Problematics of Release of Prisoners In Indonesia In The Covid-19 Pandemic

This study aimed to find the effect of releasesof prisoner during Covid-19 pandemicin Indonesia. The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has become a major disaster for countries in the world, including Indonesia. One of the influential lives is living in a correctional facility. It becomes a big problem when the state is trying to find a solution to contain the virus but still must provide guidance in the correctionalfacilities for prisoners. With the concern that there will be a high chance of transmission in prisons, given the overcapacity conditions in prisons, thus the Minister of Law and Human Rights issued a policy through Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights No. 10 of 2020, which contains the release of child prisoners and prisoners. This research usesnormative juridical method to explain the effect of release of prisonerduring Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This study found that along withthe release of these prisoners, it turns out that the increasing number of crimesthat occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. For reasons of economic pressure, in this case, crime in severalareas in Indonesia is very disturbing to the community and mostly committed by ex-convicts who have just been released from Correctional Institutions.It becomes a problem for the country in this case to tackle the spread of the coronavirus but at the same time seek countermeasures against the rampant crime during the Covid-19 pandemic