Ganjar Buys Products For Inmates Of Prisons; Skills Make Them More Productive

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, in Joglo Ageng, Semarang Class I Penitentiary, Kedungpane, Semarang City, (photo: dock. special)

A total of 8,031 inmates received General Remission (RU) on the 78th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia.

The remission was handed over by the Governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, at Joglo Ageng, Semarang Class I Penitentiary, Kedungpane, Semarang City, Thursday 17 August.

After the handover ceremony, Governor Ganjar was also invited by Plt. The Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Hantor Situmorang saw the work of residents assisted by the Kedungpane Prison. There are also inmates who show off their batik skills.

"This is good, how many years have you been here," said Ganjar, tapping the inmates who were batik.

"It's been four years sir, this one is four months," he said.

Ganjar also bought batik cloth made by the inmates. Moving to the next table, there looks full of pink and blue dolls in the form of cartoon characters to animals.

"Wow, this is good, which aide is this, everything is bought to be distributed to the children," he said.

This includes the work of copper calligraphy, which is also bought up. Ganjar said that the work on display is proof that the guidance carried out in prisons can be accepted by inmates.

"Hopefully we will be able to try to promote them by adding skills. It feels like they are making batik as well as smart, making crafts as well as smart, so they are more productive," he said.

The two-term Governor of Central Java hopes that with the skills obtained, the inmates, especially recipients of general remissions, will no longer repeat crimes that violate the rules.

"If later come out, he has skills and can work, that's how they don't do it or don't repeat crimes that violate the rules. So it becomes more productive," he said.

For information, the recipients of the RU in Central Java in 2023 amounted to 8,031 people. Consisting of RU I as many as 7,835 people and RU II as many as 134 people. In addition, there were also 62 prisoners who received RU I.

The Class I Prison in Semarang is the Correctional Technical Implementation Unit which received the most general remissions to inmates, namely 931 people. The details are that there are 907 RU I recipients and 24 RU II people. Meanwhile, the total occupancy content in the Class I prison in Semarang as of August 16, 2023, a total of 1,685 people.

To note, the number of prison residents and detention centers throughout Central Java as of August 10, 2023 was 14,346 people, with details of 11,578 prisoners and 2,768 prisoners. Meanwhile, the capacity of prison occupancy or detention centers in Central Java is 9,439 people.