16,500 prisoners complete their parole

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%.