Ketika Penjara Bukan Satu-Satunya Hukuman
Abstract
Pidana Community service sentencing represents a shift toward non-custodial punishment that is more humane, proportional, and accountable, while also supporting the offender's social reintegration. Although it has gained legitimacy within the national criminal justice system, its implementation faces normative challenges particularly regarding the division of authority, execution and supervision mechanisms, standards for receiving institutions, offender protection, reporting and evaluation systems, and the handling of non-compliance. This study aims to analyze these normative issues and gaps, and to formulate an integrated model for the implementation and supervision of community service sentences. Employing a normative legal research method, the study utilizes statutory and conceptual approaches alongside a qualitative analysis of legal materials. It argues that the effectiveness of community service sentencing is not determined merely by its recognition as a form of punishment, but relies heavily on a clear authority structure and cohesive implementation mechanisms. The findings reveal gaps, ambiguities, and fragmented norms regarding the division of authority among prosecutors, community correctional officers, and implementing institutions specifically concerning offender placement, supervision, record-keeping, reporting, safety protection, evaluation, and the handling of non-compliance. Consequently, an integrated normative model is required to clearly define functional roles and inter-institutional coordination mechanisms, thereby ensuring legal certainty, proportionality, accountability, and the successful social reintegration of offenders.
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