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Reformation of Offenders in Nigerian Correctional Institutions

Hadi M. and Wan Azlinda Wan Mohamed

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, April 2017

Keywords: Correctional institutions, offenders, reformation, rehabilitation, moral instruction

Published on: 6 November 2017

This study examined the correlations between rehabilitation and reformation programmes such as moral instruction and counselling and medical services in Nigerian correctional institutions. A survey design was adopted. The participants were 224 offenders selected from seven correctional institutions in Nigeria. Questionnaire items were administered. Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationships between the variables. The findings reveal a moderate positive significant relationship between moral instruction and rehabilitation; there is a strong positive significant relationship between counselling services and rehabilitation and there is a strong positive relationship between medical care and rehabilitation. It is therefore recommended that Nigerian correctional institutions be in compliance with international best practice. More effort should also be given towards the teaching of moral instruction that has been identified as moderate because the higher the moral instruction given to offenders the higher the offender rehabilitation.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JSSH-S0432-2017

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