JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) has again transferred convicts of the narcotics dealer category to the Class IIA Karanganyar Nusakambangan Correctional Institution (Lapas).
"A total of eight drug traffickers were transferred from the Gunung Sindur Narcotics Prison Class IIA and Bandung Class I Detention Center to Class II Karanganyar Prison", said Head of the West Java Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office Sudjonggo in a written statement from the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, September 3.
The eight prisoners who were transferred to the Super Maximum Security (SMS) category have the initials S, MS, R, JS, PA, BPS, ZF, and AD.
Inmates S, MS, R, JS, PA, and BPS were transferred to Nusakambangan in the early hours of Friday, while the other two inmates ZF and AD were transferred by officers the day before.
The eight convicts of the narcotics dealer category have different sentences ranging from four years, life imprisonment to the death penalty.
"The transfer of convicts for drug cases is an effort to break the chain of drug trafficking in prisons or remand centers", he said.
In addition, he continued, the transfer of prisoners is also a form of prevention of disturbances in security and order in prisons and detention centers.
"We are committed to fighting drugs and will not be kidding in sending city class inmates to Nusakambangan Super Maximum Security Prison to break the chain of drug trafficking", he said.
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In line with that, the Director-General of Corrections at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Reynhard Silitonga, emphasized that the eradication of drug trafficking continues to be carried out, especially in prisons and detention centers.
This step continues to be internalized by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights to all levels, starting from the highest leadership to implementers in the field.
"Penitentiary officers and inmates who are proven to be involved in drugs will be punished according to their actions, both official sanctions, disciplinary action regulations, and criminal sanctions", he asserted.
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