President Prabowo Subianto Gives Amnesty To 11 Prisoners On Madura Island

Granting amnesty to prisoners at the Class IIB Sumenep Detention Center, East Java, Saturday (2/8/2025). (ANTARA/HO-Rutan Sumenep)

JAKARTA - A total of 11 inmates in two state detention centers (rutan) and one prison (prison) in three districts on Madura Island, East Java, namely Pamekasan, Bangkalan, and Sumenep received amnesty from President Prabowo Subianto.

"The amnesty for these convicts is as stated in Presidential Decree Number 17 of 2025 concerning the Granting of Amnesty to 1,178 prisoners," said Head of Class IIA Pamekasan Prison Sukron Hamdani in Pamekasan, Saturday.

At the Class IIA Pamekasan Prison, there were three prisoners who received amnesty from the President. Eight other inmates from two detention centers, namely the Sumenep Rutan as many as seven people and the Bangkalan Rutan as one person.

Three inmates at the Class IIA Pamekasan Prison who received the amnesty each had the initials SB (32), JO (22), and UA (24).

SB served a sentence of 1 year and 4 months, JO 9 years, and UA 19 years. All three are residents of Pamekasan Regency.

SB is a narcotics convict. He received amnesty for not being a dealer.

Meanwhile, JO and UA received amnesty because they were included in the category of prisoners with special needs, namely people with mental disorders.

"The status of mental disorders of the two inmates has been proven through a certificate from a specialist doctor and a valid and verified medical record," said Kalapas.

He explained that the amnesty was given to prisoners who were not undergoing registration F, had no other cases, were not perpetrators of repeating criminal acts, and were not perpetrators of serious crimes such as corruption, sexual violence, or terrorism.

"What we need to understand about granting amnesty by the President is that this policy reflects the human side of the correctional system. This amnesty is not just a pardon, but a form of state recognition of the special conditions experienced by the inmates, and this is part of a more dignified justice," he said.

At the Bangkalan Detention Center, the convict who received an amnesty with the initials MS (41), a resident of Socah District, was convicted of theft with a weighted sentence of 3 years and 8 months in prison.

MS has served a sentence of 1 year and 10 months and will be free on October 22, 2027.

"However, because he received amnesty, he is now free," said Head of the Bangkalan Class IIB Detention Center Budi Setyo Prabowo.

He explained that the granting of amnesty to MS was because he had a history of mental disorders.

Meanwhile, at the Class IIB Sumenep Detention Center, only three inmates from seven amnesty recipients were immediately released, while the other four were released.

"We have symbolically granted amnesty earlier," said Head of the Class IIB Sumenep Detention Center Heri Sutriadi in a press statement submitted to the media, Saturday night.