Fleeing After Damaged To The Fire, Baubau Prison Prisoners Who Were Treated At The Hospital Were Arrested

Class IIA Baubau prison officers along with inmates who fled (orange clothes). (Between/HO-Lapas Class IIA Baubau)

SULTRA - A prisoner of the Baubau Penitentiary (Lapas) in Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) who escaped while being treated at the hospital (RS) was arrested.

The inmate with the initials H (33), is currently serving a two-year prison sentence in the theft case. H was arrested by Baubau prison officials.

"Yes, that's right, he had escaped from the hospital during treatment on Sunday (17 January)," said Head of Class IIA Baubau Prison Herman Mulawarman in Baubau, Wednesday, January 10, as reported by Antara.

He mentioned that H's escape from the hospital began when he was undergoing treatment for his illness since Friday, January 5.

"Because the officers who saw the condition were in poor condition, so it was decided that H should be referred to the hospital," said Herman.

After being taken to the hospital, continued Herman, H then immediately fled by breaking the handcuffs that tied him up and fled from the hospital. Meanwhile, Class IIA Baubau prison officers in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) must be on guard outside. Because H is being treated in an isolation room.

"Members are guarding there, but because H is being treated in an isolation room, the officers guarding can only stand guard outside," he said.

After H's escape from the hospital, said Herman, his party immediately ordered the Baubau Police personnel and officers to search for the inmates.

"A search will be carried out immediately," said Herman.

He said that then the officers of the Class IIA Baubau Prison, namely the Head of the Sumatra Community and Maintenance Guidance Subsidy (Bimaswat) received information from the Baubau City Hospital that H, who had fled, had been found to return to the hospital.

"Now we have secured H and now he is placed in the quarantine room of the Class IIA Baubau Prison," he concluded.