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Archipelago 10 months ago
PREMIUM
Nineteen inmates escape from Central Papua prison
Member of the House of Representatives Mafirion of the National Awakening Party (PKB), said the repeated prison breaks highlight serious shortcomings in the security and management of Indonesia’s correctional system.
Archipelago 1 year ago
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Police form team to hunt down 7 Sorong prison escapees
Local police have formed a special team tasked with recapturing seven inmates who escaped early on Tuesday morning from Sorong Penitentiary, the site of last year's jailbreak involving 53 convicts, 21 of whom are still at large.
National 5 years ago
Drug convicts transferred from Tangerang prison following escape
Around 60 drug convicts serving long prison terms and life imprisonment, as well as those on death row, were transferred to super maximum security prisons following the escape of Chinese drug convict Cai Changpan from the Tangerang penitentiary.
City 5 years ago
Prison escapee dug tunnel for six months using stolen tools, police say
Cai Changpan, a 53-year-old drug convict on death row who recently escaped from the Tangerang penitentiary in Banten, West Java, dug the tunnel that he used to escape the facility over the course of six months using stolen construction tools, the Jakarta Police said on Tuesday
World 5 years ago
Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack
A gunbattle between Islamic State fighters and Afghan security forces raged at a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak.
