Prisoners must meet set criteria to be allowed home for Raya, says Prisons Dept


PETALING JAYA: There are a few criteria that prisoners under Licensed Prisoner Release (OBB) program have to meet to be allowed to go home during the Hari Raya period.

The Prisons Department said in a statement on Tuesday (April 18) that there are three criteria, namely at institutional level, followed by the committee at the state level and subsequently the Prisons Dept headquarters level for prisoners to be released under license (PBSL).

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