KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Families are allowed to visit inmates at all prison institutions in Sabah and Sarawak on June 3 and June 4, in conjunction with the Harvest Festival.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Families of inmates at all prisons, Moral Rehabilitation Centres, Special Rehabilitation Centres, Special Detention Centres and the Henry Gurney School are allowed to visit them for the Aidilfitri celebration on the third and fourth day of Raya.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — The Human Resources Ministry, in collaboration with the Prisons Department, is aiming for a total of 15,000 ex-prisoners and Henry Gurney school inmates and convicts due for release soon to be given employment this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Many countries, including Malaysia, face the issue of overcrowding in their prisons with a bulk of the prisoners comprising drug offenders.

KAJANG, March 21 — The Prisons Department will be empowering further its programmes and systems in an effort to deal with the issue of congestion in prisons, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Prisons Department will conduct risk assessments before inmates are eligible for community rehabilitation programmes.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 — The Court of Appeal has fixed August 11, to hear Datuk Seri Najib Razak's appeal to get leave to commence a legal challenge over the Prisons Department’s refusal to allow his request to attend Parliament sittings.

KAJANG, Feb 9 — There is a need for halfway houses to be set up to accommodate paroled female prisoners and former female inmates who are looking for a job in order to help them reintegrate into society.

KAJANG, Feb 3 — The Prisons Department is implementing prison reforms in prisons nationwide including in the Sungai Buloh Prison to reduce overcrowding and recidivism.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Families of inmates at prisons, Moral Rehabilitation Centres, Special Rehabilitation Centres, Special Detention Centres and the Henry Gurney School are allowed to visit them for reunions on December 27 and December 28, in conjunction with the Christmas celebrations.

SEPANG, Oct 30 — Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah graced the Malaysian Prisons Department creative awards ceremony for Royal Pahang Weave, Songket, Batik and Craft tonight.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — The High Court here has fixed October 19 to hear Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application to challenge the Prisons Department’s decision not to allow him to attend Dewan Rakyat proceedings.

KAJANG, Oct 11 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is subject to Prisons Act and its regulations so long as he is serving a jail sentence, stressed Prisons director-general Datuk Nordin Muhammad.

KAJANG Oct 11 — The Prisons Department Malaysia is targeting two-thirds of eligible inmates to undergo rehabilitation in the community by 2030, to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The Malaysian Prisons Department will ensure that the incentives and allocations announced in Budget 2023 will be fully utilised to enhance and strengthen the department's correctional services.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The Prisons Department has rejected Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s request to attend the Dewan Rakyat sitting, says his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is being treated and monitored at the Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital (HRC) here.

KAJANG, July 25 — The Prisons Department aims to reduce the rate of recidivism, or repeated crimes, by ex-prisoners across the country to 10 per cent compared to the current 15 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Families of prison inmates will be allowed to visit them from February 3 to February 7, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations.

JELEBU, Nov 16 — The Prisons Department will build 19 drug clusters, a special placement in prison that uses a drug rehabilitation programme management model, to resolve the issue of overcrowding in prisons in the country.