Prisons Dept: Physical Deepavali visits suspended, inmates can use Skype, prepaid phone calls to reach out to family

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Malaysian Prisons Department has suspended social visits for Deepavali to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The department said Friday (Nov 13) that prisons will instead make available Skype facilities or prepaid phone calls for inmates to get in touch with their families.