House Commission IV Chair Siti Hediati Soeharto, known as Titiek\nSoeharto, has helped promote garment products made by inmates on\nNusakambangan island. Titiek also reminded the 175 inmates at the\nNusakambangan Garment Vocational Training Centre (BLK) to maintain the\nquality of their work.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Is the premium) for their savings?\u201d Titiek asked Minister of\nImmigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto at the site on Saturday\n(20\/6\/2026).<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d replied Minister Agus.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo they also get additional remission?\u201d Titiek asked again.<\/p>\n
Minister Agus confirmed. Titiek toured the sewing area, the\npattern-making area, the screen-printing area and the garment packaging\narea. She then observed the neatness of the stitching and smiled.<\/p>\n
Titiek picked up a t-shirt ready for packing and asked the selling\nprice per piece. The price was Rp 50,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, I want to promote. I am now inspecting the Nusakambangan BLK\nthat makes garments. The workmanship is neat and good. So for those who\nwant to order, one piece is Rp 50,000, but give a little profit, say Rp\n60,000,\u201d Titiek said.<\/p>\n
She then flipped the shirt over to examine the front and back.\nCurrently, the Nusakambangan Garment BLK is working on an order for\n2,500 t-shirts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an order from Pekalongan Prison. Perhaps other places, other\ncompanies, would like to order here, at the Nusakambangan garment\nindustry,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
Titiek again expressed admiration and confirmed that the inmates\u2019\nstitching at the Nusakambangan Garment BLK was neat. She also\nappreciated the quality control aspect of the BLK.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stitching is neat, isn\u2019t it, Ma\u2019am?\u201d asked Minister Agus.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeat. There must be quality control. It seems this is already good,\nthe inside stitching is also neat,\u201d Titiek responded.<\/p>\n
She then advised the hundreds of inmates to maintain the quality of\ntheir stitching. \u201cDon\u2019t chase high output but end up with untidy work.\nDon\u2019t chase quantity at the expense of quality,\u201d Titiek concluded.<\/p>\n
The Nusakambangan Garment BLK is known to cooperate with PT Sentosa\nGarmindo Pratama as a vendor partner. The BLK stands on a plot of land\ncovering more than 1,480 square metres, and its construction was funded\nthrough corporate social responsibility (CSR) from Bank BRI.<\/p>\n
The BLK houses 200 units of machines for sewing, overdeck and\noverlock stitching. Inmates receive a premium of Rp 1,500 per garment\nthey produce.<\/p>\n
The transformation of Nusakambangan is an idea launched by Minister\nAgus after he was appointed by President Prabowo Subianto. During the\ntransition of the Directorate General of Corrections from the Ministry\nof Law and Human Rights to the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections,\nMinister Agus received a report from the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK)\nregarding many ministry assets classified as idle land.<\/p>\n
Consequently, Minister Agus sought to revive the idle land by\nbuilding vocational training centres so that inmates could engage in\nself-development activities. The aim is for the skills acquired at the\nBLKs to serve as a foundation when they are released from prison,\npreventing them from reoffending.<\/p>\n
Training and skills development infrastructure for inmates that has\nbeen established on Nusakambangan includes a workshop for concrete\nblocks and paving blocks made from fly ash bottom ash (FABA) material, a\ngarment BLK, an organic fertiliser processing BLK, eel farming, and\nwaste processing.<\/p>\n
Tilapia, catfish and pomfret farming; Vaname shrimp ponds; cattle,\nsheep and poultry farming; a cigarette rolling BLK; a Mocaf production\nBLK; and orchid cultivation are also being developed there.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/titiek-soeharto-endorses-garment-products-made-by-nusakambangan-inmates-1781959928", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }