Jail supervisory board inaugurated

Fri, 15 Aug 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Justice minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra installed on
Thursday the 12 members of the Correctional Facilities
Supervisory Board, which is to function as an advisory body to
the minister on the operation of the country's penal
institutions.

Among the members are law professors Loebby Loekman and Romli
Atmasasmita, legislator Agun Gunanjar Sudarsa and criminologist
Mustafa of the University of Indonesia.

Yusril said that the board was expected to provide input from
the public regarding the ministry's correctional policies. There
are currently some 82,000 inmates being held in correctional
institutes across the country.

In a related development, the ministry's director general of
penitentiaries, Adi Soejatno, said that the ministry would grant
remission to most inmates in connection with the celebration of
Independence Day on Aug. 17.

Yusril is set to formally announce the remission policy on
Sunday in Bogor, west Java. -- JP

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