Don't get close to this jail

Don't get close to this jail

SEMARANG, Central Java: Tourists visiting Nusakambangan island
are not allowed to get too close to the notorious jail housing
hardcore criminals.

Chief of Central Java tourism office Sri Soebagjo said here
Saturday that this precaution was taken to prevent "anything
untoward" happening.

The provincial government will open Nusakambangan Island to
tourists soon.

Soebagjo said tourists will come in groups and be accompanied
by guides who have a license, Antara reported.

The local government has prepared fifteen main attractions for
tourists: caves, beaches, forests and old castles.

He acknowledged that although Nusakambangan has great
potential, the government was facing a lot of problems in
developing it. "It is difficult to shed the island's image as a
giant prison," he said. (31)