AS the government scrambles to contain a post-Aidilfitri surge in Covid-19 cases, new prison clusters continue to emerge, putting Indonesia’s overcrowded correctional facilities under scrutiny again.
Among them is the Rajabasa penitentiary in Lampung, which discovered 152 Covid-19 cases among its inmates last week, making it one of the latest prison clusters to contribute to the province’s case surge, authorities said.
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