JAKARTA - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) West Sumatra (West Sumatra) handed over remissions to 4,185 convicts and criminal children at the commemoration of the 79th Indonesian Independence Day in 2024.
The handover of the Remission Decree (SK) in the form of a reduction in the sentence was carried out symbolically at the Class II W Muaro Padang Correctional Institution Office, Saturday (17/8).
"We hope that the remission received on the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia will motivate thousands of inmates to continue to behave well," said Head of the West Sumatra Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office Amrizal accompanied by the head of the Correctional Division Dwi Nastiti quoting Antara.
He said the true remission was the appreciation and appreciation given by the state through the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights to prisoners and criminal children who behaved well while serving their sentences.
Because before being decided as recipients of remission, prisoners and criminal children serving sentences at the Correctional Institution (Lapas), Special Child Prisons and State Detention Centers (Rutan) were conducted research and assessment by officers.
"After meeting the categories and assessments, they are proposed to the center to receive remissions, these prisoners must also actively follow the coaching program," he said.
According to him, the thousands of prisoners who received remission in West Sumatra received varying sentences, ranging from one month to six months.
Amrizal advised prisoners who received remission to remain well behaved while serving the rest of the sentence, while those who had not received remission were asked to motivate themselves to be able to at the next moment.
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Meanwhile, the Head of the Correctional Division, Dwi Nastiti, said that 4,185 prisoners who received remission were involved in various cases, ranging from theft, fraud, to drug abuse.
He said that of the thousands of prisoners who received a reduced sentence on the 79th day of Indonesian Independence, 53 of them were immediately released.
On the other hand, the handover of the Remission decree at the Padang Prison was also attended by the Governor of West Sumatra Mahyeldi, Acting Head of the West Sumatra Attorney General's Office, Sugeng Hariadi, Padang Police Chief Kombes Pol Ferry Harahap.
Then Acting Mayor of Padang Andree H Algamar, Head of Padang Marten, Kajari Padang Aliansyah, and others.
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