The 61st imprisonment

Jakarta – Penitentiary day falls on April 27 and this year is the 61st warning. Today has been commemorated since 1964. What is the theme of the 2025 Penitentiary Day? The next review. The 2025 Correctional Day is reported by the Directorate General of Corrections, the theme “Corrections must be useful for the community”. Penitentiary day is used as an evaluation medium to strengthen the dedication of all corrective people to realize the goals of the corrective system. Browse to continue with the content The origin of the term corrective term “Correctional” was first introduced on July 5, 1963 by a speech “Banyan Tree Pengayoman” by prof. Sahardjo, SH as the Minister of Justice at the time. The correctional system was declared a substitute for the prison system on April 27, 1964 at the public service conference held in Lembang, Bandung. Corrections in the conference are declared a treatment system for law offenders and as a manifestation of justice aimed at social reintegration or the restoration of the unity of living relations, the lives and livelihoods of the imprisonment. The correctional system is ratified by the Number 12 of 1995 regarding corrections to make the implementation of the corrective system better. Over time, the demands of corrective tasks as part of the criminal justice system should be able to respond to social dynamics by making changes to the correctional legislation. Act Number 22 Year 2022 Regarding corrections, the expansion of roles and responsibilities answered in providing suspects, defendants and prisoners, namely treatment of the judicial process of carrying out crimes based on a court decision obtained by permanent legal force. The prison system realizes guarantee the protection of detention and children’s rights and improving the quality of personality and independence of the focused citizens to realize mistakes, improve themselves and not repeat criminal acts. So that the community can come back, of course live as a quality, the law, is responsible and actively playing a role in development, while the community provides protection against the repetition of criminal acts. (KNY/IMK) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here