Can The Jakarta Post please rid us of is habitual digression into expertitis? A criminologist, a minister and a criminal law teacher or practitioner (criminal law expert is circular thinking) says this and we now have the impression of experts holding this opinion?

And convoluted writing? Does the paper mean:

“The government should improve alternative forms of punishment for prisoners, including community work, as a means to reduce the number of inmates in prisons in the country, said Criminologist Adrianus Meliala”?

clipped from thejakartapost.com

Convicted to wait in line for jail time: Opinion

The mechanisms needed to gradually de-populate overcrowded penitentiaries nationwide have been argued over by experts, but all agree the government should improve alternative forms of punishment, including community work.
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