Most inmates recaptured after violent jailbreak

Security forces have retaken control of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia following a night-long riot, and have captured most of the estimated 30 convicts who escaped, authorities said.

Most inmates recaptured after violent jailbreak

Security forces have retaken control of an overcrowded prison in western Indonesia following a night-long riot, and have captured most of the estimated 30 convicts who escaped, authorities said.

The riot erupted at the Labuhan Ruku jail, which was built for around 300 prisoners but houses more than 850, most of them drug traffickers.

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