Requirements of Terms in Views Sociology of Law

Abstract

Parole is a good method for giving prisoners freedom. Although in reality many opinions say that parole is an apology or government sympathy (executive clemency), aiming to speed up the time of release, even parole is considered as an attempt to please or give comfort to the perpetrators of crime (comfort of the criminal). Actually parole is not to reduce the law, facilitate or provide comfort for perpetrators of crime and also is not a tolerance or forgiveness (leniency). The problems examined in this study are: (1) How is the Legal Basis for the conditional release of prisoners according to the provisions of the law in Indonesia ? (2) How is the view of sociology of law against parole on inmates Penitentiary in Indonesia? This study discusses the implementation and impact of parole on prisoners in Indonesia, both in the normative theory of applicable law and in practice. This research is a normative legal research conducted through library research by conducting studies and analyzing primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials. In this writing the researcher also conducted observations on the implementation of parole in Indonesia, the community's response to parole of prisoners.