LEGAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN WHO SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT IN THE PENITENTIARY CLASS II B AT GIANYAR-BALI

Indonesia with a variety of issue, all of which is so complex, forms a chain and cannot be disconnected, leaving a tragic story about the fate of the nation’s children. So that not a few children who become criminals. In Act No. 35 of 2004 regarding Protection of the Child affirms, children who commit criminal acts termed the children dealing with the law. Sentenced to prison will be placed in penitentiary child, as provided for in Article 69 in Law No. 11 of 2014 regarding Juvenile Justice. Children who are placed in these prison vulnerable to violence, because it is outside the family (on the scope of authority of state institutions), that requiring protection. By using empirical legal research, this study aims to investigate the implementation of the legal protection of children incarcerated in the Prison Class II B Children in Gianyar, Bali. To find obstacles in providing legal protection for children who underwent imprisonment and efforts have been made to provide legal protection to children who underwent imprisonment. Keywords: Legal Protection, Children, Imprisonment, Penitentiary