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Setya Novanto (born 12 November 1955), colloquially referred to as Setnov, is an Indonesian former politician, presently serving a 15 year prison sentence for corruption. He was chairman of Golkar Party and speaker of the People's Representative Council (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, DPR) until his arrest in 2017 for corruption.
The Prisons Department [2] (Malay: Jabatan Penjara) is a government agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs in Brunei, [3] responsible for the management and administration of correctional facilities in accordance with the Prison Act and Prison Rules (Chapter 51 of the State Laws of Brunei Darussalam).
Adra Prison (Arabic: سجن عدرا) was a prison in Syria, on the northeast outskirts of Damascus. [1] [2] Political prisoners are held in the prison, along with a mixture of civil prisoners such as traffic offenders, murderers, and drug dealers.
Sungai Buloh Prison (Malay: Penjara Sungai Buloh; Chinese: 双溪毛糯监狱) is a prison complex in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia and the largest prison complex in Malaysia. Its construction started in 1992 and ended in October 1996, and it was formally opened in November 1996 to replace Pudu Prison in Kuala Lumpur .
On 10 August 2001, at Queenstown Remand Prison in Singapore, 19-year-old Shankar Suppiahmaniam, a detainee who was charged with raping two young girls, was found dead inside his remand cell.
The International Committee of the Red Cross recommends that cells be at least 5.4 m 2 (58 sq ft) in size for a single cell accommodation (one person in the cell). However, in shared or dormitory accommodations, it recommends a minimum of 3.4 m 2 (37 sq ft) per person, including in cells where bunk beds are used.
The Trup Tindakan Cepat (English: Rapid Action Troops), or TTC, is an elite counter terrorism unit within the Malaysian Prison Department.. Formed on 3 October 2005, TTC Force is a highly trained elite force that is deployed for various high risk and special operations, such as responding to incidents, riots, cell extractions, mass searches, or disturbances in prisons, possibly involving ...
The jail holds 4,000 prisoners in a facility designed to hold 1,500. [1] Well-connected prisoners are often able to obtain superior accommodation. [8] The former governor of Jakarta, Ahok, was imprisoned here, [9] but was released in January 2019 after receiving a two-month remission.