At least 80 other inmates were hospitalized after the incident, eight of whom have suffered severe burns, authorities said.
At least 41 inmates were killed and 80 other inmates were injured on Wednesday morning after a massive fire broke out in a prison near the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, in what is the latest tragedy to hit the southeast Asian nation’s overcrowded prison system that has also been severely hit by Covid-19....
[+]Key FactsThe fire which broke out at the Tangerang prison, located 25 miles west of Jakarta, is believed to have been caused by a short circuit in the prison’s faulty electrical system, authorities noted.the Associated Press, the prison was designed to house 1,225 inmates but had more than 2,000 people incarcerated there.Yasonna Laoly, the minister of law and human rights, visited the prison on Wednesday to inspect the damage.
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