Kemenkumham Urges Local Governments To Prepare Rehabilitation Houses

Menkumham Yasonna Laoly (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) encourages local governments (Pemda), the National Narcotics Agency, and the Ministry of Social Affairs to prepare rehabilitation houses, specifically for handling narcotics.

"If the Narcotics Law is really designed in such a way, and users are rehabilitated, of course we encourage the preparation of rehabilitation houses," said Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna H. Laoly in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, April 26.

The rehabilitation house needs to be prepared considering the large number of individuals to be rehabilitated. Through the rehabilitation program and the concept of restorative justice being introduced, the pressure on overcapacity in correctional institutions (prisons) can be reduced.

The government, he said, is currently working hard to think of the best solutions to various problems in the correctional facility, one of which is excess housing capacity. The revision of Law Number 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics is expected to be the best solution. Yasonna revealed that half of the inmates and prisoners in prison, or more than 80 percent of them are drug users, and more than 12 percent are dealers, couriers, and drug traffickers. .

"Hopefully, the revision of the Narcotics Law which is being discussed in the DPR can reduce overcapacity in prisons," he said.

At the same time, prisons are required to continue to make programs that can build creativity, independence, and educate inmates. The problem is, don't let the person out of the prison repeat the mistake again.

"We hope that after they get out of prison they can become useful people for the nation and state," he said.