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Malaysia's Education Ministry will recognise co-curricular activities and vocational skills earned by students in prison institutions as merit for university admission, potentially benefiting SPM candidates from 2027 onwards.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans for the nation's most extensive prison construction initiative since the Victorian era, with 14,000 new places targeted by 2031.
Suhakam's 2024 annual report reveals serious human rights violations in Malaysian prisons and detention facilities, including documented assault on a woman, degrading search procedures, and insufficient investigations into inmate complaints.