Imprisonment is one of three kinds of punishment that arising from the
criminal act of some peoples. Imprisonment is the last alternative from the
criminal act with one of some purpose to making the bad thing into good thing
again. The development in the prison for the prisoner must concern every exist
factors, such as facilities, the experts, and the other factors with expectations that
the imprisonment will give some good effects to the prisoners and not
discriminated from persons that are not being punished. From the above
background, it is in the writing of this essay presented two main issues, namely :
how the effectiveness for the prisoners at Cebongan prison in Yogyakarta? and
what is the detention in the implementation to actualize the development to the
prisoners at Cebongan prison?. This research is normative research, made by
reviewing/analyzing secondary data in the form of legal materials, especially
primary legal materials and secondary legal materials to understand the law as a
set of rules or norms in the system of positive law governing the human life. The
conclusion of the research indicate that the detention in the implementation of
giving the development for the prisoners which caused by inadequate of facilities
and experts at many prison, such as Cebongan Prison.