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Minister Laoly inspects Siak Prison ravaged by rioting, fire

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly visited the Class IIB Penitentiary of Siak Sri Indrapura, Riau, ...

Siak prison's 34 inmates flee after ruckus

Some 34 prisoners of the Siak Sri Indrapura prison fled after a ruckus on early Saturday that resulted in the inmates ...

Police recapture five escaped detainees in Palembang

The police have recaptured five out of 30 detainees of drug cases who escaped a police custody in the Palembang police ...

KPU agrees to conduct revote in Palu on Bawaslu's recommendation

The Palu City General Election Commission (KPU) Chairperson Agussalim Wahid expressed readiness to hold a revote ...

Sandiaga Uno visits Ahmad Dhani at East Java`s Medaeng prison

Indonesian Vice Presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno expressed deepest sympathies to prominent musician Ahmad Dhani by ...

Cell phones confiscated in raid on 44 detention houses and prisons

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Office in Central Java  has confiscated cellular phones during ...

Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli jails

Palestinian prisoner in Israeli prisons Yaser Hamed Eshtayyeh (36) was found dead on Friday in the cell where he has ...

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 ...

Israel arrested 900 children this year: NGO

Israeli forces have detained over 900 Palestinian children since the beginning of this year, according to a local NGO ...

Some 98 percent of drug trafficking controlled from prison: police

The Director of Narcotics Crime at the Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) Brig.Gen. Eko Daniyanto said ...

Indonesian government plans to build three penitentiaries in outer islands

The government plans to build three penitentiaries in the outer and remote islands in Indonesia. "A temporary ...

Problem behind detention centre riot must be revealed

The riot between security forces and terror inmates at the detention center of the National Police`s Mobile Brigade ...

Penal code revision to solve overcrowding in prisons: Minister

Law and Human Rights Minister, Yasonna Laoly, stated here on Thursday that the revision of the penal code bill (RUU ...

Police name seven suspects in Nusakambangan prison riot

Police have named seven suspects in an inmate brawl that led to one dead and three injured in Permisan Penitentiary of ...

Indonesia remains unparalleled in the world

There is no country like Indonesia, the worlds fourth most populous country, with different ethnic, religious, and ...