Indonesia
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Indonesia: Prabowo’s prison island plan for corrupt officials raises eyebrows
President Prabowo Subianto’s pledge to construct a remote island prison for corrupt officials has been met with scepticism from experts, who argued that deeper structural reforms of the prison system were needed to address chronic overcrowding and underfunding.Indonesia: inside Bali's execution island, how imprisoned people are shipped to 'Indonesia's Alcatraz'
Banished from the mainland, imprisoned people in Indonesia’s notorious Nusakambangan Island await news of their fate. The prison complex is home to a number of prisons of varying levels of security. The least volatile can expect to spend their days working in the fields and carving gems.
Indonésie : l’enfer du feu dans une prison
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Indonésia: dans la prison de Serge Atlaoui, condamné à mort
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Indonésia: Mathias Echène détenu à Bali
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Indonesia: prison break, convicts on the run after disaster
Some 1,200 Indonesian convicts are on the run from three different detention facilities in devastated Sulawesi after the region was rocked by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, a justice ministry official said Monday. One prison in tsunami-struck Palu city - built to hold just 120 people - saw most…Indonesia : Kerobokan prison escapees still on run as Indonesian officials tackle overcrowding concerns
A group of politicians in Jakarta has demanded a number of prisoners, including foreigners, be moved from Bali’s infamous Kerobokan prison to address overcrowding as police continue a hunt for two men who escaped in June.Indonesia: prison woes: packed but understaffed
A Bali prison break by four inmates last Monday has again shone the spotlight on longstanding issues of overcapacity and understaffing at Indonesia’s correctional facilities. The challenge of securing over 200,000 inmates in fewer than 500 prisons in the country was further highlighted when a warde…Indonesia: international crime syndicate may be behind Bali prison breakout - as two inmates who escaped through a tiny tunnel are captured while Aussie on the run 'parties in Amsterdam'
A crime syndicate may have helped prisoners escape from Kerobokan prison Two escapees arrived back in Bali on Saturday after being caught by police Perth man Shaun Davidson and Malaysian national Tee Kok King remain at largeBali escape: prisoners not found in waterlogged tunnel out of Kerobokan, police say
Police have confirmed no prisoners have been found in a tunnel that is believed to be have been used by four escapee inmates at the Kerobokan jail. There had been fears that the men, including one Australian, may be stuck inside the muddied hole which had filled with water.Indonesia cracks down on terrorism with new laws and joint patrols
Jakarta: Indonesians who join terrorist groups overseas will face a maximum 15 years’ jail under new anti-terrorism laws expected to be passed by September. The new laws will enable authorities to crack down on Indonesians who return after fighting with the Islamic State in Syria or the Philippine…