As many as 42 inmates at Wamena Penitentiary in Jayawijaya regency, Papua, escaped custody at around 6 p.m. local time (4 p.m. Jakarta time) on Monday, Antara news agency reported from Jayapura. ...

Almost 20 inmates have escaped from Manokwari Prison in the Indonesian province of West Papua in what was described by the warden as a carefully planned jailbreak. ...