The Juridical Implications Of The Implementation Of Prisoner Services As A Correctional Function On The Indonesian Criminal Justice System

Abstract

The improvement of the correctional system in Indonesia is marked by the passing of law No. 22 of 2022 Concerning Correctional Facilities (The Correctional Law). One of the things that are regulated regarding the implementation of prisoner services is a correctional function. Thus, the role of correctional institutions will undoubtedly be more in implementing services for prisoners placed in the State Detention Center (Rutan). This, of course, will have an influence on the existence of correctional facilities as part of the criminal justice system. The analysis and discussion of this study use a normative juridical method with a law approach and legal concepts, especially regarding the penitentiary system and the integrated criminal justice system. The results of the research and discussion show that strict and precise regulation regarding implementing prison services as a correctional function is one form of legal certainty for the existence of prisons as part of an integrated criminal justice system. This shows that prisons work not only in the final process of a series of criminal justice processes, especially inmates' development but also when the criminal justice process is working.