Kampanye Budaya Literasi pada Warga LembagaPemasyarakatan Jantho, Aceh Besar

Abstract

Abstract: This community service aims to provide guidance and cultural literacy campaigns toresidents assisted by the Jantho Penitentiary (Lapas), Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province. Theamount of free time that the inmates have should be able to be used with productive activities, oneof which is literacy activities. For this reason, this literacy campaign is very important to do as aneffort to foster reading interest in people who are undergoing a period of coaching. The literacycampaign in prisons is carried out in several stages; first, to disseminate information to prisonresidents about the importance of reading; second, inviting prison residents to read eitherindividually or together. The results of the implementation of the literacy culture campaign for theinmates of Jantho Prison show that they like to read books, but they need to be motivated to read.Gradually, prison residents began to enjoy reading because they realized that this activity couldincrease their knowledge and self-development.