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Brighter Aidilfitri for inmates as Prisons Dept allows family visits

Face-to-face, online meetings can take place from April 26 to 28 between 8.15am and 4.15pm

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 12 Apr 2023 12:54PM

Brighter Aidilfitri for inmates as Prisons Dept allows family visits
Inmates at all prisons, moral rehabilitation centres, special rehabilitation centres, special detention centres and the Henry Gurney School will have a more meaningful Aidilfitri as the Prisons Department announces that family members can visit them from April 26 to 28. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes file pic, April 12, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – The families of inmates at all prisons, moral rehabilitation centres, special rehabilitation centres, special detention centres and the Henry Gurney School are allowed to visit them for the Aidilfitri celebration on the third and fourth day of Aidilfitri.

The Prisons Department in a statement today said that priority visits are given to Muslim inmates. 

Besides face to meetings, online meetings are also allowed from April 26 to 28. 

For families who choose to have a face-to-face meeting, the time is between 8.15am and 4.15pm. 

They are also required to do the RT-PCR or ARTK-Ag (swab/saliva) test that has to be valid for three days after sample collection and be asymptomatic before going to the correctional facility. 

According to the Prisons Department, the visits are only allowed to visitors who make an appointment through the i-Visit System at www.prison.gov.my, phone calls and e-mails or letters to the institution concerned. 

“The institution will set the date and time for the meeting after the reservation is made and they need to contact the relevant institution to get more information,” according to the statement. – Bernama, April 12, 2023

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