ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN PEMBERIAN VAKSINASI COVID-19 BAGI NARAPIDANA DI LAPAS KELAS IIA PURWOKERTO

Abstract

The vaccination program is believed to be a form of granting health rights for prisoners when facing the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, the Government provides a policy that every Indonesian citizen is obliged to be vaccinated without exception, including those inmates who are in prisons, in correctional institutions, every inmate has the same rights according to the rules in the Correctional Institution, based on Article 14 of Law No. 12 of 1995 concerning corrections that: Convicts have an obligation to carry out all activities and rules that have been stipulated in the implementation of the loss of independence in prisons, so that here they can it is understood that they only lose their right to independence so that other rights are still attached to them so that the prison must provide these rights according to existing regulations. take note. This study uses descriptive qualitative research using an empirical approach, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether it is appropriate to give vaccinations to prisoners as soon as possible, especially in Class II A Penitentiary A Purwokerto. and the author suggests that the provision of vaccinations for prisoners must be rushed because prisoners have the same rights to health facilities as those outside prisons, so that awareness arises for healthy living and preventing the spread of covid-19 inside prisons