Kerobokan Prison

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Kerobokan Prison

The Kerobokan Prison , which also Hotel K is called, is located in Kerobokan in the district of Badung in Bali , an Indonesian island. The prison is about four kilometers from the village of Canggu .

Numerous male and female convicts, including non-Indonesians, are serving sentences, primarily for drug offenses. In Indonesia, drug offenses can be punished with the death penalty. In 2017, for example, 78% of inmates were detained there for this. The prison is known not only for its permanent overcrowding, but also for frequent arguments between inmates and the guards, but also among the inmates. It is considered a prison where corruption and drugs reign.

In February 2018, a separate building for female prisoners was put into operation next to Kerobokan Prison. It was built with a capacity of 120 and was occupied by 198 women at the time it was first put into operation.

Prison life

Kerobokan Prison began operating in 1979 and was designed to hold 320 inmates. Most of the time it is significantly overcrowded, for example around 1,400 female and male prisoners of different nationalities were detained in 2017. Of these, 90% were Indonesian prisoners and 78% were in custody for drug offenses. In the prison there are frequent clashes between inmates and the guards, but also among the inmates themselves. It is considered a prison where corruption and drugs reign. Each detainee receives $ 1.60 worth of food per day.

outbreaks

On June 17, four inmates escaped after digging a 15-meter-long tunnel under the prison wall, 50 to 75 cm wide and 15 meters long. On December 10, 2017, two Americans fled via a ladder. One of you was arrested for five grams of cannabis .

revolt

In Kerobkan Prison, there were several revisions and violent clashes against the guards and arguments among the prisoners. In February 2015, two inmates were killed in an altercation between two gangs in prison. As a result of this conflict, 110 prisoners had to be distributed to other prisons.

Known inmates

  • The Australian Schapelle Corby was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment after being found 4.2 kg of cannabis in her luggage, of which nine years in prison. She then had to stay in Bali for another 5 years and was only allowed to leave for Australia in 2017. She became well known in Australia and New Zealand , as films were made about her and her fate and she co-authored two books about her prison stay.
  • Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra were sentenced to death in 2002 for participating in the 2002 attack on Bali . They also spent part of their detention in Kerobokan Prison before being executed by firing squad on Nusa Kambangan Island .
  • Members of the so-called Bali Nine , a drug gang consisting of nine Australians, were detained in Kerobokan Prison. The Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were shot dead on the island of Nusa Kambangan on April 29, 2015, six were given life sentences and one received a 20-year sentence. In addition to the two Australians, four Nigerians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian were executed on the same day, despite global protests. As a result, Australia withdrew its ambassador and Amnesty International called for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Indonesia.
  • Brit Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death for possession of 4.9 kg of cocaine worth £ 1.6 million. So far, the judgment has not been carried out (May 2019).
  • The German Hans-Peter Naumann was arrested on September 26, 2014 for smuggling 328 grams of cocaine and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

literature

  • Kathryn Bonella: Hotel Kerobokan: The Shocking Inside Story of Bali's Most Notorious Jail , Sydney 2009, Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-3936-9
  • Schapelle Corby, Kathryn Bonella: My Story , MacMillan Publishing, Sydney 2006, ISBN 1405037911
  • Schapelle Corby, Kathryn Bonella: No More Tomorrows: The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison , Mainstream Publishing, Sydney 2008, ISBN 1845963865

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sarah Caty: Murder, drug overdoses and bashings': Former inmate of Kerobokan prison reveals what it is REALLY like inside squalid cells where condemned Bali Nine ringleaders have been held for 10 years , from February 19, 2015, on Daily Mail Australia . Accessed May 31, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Ni komang Erviani: Female prisoners in Bali move to new facility , February 14, 2018, on Jakarta Post. Accessed May 31, 2019
  3. ↑ Behind Prison Walls, June 14, 2017, on Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved May 30, 2019
  4. ^ Adam Harvey: Deadly gang violence inside Bali's Kerobokan prison spreads to streets of Denpasar , December 18, 2015, on Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 30, 2019
  5. ↑ After the execution of the "Bali Nine". Indonesia is now pilloried on April 30, 2015, on n-tv . Accessed May 31, 2019
  6. ↑ Alexandra Topping: Riots and history of violence , January 22, 2013, on The Guardian . Retrieved May 30, 2019
  7. ↑ Gordon Repinski: In a prison on Bali, a German drug smuggler teaches his fellow inmates to cook , from December 19, 2015, on Spiegel Online . accessed on May 31, 2019

Coordinates: 8 ° 40 ′ 22 ″  S , 115 ° 10 ′ 5 ″  E