"The new prison, which will accommodate up to 1,200 inmates, is currently in its second phase of construction," Head of the Bali Provincial Directorate General of Corrections Regional Office Decky Nurmansyah said here on Tuesday.
He noted that the new facility will help reduce overcrowding at the Class II-A Kerobokan Women’s Prison.
As of August 17, 2025, the Kerobokan prison housed 275 inmates, far exceeding its capacity of 120, or 129 percent over capacity. Fourteen of the inmates are foreign nationals.
The new facility is being built on a five-hectare site adjacent to the male-only Kerobokan Prison, but will have separate entrances and buildings.
According to the Bali Regional Office of Corrections, a total of 4,851 inmates were recorded across 11 correctional facilities in the province as of August 17, 2025.
The most overcrowded facility is the Kerobokan Prison for men, which holds 1,848 inmates despite being designed for 810, exceeding capacity by 236 percent.
Decky added that nearly two-thirds of inmates in Bali are serving sentences for drug-related offenses.
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