Indonesian detention centre allows the release of 26 detainees due to the risk of them becoming infected with COVID-19.

The footage, filmed on April 1, shows the detainees leaving Muaro Padang foster home with their belongings in hand.


The head of the Muaro Padang foster house said: "The 26 detainees were chosen because they had served half the sentence set and had good behaviour while serving their sentence."

Based on the instructions of the Republic of Indonesia Ministry of Law and Human Rights, all detention centers in Indonesia allow the release of returning to the homes of a number of fostered residents in anticipation of the spread of Covid-19.

meanwhile, in the Padang city detention house there were 26 detainees being released from the Indonesian Republic's Ministry of Law and Human Rights 1 april 2020.

the head of the muaro padang foster house, arimin said "the 26 detainees were chosen because they had served half the sentence set and had good behavior while serving their sentence" it appears that 26 detainees immediately offered prostration that they had succeeded in breathing free air and some of them immediately hugged their family members who had been waiting outside the detention center.

Meanwhile, the release of detainees will be carried out continuously in view of the situation and conditions related to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Padang City.

based on data from the city government of Padang up to April 1, 2020 it was stated 5 people were positive co-19 and one person was declared dead.