Gov't urged to reconsider opening temporary prisons for MCO

Published: Apr 20, 2020 3:51 AM | Updated: Apr 20, 2020 4:26 AM

Activist group Eliminating Deaths and Abuse in Custody Together (Edict) has urged the government to reconsider opening temporary prisons to hold movement control order (MCO) offenders.

“Imprisoning MCO violators is a bad idea. Creating 13 new prisons is a really bad idea. They will be centres of much harm.

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