Corona virus is a new type of coronavirus that is transmitted to humans. The corona virus case in Indonesia was first confirmed in March 2020 which was announced by the President through the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency pursuant to the Law Number 24 of 2007 concerning Disaster Management. To date, positive cases of the corona virus in Indonesia are very high, amounting to 333,000 (in September 2020) people who have tested positive for the corona virus, seeing this the government issued a policy to cut off the path of release of prisoners through assimilation. On the other hand, some of the prisoners who have been released are proven to have committed crimes again such as robbery by far. Recidivists or recurring criminals do not only cause ^Fear of Crime^ in society. However, the stigmatization related to the released prisoners is likely to be rejected by the community and even the prisoners^ families. The purpose of this scientific journal is to study the controversy over the release of prisoners based on juridical reasons along with considerations related to the release of prisoners in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The conclusion of this scientific journal is that currently the public is not only concerned about the Covid-19 outbreak which is spreading rapidly, but also with the problem of assimilating prisoners who commit repeated crimes or recidivists. According to the crime statistics recorded by the National Police Headquarters, the crime rate in the midst of the pandemic increased to 7.04%, it is further detailed that the data on assimilated prisoners who committed crimes were recorded as 160.
Keywords: assimilation- covid-19- policy- prisoners resolution or liability.
