Some 7,324 inmates receive Christmas remission
Antara News, Saturday, December 25, 2010
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A total of 7,324 inmates throughout Indonesia received a Christmas remission this year, a prison spokesman said.
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Currently, 127,082 people were being jailed in Indonesian prisons, and they consisted of 77,444 inmates and 49,638 detainees, Chandran Lestyono, a spokesman of the Justice and Human Rights Ministry`s Directorate General For Penitentiaries said here Saturday.
Director General For Penitentiaries Untung Sugianto was scheduled to symbolically present the remission in the Christmas celebration 2010 at Bulak Kapal prison, Bekasi, West Java, on Saturday at around 10 am local time.
The recipients of a remission included Schapelle Leigh Corby and Renae Lawrence, both Australian nationals sentenced to 20 years in jail for drug trafficking. They respectively get a remission of 1.5 months.
"We have proposed that Corby and Renae be given Christmas remission as they have met all the requirements, and in fact our proposal has been accepted," Siswanto, the head of Kerobokan jail in Bali said.
Four other foreign prisoners also got Christmas remissions in Bali this year.
At present, 30 foreign inmates and 19 foreign detainees are being jailed in Bali`s biggest prison.
In Papua Province, about 564 of the total of 939 inmates in the province enjoyed the remission in this year`s Christmas celebrations.
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