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Sarawak has lowest rate of drug addiction relapse in Malaysia

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded the lowest percentage of recidivism or drug addiction relapse in Malaysia at 0.88 percent, and an incarceration rate of 95 prisoners per 100,000 of the population, according to 2022 statistics from the Malaysia Prisons Department. Minister of Women, Early Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that with a […]

Meting out punishment not for faint of heart

BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA and ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP WORKING in a prison surrounded by inmates who have committed violent or non-violent crime is hardly anyone’s first choice of career. Within brick walls and gates, executions of the death penalty and caning are carried out like clockwork. In Malaysia, caning is used as a supplementary punishment to […]

MoU inked to preserve art of songket weaving

KUCHING: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the preservation of Sarawak Malay songket has been inked. The MoU was signed between Sarawak Government Heritage and Malaysia Prisons Department to form a strategic collaboration under the Old Kuching Smart Heritage Project-Puncak Borneo Prison. Deputy State Secretary (Performance Transformation and Service Delivery) Datuk Dr Sabariah Putit represented […]