Christmas 2022, Papua Manokwari Prison Proposes 140 Prisoners Receive Remission
Illustration. A number of inmates underwent Christmas 2021 worship at Class IIA Prison, Gorontalo City, Gorontalo. (ANTARA-Adiwinata S)

PAPUA - The Manokwari Penitentiary (Lapas) proposed as many as 140 inmates get a reduction in the term of detention or special remission (RK) on Christmas Day 2022. Head of Class II B Manokwari Prison, Jumadi, said the 140 Christian prisoners were proposed because they had met the administrative and substantive requirements as inmates. "As many as 140 inmates are proposed to get special remissions for Christmas 2022, they have met the requirements, and about 85 percent of the total 190 Christian inmates who live in Class II B Manokwari prisons are currently," he said in Manokwari, West Papua, Tuesday, December 20. Jumadi said, until the third week of December 2022, the proposed 140 prisoners were still being processed to verify the Directorate General of Corrections at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

He hopes that the process will be completed soon to be announced on Christmas Day, December 25. "What is important is that during the proposal 140 inmates do not commit violations of security, attempted escape, or other criminal acts that can cancel the proposal for remission," he said.

Furthermore, Jumadi explained that the total number of residents assisted by the Manokwari Class IIB Prison as of December 2022 reached 371 people. This number was recorded to exceed the normal capacity of the capacity. "With our existing conditions, we continue to make maximum efforts to provide maximum guidance and supervision, to prevent escape efforts that are often carried out by inmates by utilizing the weaknesses of building facilities and prison officers," he said. in a separate place, Spokesperson for the Regional Office of Law and Human Rights of West Papua, Al Feisya, said that the total number of inmates in West Papua who were proposed to get special remissions for Christmas 2022 will be delivered in an official release tomorrow Wednesday, December 21. "If you want to get information related to remission, tomorrow (Wednesday) at 10.00 WIT please come to the Regional Office of Law and Human Rights of West Papua," he concluded.


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