FOCUS. JOURNAL OF CORRECTIONAL STUDIES (JCS) is a journal published by the Politeknik Ilmu Pemasyarakatan twice a year. JCS accepts articles from lecturers/researchers / official government, practitioners, and others. Articles are the result of empirical research or thoughts on prisoners/inmates, correctional or imprisonment from various perspectives on:

1. Criminology

2. Sociology

3. Psychology

4. Criminal law

5. Social welfare

6. Public administration

7. Management Correction 

8. Education Correction 

9. Health, and other fields.

 SCOPE. Journal of Correctional Studies publishes research papers in the all the fields of Correctional Science.