Guarantee Inmates Of Children Get Education, Head Of Padang Detention Center: Rights Guaranteed By The Constitution

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SUMBAR - The State Detention Center (Rutan) of the Son of Air Padang, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), guarantees the right to education for foster children who are involved in legal problems and are still students.

This was conveyed by the Head of the Padang Detention Center (Karutan) Muhammad Mehdi after facilitating the second semester middle exam for an inmate with the initials RS in Padang, Monday, March 6.

"The right to education is a right guaranteed by the constitution for citizens, including for foster children who are in conflict with the law," he said.

He said Law Number 22 of 2022 concerning Corrections also emphasized that correctional inmates (WBP) and foster children have the right to get access to education.

Especially for the inmates with the initials RS, he continued, they are foster children who are involved in cases of alleged drug abuse.

The hospital carried out an assessment or second semester middle exam at the Hall of the Padang Rutan Main Building Meeting, accompanied directly by the school.

He is still a junior high school (SMP) student at a Padang City school, and entered the Padang Rutan on March 1, 2023.

"Alhamdulillah, today the hospital can take part in the middle of the semester assessment until it is complete, the same as other students who are outside," he said.

Mehdi reiterated that the Padang Rutan has a commitment to support the sustainability of education for the inmates, especially foster children who are still students.

"I emphasize that 'prisoning' is not a place to prevent someone from learning, developing, and having competence. We will facilitate the hospital until it is a national test later," he said.

He said the Padang Detention Center is currently also preparing a collaboration with the Padang City Education Office so that inmates, prisoners and children who are in conflict with the law can take the A, B, and C Package exams.

He views education as one of the foundations in national development efforts, because it supports a person's success in gaining knowledge, skills, values, managing behavior and continuing future existence.