Improving Access to Legal Assistance Services for Prisoners

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211112.029How to use a DOI?

Keywords

legal aid services; prisoners; access to justice

Abstract

There is a need to evaluate Law Number 16 Year 2011 Concerning Legal Aid. Access to justice for disadvantaged people in the criminal justice system is still problematic. The experiences of prisoners in this regard can shed more light on the problems. This paper aims to describe the conditions of access to services related to legal aid using the experience of prisoners in criminal proceedings. as well as formulating ways to improve legal aid services for hose prisoners. Research data is collected through a questionnaire surveys conducted in Bekasi (2015) and Enrekang (2020). Survey results showed that prisoners, like other disadvantaged people from poor communities, still had difficulty accessing legal aid services during criminal proceedings. Disadvantaged people’s access to justice is also still hampered by the relative lack of support from law enforcement officials, concerns regarding the cost, benefit and effectiveness of legal aid offered, as well as the lack of dissemination of various information related to legal aid to the public. Based on the research, it is recommended that the government increase the quantity, quality, and distribution of legal aid services. The government should also increase the dissemination of information concerning government legal assistance services. To that end, The Ministry of Law and Human Rights should revise regulations concerning accreditation of legal aid providers, encourage the establishment of a Correctional Legal Aid Post in detention centers and other correctional facilities, and increase legal aid information dissemination.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hakki Fajriando
AU  - Sujatmiko Sujatmiko
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - Improving Access to Legal Assistance Services for Prisoners
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2021 (ICLHR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 222
EP  - 231
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211112.029
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.029
ID  - Fajriando2021
ER  -