JAKARTA : - Hundreds of prisoners in Indonesia were freed on Monday, the start of the IdulFitri celebration this year, following a massive sentence reduction granted by the government as it sought to reduce overcrowding at jail facilities, the Jakarta source reported.
Those in jail were 55,884 prisoners and juvenile detainees were handed for a special remission but still remain in jail,” Akbar said.
He added that of those, 15,958 had their sentences reduced by 15 days, 35,534 received a one-month sentence reduction, 3,471 received a one-month and 15-day sentence cut, while another 921 prisoners received a two-month sentence cut, Akbar said.
He said majority of the prisoners who received the reduced time were located in West Java.
The Justice and Human Rights Ministry spokesman Akbar Hadi said the government had granted an IdulFitri reduced sentences for 56,704 Muslim prisoners, 820 of which were allowed to walk free on IdulFitri.
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