BENGKULU - Authorities in Bengkulu reduced prison terms for over 660 convicts in three penitentiary and one detention facility in the province on Monday to mark the 64th Independence day of Indonesia. Head of the Rehabilitaion Unit of the Law and Human Rights Offices, Grand Sjahputra, told Thursday that 44 of the 668 convicts received term reductions were directly released as their term ended with the reduction.
All convicts with good records and have served a minimum six months of their term are entitled to receive sentence reduction. Exceptions applied for corruption convicts which were required to serve at least two thirds of their sentence. There are currently 1,473 detainees in three penitentiaries and a detention facility in Rejang Lebong Regency, Argamakmur, Manna, and Bengkulu. Six hundred and thirty four are detainees and the other 839 are convicts.
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BENGKULU - Authorities in Bengkulu reduced prison terms for over 660 convicts in three penitentiary and one detention facility in the province on Monday to mark the 64th Independence day of Indonesia. Head of the Rehabilitaion Unit of the Law and Human Rights Offices, Grand Sjahputra, told Thursday that 44 of the 668 convicts received term reductions were directly released as their term ended with the reduction.
