Ahead Of The 2024 Presidential Election, Thousands Of Prisoners Follow The E-KTP Recording For Selection Rights

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Thousands of inmates at the Salemba Class 1 Detention Center followed the recording of an electronic identity card (KTP) ahead of the 2024 General Election within the Salemba Detention Center area, Central Jakarta, Thursday, February 2.

"The e-KTP recording for the 2024 election is in order to exercise voting rights. Currently, there have been 1,885 correctional inmates (WBP) or prisoners whose ID cards have been recorded," said Head of the Salemba Class 1 Detention Center, Fauzi Harahap when contacted by VOI, Thursday, February 2.

Fauzi said this activity would continue in each detention house and correctional institution in Jakarta. So later, officers from the DKI Jakarta Dukcapil Service will go around to record e-KTP.

"The recording of e-KTP until before the 2024 election. This activity will continue, because there are activities for transferring prisoners and accepting new prisoners," he said.

The e-KTP recording process was carried out after the Salemba Class 1 Detention Center sent new detention data to the Dukcapil to verify the data first before recording the data (e-KTP creation) was carried out.

"Recording data performs biometric systems and personal data documents. By law, citizens must have an identity. Not all prisons and detention centers have a NIK (Population identification number) but some have a NIK. E-KTP recordings for inmates who do not have an e-KTP," he said.