Four inmates escaped from Cipinang penitentiary at around 3 a.m. on Monday by climbing up an unguarded watchtower.
According to East Jakarta penitentiary chief at the Law and Human Rights Ministry, Sihabudin, the watchtower was unguarded because of a shortage of staff.
“The post was unguarded because we are short of guards,” he said Monday.
The four inmates are Anang, who is serving an eight years’ imprisonment for his alleged violation of the women and child protection law; Iqbal, who is serving 17 years’ imprisonment for alleged murder; and Wahidin, who is serving 12 years in prison for alleged murder as well.
The fourth inmate, Herman, had previously escaped from the Palembang penitentiary, and was serving a three-year prison sentence for theft. He had been temporarily moved to Cipinang penitentiary before his verdict is fully implemented.
“But now, instead, he has escaped,” Sihabudin said, as reported by tempointeraktif.com.
He added that an investigation was underway to check whether the prison guards were involved.
“We are also investigating how the group escaped from their cells and where have they ran to,” he said.
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