Understanding the Restorative Idea of the Correctional Institution in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201209.335How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Correctional Institution, Human Rights, Penitentiary Law, Correction Principles, Restorative Justice

Abstract

Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights recently released a large number of prisoners. More than 30,000 prisoners were set free. Law and Human Rights Minister stated this is due to the possible surge of the novel coronavirus in several overcrowded prisons. In the following days after being released, few prisoners sent back to jail due to repeating crimes. Two questions have arisen among the society, firstly, asking for the government to take custody of these prisoners away in prison as long as possible. Secondly, society argues that once a criminal, is forever criminal, and that is why society in some regions ban the authorities movement on releasing prisoners. This research aims to build a better understanding of restorative justice idea principle of the Indonesian correctional institution. This research employs the normative method of legal study and uses some approaches to analyze, namely statute approach, historical approach, theoretical approach and grammatical approach. The research found that society should gain more understanding of restorative justice of the Indonesian correctional institution. Moreover, authorities should encourage and extend the socialization to provide adequate knowledge to broader society.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ariesta Wibisono Anditya
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/14
TI  - Understanding the Restorative Idea of the Correctional Institution in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Law, Government and Social Justice (ICOLGAS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 536
EP  - 543
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.335
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.335
ID  - Anditya2020
ER  -