Malaysia legislation
Section 49
Section 49
(a)
confined under civil process;
(b)
on remand charged with a crime or an offence;
(c)
committed to take his trial; or
(d)
confined for want of sureties,
Prison 51
shall not ordinarily be associated with prisoners serving their sentences of imprisonment or be required to labour beyond such labour as is reasonably proper for keeping his person and dress in a proper state and keeping the place in which he is confined clean.
(2)
Where a prisoner under subsection (1) elects to be employed during the period he is confined, he shall receive payment for the employment at such rates as may, from time to time, be prescribed.
(3)
A young prisoner shall, so far as local conditions permit, be kept apart from adults under detention.
(4)
Where it appears to the Officer in Charge that it is desirable for the good order and discipline of a prison or for any other reason that a prisoner be segregated, it shall be lawful for the officer to order the segregation of the prisoner for such period as he may consider necessary.
Punishment of prison offences by Officer in Charge