Abstract. The status as a ‘prisoner' is a stressor for the inmates before being released. Prisoners are worried about things that might happen when they are released. This is due to the prisoners’ low self-esteem before being released. According to Coopersmith, self-esteem is an evaluation made by an individual regarding their attitude of accepting or rejecting, and an indication of the amount of individual confidence in their ability, meaningfulness, success and worth. This study aims to determine the relationship between self-esteem and state anxiety in prisoners before being released at the Women's Penitentiary Class II A in Bandung. This research was conducted on 119 prisoners before being released. Data were collected using a questionnaire from Coopersmith, Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) from Spielberger. Based on the Spearman correlation test, it is known that there is a fairly close relationship between self-esteem and state anxiety in prisoners before being released at the Women's Penitentiary Class II A in Bandung with r=-0,478  and p: 0,000 <0.5.Keywords: self esteem, state anxiety, prisoners.Abstrak. Status sebagai “mantan warga binaan” merupakan stressor bagi warga binaan menjelang bebas. Warga binaan merasa khawatir akan hal-hal yang kemungkinan akan terjadi ketika mereka keluar. Hal ini dikarenakan adanya self esteem rendah pada warga binaan menjelang bebas. Menurut Coopersmith self esteem merupakan evaluasi yang dibuat individu mengenai sikap dirinya menerima atau menolak dan indikasi besarnya kepercayaan individu terhadap kemampuan, keberartian, kesuksesan dan keberhargaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara self esteem dengan state anxiety  pada warga binaan menjelang bebas di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Wanita Kelas IIA Kota Bandung. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada 119 warga binaan menjelang bebas. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan kuesioner dari Coopersmith (Self esteem Inventory) untuk pengukuran self esteem dan State-Trait Anxiety  (STAI) dari Spielbeger. Berdasarkan uji korelasi Spearman, diketahui bahwa terdapat hubungan yang cukup erat antara self esteem dengan state anxiety  pada warga binaan menjelang bebas di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Wanita Kelas IIA Kota Bandung dengan r=-0,478 dan p=0,000<0,5.Kata kunci : self esteem,state anxiety,warga binaan.