KAJANG: The government may consider setting up privately-managed prisons to solve the overcrowding problem in Malaysian jails, says Datuk Mohd Azis Jamman.
The Deputy Home Minister said he had seen how privately-managed prisons were run in a recent working trip to the United Kingdom, and has tasked the Prisons Department to look into the feasibility of having similar facilities here.
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