IPOH: The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah will treat 7,100 people serving time in prisons, correctional centres and moral rehabilitation centres in Perak to a special lunch in conjunction with his 67th birthday celebration today.
SUNGAI BULOH: A total of 2,940 staff quarters of the Prisons Department nationwide are being renovated involving an allocation of RM41mil, said the Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons (Management) Abd Kadir Rais.
GEORGE TOWN: Privatising prisons would be a better solution to overcrowding than refurbishing old facilities, says a Universiti Sains Malaysia criminologist.
KAJANG: Several prisons will be upgraded while those over 100 years old will be redeveloped to make them more conducive for inmates and Prisons Department staff.
IPOH: The Kamunting Correctional Centre (Kemta) in Taiping produces over 12 tonnes of food supply each month through its agricultural and livestock breeding efforts.