Four Prisons In South Sumatra Run A Drug Rehabilitation Program

Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of South Sumatra Harun Sulianto/Photo: Antara

PALEMBANG - Four correctional institutions (prisons) within the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) South Sumatra run a rehabilitation program for drug addicts inmates. (WBP) and detainees are the Class I Red Eyes Prison in Palembang, the Women's Prison Class II A in Palembang, the Narcotics Prison Class II A in Muara Beliti, and the Narcotics Prison Class II B Banyuasin, said Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of South Sumatra Harun Sulianto, in Palembang, Friday 15 April. The rehabilitation program was carried out because currently the prison as well as several other prisons and state detention centers are mostly inhabited by WBP and prisoners who are serving a sentence for being entangled in cases of drug abuse and trafficking. the entire population of prisons and remand centers in the province This insi reached 15,974 inmates and prisoners. Of that number, more than 50 percent or as many as 8,257 inmates and prisoners in prisons and remand centers were caught in drug cases.

To realize this commitment, the South Sumatra BNN team has carried out prevention, eradication, abuse and illicit trafficking of narcotics (P4GN). Prevention measures are carried out by intensively promoting the dangers of consuming narcotics, psychotropic substances, addictive substances and dangerous drugs (drugs) to inmates in prison ( WBP). Meanwhile, his party and the BNN team carry out routine and sudden raids on narcotics in prisons and remand centers and take firm action if any WBP is proven to have stored, consumed, and circulated prohibited items. Corrections are asked to always coordinate with the local district/city BNN, said Harun.