Parliamentary Committee Calls for Transparency and Audits
The Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) under the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections clarified that padlocks used in correctional facilities are built to custom military-grade technical standards. The statement followed intense scrutiny from a specialized working committee of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) Commission XIII, which criticized the unit price approaching IDR 1 million each.
According to legislative reports, lawmakers flagged the padlock procurement budget that totaled approximately IDR 92.5 billion over a two-year period spanning the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years. House Commission XIII member Pangeran Khairul Saleh publicly called for an independent audit into the spending, labeling the individual unit pricing as unusual and potentially inflated for standard hardware.
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Ditjenpas Spokesperson Rika Aprianti rebuffed the allegations, stating that the ministry does not source standard commercial locks for high-risk environments. "The padlocks are specifically engineered out of high-strength, anti-rust metals designed to resist physical tampering and feature unique key systems that are virtually impossible to duplicate," Aprianti explained, noting that each item undergoes strict stress testing.
Officials emphasized that the multi-billion rupiah procurement was processed via the government's official e-purchasing electronic catalog system to maintain transparency. The ministry conducted detailed security vulnerability assessments across cell blocks and strategic storage units before completing the transaction, ensuring all delivered hardware matched the legal compliance frameworks.