NCJ Number
140955
Journal
Criminology Australia Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Dated: (September-October 1991) Pages: 17-20
Editor(s)
A Grant,
M Thompson
Date Published
1991
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This article describes discipline and grievance procedures in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and India.
Abstract
In Malaysia, discipline is enforced in accordance with the principles laid out in the Prison Rules, 1953. Punishments are meted out for various offenses according to the powers invested in the officer-in-charge, the Director General of Prisons, or the visiting justice. The Malaysian Prisons Department has instituted various avenues through which prisoners can air their grievances. Counselors also help prisoners with their problems. Sri Lankan offenders who present discipline problems can be punished by the prison superintendent through a warning and reprimand, forfeiture of remission marks, postponement of privileges, confinement in a punishment cell, or close confinement on a restricted diet. Grievance procedures can be classified as those made to prison authorities, those made to prison visitors or magistrates, and those made to other organizations. Institutional control in Indian correctional facilities focuses on discipline of health, work, behavior, education, and interest. The system strives to maintain a good level of security and a good order in the institution, to develop self-respect and patterns of good behavior, and to facilitate an overall rehabilitation of each offender.