PUTRAJAYA: The role played by the Prisons Department has evolved over the years to focus more on rehabilitation of those incarcerated for whatever crimes they had committed.
Department commissioner-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Omar said the days where inmates were literally weighed down by iron balls chained totheir ankles are long gone, as prison systems around the world shift towards helping convicts change and grow as individuals.
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