most expatriates never see the inside of an Indonesian prison. But if you ever have a friend would meet the capricious legal system nation or if you feel the urge to spread a little sunshine as held-here's a guide visitors from Indonesian prisons.
When someone gets busted
The best thing you can do for any friend who is arrested is to provide the money (for all "fresh") and access to Indonesian friends in high places (for 'legal advice'). It is an offense to encourage people to break the law, so I strongly advise against paying bribes -. Although some people insist these payments can help minimize or even avoid prison
The worst thing that a foreigner arrested for drugs can do is to bray media bray their embassy and disrespectful to law enforcement. Call immigration officials "corrupt monkeys" you're being filmed by a TV crew will not prompt the authorities to look at you with tenderness. Public threats of reprisals from the government of your country are against-productive. If a case reach court and contrition and respectful politeness can reduce the severity of punishment. looking bored and sloppy in court will not help.
another mistake that some foreigners arrested do is confident " lawyers "unannounced or" fixers "who visit a detention center and medications claim that if thousands of dollars are transferred in a few days, they can stop a case to go to court. These" lawyers "are sometimes only thieves who take the money and are never heard from again.
Crowded House
If you are a do-gooder, eager to bring happiness to a foreign prisoner, you can not, in theory, just to get to a prison and ask to visit a random prisoner. You must first know the name of the person you want to visit.
Jails under the administration of Justice and the Ministry of Human Rights Directorate for corrections, which has an online list of prisons by province: http: // ditjenpas. go.id/views/upt. Overcrowding is a problem with the prison population now 143% above capacity. Prisoners rich can buy a cell and private facilities. Those who suffer funds.
Many foreign prisoners appreciate visits and gifts to relieve their boredom. Most foreign time for drug offenses serve. Many are from Africa, especially Nigeria, and also from Asia. In recent years, the number of Iranians imprisoned for drug trafficking has increased.
Drug use is widespread behind bars - more prisons contained drugs factories. Some inmates say it is easier and cheaper to buy narcotics with a sterile needle. HIV levels in prisons are rising.
Jails ( penjara ) are classified as either Lapas or Rutan . Lapas or LP is an abbreviation of Lembaga pemasyarakatan - correctional facility, where convicted criminals are held and supposedly rehabilitated before re-entering society. Lapas are classified as Class I (maximum safety and capacity of over 500 prisoners), Class II (capacity 250-500) and Class III (up to 250). Rutan ( rumah Tahanan ) is a detention center where suspects are held pending a final and binding decision; but it is not uncommon for rutan to hold convicted criminals.
Visiting Days and hours
These vary from prison to prison, but generally you can visit between 9 am and noon from Monday to Thursday but not holidays.
At Cipinang prison in Jakarta, visiting hours are from 9 am to noon, then 13h30-15 pm Monday through Friday. The registration desk for visitors is usually open before 9am. Some prisons close early on Friday, but may be open on Saturdays.
There is no charge for tours, but this did not prevent some guards to ask. Some visitors like to keep the guards happy by giving them cigarettes and small amounts of money. This is illegal, although some guards willingly accept these "gifts" and can even insist on them.
visitors are supposed to be "modestly dressed."
The more you try to put in, the more you will be subject to scrutiny and possible requests visit unofficial fees. In addition, the person on the receiving end of many bags of goods - unless they are extremely influential - will be under great pressure to "share" content. They may also be asked to pay for the privilege of your visit after leaving.
Most Indonesian prisons have a "cooperative" shop where prisoners can buy the necessities, including food and beverages. In addition, guards can be paid to provide outdoor dining - at an inflated price. Prisoners rich hire others to cook for them.
- Money . Keep it well folded in your pocket and hand them secretly. Not about flash, or the inmate can later to "share" it.
- Cigarettes are a useful currency. Bring about 10 packs, a mixture of kretek (clove) and regular, even if the prisoner does not smoke. Bringing in boxes can be translated by guards and other inmates who claim some.
- One or two bags of food and beverages . If you bring in large amounts of food, it may soon be looted, so keep it simple. The guards to inspect the meals cooked at home, while packaged foods in the stores is less likely to be opened. That said, the guards in a prison in West Java last week caught a 44 year old woman, trying to pass into eight coffee bags filled with marijuana.
- Footwear and Apparel . shoes, t-shirts and jeans at low prices can be enjoyed and can still be traded. Do not bring many clothes on one visit. Some insist that prison inmates clothing must be blue.
- Writing materials . Some prisoners will enjoy keeping a diary or journal.
- Books . Positive and uplifting preference. Iranian prisoners cherish books in Persian. Books have little monetary value but will be passed around.
- Medicine , if requested by an inmate. Perform a receipt and prescription when guards tried to confiscate all the pills. You may need the permission of the doctor of the prison. Some inmates want contact lenses or glasses . Women prisoners enjoy feminine hygiene products .
Prohibited
- Mosquito repellent can be ingested by suicidal inmates.
- Drugs and alcohol . Some visitors smuggled spirits in plastic bottles, or pay an unofficial fee to bring cans of beer.
- All glass or metal could be used as a weapon. So, no glass bottles and no utensils or metal cans. Chopsticks may be confiscated.
- mobile phones, SIM cards and chargers . Some detainees say these are essential. They are also illegal.
- Cameras . Photos are not allowed. DVD not allowed, even if the guards are incompatible in confiscate.
- Fuel . No bottles lighter liquid or gas.
On Arrival
- Sign up for a small building outside or the hall. Depending on the technology of the prison, you might have to take a number from an electronic distribution machine. These machines are often broken.
- Fill in the form of a visitor. This requires your personal data, and the name, cell block and the crime of the prisoner that you want to visit, and a list of items that you brought.
- List how many people are going to visit. This is so that the guards can count "three people visited Prisoner X, three people left." In 2012, a man who is serving six years for terrorism in the detention center of the Jakarta Police received a visit from some women wearing the burqa. He put on burqas and came out with its visitors.
- Once your number is called or displayed, submit your form, with a KITAS or passport, so the official can verify your details. Your data can be input into a computer.
- After being given a stamped or newly printed form, make a main entrance and wait in line. Most other visitors are wives or parents bring food.
- Eventually, you will be called through a room of guards for inspection. The first time I visited a prison, a guard claimed that if I gave him $ 100, it would not inspect my two plastic bags.
- Hand over your ID tag in exchange for a numbered visitor. Also hand over your mobile phone in exchange for a numbered card.
- Your hand or wrist should be given a stamp, meaning your status as a visitor.
Once inside
- If you have not provided a notice of arrival, a prisoner working as an assistant to the guards summon the prisoner that you want to visit.
- You can meet in the hall official visit, but it may be hot, noisy and crowded. Otherwise, many visits take place outside the cells or even inside the offices. Using these locations will cost money.
- Do not feel threatened sitting among prisoners. Nobody has anything to gain by attacking you. The ethnic leaders will lose privileges if the people in their gangs are violent, so peace reigns in general.
conjugal visits?
Conjugal visits are not covered by Indonesian law, although wealthy prisoners can pay for private visits to prostitutes and their spouses.
The law on the rights of prisoners in 1999 allows the head of the prison given "leave home" up to two days to selected prisoners. This privilege is not available to foreign detainees. Some rich prisoners leave regularly in prison, apparently for medical treatment.