134,430 Prisoners And Children Get Remission On Indonesian Independence Day, Yasonna: Show A Better Attitude

Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - A total of 134,430 prisoners and children received general remission on the 76th Indonesian Independence Day on Tuesday, August 17. Of these, 2,941 of them were declared free immediately.

"I congratulate this year's remission for all inmates in prisons, detention centers, and special children's development institutions throughout Indonesia. will come," said Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, quoted from his written statement, Tuesday, August 17.

Meanwhile for the inmates who were immediately released, the PDI-P politician advised them to become better individuals and spend time with their families safely.

"Be a good human being. Live in good social values, obey the rules. Start actively participating to continue the struggle of life, life, and livelihood as a citizen," said Yasonna.

Furthermore, he also reminded his staff at the Directorate General of Corrections to increase their vigilance and work extra in efforts to deal with the spread of COVID-19 in correctional institutions and detention centers. This is important because the COVID-19 pandemic is still happening.

Yasonna agrees that his staff has been carrying out a series of prevention of COVID-19 transmission in detention centers and prisons, such as delaying the acceptance of new prisoners, postponing visits that are replaced with online services, to antigen swab examinations for officers, prisoners, detainees, and inmates.

In addition, a vaccination program in collaboration with the health office and local government where the detention center and prison is located has also been implemented. However, this still needs to be tightened considering that the data for residents of prisons and detention centers reaches 103 percent so that the potential for COVID-19 transmission increases.

"This is exacerbated by access to medical facilities and the uneven allocation of medical personnel in all prisons," said Yasonna.

"For this reason, the Directorate General of Corrections and staff should increase their vigilance and work extra in an effort to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak while still implementing health protocols in every activity," he concluded.