THERE are 52 prisons in this country as of 2019. According to a 2021 report, there are over 69,000 inmates, including detainees awaiting trial and remand prisoners, in our prisons nationwide.
According to the website World Prison Brief, the Malaysian prison occupancy rate was at 113.5% as of August 2021. This means our prisons are overcrowded.
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