<![CDATA[Background: Juvenile inmates face moral challenges due to past delinquency and lack of guidance. Religious programs in correctional settings offer potential for rehabilitation, yet their role remains underexplored. Objective: This study explores the role of religious guidance in rehabilitating juvenile inmates at LPKA. It aims to analyze the implementation process, behavioral changes, and factors influencing religious guidance programs. Method: A qualitative descriptive approach was used, involving 10 informants. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and documentation. Result: Findings indicate that daily religious activities, including Qur’an recitation, congregational prayers, religious lectures, and dhikr, contribute significantly to behavioral improvements. Juvenile inmates exhibited a transition from negative traits (harsh language, indifference, and misconduct) to positive behaviors (politeness, care for parents, and peaceful interactions). Conclusion: Religious activities play a crucial role in fostering moral and behavioral transformation among juvenile inmates. Self-motivation, family support, staff, and religious mentors serve as supporting factors, while self-resistance and peer influence act as challenges. Originality/Value: This study provides substantial empirical and conceptual novelty in the fields of juvenile penology, correctional rehabilitation, and Islamic pastoral care by synthesizing the evolving literature and offering an in-depth empirical examination of the dynamics of moral and behavioral transformation among juvenile inmates through structured religious programming within juvenile correctional facilities (LPKA), an area that remains underexplored from an integrative spiritual-rehabilitation perspective. It maps existing theoretical and methodological gaps, serving as a strategic reference that contributes to the development of faith-based correctional rehabilitation frameworks and steering future research agendas on humane, holistic juvenile justice policies.]]>
