THE STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF PRISON INMATES TOWARDS EDUCATION IN THE PRISON: A CASE STUDY OF OKO PRISON BENIN CITY
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THE STUDY
OF THE ATTITUDE OF PRISON INMATES TOWARDS EDUCATION IN THE PRISON: A CASE STUDY
OF OKO PRISON BENIN CITY
ABSTRACT
The major purpose of this study was to find out the study of the attitude of
prison inmates towards education in the prison, a case study of Oko Prison
Benin City. Some assumptions and statement of problems we made and a
sample of ninety four (94) respondents consisting of eighteen officials and
seventy six inmates was used. A questionnaire was used as the researcher
instrument, while the analysis of data involved statistical calculations using
frequencies and simple percentage. Based on the findings, some benefits of
inmates education in prison includes:
1.
It provides opportunities to the inmates to acquire
skills and attitudes, which enable them to be useful to themselves and their
society.
2.
It makes inmates self employed after learners in
prison.
3.
Prison education enables the long term serving
inmates cope with their jail terms.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
Chapter
One
Introduction
Background to the study
Statement of the problems
Purpose of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Significance of the study
Limitations of the study
Definitions of the study
Chapter Two
Literature review
Prison, prisoni or inmates
Historical development of prison
education in Nigeria prison
Churches, non governmental
organization (NGO’s)
Types of prisons in Nigeria
Chapter Three
Methodology
Design of the study
Population of the study
Research instrument
Validity of instrument
Reliability of instrument
Data administration and
collection
Data analysis
Chapter
Four
Analysis of data and conclusion
of results
Chapter
Five
Summary of findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
In many countries of the world there is bound to be prison. According to the
Encarta concise English dictionary students’ edition by Blooms Bury, a prison
is a secure place where somebody is confined as punishment for a crime or while
awaiting to stand trial. Nigerian prison, Edo State chapter Oko Prison is an
example of prison where this researcher is basing her research on. It is
difficult therefore to convince Nigerians that persons serving terms in prisons
are likely to be criminal. For this purpose the governments have set up a panel
of discussion that will help to educate this inmate. According to the words of
secretes prisoners need not be executed. The primary purpose of these prisoners
is to set up panel establishment to provide a secure human containment for the
inmates who are in custody. According to Rusk R. R. (2007) stated that
education is processes which foster desirable and relevant changes in behaviour
and attitude of an individual. The element of skill knowledge and its
acquisition are rightly added to give clearer meaning to the concept viewed as
a process of education, generally, it involves the communication of many
factors in primary amongst which are educator and the educate.
To boost inmates education in the prison is therefore, the education and
criminal justice programme took place at the Paris conference of international
council for prison education that is (ICPE) in 2000 number of steps where taken
to respond to the interest expressed between 2000 to 2003 in Paris. At the
world assembly in 2003 a statement of objectives and suggested plan of action
were developed. These later approved by the international council inmates’
education programmes as follows:
1.
To persuade national education authorities to take
up their natural roles in these areas.
2.
To introduce development and gain acceptance as an
educational approach in the field of criminal justice, especially in the area
of panel administration and crime prevention.
3.
To persuade national government to adopt panel
policies which include the following:
a. To persuade national government to adopt panel
united nation to adopt international council for prison educational programmes.
b. Every person shall regard as having an intrinsic
dignity and view himself regardless of his condition.
c. Panel instruction shall have as one of the
essential purpose at least will be equal in the development of the individual
human prison
d. To avoid this substandard minimum rules for
treatment of prisoners (IBE, 1996).
e. To gather data of interned prisoners for purpose of
assisting in crime control over the world.
f.
To ensure proper classification of prisoners
vis-Ã -vis ages, offences and reformation programmes.
g. To provide adequate welfare services such as health
services, feeding, clothing, training etc to all prisoners.,
Prisoners cannot finance
educational programmes themselves. However, this was established in prison by
former civilian government of Kano State Late Alhaji barka Zuwpo in (1886) when
he was serving seven years jail terms in prison. In this research project
discussion will be on Oko Prison Benin City. However, I also discuss the
advantages and the study of attitude of prison educational programme as
obtained in Oko Prison Benin City and actually I will also mention some
examples of these various prison educational programmes.
STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEMS
Prison education in Oko Prison Benin city is good but looking at the various
prison education programme in the prison, the major question is how effective
and these prison education programme considering the study of attitude of
prison inmates towards education which are financed. This is base on respect of
who finance the programmes if it’s the government or the prisoners themselves
and if the finance is enough to run the prison education programme.
PURPOSE
OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the study is to find out whether there are educational
opportunities in Oko prison Benin City. And also with the various prison
education programmes is having moral life, it is hoped that this will; helps to
encourages the inmates towards participates in the prison education programmes
in Oko generally.
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
Based on the statement of the problems is therefore, the following research questions
were formulated on the prison educational programmes as follows:
a.
Are the organization of these programmes
effectively?
b.
What aspect of inmate educational programmes are
you engaged?
c.
What was your academic qualification before
improvement?
d.
Are these prison programmes well financed?
e.
Do you need financial support from the government?
SCOPE OF
THE STUDY
The study takes a look at the study of the attitude of prison inmates towards
education in the prison: A case study of Oko prison Benin City with a viewed to
pointing out some of the advantages and disadvantages of its use to inmates and
officials.
SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
This research will be of help to all prisoners and their educational activities
and their prison inmate’s education programmes. Moreover, the researcher will
also be of benefit to ex-convict and other researcher wishing to improve on the
same topic or serve as a basis for similar research studies.
DEFINITIONS
OF TERMS
These terms are based on finding of these meaning according to their uses in
these study as follows:
Prison education: This refers to
the development of knowledge by inmates to facilitate the amelioration of his
general self as well as a prison and development of knowledge of inmates as
criminals.
Prison inmates: Those that live
in a prison confinement or a place where people that violate the laws of the
country are kept in prison. This is building where people are kept as a
punishment for a crime they have committed or while they are awaiting trials.
According to Clifford William defined prison as the keeping of offender in
forms of custody as a punishment are hardly relevant to the simplest tribes,
for the nearer one is to survival conditions the less times there is to devote
to the care and supervision of offenders.
Education: Is the art of teaching
learning and training of the adolescent and adult in the society. According to
oxford advanced learners dictionary 6th edition, education can be
defined as a process of learning teaching and training especially in school or
colleges to improve knowledge and develop skills.
Crime: The activities that
involves breaking the laws of the country. According to Clifford Williams
defined crime as different meaning when we think of crime, we have a general
notion of theft, murder, assault, rape, fraud and other deleterious because the
kind of conduct which cannot be allowed free rein without a disruption of
order, a decline of public security lives and property and safeguard the social
order such offences should be controlled.
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