TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Directorate General of Correctional Affairs at Law and Human Rights Ministry conducted unannounced inspections in Sukamiskin Prison, Bandung, West Java on Sunday, July 22, starting 19:00 to 23:00 local times. During the raid, the officers found goods that were prohibited in the detention center such as money and television.
Other than money and television, the ministry’s officer found a small refrigerator, a compact stove, microwave, kettle, cooking pot, spatula, mobile phone, air conditioner, and other items.
“These are what we have found inside the cells. As data shows, Sukamiskin Prison accommodates 444 convicts in 522 cells,” said the ministry's Correctional Affairs Director General Sri Puguh Budi Utami in Sukamiskin Prison, late Sunday.
According to Sri, the goods would be registered which then handed to the convicts’ family or dismissed should no family claimed it.
The ministry also collected Rp102 million from the raid. One of the cells itself had Rp5.5 million owned by Ahmad Kuncoro.
Sri Puguh further mentioned, two of the cells had not been searched considering both cells were locked by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Asked about money circulations in Sukamiskin detention center, Sri Puguh said such movement should not happen and that the inmates could have money so long it was saved and registered in a certain place, Register D.
“[Sukamiskin Prison] provides a cooperation for inmates to purchase additional needs such as cigarette, snacks, instant noodles, etc,” Sri added.
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