Minister Imipas Offers Pramono To Exchange Cipinang Prison Land With DKI Provincial Government Assets, But Asks For Wider

Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Agus Andrianto met with the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung, Thursday, August 7. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Agus Andrianto met with DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung to DKI Jakarta City Hall.

One of the intentions of Agus' arrival was to offer land for correctional institutions, detention centers, and a protection hospital in Cipinang, East Jakarta to be exchanged for assets belonging to the DKI Provincial Government.

If Pramono agrees, Agus will also ask the assets of the DKI Provincial Government which will later become the location for the relocation of Cipinang Prison to be placed on larger land.

"We ask for support for the possibility in Cipinang, we are diverted to another wider place," said Agus at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Thursday, August 7.

According to Agus, by using the prison owned by the Ministry of Imipas, the DKI Provincial Government can develop the economic activities of Jakarta residents which are quite strategic.

"We also open up opportunities for the DKI government with our assets in Cipinang, he is pleased to develop from the economic aspect of the Cipinang area," said Agus.

Agus hopes Pramono is willing to accept the offer. Because, according to him, Pramono is an official who has understood various problems of the central government, one of which is the excess capacity of prisons and detention centers.

"Incidentally, he is also from the government, he has been at the State Secretariat for a long time. Of course he understands very well how the conditions are, especially in prisons," he explained.

Continuing, Pramono admitted that he would provide support regarding what Agus asked and offered to the DKI Provincial Government.

"Because I believe that what is proposed by the Minister will definitely provide a lot of benefits for Jakarta itself, for the inmates, and have a program that will later be directed by the President. Yes, we will provide support for that, fully support," said Pramono.