<![CDATA[Correctional clients who return to society often face economic pressure because of low education, limited job skills, and lingering stigma. Community Partners for Corrections (Pokmas Lipas) are expected to help close this gap, yet only 27 clients took part in Pokmas programs spread over ten partners of the Purwokerto Class II Probation and Parole Office. This study aimed to describe how Pokmas CV Jatramas Cooperation participated in improving the economic condition of correctional clients and to identify the obstacles it faced. A qualitative approach with a phenomenological orientation was applied. Five informants were chosen purposively: one probation officer, the director of the partner business, and three clients. Data were collected through interviews, passive participant observation, and document study, then analysed with the Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña interactive model. Viewed through the four stages of participation proposed by Cohen and Uphoff, the partner's contribution is strongest in implementation and in the use of results, where it provides work placements, lodging, meals, a small allowance, and trading capital. Decision making is still shared mostly between the probation office and the partner, while evaluation runs informally and offers no feedback channel for clients. The main obstacles are low pay for clients with dependants, a mismatch between clients' skills and the jobs available, uneven motivation, social stigma, and the limited reach of the programme. A participatory programme named SELARAS is proposed as a follow-up.]]>
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