Bandarlampung Narcotics Prison Rehabilitates 180 Inmates

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JAKARTA - 180 inmates at the Class II A Narcotics Correctional Institution (Lapas) in Bandarlampung participated in a social rehabilitation program and self-reliance activities.

"We have 180 assisted residents participating in this rehabilitation program. We will later divide this rehabilitation into two phases," said the Head of Prison, Porman Siregar, in Bandarlampung, Tuesday, February 14.

He continued the rehabilitation program that was just opened for 2023 which aims to make the inmates better so that the inmates can know each other's identities better.

"We are collaborating with the Kalianda National Narcotics Agency for this rehabilitation program, the Wisma Ataraxis Foundation, the puskesmas, the Vera 99 Pharmacy, and the Pramitra clinical laboratory," he said.

Porman added that apart from the rehabilitation program, Lapas Narkotika has also prepared activities such as griya abi praya which is intended for inmates who have left so that they can produce more and be more useful to the community.

In 2022, his party has participated in a rehabilitation program for 500 inmates who are also working with the BNNK Kalianda and the rehabilitation house, and related agencies.

"So this is the second time. Hopefully with this rehabilitation program the inmates can change and not use narcotics. What's more important is they can get to know their identities better," he said.

The head of the Wisma Ataraxis Lampung rehabilitation institute, Abdul Aziz, said that his party would assist the Bandarlampung Narcotics Lapas in terms of providing counseling rehabilitation to inmates.

The provision of counseling is expected to make the inmates not to repeat acts that violate the law.

"We work together as a team in order to help our brothers and sisters in this prison with the hope that after leaving prison they will have dreams that can also be achieved later. This program will not only stop using narcotics, but also have the sanity to be able to live normally in society," he said.