Pubdate: Mon, 07 Nov 2005
Source: Northern Territory News (Australia)
Copyright: 2005 Northern Territory News
Contact:  http://ntnews.news.com.au/
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MOST JAILED FOR DRUGS

JAKARTA: Almost half of Indonesia's prison population has been jailed 
for drug offences, a report quoting Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin says.

"Around 40 per cent of the inhabitants of jails are drug case 
prisoners," Mr Awaluddin was yesterday quoted by the Kompas newspaper 
as saying while in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

A jutice ministry official said last week that Indonesia hosts 
100,611 convicts and detainees in jails across the country.

There are several Australian residents either in Indonesian jails for 
drug offences or in custody there awaiting trial.