Others Are Prayers Friday, These Prisoners Choose A Wall Climbing And Escape From The Bengkulu Detention Center

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JAKARTA - A prisoner at the Class II B Detention Center Bengkulu City, S (19 years) escaped while officers and other detainees were praying Friday. Head of Class II B Detention Center Farizal Antony explained that the escaped prisoner was a recidivist related to the theft case. S was also detained at the Bengkulu Children's Prison some time ago. "At the Friday prayer implementation, there was one prisoner, namely S for the theft of escaped from the detention house by climbing a barrier as high as 10 meters," said Farizal, in Bengkulu City, Friday, January 20, as reported by Antara.

The chronology of the escape of the detainees was when officers and other detainees were performing Friday prayers. S then returned to the room on the second floor.

Then unexpectedly, the prisoner climbed the residential room and two barrier walls with a height of 10 meters. According to Farizal, the detainee was previously arrested by the police in August 2022 and moved to the Bengkulu Detention Center in October 2022 for theft. in the trial, the prisoner was sentenced to three years in prison and has only served three months.

The detention center has coordinated with the Bengkulu Police and the Segara Bay Police to search for the escaped prisoners. "We are still combing around the location and conducting an examination of information from the public regarding the whereabouts of the detainees," he said. For the time being, said Farizal, the factor in the person concerned was desperate to escape because he missed his family, because for three months in the detention center, the detainee had never been visited by the family.