Ministry of Immigration and Corrections Seeks to Upgrade Prison Clinics to Support Free Health Screening Programme

The Ministry of Immigration and Corrections (Kemenimipas) is working to improve clinic facilities at prisons (lapas) and state detention centres (rutan) so they can deliver the Free Health Screening (CKG) programme to surrounding communities.

Minister of Immigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto said in Jakarta on Monday that his ministry has written to the Ministry of Health to request support for upgrading health facilities at prison and detention centre clinics.

“We sent a letter yesterday asking for our clinics at prisons and detention centres to have their health facilities expanded, so that we can provide services not only to inmates but also to residents in the surrounding areas,” he said.

Agus said Kemenimipas has a network of 532 prisons and detention centres across Indonesia that can support the implementation of government health programmes down to the regional level.

“We are ready to be an extension of the Ministry of Health in jointly making the government’s free health screening programme a success,” he said.

Kemenimipas, together with the Ministry of Health, is also carrying out tuberculosis (TB) screening, chest X-ray examinations, and free health screening targeting around 278,000 inmates at 532 prisons and detention centres throughout Indonesia.

The programme also targets thousands of correctional officers and is still ongoing, with completion targeted by the end of 2026.

On Monday, Kemenimipas held cataract examinations and free health screening at the Cipinang Correctional General Hospital in Jakarta for inmates, correctional officers, and the general public.

The activity targeted 81 members of the general public as well as 81 inmates and correctional officers in the DKI Jakarta area.

Agus said cataract examination and treatment activities are also planned to be continued in other correctional working areas across Indonesia.