History and facts of nusakambangan island

Wednesday June 1 2022

Nusakambangan Island, which is located in the south of Cilacap Regency, Central Java, is known as a prison island for high-class convicts. This island is inhabited by around 1,610 inmates from various regions in Indonesia and other countries in the world with severe cases.

There are also those who call it Alcatraz Indonesia. This title is by no means an exaggeration for Nusakambangan, an island where the mere mention of its name makes even the most vicious criminals dwindle.

Since the colonial era, the legendary island has become very famous because of the most sadistic bromocorah, the cruelest terrorist, the most depraved drug dealer and the most greedy corruptor, trapped in iron bars in the most stringent prisons scattered in several places in the world. The island covers an area of ​​21,600 hectares.

Many convicts even had to die, were executed on the island which is a few hundred meters from Teluk Turtle beach, Cilacap, Central Java. Name the most phenomenal of them, the execution of the Bali Bombing: Imam Samudra, Amrozi and Ali Gufron.

Governments have changed, but the legend of Nusakambangan as the most haunted prison in the country remains eternal. Because both the colonial government, the Old Order, the New Order, and the Presidents of the Reformation Era maintained Nusakambangan as a closed island, a prison island.

And here are the facts on the island of Nusakambangan

1. Nusakambangan Prison is shrouded in a mystical aura

This prison has been around since the Dutch-Indian colonial era, to be precise in 1908. In the past, this island was a remote island and access was closed to anyone except those who had the authority.

Until 1975, the access was opened to the public and became a tourist destination, because the island was used as a nature reserve, flora and fauna reserve and historical reserve. Apart from that, the island is still shrouded in a mystical aura with dense trees and contains a variety of wild beasts.

2. No signal

Since the smuggling case of 1.2 million ecstasy pills in 2017. This island has been used as a blank spot without signal access. So, this island really has no signal access. However, the prison provides public telephones for well-behaved prisoners to contact other people.

3. Nusakambangan prison is very tightly guarded

Although inmates can escape from prison, they will not be able to escape the gripping forest with many wild animals roaming around. Guarding this prison is made super tight considering the residents are big-time criminals such as drug dealers, premeditated murderers to terrorists. Each prison wall is surrounded by barbed wire and monitored by watchtowers.

4. Dead execution center

Being thrown into this prison is a prisoner's worst nightmare, especially when they hear the name of the Nirbaya valley. Nirbaya Valley is the location for executions for prisoners. Inmates who set foot in this valley will never return safely.

5. Gliger (the most eerie building in Nusakambangan)

There are 2 locations where the executions took place, namely the Nirbaya valley and the ruins of the Griger prison. A known inmate on executions in the ruins of the Griger prison is the Rio Hammer the cold-blooded killer who has killed a person's life with a hammer.

6. Execution location kept secret

When executions are going to be held, especially in the Nirbaya valley, the area is sterilized from anyone. Given that in this valley there is an orange plantation that is managed by workers. People who have no interest were ordered to evacuate from the Griger prison. So no one ever knows, where is the exact location of execution execution.

7. The most sterile island

Although it is opened to the public and used as a tourist spot, the island area remains sterile, especially in the area around the prison. This island is often used as a place to release hundreds of snakes and is surrounded by the ocean. So no one dares to mess around while on the island of Nusakambangan.

And that's the terrible history and facts on the island of Nusakambangan, besides being a place for the execution of prisoners who have serious cases, this place is also known to be very haunted.