The prison subsystem culture: its attitudinal effects on operatives, convicts and the free society

Adetula, GA; Adetula, Adeyemi; Fatusin, AF

doi:10.4314/ifep.v18i1.51662

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“…Studies by Obioha (1995), Adetula and Fatusin (2010), and Ckukwudi, Marumo, and Mothelesi (2019) confirm that contact with prison institutions in Nigeria makes the less-hardened individuals more hardened upon release. According to Adetula and Fatusin (2010), the longer an offender stays in prison, the more the probability of recidivism could be traced and vice versa. The fundamental cause of the post-release problem of maladjustment and recidivism can be traced to the lockup pattern and content of the prison system.…”

Section: Problems and Rationale For Reform Of The Nigerian Prison Systemmentioning

confidence: 97%

Media Coverage and Audience Awareness of Prison Reform Campaigns in South-East Nigeria

Ezuilo¹,

Okon²,

Okugo³

2020

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The study investigated the extent to which the media have set the agenda for the reformation of prison, which has since August 2019 been renamed "correctional services" in Nigeria, and the corresponding level of awareness among media audience in SouthEast Nigeria. Survey and content analysis were the research methods adopted. For the survey, 240 subjects were purposively chosen from a cluster of two groups. In contrast, 56 randomly chosen program schedules of broadcast media and 28 issues of select newspapers for February 2017 and February 2018 were content-analyzed. Interviews were also conducted. The study revealed inadequate media coverage of the reforms and a low level of awareness among respondents. It recommended, among others, that the World Prisons' Awareness Day held annually on February 11 should be popularized to ensure increased awareness by both the media and their audience.

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Section: Problems and Rationale For Reform Of The Nigerian Prison Systemmentioning

confidence: 97%

Media Coverage and Audience Awareness of Prison Reform Campaigns in South-East Nigeria

Ezuilo¹,

Okon²,

Okugo³

2020

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“…Corroborating this view, Ekwunife et al (2016) and Adetula et al (2010) observe that the criminal law makes the less hardened criminal tougher on criminality and strengthens the rise in recidivism. Since this is the condition in NCS, there appears no justification for barring the ATPs from participating in the learning process at PSS Ai, since "when placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results" (Senge 1990, 42).…”

Section: Ie and Prison Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sound Governance and Inclusive Education: A Case of Correctional Service Special School Abakaliki, Nigeria

Elom¹,

Ekwunife²,

Ukeje³

et al. 2020

Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

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This refers to a more comprehensive governance that includes the normative as well as technical and rational features of good governance and presents a balanced view of governance that is less biased and takes into consideration the genuine features of indigenous governance systems that may be at odd or conflict with the globally dominant neocolonialist power structures. It has all the quality characteristics of governance that is superior to good governance and is sound technically, professionally, organizationally, managerially, politically, democratically, and economically. Sound governance is also sound in terms of capacity and anticipatory behavior; it is democratic in character, responsive, and competent; and its cultural values are embedded in the societal values and structures (Farazmand 2017). Inclusive Education This refers to inclusive and equitable quality basic education for inmates' behavior modification and proper absorption into the society when released and also promotes lifelong learning opportunities for prison inmates' post release life.

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“…In this regard, it is apparent that the juvenile correctional centres in Nigeria are faced with the problem of destroying the juveniles which negates the essence of rehabilitation. Adetula, Adetula and Fatusin (2010), studies have shown that contact with the correctional institutions in Nigeria by the juveniles makes the less hardened juveniles to be more hardened in delinquent activities upon release with more tendencies that generate high frequency of juvenile recidivism. The horrible conditions of the Nigeria juvenile correctional centres do not permit their rehabilitation.…”

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Challenges of controlling delinquency and juvenile recidivism in correctional centre in Ondo State, Nigeria

IDOWU¹,

MUHAMMED²

2019

Appl. Res. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci.

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This study examined the challenges of controlling delinquency and juvenile recidivism in correctional centres. It explored the statutory roles of correctional institutions and the challenges of a correctional institution in Ondo State, Nigeria. The research design is explorative in nature. The study employed quantitative (survey) and qualitative (Focus Group Discussion) and personal observation research methods. The study involved Forty-two respondents (10 personnel of the correctional centre and 32 juvenile delinquents). The data collected were analyzed with quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis with the aid of descriptive statistics. The study found that male children are more prone to delinquency and juvenile recidivism than females. Poor family background, dysfunctional family system, peer group influence, ineffective juvenile correctional institutions and weak religious institutions and so on are the major factors influencing delinquency and juvenile recidivism in Nigeria. Also, there are a lot of challenges faced by juveniles in the correctional institutions in Nigeria such as health/medical facilities, poor rehabilitation facilities and ineffective rehabilitation programmes. Several rehabilitative, vocational skills programmes and facilities are not available in the juvenile correctional institution. Besides, there are multiple challenges militating against the efficiency and effectiveness of the juvenile correctional centre in Ondo State. The study, therefore, recommends that governments, parents, community, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders should put all hands on deck to solve the challenges of controlling delinquency and juvenile recidivism, and secure the society from adult and advanced criminality. Keywords: Challenges, Control, Correctional Institution, Delinquency, Juvenile

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The prison subsystem culture: its attitudinal effects on operatives, convicts and the free society

Cited by 15 publications

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Media Coverage and Audience Awareness of Prison Reform Campaigns in South-East Nigeria

Media Coverage and Audience Awareness of Prison Reform Campaigns in South-East Nigeria

Sound Governance and Inclusive Education: A Case of Correctional Service Special School Abakaliki, Nigeria

Challenges of controlling delinquency and juvenile recidivism in correctional centre in Ondo State, Nigeria

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