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Double beds, aircon and big-screen TVs: Indonesia suspends officials over luxury prison cells

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Indonesia’s prisons have long faced allegations that well-connected inmates can obtain preferential treatment through bribery Five Indonesian prison officials have been suspended after investigators found an apartment-style compound complete with airconditioners, big-screen televisions and expensive

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Both outlets focus on the same core frame: Indonesian prison officials being suspended after investigators found an apartment-style compound for inmates. The Guardian US foregrounds the luxury details with double beds, aircon and big-screen TVs, and adds that prisons have long faced allegations of preferential treatment through bribery. Al Jazeera is more restrained, naming a warden among the five suspended officials and referring only to an apartment-style compound at Cibinong prison.

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