KAJANG: The public need not worry about having prison inmates in their midst once the parole system is implemented in July as there would be careful selection of those to be released, according to prison authorities.
The Malaysian Prisons Department Rehabilitation and Treatment director Darussalam Budin said there would be at least four layers of screening.
A prison committee would determine which inmates could be released and send the list to the Prisons Department, which would then refer the list to the Internal Security Ministry before it reaches the Parole Board, he said.
“We believe the system will work,” said Darussalam.
Moreover, it is a matter of time before these people would be released and with the parole system, they would be released slightly earlier, he said.
They would be on parole for only one-sixth of the sentencing years,
