Optimizing Probation Supervision for Juvenile Diversion Programs: A Case Study in Purwokerto Correctional Facility

Abstract

Recidivism prevention should guide correctional facility diversion program recommendations. This research aims to optimize the Probation Supervisory Agency’s role in developing diversion suggestions to prevent juvenile recidivism. Research takes place at Purwokerto’s Class II Correctional Facility. We use primary and secondary data. Data are arranged and presented logically, and then qualitative analysis concludes. The research found that diversion programs, especially those that involve reconciliation through compensation and return to parents/guardians, fail to teach adolescents responsibility and increase recidivism. In diversion programs that compensate and return juveniles to parents/guardians, correctional facilities are not required to advise or supervise them. The Purwokerto Probation Supervisory Agency faces substantive, institutional, and cultural challenges when making diversion recommendations. Diversion programs must be reconstructed to require the Probation Supervisory Agency to supervise juveniles in reconciliation programs involving compensation and return to parents/guardians.