KSP Appreciates Nusakambangan Garment Workshop for Sharpening Inmates' Skills

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has stated that the Garment Vocational Training Centre (BLK Konveksi) at the Class II B Nirbaya Penitentiary on Nusakambangan Island is capable of equipping inmates with skills that can serve as a livelihood after they return to society. Head of the Presidential Staff Dudung Abdurachman stated that the rehabilitation programme carried out by the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections has a real impact on inmates because it provides them with skills they can utilise after their release. “In my opinion, this is an extraordinary development so that the inmates, in addition to serving their sentences, feel that this situation gives them provisions so that later after they leave here they have hope to do good and be able to earn a living for their families,” Dudung said on Nusakambangan Island, Cilacap Regency, Central Java. Meanwhile, Minister of Immigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto conveyed that independence-building rehabilitation is part of the effort to prepare inmates to have competence and be able to return to a productive life after completing their criminal sentences. Through various skills-based rehabilitation programmes, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections is committed to presenting a correctional system that not only carries out a rehabilitation function but also provides real benefits for inmates and the community. The BLK Konveksi at Nirbaya Penitentiary is one of the independence-building centres capable of empowering up to 100 inmates. Each day, the production unit produces around 600 to 1,200 pieces of clothing made by inmates under the supervision of officers and instructors. According to Muhammad Ridwan (28), an inmate participating in the programme, the sewing training was a new experience that changed his perspective on the future. “Yes, I learned (sewing) from scratch, truly from zero, I didn’t know or understand it at all,” said Ridwan. Thanks to the continuous rehabilitation, Ridwan is now trusted to be an instructor for other inmates. The experience he gained not only improved his own skills but was also passed on to fellow inmates so that the learning process can continue to develop.