1,429 Prisoners In Babylon Proposed To Receive Eid Al-Fitr 2023 Remission

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PANGKALPINANG - Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province (Babel) proposed 1,429 correctional inmates (WBP) to get remission for Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijriah.

"The granting of these rights does not apply to inmates who are sentenced to life imprisonment and sentenced to death," said Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Province of the Babylon Islands, Harun Sulianto, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, April 16.

He explained in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 2022 concerning the terms and procedures for granting Assimilation Remission, CMK (official visits to families), PB (conditional release), CMB (conditional leave) and CB (conditional leave) that the proposal for special remission for Eid al-Fitr is given to Muslim prisoners who have served the minimum sentence for six months.

In addition, it must also behave well, actively follow the coaching program and have shown a decrease in risk level. This remission is given 15 days to two months in accordance with the criminal period that the prisoner has served.

"The proposal for special remission for Eid al-Fitr is given to Muslim prisoners who have served the least imprisonment for six months and must also behave well, actively participate in coaching programs and have shown a decrease in risk levels," he said.

Head of the Correctional Division of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Babel, Sahata Marlen Situngkir, said that his party had proposed 1,429 prisoners who had met the requirements to get remission for Eid Al-Fitr 2023.

"If the proposal is approved, then seven of them will be released immediately. On the first day of Eid al-Fitr," he said.

According to him, currently the number of inmates in the Bangka Belitung area is 2,294 people, consisting of 1,868 prisoners and 426 prisoners.

"We hope that this remission can motivate prisoners to undergo a good coaching program and not violate the rules and regulations in prisons," he said.