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Malaysia's Education Ministry will recognise co-curricular achievements and skills training for incarcerated students applying to universities, aiming to support their reintegration and educational advancement after SPM.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has committed to building 14,000 new prison places by 2031, launching what he describes as the country's most ambitious incarceration infrastructure project since the Victorian era.
Malaysia's Home Ministry will persist with consultations before reintroducing amendments to the Prisons Act, clarifying that proposed protections for prison officers acting lawfully are not immunity provisions.
Police have initiated a comprehensive investigation into the death of a prisoner at Temiang Prison in Negri Sembilan and separate allegations of improper treatment toward another detainee, the Prisons Department confirmed.
Malaysia's human rights commission has documented serious concerns including assault on a female inmate, degrading searches at prisons and detention facilities, and inadequate investigation processes, signalling systemic gaps in institutional oversight.