Jakarta – Artist Ammar Zoni has been transferred to Class II-A Karanganyar Prison, Nusakambangan Island, Cilacap, Central Java. A number of high-class prisoners tried the island prison ‘Indonesian Alcatraz’, who are they? Summarized by detikcom, Saturday (18/10/2025), Ammar Zoni was transferred to Nusakambangan Island after he was caught distributing drugs while serving his sentence at Salemba Detention Center, Central Jakarta. Ammar Zoni distributes drugs along with 5 other people, A, AP, AM Alias KA, ACM and MR. At the Salemba Detention Centre, Ammar Zoni is serving 4 years in prison for a drug case. As a result of his actions, he has been involved in drugs four times, Ammar Zoni has now been moved to Nusakambangan Island. Scroll to continue content Ammar Zoni and 5 other people arrived at ‘Alcatraz Indonesia’ island on Thursday (16/10) at 07.43 WIB. Ammar Zoni was placed in the Super Maximum Security Prison. Ammar Zoni lives in a one man one cell room, he is alone in the detention room. “Every other high-risk prisoner transferred to Nusakambangan, they will also be placed in super maximum and maximum security prisons,” said Rika Aprianti, head of sub-directorate for cooperation at the Directorate General of Social Affairs. Ammar Zoni’s legal status in this drug trafficking case in prison is actually still as a suspect and will be tried soon. He will be tried via zoom from Nusakambangan. Nusakambangan is not just an ordinary island because on this island there are convicts with major crime cases. This island is also often compared to Alcatraz Island, an island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. Alcatraz was originally a military fort, then converted to military prisons and then back to a civilian prison. However, since the 60s, the island has been closed and later turned into a tourist attraction at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Before Ammar Zoni, there were a number of famous prisoners languishing in Nusakambangan. They are not ordinary criminals. In ‘Indonesian Alcatraz’ there are serial killers, international drug traffickers and terrorists who have threatened the country’s security. Some famous names who spent time in Nusakambangan include Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra, the mastermind behind the Bali bombings, October 12, 2002. The three of them were moved to Nusakambangan on October 11, 2005, then executed on the island on November 9, 2008. Two leaders of the Bali Nine gangsters, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, also spent time on Nusakambangan Island. Both of them were involved in the case of 8.2 kg of heroin in April 2005 together with 7 other people. The nine were then brought to court to be held accountable for their actions and given sentences ranging from 20 years in prison to the death penalty. The death sentence was imposed on Andrew and Myuran either at the first level, appeal, cassation or judicial review (PK). After a decade passed, then Attorney General HM Prasetyo executed them both in 2015. Andrew and Myuran were transferred to Nusakambangan before the execution. The two Bali Nine leaders arrived in Nusakambangan on March 4, 2015. Then they were executed at midnight on 29 April 2015 in Nusakambangan. One of the famous robbers with the nickname of the Indonesian Robin Hood and his group, Pachinko (City Chinese Troops), Johanes Hubertus Eijkenboom or Johny Indo, also experienced the horrors of Nusakambangan. One of the robberies of Johny Indo et al that was highlighted was the robbery of a gold shop in Cikini in 1979. Not only serious criminal cases, the writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer also experienced the tense life behind bars in Nusakambangan. He was accused of being involved with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). For information, the Dutch colonial government began to open up Nusakambangan Island by building several prisons specifically for those convicted of first-degree crimes and political criminals. The prisons on Nusakambangan Island are Batu Prison (built in 1925), Besi Prison (built in 1929), Kembang Kuning Prison (built in 1950) and Permisan Prison (built in 1908). The other five, namely Nirbaya, Karang Tengah, Limus Buntu, Karang Anyar and Gleger, are closed. (lir/dhn)
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