A large hearth broke out at a crowded jail close to the Indonesian capital early Wednesday, killing a minimum of 41 inmates and injuring 39 others.
Reika Aprinti, spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections on the Ministry of Justice, mentioned authorities have been nonetheless investigating the reason for the hearth in Block C of Tangrang Prison on the outskirts of Jakarta, designated for drug offenders.
Hundreds of police and troopers have been deployed to take management of the Tangerang jail, which was designed to carry 1,225 prisoners however has greater than 2,000, Aparinti mentioned. Block C was stuffed with 122 convicts when the hearth broke out.
He mentioned the hearth was introduced beneath management after a couple of hours and all of the victims have been taken to the hospital.
Fires attributable to jailbreaks and riots are widespread in Indonesia, the place overcrowding has grow to be an issue in prisons which can be tormented by poor funding and huge numbers of individuals arrested within the conflict on unlawful medication.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
