Ministry seeks to raise salaries, allowances of prisons staff
Bernama (2/7/08): The Home Ministry has applied to the Public Service Department for an increase in the salaries, allowances and incentives of officers and staff of the Prisons Department to adjust them with those of the police force, Deputy Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said today.
He said there was a vast difference in the salaries of prisons officers and police officers though both were categorised as being in high-risk jobs.
“For example, the new basic salary for a Grade KX17 prisons officer is RM827.94 while a police officer in a similar grade earns RM1,100, he said when replying to a question from Nasharudin Mat Isa (PAS-Bachok) in the Dewan Rakyat.
Chor said the government was also considering providing housing to prisons staff so that at least 80 per cent of them enjoy this facility.
Replying to a supplementary question, from Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau), he said there were 14,809 foreigners in prisons throughout the country. He said this large number of foreigners also contributed to the congestion in prisons which held altogether 37,446 inmates.
Chor said the total number of prisoners was 28 per cent in excess of the ideal capacity of prisons in the country, thus causing the congestion. "Under the parole system and through the building of new prisons, we can ease the congestion," he said.
He said there was a vast difference in the salaries of prisons officers and police officers though both were categorised as being in high-risk jobs.
“For example, the new basic salary for a Grade KX17 prisons officer is RM827.94 while a police officer in a similar grade earns RM1,100, he said when replying to a question from Nasharudin Mat Isa (PAS-Bachok) in the Dewan Rakyat.
Chor said the government was also considering providing housing to prisons staff so that at least 80 per cent of them enjoy this facility.
Replying to a supplementary question, from Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau), he said there were 14,809 foreigners in prisons throughout the country. He said this large number of foreigners also contributed to the congestion in prisons which held altogether 37,446 inmates.
Chor said the total number of prisoners was 28 per cent in excess of the ideal capacity of prisons in the country, thus causing the congestion. "Under the parole system and through the building of new prisons, we can ease the congestion," he said.
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