PERAN BALAI PEMASYARAKATAN KELAS IIA KENDARI DALAM PENDAMPINGAN TERHADAP ANAK YANG BERKONFLIK DENGAN HUKUM (Suatu Studi di Kota Kendari)

Abstract

The objectives of the study are; 1) To find out and describe the role of Correctional Guidance in assisting Children in conflict with the law and 2) To find out and describe the obstacles experienced by Community Guidance at the Kendari Class IIA Correctional Center in providing assistance to Children in conflict with the law. This research was conducted at the Kendari Class II A Bapas Office, the type of research used is normative research and empirical research, the approach is the statutory approach and the sociological approach with data sources, namely information from the correctional center as primary data and related literature as secondary data. Data collection was carried out through interviews, documentation studies, then the collected data was analyzed descriptively qualitatively. From the results of the study, it can be seen that; The role of the Kendari Class II A Correctional Center in general has the same role at each stage of the legal path taken by child clients, namely supervising, assisting, guiding and implementing Litmas (community research). 2. The obstacles experienced by Community Counselors at the Kendari Class II Correctional Center in providing assistance or in carrying out their roles include: a). Information from law enforcement who are Bapas partners in providing assistance is often submitted late to Bapas, b). Lack of community counselor members (HR), c). Lack of training activities to increase the insight of community counselors in order to improve the performance of guidance, supervision, and assistance to child clients and e). The failure of Community Counselors to accompany children from the time the child is arrested until they are processed, later when the process is underway they are asked to accompany the perpetrator.