Include public consultation in house arrest deliberations


HAYAT welcomes the introduction of legislation to further enable and expand the possibility of house arrest and other alternatives to imprisonment.

Despite civil society organisations and other stakeholders advocating against it, Malaysia persists in pursuing highly punitive criminal justice policies that only serve to exacerbate prison overcrowding and alienate the possibility of rehabilitation and reintegration. The expansion of house arrest and other alternatives would give credence to the Madani government’s pursuit of greater rehabilitative and restorative justice.

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