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The Coffee Break
January 18, 2024
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The number of prisoners in Malaysia’s 60 prisons has exceeded the designated capacity by 5.6%, with approximately 75,000 inmates nationwide surpassing the limit of 71,000 prisoners, causing overcrowding. Malaysia plans to reduce prison overcrowding by 66% by 2030 years by using more community corrections, according to the Malaysian Prisons Department Commissioner-General. This shift towards community corrections is part of Malaysia’s goal to decrease the number of people in prison and enhance the rehabilitation of individuals convicted of less serious crimes.
How to increase town council revenue? Fines. In Manchester, a Freedom of Information request showed thousands of drivers have been fined for driving along the Oxford Road bus gate. Between April 2022 and September 2023, the council collected a total of GBP10.2 mil (RM60.9 mil) in revenue from these fines. The bus gate, which is similar to a bus lane, restricts certain parts of the road and limits access only to buses, black cabs, and pedal cycles from 06:00 to 21:00.
The verdict on human drivers vs driverless cars is finally out — according to Alphabet-owned Waymo’s analysis of 7.13 mil miles of driverless fully autonomous driving across Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Waymo's driverless cars were found to be 6.7 times less likely than human drivers to be involved in a crash resulting in an injury, resulting in 85% reduction compared to human drivers. The study also found that Waymo's autonomous vehicles were 2.3 times less likely to be in a police-reported crash.