The Implementation of Online Visits in Prison
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.025How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Online visit; video call; prisoner; right to communication; human rights; Covid-19
- Abstract
The role and function of correctional institutions in providing the rights of prisoners, especially the right to communicate, has become a hot issue during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prisoners who are in correctional institutions need to be able to communicate with their families; this is a problem considering the face-to-face spread of the virus is prone to occur in overcrowded prisons. Referring to the Instruction of the Director-General of Corrections concerning the Prevention, Handling, Control, and Recovery of Covid-19, there are efforts to replace the prisoner’s direct visits with video calls to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in prisons. This research method is conducted by empirical legal approach through field research by seeing and observing what is happening in the field and applying these regulations in practice in society. This research analyzes the implementation of online visits to grant communication rights to prisoners and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in prisons/detention centers. Based on research conducted, we need to focus on several points: the facilities and infrastructure for the operation of the online visits are still not optimal, the number of cellphone units is still not enough, and the duration of the video call service is insufficient.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ejo Imandeka AU - Noel Tua Lumban Tobing PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/23 TI - The Implementation of Online Visits in Prison BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2021 (ICLHR 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 195 EP - 199 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211112.025 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.025 ID - Imandeka2021 ER -