Kerobokan Prison

Kerobokan Penitentiary Institution
Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kerobokan

The entrance to the prison
Location in Badung Regency
Coordinates	8°40′22″S 115°10′5″E
Security class	Class IIA
Capacity	320[1]
Population	1,400[2] (as of 2017)
Opened	1979
Governor	Tonny Nainggolan[3]
Warden	Tonny Nainggolan[4]
Street address	Kerobokan, North Kuta District, Badung Regency
State/province	Bali
Country	Indonesia

Kerobokan Penitentiary Institution (Indonesian: Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kerobokan, also known as LP Kerobokan, Kerobokan Prison or Hotel K^[5]) is a prison located in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, on the Indonesian island of Bali. Located 4 km (2.49 miles) away from the Canggu village,^[5] the prison opened in 1979 and was built to hold 300 inmates. As of 2017, the Kerobokan Prison contains over 1,400 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.^[2][6] More than 90% of the prisoners are Indonesian and 78% were convicted on drug charges. 15,000 rupiah ($1.08) per day is allocated for each prisoner.^[1]

Notable prisoners

• Schapelle Corby: 20 years (served 9); she was granted parole on 8 February 2014 and was released on 10 February 2014.
• Michael Blanc: Life sentence (served 14 years); transferred to Madiun, East Java and finally jailed in Cipinang, Jakarta. Granted parole and released in January 2014.
• Bali Bombers: Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra; executed by firing squad for their key roles in the 2002 nightclub bombings in Kuta, Bali^[7]
• Bali Nine: Australians, including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, apprehended at Denpasar Airport with heroin strapped to their bodies, one arrested at Denpasar Airport for allegedly being responsible for collecting the drugs on arrival at the destination and four arrested for related offences at their accommodation in Kuta.
• Lindsay Sandiford: British woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking^[8]

Riots and history of violence

Kerobakan Prison has a long and complicated history of riots and other violence involving prisoners and guards. In December 2015, two inmates were killed because of a riot between rival gangs. As a result of this, police transferred more than one hundred inmates to other local prisons.^[9]

Escapes

• On 19 June 2017, four prisoners—Shaun Davidson (Australia), Dimitar Nikolov Iliev (Bulgaria), Saye Mohammed Said (India), and Tee Kok King (Malaysia)^[10] escaped via a hole dug under a wall.^[11] The tunnel was 50 cm by 75 cm wide and 15 metres long.^[10]
• On 10 December 2017, two prisoners (Chrishan Beasley, 32^[2] and Paul Anthony Hoffman, 57) from the United States escaped, allegedly using a ladder to climb the prison wall.^[12] These reports, however, are unconfirmed, as others state the two "had cut a hole in the roof with a hacksaw first."^[12] Hoffman was caught "immediately" according to authorities, while Beasley was able to get away. A manhunt was started following his escape. Beasley was arrested in August 2017 on suspicion of possessing more than 5 grams of hashish.^[2][13]

References

1. "Behind prison walls: Inside Bali's Kerobokan jail". ABC News. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
2. "American Who Escaped Crowded Bali Prison Is Recaptured". The New York Times. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
3. "U.S. man escapes prison on resort island of Bali". Retrieved 2018-05-07.
4. "American escaped Bali jail because of 'extortion threats'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
5. "Bali tourists are visiting prisoners inside Kerobokan". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
6. "U.S. man escapes prison on resort island of Bali". CBS News. December 11, 2017.
7. Simpson, P. (2013). The Mammoth Book of Prison Breaks. Mammoth Books. Little, Brown Book Group. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-4721-0024-5. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
8. "Lindsay June Sandiford Sentenced To Death By Indonesian Court After Smuggling $2.5 Million Worth Of Cocaine Into Bali". International Business Times. Etienne Uzac. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
9. "Deadly gang violence inside Bali prison spreads to streets of Denpasar". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
10. "Australian escapes from Bali jail through 15m-long tunnel, police say". the Guardian. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
11. "Four inmates tunnel out of Bali jail". BBC News. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
12. "US inmate escapes notorious Bali prison". BBC News. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
13. "Prisoners held in Kerobokan Prison". Foreign Prisoners Support Service. 2005-07-22. Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-09.

Further reading

• Bonella, Kathryn (2009). Hotel Kerobokan: The Shocking Inside Story of Bali's Most Notorious Jail. Sydney: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781742612522.
• Paul Conibeer; Alan Whittaker (2017). I Survived Kerobokan: A shocking story from behind the bars of Bali's most notorious prison. Chatswood: NSW New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781742612522.

External links

• "Life Inside Bali's Infamous Kerobokan Prison". ABC News (Australia). 2017-06-13. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.