Spiritual Counseling: The Urgency of Spirituality Development for Inmates in Correctional Institutions

This research is motivated by the tendency of many problems experienced by inmate which encourages the need for guidance and counseling services, especially spiritual counseling. Spiritual counseling exists as a form of commitment and moral responsibility in helping inmates as individuals who need assistance. This study aims to obtain a comprehensive analytical review of spiritual counseling in correctional institutions. In uncovering the results, a qualitative research approach was used with library research methods, by summarizing various relevant research results on spiritual counseling which can be used narratively in developing new theories and complementing previous theories. This study obtained results in the form of an overview of the provision of spiritual counseling services in prisons based on Islam in helping inmates to alleviate emotional suffering and obtain spiritual well-being. Spiritual counseling in developing the spirituality of the inmates is given through therapeutic personal-ritual activities which are carried out through five stages, namely centering and grounding, assessment, gathering energy, directing the energy, and gratitude and closure.