Cipinang inmates granted remissions

JAKARTA: Inmates serving jail terms at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta were granted sentence remissions on Friday on the occasion of Idul Fitri. The total number of inmates to receive remissions was 1,503.

Remissions varied, ranging from 15 days to one-and-a-half months.

Sixty-eight inmates who received the remissions could also take a breath of fresh air outside the jail bars since the remissions cut their remaining term.

"Those remissions are given for good behavior," said head of the penitentiary training division, Giharto.

The penitentiary houses a total of 3,758 inmates. --JP