The Collapse of Our Jails
Tempo
January 25, 2005
NO executioner can ever be as cruel as the tsunami was in Aceh, December 26. In the blink of an eye, the devastating wave smashed jailhouses to pieces and at the same time killed everyone who failed to escape. Let's take a look at the Keudah penitentiary, Banda Aceh. In this complex, standing around 2 kilometers from the beach, only the prison's name board and iron gates were left. Its strong cells for convicts built during Dutch colonial time
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