f) Right to education – prison provides opportunity to education for
inmates since it is substantial in aiding them to integrate into the
society.33 Education in prison is funded and supported by the
government of Indonesia, relevant institutions, and scholarship
from universities.
Meanwhile, the use of information technology (IT) in correctional facilities
has been implemented to fulfill the rights of inmates. For example, it took
three months for the prison to process parole for an inmate but now it only
takes about six hours as it is processed online. Self-service machines
available in the correctional facilities provides inmates with access to
necessary information.
Inmates are trained in vocational trainings to produce marketable products.
They receive their payments according to the applied regulations.
As for the treatment of prisoners in prison settings, the prison implements
few practices to support vulnerable inmates in the prison:
a) Juvenile offenders – juvenile prisons provide programs such as
formal education, sports, recreation as well as occupational courses.
b) Female offenders – at least one women’s prison is built in every
province to accommodate female offenders and prison staffs are
trained with Bangkok Rules to ensure the compliance to the
international standards. The capacity building trainings for prison
staffs are conducted independently by the Directorate General of
Corrections, Indonesia or in cooperation with other organisations.34
c) Elderly prisoners – a considerable number of elderly inmates in the
prison encouraged the Directorate General of Corrections,
Indonesia to provide appropriate facilities and treatment. It has
formulated proper regulations for elderly inmates. Pilot prisons are
chosen to implement the regulations and to provide facilities for
elderly prisoners. The Directorate General of Corrections, Indonesia
had conducted an International Seminar on the Treatment of Elderly
Prisoners from 16 to 18 October 2018 in Jakarta and the result of
the discussion in the seminar had led to the Jakarta Statement.
d) People with disabilities – in 2019, the Directorate General of
Corrections, Indonesia had initiated the formation of the Disability
Services Units in prisons to address the needs of people with
disabilities. The pilot project is assigned to the Jakarta provincial
prison where staffs were trained, and a Standard Operating
Procedure was composed for the unit. Rooms, equipment, and
access to facilitate the movement of the disabled inmates and
33
Prisons in Indonesia provide formal education for juvenile offenders from elementary to high schools. As for
higher education programs, the prison through its cooperation with universities offers courses such as Bachelor
of Laws, Islamic Studies and Buddhist Studies for inmates.
34
The latest capacity building training on Bangkok Rules was conducted in East Java in cooperation with UNODC
and Thailand Institute of Justice.
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