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Overstay penalties lifted for Lewotobi eruption-affected foreigners

The Directorate General of Immigration at the Indonesian Immigration and Correctional Services Ministry has ...

Indonesia transfers 100 inmates to Nusakambangan to curb drug trade

Indonesia’s Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Services announced on Sunday that it has transferred 100 ...

Indonesia to deport 26 crew members of two Filipino fishing vessels

The Biak Numfor Immigration Office in Papua would deport 26 crew members of two Filipino fishing vessels, arrested for ...

Indonesia deports Yemeni man after drug abuse conviction

The South Jakarta immigration office deported a Yemeni national, identified by his initials FSA, after he was sentenced ...

Amnesty as a humanitarian step to reform Indonesia’s prisons

"Strengthening the ideology of Pancasila, democracy, and human rights" is one of the eight missions of Asta ...

Moved, motivated: Inmates on contributing to free meals program

Two inmates from the Sukamiskin Correctional Facility of West Java, Firman Santosa and Dimas Candra, shared their ...

Govt to include prisoner-owned businesses in MSME ecosystem

The Indonesian government is aiming to support the growth of businesses owned by prisoners by integrating them into the ...

Drugs eradication: Shifting from incarceration to rehabilitation

Indonesia revised its Criminal Code (KUHP) in 2023, legislating Law No. 1 of 2023, which will take effect in January ...

Ministry inspects Eid family visits at Cipinang Correctional Facility

The Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs monitored family visitation arrangements at the Class I ...

Challenging journey for eradicating Tuberculosis in Indonesia

Tuberculosis has existed since ancient times, yet it remains one of the leading causes of death in the modern ...

East Java: Some 15 thousand inmates proposed for Eid remission

A total of 15,086 Muslim inmates in East Java have been proposed to receive special remission in commemoration of Eid ...

TB spread risk 10 times higher in prisons: deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, has said that the risk of tuberculosis (TB) spread in prisons is 10 ...

Prabowo’s remote island prison for corruptors gains DPR support

President Prabowo Subianto's plan to build a prison on a remote island for corrupt individuals could improve ...

Ministry to tackle overcrowding in prisons after inmate escape

Minister of Immigration and Corrections, Agus Andrianto, has said that his ministry will address the problem of prison ...

Indonesia holds 14 nationals deported from Turkey for terror links

The National Counter-Terrorism Agency is currently holding 14 Indonesian nationals associated with foreign terrorist ...