‘Taiping Prison officers acted inappropriately, a culture of indiscipline, weakness in top management’ - Twentytwo13

‘Taiping Prison officers acted inappropriately, a culture of indiscipline, weakness in top management’ - Twentytwo13

The inmate transfer incident at Taiping Prison on Jan 17 was the result of mismanagement, poor planning, an unclear chain of command, and a failure to adhere to standard operating procedures. Karmegan Kamachi Pillay, a Taiping Prison Sergeant who has served at the facility for the past 10 years, said his fellow officers acted inappropriately when confronting prisoners in Hall B, adding that many of his colleagues were indisciplined. Karmegan, 48…