Peran Lembaga Pemasyarakatan dalam Pembinaan Narapidana Wanita Tanjung Gusta Medan

Abstract

In the framework of improving the development of the detainees in the Women Penitentiary Class IIA Medan, the government has issued various policies. Skill development is one of the characteristics of the Women Penitentiary Class IIA Medan. This is an empirical normative study with sociological juridical approach. The data for this study were obtained through distributing questionnaires and interview. The data collected were then qualitatively analyzed. The result of this study reveals that the development program for the detainees has not optimally implemented because of several reasons such as inadequate qualified human resources, facilities and infrastructures, the absence of law which especially regulates the development of women detainees that the existing law should be improved, and the city government of Medan and the provincial government of Sumatera It is suggested that city government of Medan, the provincial government of Sumatera Utara and the central government improve the human resources or the staff serving for the Women Penitentiary through the provision of training and motivation and the development of facilities and infrastructures. Besides, the Women Panitentiary Class IIA Medan should continuously look for work associates to meet the objective of development such as to form the detainees to be real men who realize their mistakes, correct themselves, and never do the same criminal act they did before that they can be accepted by their community, actively play their role in development and live naturally as good and responsible citizen.