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Some 1,252 Buddhist inmates granted special Vesak Day remission

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has granted special remissions to a total of 1,252 Buddhist inmates nationwide to ...

KPU to facilitate voting for inmates in 2024 elections

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights and General Elections Commission (KPU) agreed to set up a special desk to ...

East Aceh police arrest two suspected of killing Sumatran tigers

An official from Aceh Provincial Police has confirmed that East Aceh Police's Criminal Investigation Unit has ...

Government to expedite COVID-19 vaccination at South Sumatra's prisons

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights' South Sumatra Office official stated that the authority will expedite ...

Indonesian police hunt down Singapore-Malaysia drug ring member

The Banjarmasin city police has planned to issue an Interpol red notice through Indonesia's National Police ...

Ministry commends step to improve convicts' literacy

Law and Human Rights Ministry's Correctional Directorate General Secretary Heni Yuwono praised the effort to ...

Central Java BNN thwarts shipping of 50 kilograms of marijuana

Officers from the National Narcotics Agency's (BNN's) Central Java office foiled an attempt to ship 50 ...

Law Minister calls for transformation of correctional facilities

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly here on Tuesday, asked correctional facilities in ...

RI's correctional system lags behind by three decades: Deputy Minister

Indonesia's correctional system lags behind by 30 years as compared to several western nations, Deputy Minister of ...

Inmates' transfer temporarily solves prison overcrowding issue

Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej believes that transferring inmates to another prison ...

Police seize 471.6 kg of dried marijuana from eight suspects in Medan

A joint team of police officers from Jakarta and Medan recently arrested eight members of the Aceh-North ...

Expect Narcotics Law revision to address prison overcapacity: minister

Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, has expressed the hope that the revision to Law No. 35 of ...

Women prisoners' batik crafts auctioned in Semarang

As many as 24 batik and eco prints created by women inmates at Semarang IIA Correctional Facility will be auctioned as ...

Ministry to assist MSMEs by distributing carts made by inmates

The Law and Human Rights Ministry assists micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by providing carts created by ...

Ministry building correctional facility to house 800 prisoners in Aceh

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is building a correctional facility in Lhokseumawe city, Aceh, which will be able to ...