- Locations: Asia, Indonesia
- Resource type: Policy briefs
- Themes: Deterrence
- Published: 14 October 2022
The Death Penalty Project, in partnership with Community Legal Aid Institute, LBH Masyarakat, commissioned The Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Oxford, in association with University Centre of Excellence HIV/AIDS Research Centre-HPSI at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (AJCU), to conduct research on the economic and social motivations for entry into the illicit drugs trade and seeks to understand how people navigate the risks and rewards of involvement.
This briefing note summaries the key findings of the study, which draws on interviews with 57 prisoners convicted of drug offences. This is the first stage of a larger project, which will interview those convicted of drug offences and sentenced to death or life in prisons across Indonesia.
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