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PETALING JAYA: The Prisons Department announces that families can visit inmates on the third and fourth day of Hari Raya.
BANGKOK: Thai Immigration announces the arrest of a major international criminal, a French man, who fled after committing the murder of prison guards and helping a prisoner escape while being transferred from court to prison.
KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate impersonating prison officers to solicit money from inmates' families and relatives to buy so-called special meals has been exposed by the Prisons Department.
Scams are ever-evolving, preying on unsuspecting victims with new tactics.
BANGKOK: The police officer who tortured a suspect to death in Nakhon Sawan while attempting to extort money is alleged to have taken his own life in prison on Friday (March 7).
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposal to establish a Home Detention Act to provide for an alternative punishment will help reduce prison overcrowding, lower the current high incarceration rate, and save the government money, says the Prisons Department.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Immigrants in the U.S. illegally who fail to register with the federal government could face significant fines, potential imprisonment or both, according to a directive issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.
PUTRAJAYA: There was no incident of assault involving detainees under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) at Sungai Buloh Prison, Selangor, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu State Prison Department aims to secure employment for 720 inmates across various sectors this year.
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SUNGAI PETANI: Investigations are ongoing into the death of a Taiping Prison inmate in January, allegedly due to assault, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Tuesday (Feb 11).
TAIPING: Police have recorded statements from 82 individuals to assist in the investigation of the death of a male prisoner at Taiping Prison, suspected of having been beaten by a warden on Jan 17, says Perak police chief Deputy Comm Zulkafli Sariaat.
KUALA LUMPUR: The families of prisoners and residents of moral rehabilitation centres, special rehabilitation centres, special detention centres and Henry Gurney School are allowed visits on Feb 1 and 2 in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration.
THE Kelantan Prisons Department has embarked on a venture with the Malaysian Rubber Board to offer its prisoners training in rubber tapping.
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of a detainee under remand at Pengkalan Chepa Prison, Kelantan, on Nov 12, while receiving treatment at Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital, was due to internal bleeding in the head.
BANGKOK: Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong affirmed on Tuesday (Jan 7) that former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who faces a pending five-year prison sentence, does not qualify under the Department of Corrections’ 2023 non-prison detention regulations.
A 33-year-old prison warden has been sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges under Section 6(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 131.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A 33-year-old prison warden has been sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
KUALA LUMPUR: Families of prison inmates and residents of moral rehabilitation centres, special rehabilitation centres, special detention centres and the Henry Gurney School are permitted visits on Dec 27 and 28 in conjunction with Christmas, says the Prisons Department.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who had been serving prison sentences for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were freed on Tuesday, after the new president pardoned more than 1,500 people, including some who assaulted police officers.
