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Massive Break Illustrates Indonesia’s Prison Dilemma

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May 17, 2017
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On May 5, when officers unlocked detention rooms to allow inmates to perform Friday prayers, 448 of them suddenly attempted to breach the main gate of Sialang Bungkuk Prison on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and, having failed that, boiled out of a side gate, overwhelming the outnumbered officers.

In the midst of utter pandemonium, the escaping inmates…

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