Visited to Maraburung Prison at Tutong District

This new prison started its operations on August 1, 2001, many rehabilitation programmes such as psychological rehabilitation, counselling, civic rehabilitation and vocational training, have been held. On top of that, inmates are also given spiritual and physical education. The prison has permanent religious teachers. The Maraburong Prison is a new facility built to accommodate male inmates who have committed less-serious offenses and who are given shorter imprisonment sentences

Maraburong Prison, which can accommodate 150 inmates. The prison is mainly for first-time offenders. Second and repeat offenders are placed in Jerudong Prison. This new prison is located within the Bukit Panggal area, built on 81 hectares at a cost of B$18.8 million. It is one the modern building prisons in the country, which is equipped with sophisticated facilities in terms of security systems.

There are classes, surau, workshops (handicraft), with facilities like dinning hall, kitchen, mini library and volleyball and sepak-takraw courts