Implementation of the Function of Cirebon Class 1 Correctional Center in Protecting Human Rights in the Child Criminal Justice System

Abstract

The Correctional Center (BAPAS) is one of the elements of law enforcement officers that is directly involved in every handling of cases of children in conflict with the law, has relatively heavy main duties and functions to carry out efforts to protect children in the special criminal justice process for children that must be undergone by the child. This study aims to determine the Implementation of the Function of the Cirebon Class 1 Correctional Center in Protecting Human Rights in the Juvenile Criminal Justice System. In this study, the approach method used is: a normative legal approach (normative legal research method). library legal research conducted by examining library materials or secondary data alone. The research specification used is Analytical Descriptive, which is an effort to analyze and explain legal problems related to objects with a comprehensive and systematic description of everything related to the Implementation of the Function of the Cirebon Class 1 Correctional Center in the Protection of Human Rights in the Juvenile Criminal Justice System. The implementation of the duties of the Cirebon Class I Bapas in the juvenile criminal justice system is consistent with applicable laws and regulations. PK Bapas carries out social research, legal assistance, guidance, and supervision from the investigation stage to post-decision. Several inhibiting factors in Cirebon Bapas: a. The limited number of PKs is not comparable to the number of ABH children; b. Coordination between institutions is not optimal - for example, sometimes the police/prosecutors are slow to respond to requests for assistance; and c. The wide working area covers the cities/regencies of Cirebon, Indramayu, Kuningan, Majalengka (and sometimes outside the region), so that resources are divided.