Pangkas Prison Density In Semarang, Dozens Of Prisoners Moved To Nusakambangan

Dozens of inmates at the Semarang Prison were transferred to a number of prisons in Nusakambangan, Cilacap, Monday. (ANTARA/HO-Lapas Semarang)

JAKARTA - A total of 56 inmates at the Semarang Prison were transferred to a number of prisons in Nusakambangan, Cilacap, Central Java (Central Java), Monday, April 1.

Head of Semarang Headquarters Usman Madjid said the transfer was one of the efforts to reduce congestion in the correctional institution in the capital city of Central Java.

"To maintain security and order in the prison residential block," he said in Semarang, Monday, April 1, was confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the transfer of dozens of prisoners began in the early hours of Monday with strict police and TNI escorts.

According to him, the prisoners who were transferred consisted of inmates in drug cases, general crimes, and child protection.

Furthermore, he said, the prisoners would be placed in Narcotics Prisons, Kembangkuning Prisons, and Iron Prisons.

In addition to reducing the density of residents in Semarang Prison, according to Usman, the transfer aims to break the chain of drug trafficking.

"Comping the rehabilitation process can then be carried out more specifically," he said.