Correctional rehabilitation of inmates: A solution to reduce recidivism in oke kura prison kwara state, Nigeria

Abstract

Education supports security, public safety, rehabilitation that is the entire range of correctional services. There have always been good reasons to provide correctional rehabilitation to inmates. In any case, more ex-offenders still return to the prison. The dissatisfaction of restorative programme to decrease crime should be given due attention. Recovery of prisoners by means of subjective and professional empowerment is fundamental. This researched on the impression of community members, prison staffs and the social workers on the impact of rehabilitation training on prisoners as a remedy for their restoration and coordination into the society. Quantitative research design was adopted for the work. A total of 242 participants were selected as the sample size of this study. The sample of the study was drawn from the prison where rehabilitation activity is to be carried out. The sample size comprises both male and female inmates, Instructors/facilitators and the staff of the Prison and social workers, from the Oke Kura Prison, Kwara State, Nigeria. The outcome demonstrated that the respondents concurred that subjective and individual training for prisoners were deficient. There was no connection between detainees’ restoration and formal learning. In view of the discovering, it was suggested that prisoners ought to be given subjective and professional training for restoration and settlement back to the society.