An Assessment Of The Life And Welfare Of Nigerian Prisoners With Reference To Inmates Of Lagos Prison Yard And Ex-Convicts In Nigeria

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIFE AND WELFARE OF NIGERIAN PRISONERS WITH REFERENCE TO INMATES OF LAGOS PRISON YARD AND EX-CONVICTS IN NIGERIA

Nigerian Prisoners

ABSTRACT

There is a high rate of recidivism in Nigeria, and this is as a result of the faulty rehabilitation in the prisons. Rehabilitation services in Nigerian prisons therefore, should be aimed at increasing the educational and vocational skills of inmates, and their chances of success upon release. Nigerian Prisoners As a fall out, this study assessed prisoners’ rehabilitation in Nigeria with emphasis on the problems of the prison rehabilitation in Nigeria. The study also did a comprehensive literature review on prison rehabilitation.Nigerian Prisoners The various rehabilitation programmes in Nigerian prisons were enumerated. Recommendations were made on how to improve the rehabilitation of inmates in Nigeria.Nigerian Prisoners

INTRODUCTION

A prison can be sociologically defined as a confinement where socially and legally interned people who have wronged the society are kept for reformation, rehabilitation and possible reintegration. Nigerian Prisoners Ideally and as obtained in other developed climes, the prison is the last place for the transfiguration of those who the society dim unfit to cohabit with it owing to the fact that their continued stay in the society is inimical to the continued co-existence of the members of the society.Prisons are very important to the survival and continued existence of every society. Infact, the importance of prisons cannot be over-emphasised (Ugwuoke, 2015). Prisons are designed to keep custody of the legally interned, and by doing so, it helps to make the society safe from misdemeanants and lawbreakers who disturbs the peace of the society. Many are oblivious of this fact.Nigerian Prisoners

When criminals and other dangerous elements are locked up in the prison, the society is insulated from their nefarious activities, thereby making the society safe for habitation and cohabitation. Hence, the prison is a vital part of the security set up of every society (Ugwuoke, 2015).

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