Detention Of Children Who Died In Self-Determination At LPKA Palembang With TB, Placed In Special Cells Since October 11

Police and LP officers evacuated the body of a prisoner who was found dead hanging himself at LPKA Class 1A Pakjo/ANTARA

PALEMBANG - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) of South Sumatra revealed that a detainee who was found dead hanged himself at the Class 1A Special Child Correctional Institution (LPKA) Pakjo Palembang had tuberculosis. Head of the Correctional Division of the South Sumatra Ministry of Law and Human Rights Regional Office, Bambang Hariyanto, said the detainee had the initials RA (16), a resident of the Flats, West Ilir 1, Palembang. "Before being found in such conditions, the person concerned (RA) was diagnosed by a doctor with tuberculosis, then LPKA officers placed the detainee separately in block 12 rooms because the disease was suspected to be contagious," he told reporters in Palembang, quoted from Antara, Friday, November 4. It is known that RA has occupied the room for the last 24 days or since October 11, 2022 alone to undergo treatment by the medical team. Previously, West Ilir 1 Palembang Police Chief Kompol Rian Suhendi said RA was found dead hanging in his detention room, Block 12, with his neck tied with a cloth. This incident was discovered at around 07.15 WIB by a witness from the Child Prison officer named R (35). To the police, witness R admitted at that time that he was carrying out a control picket schedule to each detention room and found no suspicious signs from RA's room. After finding RA dead by hanging himself, he immediately rushed to report to his superiors and this incident was handled by the police. According to the police chief, RA is a prisoner related to the theft of cellphones who served a sentence of 10 months in prison at the Class 1A Pakjo LPKA, Palembang. "Currently, the victim's body has been taken to Bhayangkara M Hasan Hospital in Palembang for the benefit of the police. Now the police have coordinated with the families of the victims <," he explained.