Ash and debris were all that remained of the U-shaped prison complex in Bengkulu last week.

The riot erupted after the Bengkulu National Narcotics Agency (BNN) officers entered the facility to take away drug convict Edison alias Aseng bin Irawan Firdaus. "We detained him as part of our investigation into the narcotics ring operating inside the prison," Bengkulu BNN chief Sr. Police Comr. Budiharso said last Thursday.

The occupants of cell 4A warned o