KAJANG: The country’s parole system has a higher success rate than Australia and Canada as 97.1% of those released do not go back to crime, according to Prisons Department statistics.
“About 1,400 prisoners in the country have been freed on parole from July 2008 to June 28 this year,” said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong after visiting the Prisons Department headquarters here yesterday.
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