68 SUHAKAM ii. CCTV Maintenance During their visit, SUHAKAM was informed that the Perlis Correctional Centre was overcrowded. It was holding 1,270 detainees while the capacity is only 600. The prison CCTV system was not functioning due to poor maintenance. This is a potential problem for the officers as there are too many detainees to monitor in each cell. Hence, maintenance of the CCTV is crucial and the issue needs to be addressed immediately to help prison personnel in their surveillance tasks. iii. Relocation of Detainees Who Require Health Supervision SUHAKAM was notified that the Perlis Correctional Centre did not have a sickbay for medical supervision. As a result of this, a complainant and his lawyer applied to transfer a detainee to Alor Setar prison which does provide such facilities. SUHAKAM recommends that the transfer and relocation detainees who require supervision or intensive care by medical officers should be done immediately. Any delay may affect the detainee’s recovery. iv. Drug Trafficking Problem in Prison SUHAKAM was informed by the doctor who treated Mohd Fairuz in the emergency ward that the latter was under the influence of drugs while in detention. Mohd Fairuz was tested positive for drugs and prison authorities isolated him for 4 months in a separate cell. SUHAKAM recommends that prison authorities ensure that drug trafficking does not happen in prison and that they take stern action against those trafficking drugs into the prison. b) Recommendations to Malaysian Ministry of Health v. Follow-up and physiotherapy treatment for detainees SUHAKAM observed that there is no follow up treatment for detainees at Tuanku Fauziah Hospital (HTF). It is the responsibility of the prison doctor to monitor the progress of the detainee. However, this process makes it difficult to ensure the detainee gets follow-up treatment because he must obtain approval from the prison doctor before he can be taken to the hospital. 9. DETAINEES AT IMMIGRATION DEPOTS WHO ARE STILL UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION SUHAKAM visited several Immigration depots in 2019 and was told of detainees whose deportation orders were suspended by the depot

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