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Collection of prisons news, found 31 news.

Indonesia transfers nearly 1,900 high-risk inmates to Nusakambangan

The Indonesian authorities announced that by the end of 2025, as many as 1,882 high‑risk inmates had been relocated ...

Nusakambangan: From maximum security to hub of hope

The year 2025 marks a new historical milestone for the correctional system on Nusakambangan Island, which has now ...

Indonesia grants special Christmas remission to over 16,000 inmates

The Indonesian government has granted special remissions and sentence reductions to over 16 thousand Catholic and ...

Gov't found some 600 thousand TB cases per September end

The Health Ministry identified as many as 600,698 TB cases by 27 September 2025, which is 55 percent of the target set ...

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 ...

Govt grants special Eid, Nyepi remissions to over 150 thousand inmates

Indonesia's Immigration and Penitentiary Affairs Ministry awarded special remissions and sentence reductions to ...

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 era. ...

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 ...

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Leading the fight against radicalism

Radical movements are likely to emerge ahead of the general elections and threaten the continuity of the election ...

Indonesia to expedite implementation of restorative justice

The government has accelerated the implementation of restorative justice in Indonesia as an approach in law enforcement ...

Jakarta records nine clusters of COVID-19 since early August

The Jakarta Health Office has recorded nine new clusters of the novel coronavirus disease since early this month, which ...

Most prison inmates in large cities drug users

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly said most inmates correctional institutions in large cities in the ...

Cikarang prison grants Eid remission to 531 inmates

The Cikarang correctional institution in Bekasi District, West Java, has granted remission to 531 inmates on the ...

Ministry to investigate alleged illegal levies in Pekanbaru prison

The provincial office of the Law and Human Right Service in Riau said it would investigate alleged illegal levies at ...