Ditjenpas Checks Blitar Prison Officers Regarding Rp100 Million Cell Purchase and Sale to Corruption Napi

Director of Internal Compliance of the Ministry of Finance and Investment Lilik Sujandi, Wednesday (29/4/2026). ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty

JAKARTA - The Directorate General of Corrections of the Ministry of Immigration and Correction has inspected two officers of the Class II B Blitar Penitentiary Institution (Lapas), East Java, regarding the alleged extortion of cell sales worth Rp. 100 million to corrupt prisoners.

Inspector General of the Ministry of Immigration and Correction (Kemenimipas) Yan Sultra Indrajaya said the case of the alleged extortion had been handled by the Internal Compliance Directorate (Ditpatnal) at the Directorate General of Immigration.

"For the incident in Blitar, the handling process has Patnal. Here (Kemenimipas) there is Patnal Immigration and Patnal Penitentiary. So, this is also the Ditpatnal that was formed to speed up when there are incidents like this," said Yan as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 29.

Meanwhile, the Director of Internal Compliance of the Ministry of Finance and Investment Lilik Sujandi said that his party was still conducting an examination and collecting evidence related to the information.

"Regarding the process at the Blitar Prison, it is currently still under investigation, in the sense of collecting evidence," he said.

He said there were two Blitar Prison officers who were pulled to the regional office to undergo intensive examination.

"There are indeed two of our officers, one staff and an official who we have pulled into the regional office in order to intensify and facilitate the inspection," he said.

The practice of alleged extortion (pungli) related to luxurious cell facilities or special cells for convicts has resurfaced and this time it has occurred at the Class II B Blitar Prison, East Java.

The case was widely reported by local media, revealed when a corrupt inmate who received a comfort offer from an official to occupy one of the cells at a rate of Rp. 100 million, then the result of the negotiation was agreed to Rp. 60 million, said.

The three corruption convicts revealed the alleged bribe to the new Kalapas when they held a dialogue with the convicts in mid-April 2026. The practice of buying and selling prison cells occurred at the end of 2025.