Give blood and get out quicker

Give blood and get out quicker

JAKARTA (JP): Give your blood and get out quicker. Give up one
of your organs and you're off even faster. That's the message
given to inmates serving time at a Semarang prison.

The Kedungpane Correctional Institution in the Central Java
capital has introduced an incentive scheme for inmates to obtain
annual remissions, the Antara news agency reported.

Regular visits to the blood donor center during one year could
reduce an inmate's sentence up to six months. A total of 101
routine visits during 12 months is worth six months.

One organ donated is worth another six months, Antara quoted
the institution's head Marsono as saying.

Marsono said that donation is done voluntarily.

He added those serving life terms do not qualify for the
scheme.

These remissions are offered in addition to the sentence
reductions inmates are entitled to for good behavior. One year of
good behavior is worth one month, and the amount of annual
remissions increases with each year of good conduct.

According to Marsono, some 92 Kedungpane inmates will receive
remissions ranging from one to six months for good conduct and 14
others have been recommended for remissions for regularly
donating blood.

Remissions are granted to people serving time nationwide on
the Aug. 17, Independence Day.

Eight inmates of Kedungpane will walk free on that day, thanks
to the remissions they have collected, according to Marsono.
(emb)