The Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) has urged the government to consider amending the Prison Act 1995, in view of having detention centres with health and medical facilities that are up to standard.

"The implementation of a penal system reform is an urgent matter. After all, many of the provisions in the Prison Act are policies left behind by the British colonial system.

"There are questions on whether they still fit...