A new start for both prisons and prisoners


New life: Ex-prisoner Sara (not her real name) learned how to bake breads and cakes during five years in Kajang women’s prison and is now working in a restaurant as a chef. — JPM

A QUIET revolution has been brewing within Malaysian prisons over the past couple of years.

The Prisons Department (JPM) has introduced some radical new programmes to offer inmates jobs and accommodation after they are released from prison.

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