1,079 Prisoners And Buddhist Inmates Receive Special Remissions And PMP Vesak

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Immigration and Corrections through the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) provides Vesak Special Remission (RK) to 1,077 inmates. In addition, children who are fostered are Buddhist throughout Indonesia who are given a reduction in the Criminal Period (PMP).

"Of the total 1,524 convicts and fostered children of Buddhist nature, 1,079 of them were declared eligible to receive RK and PMP Vesak, consisting of 1,072 inmates receiving RK I or partial reduction, 5 inmates receiving RK II or immediately being released after receiving remission, and two Inmates receiving PMP I or partial reduction," said the Minister of Immigration and Corrections, Agus Andrianto in his statement, Monday, May 12.

The amount of remission given varies, ranging from 15 days, 1 month, 1 month 15 days, to 2 months, depending on the criminal period that has been served and the results of coaching evaluation.

The three areas with the highest number of prisoners receiving remission were North Sumatra as many as 186 people, West Kalimantan as many as 184 people, and DKI Jakarta as many as 150 people. Meanwhile, two foster children who received PMP I each came from the Riau Islands and North Sumatra.

The granting of this remission is not only a form of fulfilling the rights of prisoners, but also has a positive impact on the efficiency of the state budget. It was noted that the total savings in the cost of eating prisoners from the 2024 Waisak remission reached IDR 620,160,000.

"Remissions specifically for religion like this are a form of appreciation for changes in the behavior of prisoners during their criminal period. Hopefully, this will be an encouragement to continue to improve and be ready to return to the community," said Agus.

Remissions and PMPs are given to inmates and fostered children based on various regulations, including Law Number 22 of 2022 concerning Corrections, Government Regulation Number 32 of 1999 along with its amendments, as well as Presidential Decree Number 174 of 1999 concerning Remissions.

As of May 2, 2025, based on data from the Correctional Database System, the number of residents of the Correctional Institution, State Detention Center, and Child Special Development Institutions in Indonesia reached 275,760 people, consisting of Prisoners, Prisoners, Children, and Inmates.

"Ditjenpas is committed to continuing to realize a system of fair, humanist, and human rights-based coaching, including in the implementation of the granting of prisoners' rights," said Agus.