With A Capacity Of 300 People, Kemenkumham Builds IDR 54 Billion Detention Center In Central Bangka

The Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights inspects the location for the construction of the detention center in Central Bangka, Friday (8/4/2022). ANTARA/Ahmadi.

BANGKA BELITUNG - A new detention center will be built in Koba, Central Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands. The budget for the construction of the detention center reaches Rp. 54 billion.

"So far, the detainees have been deposited in the Sungailiat Rutan, Bangka Regency with a fairly long distance," said Head of the Administrative Division of the Babel Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Babel, Wardatul Hamro after inspecting the construction site of the detention center in Koba, Friday, April 8.

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights has prepared funds of IDR 54 billion for the construction of a detention center in an area of five hectares with a capacity of 300 people. "If there are no obstacles, we will start construction in 2023," he said, as reported by Antara.

The Regional Secretary of the Central Bangka Regency Government, Sugianto welcomed the construction of the detention center in Koba because it has become an urgent need.

"It is natural that in Central Bangka a detention center should be built, so that detainees do not have to be kept in the Sungailiat Rutan," he said.

According to Sugianto, the construction of detention centers will not only have an impact on legal instruments in the area, but can also move the regional economy.

"It also indirectly has an impact on the regional economy and society," he said.