Kerobokan Prison

The entrance to the prison

Kerobokan Prison is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. The prison opened in 1979 and contains about 1000 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.

Notable prisoners

Riots and history of violence

Kerobakan Prison has had a long and complicated history of riots and other types of indoor violence, involving prisoners and guards.

In December 2015 two inmates had been killed as a result of a riot between rival gangs, as a result of this the police transfer more than one hundred inmates to other local prisions.[2]

Allegations had been made that the prison is "overflowed" with drugs and corruption.[3]

References


Sources


Coordinates: 8°40′22″S 115°10′5″E / 8.67278°S 115.16806°E / -8.67278; 115.16806

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.