“That is a big lie. I worked for almost 39 years, and never have I come across a prison room as luxurious as those shown in viral videos,” said a former prisons officer who spoke to The Star on condition of anonymity.However, the officer admitted that prominent individuals would normally be separated from the other inmates.
“VVIPs in Penang Prison, for example, will be placed in a room at the prison clinic or in a quarantine room. In terms of food, the office said VVIPs and those who are about to serve a life sentence would have their meal prepared separately. “Sometimes they request for a thicker mattress citing medical reasons, or food we do not provide,” he added.
“He will have to wear the same clothes as other inmates and wake up for roll calls at 6.30am with others too, unless he is warded at the prison’s clinic. He will have to go back to his normal cell when he’s discharged,” he said. Ismail said all inmates would have to go through orientation and counselling when they are convicted to adjust them to life in prison.
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