JAKARTA: Hundreds of police and soldiers have retaken control of a prison in western Indonesia following a riot, officials said.
Angry inmates set fire to Langkat prison in North Sumatra province, which is designed to house 900 people but now has more than 1,600, said Rika Apriyanti, a spokesperson for the Correctional Directorate at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry. Most prisoners were convicted of drug offences.Local media reports said the riot began when inmates protested against improper treatment by a guard of an inmate who was caught taking crystal methamphetamine into his cell.
National police spokesperson Dedi Prasetyo said a guard and an inmate were injured in the riot, and 16 cars and motorbikes were burned.
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