| Agencyname: | Malaysian Prison Department |
| Nativename: | Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia |
| Badge: | Logo of the Malaysian Prison Department.svg |
| Badgecaption: | Logo of the Malaysian Prison Department |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the Malaysian Prison Department |
| Motto: | Mesra, Ikhlas dan Berbakti |
| Mottotranslated: | (Friendly, Sincere and Dedicated) |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| National: | Yes |
| Sizearea: | 329,847 km (127,355 sq mi) |
| Sizepopulation: | 27,544,000 |
| Legaljuris: | National |
| Governingbody: | Government of Malaysia |
| Headquarters: | Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Minister1name: | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Minister1pfo: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Chief1name: | KJP Dato' Nordin Muhamad |
| Chief1position: | Commissioner General of Prison |
| Chief2name: | TKJP Dato' Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Razak |
| Chief2position: | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (Security & Correctional) |
| Chief3name: | TKJP Abdul Kadir bin Rais |
| Chief3position: | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (Management) |
| Chief4name: | TKJP Dato' Ibrisam Bin Abdul Rahman |
| Chief4position: | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (Community) |
| Parentagency: | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Unitname: | Trup Tindakan Cepat |
The Malaysian Prison Department (Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia; Jawi:), is a department controlled by the Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs responsible for prisons where offenders sentenced by the courts are held. These jails also act as detention and recovery institutions.
The department is headquartered in the Malaysia Prison Complex (Kompleks Penjara Kajang) in Kajang, Selangor in the Klang Valley.[1] [2]
During the era of British rule and until the arrival of the Japanese in 1942, penal institutions were the responsibility of the individual states' governments with their respective regulations. In the Straits Settlements, a Superintendent based in Singapore, acted as the supervisor and inspected the institutions under his jurisdiction.
The Straits Settlements were the earliest to build their own prisons while the Federated Malay States did so only after the British set up a responsible department. The Taiping Prison, better known as the Taiping Gaol, the largest at the time, was built in 1879. Prisons were built with the main purpose of bringing suffering to the inmates in the hope that this would deter people from committing crimes.
In 1881, Sikh warders were brought in to assist Malay warders while vocational instructors from Hong Kong were used in an effort to introduce trades to the prisons. Among the earliest of these were rock breaking and carpentry. An attempt was made to categorise the inmates in 1882, then in 1889 European warders were appointed at some prisons.
With the formation of the Federated Malay States, Taiping Prison became a detention centre for long-term prisoners from Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor. In 1923, a visiting justice system was introduced and prison industries expanded to include printing work, weaving, sewing, rattan weaving, and metalwork. Rock-breaking work was abolished in 1924 and replaced with the pounding of coconut husks.
During the Japanese occupation (1941–1945), the Imperial Japanese Army also used the prisons for POWs. All records of the prisons and its inmates for this period were subsequently destroyed by the Japanese.
After World War II, the Prison Office was established to administer all prisons in Malaya. The post-war era saw the return of peace, and modern administrative methods were introduced. The 1948 Malayan Emergency resulted in an increase in inmate numbers, which in turn caused overcrowding in the prisons. This disrupted the development of the prison system and it was only towards the end of 1949 when peace returned that prison development could be carried out smoothly.
The Prisons Ordinance 1952 and the Prisons Regulations 1953, based on the "modern treatment" concept, were introduced to replace old legislation. In 1953, the Criminal Justice Bill was passed, which abolished use of the cat-o'-nine-tails and replaced the term "penal servitude" with "prison".
Following Independence Day in 1957, the first Prisons Commissioner was appointed to take charge of the administration of all prisons in Malaya. In 1963, with the formation of Malaysia, prisons in Sabah and Sarawak came under the jurisdiction of the Prisons Department.
On 2 November 1995, the Prison Act 1995 was introduced to replace the former Prison Act which in turn was superseded on 1 September 2000 by the Prison Regulations 2000. The previous acts and regulations had been in use for a long time, thus changes and reforms were necessary to meet current needs and demands to streamline prison management and administration.
In an era of development and modernisation, the Malaysian Prison Department realises that it should not to be content with its past achievements, but should instead move forward and innovate in order to assist the prison administration in dealing with modern culture through criminology, penology and overall social control.[3]
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| Appointment | Rank | Abbreviation | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commissioner General of Prison | Commissioner General of Prison | Director General of Prison | KJP | Y'Bhg Dato Hj Nordin Bin Mohamad |
| Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (1) | Deputy Director General of Prison (1) | TKJP | Y'Bhg Dato' Haji Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Razak |
| Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (2) | Deputy Director General of Prison (2) | TKJP | Abdul Kadir Bin Hj Rais |
| Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | Deputy Commissioner General of Prison (3) | Deputy Director General of Prison (3) | TKJP | Y'Bhg Dato Ibrisham Abd Rahman |
| Director of Perlis Prison | Senior Assistant Commissioner of Prison | PKK | Mat Johir bin Asin @ Hashim | |
| Director of Kedah Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Sabri Yaakob | |
| Director of Penang Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Roslan Mohamad | |
| Director of Perak Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Tan Tian Heng | |
| Director of Kelantan Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Hamzani bin Che Ibrahim | |
| Director of Terengganu Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Ahmad Saidi Hamzah | |
| Director of Pahang Prison | Commissioner of Prison | KP | Dato' Ab Basir bin Mohamad | |
| Director of Kuala Lumpur Prison | Commissioner of Prison | KP | Y'Bhg Dato Sakeri Bin Dollah | |
| Director of Selangor Prison | Commissioner of Prison | KP | Y'Bhg Dato Sakeri Bin Dollah | |
| Director of Negeri Sembilan Prison | Senior Assistant Commissioner of Prison | PKK | PKK Abd Rahman bin Taib | |
| Director of Malacca Prison | Commissioner of Prison | TKP | Ku Nawawi | |
| Director of Johore Prison | Commissioner of Prison | KP | Abd. Wahab Kassim | |
| Director of Sabah Prison | Commissioner of Prison | TKP | Hajah Nora Binti Musa | |
| Director of Sarawak Prison | Senior Deputy Commissioner General of Prison | TKP | Rosidek Bin Musa |
| Commissioner General | In office | Left office | Time in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Captain Es Lilley | ||||
| 2. | Captain Ov Garrat | ||||
| 3. | Ft. Lt. WB Oliver | ||||
| 4. | |||||
| 5. | Dato' Ibrahim Hj. Mohamed | ||||
| 6. | Dato' Nik Ariffin Nik Omar | ||||
| 7. | Dato' Mohd. Yassin Jaafar | ||||
| 8. | |||||
| 9. | Dato' Omar Mohamed Dan | ||||
| 10. | Datuk Mustafa Osman | ||||
| 11. | Dato' Sri Zulkifli Omar | ||||
| 12. | Dato' Nordin Muhamad | Incumbent |
| Deputy Commissioner General | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Dato Ibrahim Mohamed | ||
| Dato Nik Arifin Nik Omar | ||
| Mohd Nadzry Kushairi | 1990–1993 | |
| Datuk Omar Mohamad Dan | 1994–1997 | |
| Datuk Mustafa Osman | 1998–2001 | |
| Donald Wee May Keun | 2004–2005 | |
| Samsuddin Tan Sri Murad | 2006 | |
| Dato' Seri Zulkifli Omar | 2006–2008 | |
| Dato' Wan Mohamad Nazarie Wan Mahmood | 2007–2012 | |
| Datuk Hassan Sakimon | 2009–2017 | |
| Dato' Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Abdullah | 2012–2017 | |
| Dato' Alzafry Mohamad Alnassif Mohamad Adahan | 2017 – 2020 | |
| Dato' Jamaluddin Saad | 2017 – 2020 | |
| Dato' Haji Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Razak | 2017 – current | |
| Abd Kadir Hj Rais | 2020-current |
Kedah
Penang
Perak
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Melaka
Johor
Pahang
Terengganu
Kelantan
Sarawak
Sabah
See main article: Henry Gurney Prisoners School.
Malaysian Prison Department operators are equipped with multi-specialized weaponry and marine assault vehicles, including:
| Pistols | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glock 17 | 9x19mm Parabellum |  Austria | In used by prison senior officers as well as Trup Tindakan Cepat (TTC) special team. | ||||
| Smith & Wesson Model 15 | .38 Special |  United States | The S&W .38 service revolvers used by the low rank prisons peronnels. | ||||
| Smith & Wesson M&P | M&P 9 | 9x19mm Parabellum | United States | In used as service pistols of Prison Department. | |||
| Shotguns | |||||||
| 12 gauge | United States | Used as main service shotguns | |||||
| Submachine Guns | |||||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | MP5A3 MP5A2 | 9x19mm Parabellum |  Germany | Standard sub-machine gun used by TTC and Prisons personnels. | |||
| Assault Rifles | |||||||
| Colt M16 | M16A1 M16A4 | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | In used by Prisons Department, TTC using the M16A4 with SOPMOD equipment. | |||
| Machine Guns | |||||||
| FN MAG | 7.62×51mm NATO |  Belgium | |||||
| Sniper Rifles | |||||||
| Accuracy International Arctic Warfare | Arctic Warfare Police | 7.62×51mm NATO | Used by TTC snipers. | ||||
| Grenade Launchers | |||||||
| CS Mk.IV |  Malaysia | Used by TTC. | |||||
| Non-Lethals | |||||||
| TASER X26 | X26P | Electrodes | United States | Use by all units of the Prisons personnels. | |||
See main article: Botak Chin.
