The Accomplishment of Children Education Right in Prison: Program of NGO Sahabatkapas in Realizing Reading Interest Through “Buku Muter” in Children Prison of Kutoharjo

Abstract

This research focuses on the children who have conflict with law. This research is aimed to know the accomplishment of children right in education. As human, the prisoners must be treated well in a united system without any exception. The right of education is one of the accomplishments that must be given. Even though the children are in prison, their right must not be ignored. Therefore, the researcher wants to know if their right has been given. This research observed the right accomplishment conducted by nongovernmental institution of SahabatKapasthat focuses on children. Children right has been appropriate with convention of children right. The activists of SahabatKapashave passion in the children world. There are four fundamental rights as weapons to protect children right in any fields as following, (1) right of living, (2) right of growing and developing, (3) right of getting protection, (4) right of participating. The rights must not be separated. Through the program of “Buku Muter”, SahabatKapas tried to fulfill the children right by reading book continuously. The approach of this research used law regulation that ruled the children right and the role of NGO in society. This research used the method of qualitative descriptive to know if this program ran as the purpose of NGO SahabatKapas. The result of the research shows that the program of “Buku Muter” makes the children more interested in reading book and creating poems. Their works were also published by SahabatKapasand JogloSemarmedia. By reading more, the children in prison have better writing skill. It also emerges the reading enthusiasm by publishing their writing. In conclusion, the accomplishment of children education right through “Buku Muter” can be conducted by NGO SahabatKapastowards the children in prison of Kutoharjo.