Kerobokan Prison
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Kerobokan Prison is a prison
located in Kerobokan
, Badung Regency
, on the Indonesia
n island of Bali
. The prison opened in 1979 and contains about 1000 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
located in Kerobokan
Kerobokan
Kerobokan is a town in the Badung Regency of Bali, Indonesia. Kerobokan Prison is located there. It is boxed in by Seminyak/Oberoi, Umalas/Canggu and Denpasar regions. Near the main intersection , there is a night market selling local foods and other products....
, Badung Regency
Badung Regency
Badung is a regency of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 418.52 km2 and population of 358,311 . Its regency seat is Mengwi...
, on the Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n island of Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. The prison opened in 1979 and contains about 1000 male and female prisoners of various nationalities.
Notable prisoners
- Schapelle CorbySchapelle CorbySchapelle Leigh Corby is an Australian woman convicted of drug smuggling who is imprisoned in Indonesia.Corby is serving a 20-year sentence for the importation of of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia...
- 20 years; she is currently scheduled for release on 12 April 2024 - Michael BlancMichael BlancMichael Loic Blanc is a French national who was convicted for drug trafficking in Indonesia after 3.8 kilograms of hashish was found in his diving gear while attempting to enter Bali, Indonesia....
- Life sentence since he raped another man in a pub close to town. Smashing the man's head with a glass bottle. - Bali Bombers - Amrozi bin NurhasyimAmrozi bin NurhasyimAli Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim was an Indonesian executed for his part in the 2002 Bali bombings.-Early life:...
and Imam Samudra - executed by firing squad for their key roles in the 2002 nightclub bombings in Kuta, Bali - Ronnie Ramsay - drug addict brother of famous chef Gordon RamsayGordon RamsayGordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
- Bali NineBali NineThe Bali Nine is the name given to a group of nine Australians arrested on 17 April 2005, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, in a plan to smuggle of heroin valued at approximately A$4 million from Indonesia to Australia...
- nine Australians apprehended at Denpasar Airport with heroin strapped to their bodies - Christopher Parnell - Australian man accused of smuggling hashish in 1985