Jakarta – American nurse Joy Lee Sadler was released Friday from jail in Aceh province after four months in detention for visa violations, AP reported.

Sadler, 57, cried as she left the prison for Banda Aceh airport. She will fly to Malaysia en route to the United States.

She was found guilty of violating her tourist visa by contacting guerrillas and sentenced to four months imprisonment.

Her companion, academic Lesley McCulloch ofAustralia's Tasmania University, was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to five months. She is expected to be released next month.

The women were arrested September 11, 2002 and had already served most of their time when the court found them guilty.