Character Development of Child Prisoners to Form a Good Citizen

The purpose of this study is to describe the character building policy for child inmates to form good citizens. The form of research that will be used is descriptive analytical qualitative research. Some data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, documentation, and literature studies. Data analysis includes data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the purpose of fostering for Prisoners and Penitentiary Students (ANDIKPAS), is closely related to the purpose of punishment. However, the penitentiary is not a place to punish children, but is a place to nurture children and educate children so that they will not repeat their actions. The benefits of doing character building include raising moral awareness on Andikpas. Character development can be done through character education. Character development in Kutoarjo LPKA is carried out using the assignment, habituation, training, learning, direction and exemplary methods. To prepare and equip the future of Andikpas, LPKA has prepared a series of applicable skills training. Among other things, training, fisheries training, farming, and job training make items that can be sold.Keywords: policy; coaching; character