We are whisked through security and an iron barred door into a meeting room and told to sit down on plastic chairs. Guards and prison workers come in to take a look.
It’s taken me close to six months of lobbying, meetings and letter writing to get official approval to make this historic moment happen and in the end it came about because of the support of Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police force Detachment 88.
This is the first time Ali Imron has ever met or spoken with bomb victim families and loved ones.
While Ni Luh, Nyoman and Jan wait, I am taken into another room and sitting on a sofa is Ali Imron, the only surviving terrorist from the Bali bombers' inner circle. I have been told by the police not to shake his hand, he doesn’t touch the opposite sex.
We have met before in order to set up this meeting, but it’s still chilling being with him. He has piercing eyes and a magnetism and power. He tells me he has been waiting for this moment for a long time and thanks me for being the bridge so that he can personally say sorry to the victims.
But when I return to the meeting room, the air is extremely tense. I tell them again that they can leave at any time. And reassure them that they can ask whatever they want. Things eventually calm down.
After filming this story, I think I’ll be asked if Ali Imron’s remorse is genuine. Like Nasir Abbas - who I met for the first part of Dateline's Meet the Terrorists special - it’s hard to know.
I’ve been reporting from here for 10 years and I love Indonesia, so there is a part of me that has to believe he is.
