The Role Of (women As) Social Workers In Prison

THE ROLE OF (WOMEN AS) SOCIAL WORKERS IN CARRYING OUT THE GUIDANCE/TREATMENT TO THE CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS BY: DINA JULIANI

Ministry of Law and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia Directorate General of Correction Conference on the Rehabilitation of Youth Offenders, Singapore 20-21 November 2007

Scope of Presentation 1. 2. 3. 4.

Current Issues The role of Social Guides Women bring the strengths to the role Recommendation

I. CURRENT ISSUES: a. TERRITORIES OF WORK ARE TOO WIDE Indonesia Regulation about Parole and Probation Service says: each Regency or Cities in each Provinces must have (at least) 1 Parole and Probation Institution.  The fact: only Province DKI Jakarta have 4 Parole and Probation Institutions. Other provinces, only has 1or 2 Parole and Probation Institutions. Conclusion: the regulation cannot be implemented because of only few parole and probation institutions with scope of territories are too wide. 

b. FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES ARE NOT CAPABLE  

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In big cities, there are no serious problems in facilities and infrastructures of parole and probation institutions; But in small district/regency that far away from the cities, we will found the serious problems in the facilities and infrastructure of parole and probation institutions. Such as: there are not enough cycles can be used by social guides to visit the clients; example in Pontianak Parole and Probation Institution, only has 1 motor cycle can be used by the officers to do their job. They must make schedule to use the motorcycle. the office are in poor situations - no water, no telephone and fax machine – example in Parole and Probation Institution in Sumbawa Besar and Kalimantan. Suggestion: the facilities and infrastructures of parole and probation institutions must be fulfill , so the officer of parole and probation institutions can do the work better.

c. LIMITATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IN QUANTITY YEAR

NUMBERS OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN INDONESIA

NUMBERS OF CORRECTIONAL CLIENTS OVER IN INDONESIA

UP TO JULI 2007

1055 officers (30% are Women)

130.832 persons

LIMITATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IN QUALITY 

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Refers to the education background of social guide officers, most of them only graduate from senior high school and Diploma Program. As social guides officers, need special skills to handling the clients (especially psychologist and management skills), since in the police phase-prosecutors-court-get their punishment-until released from their sentences. These situation is made because of the willingness of the community become a social guide officers are still low. The government doesn’t give serious attention to social guide officers and the institution. The recruitment process of social guide officers just to fulfill the quota of social guide officers in directorate general of corrections. Result of the recruitment process are : new employees haven’t enough knowledge about the role of social guides and they have no willingness become a social guides officers, their aim to work are to get money.

d. LIMITATION OF BUDGET  The

common problems we can find as social guide officers. Especially social workers who work in difficult area because of the distance and facilities are not satisfied or in conflict area. Such as Social Worker in Balikpapan, they have to use bus and speedboat to reach their clients. Sometimes they must to spend more their money to hire the transport facilities to get the social report of their clients.

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LACK OF CO-OPERATIONS BETWEEN JUDGES AND PROSECUTERS

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of the background education of the social worker and also there is not enough training to the social workers, sometimes they make the social reports out of the standard.  This situation make the reports won’t be overlook by the judges and prosecutors. Recommendation: more training for the social workers to make the social reports, so the rights of correctional clients can be fulfill.

The role of Social Officers (PK) in Indonesia, related with rehabilitation and reintegration for the prisoners, are: 

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Reinforced the motivation : we have made creation of contact's relations that was influenced by congenial attitude, empathy, and understanding as well as acceptance, could become a motivation factors for the offenders and prisoners to study their own attitude and behaviors until now; Gave the opportunity for the channeling of the feeling: the offenders and prisoners needed an emotional climate that was see in sending their feelings, fears, frustration, hopes and aspirations; PK gives information that can help the offenders and prisoners in developing the understanding and their social role power in the community; PK have given help of decision making in order to considerate rationally their problems as well as various available alternatives;

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PK have given help for the offenders and prisoners to understanding the situation, led the clients to improve their selves with available facts so the pattern of his life changes; PK helped the family and the community of the social environment in order to carry out efforts or hold certain changes that could help the client in the process of adaptation after their release; PK have given help for reorganization of patterns of the behaviors, for the client who has experienced problems of the quite difficult identity, for example narcotic sufferer; PK have given help in the transfer of authority (referral): the comprehensive understanding concerning source systems in the community enable PK to hold the transfer of the authority of help (referral) in accordance with the requirement for certain aspects from the problem of the clients.

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The compilation was produced by the problem expression known with the Laporan Penelitian Kemasyarakatan (LITMAS) or (in English: Report of Social Study Research). Litmas was the first time made in the practice of the field of giving of help to the child's family that experienced the Juvenile Delinquency problem. LITMAS was utilized as the judge's point to be considered in the session of the case of the child in the Court, in part as the Material of the Case of the Child in the Court (Pre Sentence Investigation Report) and the Material for the Treatment (Post Sentence Investigation Reports), such as give Assimilation, Probation, Parole, etc.

Women bring the strengths to the role  

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Actually there are no differences of works between male and female social guides officers. But for the female social guider, the jobs become harder in a special occasion. Because of Indonesia area is so wide, and also the there's still conflict area in Indonesia; to reach correctional clients in the difficult area because of the distance and unsatisfied transport facilities, women PK has prepared their selves in many situation. They must protect their selves from any emerged and dangerous situations, such as war, criminal actions, ferocity of nature, etc.

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In Indonesia almost 30% of PK are women. You can see in the statistic. In practice, PK worked connected with many people, the woman could more combine scientific knowledge and the warmth to inmates. Women more understood the failure and the weakness as well as hatred from inmates. Because of the maternal instinct, women as PK could find the strength as well as compassion love from prisoners. PK must be able to combine the sincerity with pleasure, modesty and was certain of their role brought the change for the development of the socialization and clients.

Recommendation 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Empowering trainers in parole and probation institutions, so they can be a quality social workers; Attention from the government, hope the government can recruit the competence social workers; Rebuild the facilities and infrastructure in parole and probation institutions; Give attention to women as a social guide officers, especially in conflict area or area that difficult to reach. Protect their safety from dangerous situations; Capacity building for correctional system policy makers in order to develop and build the comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation programs for prisoners (including women, juvenile and youth inmates).