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Background . Pasung (physical restraint) in people with mental disorders are found a lot in Lamongan community. In 2014, Lamongan District Government launched the 2017 Lamongan free pasung program based on community mental health nursing (CMHN). The aim of this program was to free all pasung patients throughout lamongan district. The purpose of this study was to describe the evaluation result of free pasung program in Lamongan. Method. This study used a descriptive design carried out on all patients who were placed in area Lamongan Health Center in 2014-2017. Results. The number of mental illness patients in 2014-2017 was 3010 patients, 194 (6.44 %) were pasung patients at home consisting of 130 men (67 %) and 64 women (32.9 %). At the end of 2017 all pasung patients have been released . Discuss. The community-based 2017 Lamongan free pasung program is very important program and has been proven to be successful in releasing all pasung patients. Conclusions. This program should be carried out continuously to evaluate the possibility of repasung cases and early detection of new pasung cases so that interventions can be carried out as early as possible.