Challenges in Developing and Implementing Rehabilitation Modules in Prisons for Person Convicted for Syariah Offences

(Cabaran dalam Usaha Membangunkan dan Melaksanakan Modul Pemulihan dalam Penjara untuk Pesalah Jenayah Syariah)

  • Jamaludin Saad Jabatan Penjara Malaysia

Abstract

This article presents the experience of developing and implementing rehabilitation modules in prisons. Reference is made to documents and activities relating to rehabilitation modules and observations of the implementation of such modules. Information from the statistics unit of the Prisons Department of Malaysia is also referred to. Reference to rehabilitation programmes conducted by the Prisons Department of Malaysia will reveal the planning of activities related to the treatment and rehabilitation of the inmates' physical, mental, attitudinal, moral and spiritual aspects. The development of the modules takes into account education and guidance for shariah offenders.


Keywords: prison, offenders, rehabilitation modules, shariah courts

Author Biography

Jamaludin Saad, Jabatan Penjara Malaysia

Bahagian Pengurusan Banduan

References

Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah Persekutuan) 1997.

Bahagian Pengurusan Banduan, Jabatan Penjara Malaysia.

http://www.prison.gov.my> (Capaian pada 10 Oktober 2011).

Peraturan 151(1) Peraturan Penjara 2000.

Siti Zubaidah Ismail, "Penjara Khas bagi Pesalah Syariah: Suatu Keperluan?" [2013] 2 ShLR i.

Wan Roslili Abd. Majid, 2012. "Legal Protection for Muslim Women Prisoners in Malaysia". Disertasi yang Tidak Diterbitkan. Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia.
Published
2015-01-01
How to Cite
SAAD, Jamaludin. Challenges in Developing and Implementing Rehabilitation Modules in Prisons for Person Convicted for Syariah Offences. Kanun: Jurnal Undang-undang Malaysia, [S.l.], v. 27, n. 1, p. 169-178, jan. 2015. ISSN 2682-8057. Available at: <https://jurnal.dbp.my/index.php/Kanun/article/view/4424>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024.