Criminological Analysis On Repeated Offenses By Narcotics Prisoners At The Class II A Palu Penitentiary

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I Made Sudiasa, Master Student, Faculty of Law, Tadulako University, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nurhayati, Faculty of Law, Tadulako University, Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia

Gunawan Arifin, Faculty of Law, Tadulako University, Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia

ABSTRACT

The persistence of narcotics recidivism within Indonesian correctional facilities presents a critical challenge to the nation’s criminal justice system. This study investigates the criminogenic factors driving repeated narcotics offenses at the Class II A Palu Correctional Institution, a facility characterized by a high density of dealer-status inmates. Employing a socio- legal research design with a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews with recidivist dealers and prison officers, alongside participant observation. The results reveal that the prison environment inadvertently acts as a "school of crime," facilitating the maintenance of illicit networks rather than rehabilitation. Recidivism is driven internally by Rational Choice, where inmates calculate that the economic and status rewards of the drug trade outweigh the punitive risks, and externally by systemic failures such as overcrowding and weak intelligence supervision. The study concludes that the current correctional model fails to function as a specific deterrent. To dismantle this "revolving door" phenomenon, the article recommends a paradigm shift towards strict inmate segregation based on risk assessment, the implementation of intelligence-based security protocols, and the development of market- adaptive vocational training to support genuine economic reintegration.

Keywords: Narcotics Recidivism, Correctional Institution, Criminogenic Factors, Socio-Legal Analysis, Prisonization.

CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON REPEATED OFFENSES BY NARCOTICS PRISONERS AT THE CLASS II A PALU.

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