Community rehab programmes for inmates save RM182mil

Full attention: Hamzah inspecting a guard of honour in conjunction with the 232nd Prison Day celebration at Maktab Penjara Kajang. — CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

KAJANG: A total of RM182mil has been saved in managing prisons through the inmate community rehabilitation programmes, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin.

He said an estimated 80% of inmates were placed in industries which reduced the country’s dependence on foreign labour.