Warden fired over jailbreak scandal

Warden fired over jailbreak scandal

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: The Lampung regional justice office
has fired East Lampung's Sukadana penitentiary chief Heru Setiana
for negligence leading to the mass breakout last week.

At least 45 unguarded prisoners escaped through a series of
unlocked doors as they were served pre-dawn meals.

Four wardens have been declared suspects for letting the
prisoners escape, while demotion was proposed for six others for
leaving the main gate unlocked.

As head of the prison, Heru, now replaced by Suprapto, was
also blamed for leaving the inmates unguarded.

A special team investigating the case questioned 11 security
officers and 14 prisoners, including 4 recaptured prisoners, on
Friday.

The Lampung police discovered a number of irregularities
during their investigation, including three doors left unlocked
and the strange absence of guards. --JP