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| Sihabudin Penitentiary Director General |
Due to overcrowding in Jakarta’s jails, 120 inmates were this week
transferred to Nusakambangan Island’s prisons in Cilacap, Central Java.
The inmates were from Cipinang Penitentiary and Cipinang Drug Prison, as well as Salemba Penitentiary.
“Most
of the transferred inmates are involved in drug cases, with sentences
of up to 17 years,” Cipinang prison official Prayitno, who guarded the
transferring, said on Thursday.
Nusakambangan Island is a home to
seven penitentiaries known to house high-profile convicts, including
those jailed for corruption and terrorism.
The seven prisons, each
separated by approximately 4 kilometers, are Terbuka, Besi, Narcotics,
Kembang Kuning, Permisan, Pasir Putih and Batu prisons. All are maximum
security.
In a recent visit to Nusakambangan, Law and Human
Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said that he would transfer almost 2000
inmates from Jakarta to prisons on the island as most Jakarta prisons
were overcrowded, while the island remains spacious.
Penitentiary Director General Sihabudin said the relocation process would take up to three months
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