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        "id": 1722679,
        "msgid": "minister-of-corrections-overcapacity-evidence-of-flaws-in-the-legal-systems-response-to-crime-1778162129",
        "date": "2026-05-07 05:09:58",
        "title": "Minister of Corrections: Overcapacity Evidence of Flaws in the Legal System's Response to Crime",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Corrections has highlighted the severe overcapacity in prisons and detention centres, with a total of 271,602 inmates as of 30 April 2026, exceeding capacity by 85 per cent, and over half of them convicted of narcotics offences. He attributes this crisis to systemic failures in the legal response to crime, including high recidivism rates, and urges law enforcement to prioritise the ultimum remedium principle, treating imprisonment as a last resort in line with minimalist penal theory and restorative justice. The minister emphasises that a modern state's success in corrections should be measured by its ability to rehabilitate offenders and reintegrate them into society, rather than the volume of incarcerations.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cWe see the facts on the ground: as of 30 April 2026, the total\nnumber of correctional inmates is 271,602 people, comprising 215,044\nconvicts and 56,558 detainees. Currently, prisons and detention centres\nare experiencing 85 per cent overcapacity,\u201d said Minister Agus at the\nNational Corrections Seminar in Jakarta on Wednesday (6\/5\/2026). \u201cOf the\ntotal 271,602 correctional inmates, 146,376 people or 53 per cent are\nperpetrators of narcotics criminal acts,\u201d he added. He then touched on\nthe number of recidivists or individuals who reoffend and are processed\nagain. This also contributes to overcapacity. \u201cThis is no longer just a\ncrisis of overcapacity. Overcapacity is clear evidence that there is\nsomething wrong with the legal system in responding to crime. Especially\nwith the increase in the number of recidivists re-entering. This\nindicates ineffectiveness in the sentencing process that has been\nrunning so far,\u201d explained Minister Agus. Therefore, Minister Agus\nemphasised that every law enforcement apparatus should prioritise the\nultimum remedium principle. He stated that prison is the last option in\nthe sentencing process. \u201cFacing this anomaly, I want to highlight one\nscientific principle that we must return to as a guide in law\nenforcement, namely the ultimum remedium principle. Prison must be the\nlast solution, not the first choice. In line with minimalist penal\ntheory and restorative justice,\u201d clarified Minister Agus. The benchmark\nfor advanced countries in corrections, continued Minister Agus, is the\nsuccess in rehabilitating correctional inmates or convicts (prisoners).\nThe rehabilitation referred to is preparing released prisoners to be\naccepted back into society. \u201cA modern state is not measured by how many\nof its citizens it imprisons, but by its ability to restore conditions\nand damages caused by crime and to return perpetrators to the right\npath,\u201d concluded Minister Agus.\u201d<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/minister-of-corrections-overcapacity-evidence-of-flaws-in-the-legal-systems-response-to-crime-1778162129",
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