it is important for Justices to be appointed in ord...

Punjab to amend prison act to strengthen security & curb crime in jails ROZANA SPOKESMAN Updated Feb 24, 2021, 4:40 pm IST The Punjab government has decided to amend the Prison Act 1894 to strengthen security across the state’s prison and curb criminal acts  Captain Amarinder Singh Chandigarh: The Punjab government has decided to amend the Prison Act 1894 to strengthen security across the state’s prison and curb criminal acts by inmates through more stringent punishment for major of...

The Punjab government on Wednesday decided to amend the Prison Act, 1894 to strengthen security across the states prisons and curb criminal acts by inmates through more stringent punishment for major offences like rioting, escape from prison, ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — With Malaysia already facing an impending prison overcrowding issue where close to 70,000 are currently serving jail terms for various offences across the country, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo urged the government to stop sending movement control order (MCO) offenders to prison...

Saturday, 13 Feb 2021 09:21 AM MYT BY ASHMAN ADAM In an interview, lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo said prisons are already ‘running over 200 per cent over capacity’ and that 60 per cent of inmates were incarcerated for minor drug offences. — Picture by Saw Siow Feng Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 ― The All Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia for the Reform of All Places of Detention (APPGM) has called for the country to re...