JAKARTA: The Indonesian Government is to evaluate a 2012 government regulation on remissions believed to have triggered a prison riot in Medan.
Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said he had met inmates at Tanjung Gusta Penitentiary after the Thursday riot that left five people dead, including two prison guards, and led to more than 200 inmates escaping.
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