In 1881, Sikh warders were brought in from
India to assist Malay warders while vocational trainers were brought in from
Hong Kong to introduce useful industry in the prison. In 1882, there was an exercise to place prison inmates into categories. In 1889, a European warder was appointed. With the establishment of the
Federated Malay States, Taiping Prison became the detention centre for prisoners with long sentences from Perak,
Pahang,
Negeri Sembilan and
Selangor. In 1923, the system of "Visiting Justices" was introduced. Prison industry had been developed and included printing works, cloth production, sewing and rattan and ironworking. In 1924, stoneworking was halted and replaced with coconut dehusking. During the
Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945, Taiping Prison was used as a public prison and also a
prisoner-of-war detention centre. All records of the prison and its inmates during this period were destroyed by the end of the war. ==References==