Escaped prisoners who fail to return to jail after quake to face dire consequences: Govt
Prisoners gather in the yard during a fire that raged through Donggala Penitentiary in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, following a riot on Sept. 29. (Kompas.com/Kristianto Purnomo)
More than 1,000 escaped prisoners in Central Sulawesi remain free following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that damaged several correctional facilities in the area.
During an inspection of six prisons and detention centers in Palu, Parigi Moutong regency and Donggala regency, the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s secretary director for correctional facilities, Liberti Sitinjak, said 1,031 out of 1,425 prisoners had not reported their whereabouts to the authorities.
According to Liberti, 433 of the 465 prisoners in Palu prison escaped to save themselves when the quake occurred. “Only 32 prisoners remained inside after the quake,” Liberti said in a written statement received by The Jakarta Post on Friday night.
Liberti added that 314 of the 433 prisoners who escaped had yet to report to the authorities.
In another correctional facility in Palu, all prisoners fled to save themselves. Out of the 549 prisoners who escaped, only 130 have reported their whereabouts. However, most of them remain free.
In Palu female correctional facilities, 44 out of 88 convicts are still missing. While Palu juvenile detention centers also reported that 13 out of 29 detainees remained missing.
In Parigi Moutong, of the 186 prisoners, six escaped, while in Donggala prison, 235 out of 342 had yet to surrender.
“There will be dire consequences for convicts who do not report their whereabouts in a week after the incident,” Liberti said.
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