KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 16,500 prisoners have completed their jail sentences outside prison walls under the parole system introduced in 2008, according to Prisons Department director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar.
Hailing it as a “very good” achievement, he said 99% of the prisoners on parole were able to get jobs while the rate of recidivists was below 0.51%.
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