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December 25, 2024 | 11:19 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hundreds of inmates or prisoners in the Class II A Salemba Penitentiary, Jakarta received special remission for Christmas 2024. According to Tempo's monitoring, inmates wearing Santa hats filled the hall for the remission event on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. They wore matching white shirts with jeans and black cloth pants.
Salemba Penitentiary Supervisor Stella Soraya said that out of 156 inmates in the Salemba Penitentiary who are Christian and Catholic, only 114 people received remission. "There are 114 people," said Stella.
In addition to the special remission, Stella stated that some inmates who are Christian and Catholic also attended worship activities at the Salemba Penitentiary church at the same time. She said that the number of inmates who attended the Holy Communion service at the church was around 40 people. "A total of 156 people," said Stella.
The rhythm of the music 'Jingle Bell' continued to play in the Salemba Penitentiary hall until 09:23 WIB (Western Indonesian Time). The music stopped when the Head of the Jakarta Kemenkumham Regional Office, R. Andika Dwi Prasetya arrived with the Head of Salemba Prison, Beni Hidayat.
About 15 minutes later, officials and inmates of Salemba Prison attended the inauguration of the simultaneous remission and sentence reduction activities in Indonesia online. The Minister of Immigration and Corrections Agus Andrianto, who led the procession of granting special Christmas remissions from the Bandung Women's Prison, gave a speech.
The Head of the Jakarta Kemenkumham Regional Office symbolically handed over the 2024 special Christmas remission documents to two inmates of Salemba Prison. At 10:15 WIB, the activity of granting special Christmas remissions and sentence reductions at Salemba Prison was closed by singing the song 'Bagimu Negeri'.
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