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Prison Department (Myanmar)
Prison Department may refer to: *Department of Prisons (Sri Lanka) *Malaysian Prison Department *National Prison Department (Brazil) The National Prison Department (DEPEN, ''Departamento Penitenciário Nacional'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese) is the Brazilian government agency responsible for the security and administration of the Brazil federal prison system (''Sistema ... * Prison Department, Scotland {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Prisons (Sri Lanka)
The Department of Prisons ( Sinhala: බන්ධනාගාර දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ''Bandhanagara Departhamenthuwa'') is a department of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders and terror suspects, coming under the purview of the Minister of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Hindu Religious Affairs. The Commissioner-General of Prisons reports to the Subject Minister, who is in turn responsible to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The current Commissioner-General of Prisons is Thushara Upuldeniya. History The new prisons system that evolved in Britain was introduced to the British colonies during 1844. The Department of Prisons came into existence first affiliated to the Police Dept. under the then Inspector General of Police Sir George William Robert Campbell under the Act no.18 of 1844. The supervision and control of all prisons in the Island were vested in Inspector Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Prison Department
The Malaysian Prison Department ( ms, Jabatan Penjara Malaysia), is a department controlled by the Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs responsible for prisons where offenders sentenced by the courts are held. These jails also act as detention and recovery institutions. The department is headquartered in the Malaysia Prison Complex (''Kompleks Penjara Kajang'') in Kajang, Selangor in the Klang Valley. History During the era of British rule and until the arrival of the Japanese in 1942, penal institutions were the responsibility of the individual states' governments with their respective regulations. In the Straits Settlements, a Superintendent based in Singapore, acted as the supervisor and inspected the institutions under his jurisdiction. The Straits Settlements were the earliest to build their own prisons while the Federated Malay States did so only after the British set up a responsible department. The Taiping Prison, better known as the Taiping Gaol, the largest at the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Prison Department (Brazil)
The National Prison Department (DEPEN, ''Departamento Penitenciário Nacional'' in Portuguese language, Portuguese) is the Brazilian government agency responsible for the security and administration of the Brazil federal prison system (''Sistema Penitenciário Federal''). This agency was reorganized in 2006, with the passage of several new laws and the construction of new prisons. Federal prisons There are five prisons in the system. * Porto Velho, Rondônia * Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte * Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul * Brasília, Brazilian Federal District, Distrito Federal * Catanduvas, Paraná See also *Federal Police of Brazil References Federal law enforcement agencies of Brazil {{prison-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
