Prison workers are bored: Minister

Prison workers are bored: Minister

JAKARTA: One of the problems facing the notorious Cipinang
prison in East Jakarta was the fact that its employees were
bored, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra
revealed on Tuesday.

The minister said that the employees were bored because of
their routine activities, and they would therefore be transferred
to other locations, but this could not be done immediately.

"The transfer could not be done at once. If all employees (in
Cipinang) are new, they would get lost in the 17-hectare Cipinang
penitentiary," he was quoted by Antara as saying after attending
a meeting at the office of the coordinating minister of politics
and security.

Last week, two inmates were killed in a brawl among two groups
of prisoners over a drug transaction.

The chief warden has admitted it was likely the prison
employees were involved in the illicit business, but he said
there was nothing he could do to stop them. --JP