Taiping Prison is one of the earliest permanent penitentiary institutions in the Federated Malay States. It was built in 1879 to quell further unrest in the wake of the Larut Wars. This is a few years after the murder of JWW Birch, but it was successful in suppressing further large-scale warfare between the Chinese clans. It remains till today in the same spot. Visitors from the north exiting the North South Expressway to Taiping passes it as they approach from Kamunting.
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