Abstract
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how religious and philosophy education is uplifting the image of prison inmates and curtailing ex-prisoners’ recidivism in Enugu State prison yard in Nigeria. The study sample was 190 inmates and 20 facilitators. Results showed among others that religious education raises the image of the prison inmates by making them and everyone else to realize that they are people made in the image of God and that they have inherent capacity to change the course of their lives. The recommendations include that prison religious education should focus on the development of the whole person of prisoners, bearing in mind their social, psychological, economic, and cultural background.
Highlights
Prison is an institution, which has been set aside by law for safe custody of people legally confined for antisocial behavior with a view to training them to become useful citizens of the free society after being discharged
Inspire of the invisibility of the inmates and the dehumanization of the retributive prison process, it is important to remember that the people to whom religious education is being taught are people made in the image of God
Research Question 1: What are the roles of prison education in improving the lives of prisoners and ex-prisoners as understood by respondents at Enugu prison? Research Question 2: What do the respondents at Enugu Prison believe are the rationales for teaching religious education? Research Question 3: What impacts do the respondents at Enugu prison believe religious programming will have in uplifting the image of prisoners and ex-prisoners? Research Question 4: How do respondents at Enugu prison believe religious education may curtail ex-prisoners’ recidivism?
Summary
Prison is an institution, which has been set aside by law for safe custody of people legally confined for antisocial behavior with a view to training them to become useful citizens of the free society after being discharged. Many of her citizenry, whether intentionally or unintentionally, perform one or more undesirable acts either for the purpose of survival, maintenance of territorial integrity, or expression of their inherent inimical intentions (Ayinde & Opeyemi, 2011). The prisoner loses all the privileges and rights as human person. He or she is subject to fear, shame, and shaming
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