Staff at Sukamiskin Prison in West Java allegedly took bribes to upgrade cells of the wealthy

Wealthy Indonesian prisoners bribed jailers to furnish their cells with air conditioning, flat-screen televisions and private luxury bathrooms.

Prison staff allegedly took bribes of 200-500 million rupiah (£10,600- £26,600) to provide the cell upgrades and supply banned mobile phones. In some cases inmates were allowed to leave the prison temporarily, according to anticorruption officials.

Five people — inmates and wardens — at the Sukamiskin prison in Bandung, the capital of West Java, have been arrested. The jail largely holds high-profile corruption and fraud offenders.

The arrests were made after a raid on Sunday which found that several cells had been fitted with bathrooms with hot showers, full-size refrigerators, coffee makers, microwaves and sound systems.

“We apologise to the Indonesian people,” said Sri Puguh Budi Utami,