AN APPRAISAL OF REHABILITATION STRATEGIES BY THE NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE: A STUDY OF HADEJIA CUSTODIAL CENTRE, JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The cardinal objective of the study was to empirically appraise rehabilitation strategies and practices by the Nigerian Correctional Service in the study area. However, the study comprised of only male convicted and a few awaiting trial inmates in Hadeija Custodial Centre.   A total of 150 questionnaires were distributed to the categories of the above mentioned inmates. A sample size of 150 was determined using the sample size calculator at a confidence and interval level of +/-5 and confidence level of 95% out of a total number of 229 inmates in the study area. Data obtained were processed using SPSS as a statistical tool. However, a selected result revealed that, impressively Tsocio – economic status of parehe majority of the inmates (72.7%) stated that there were adequate vocational training programmes in the custodial centre while a few of the inmates (27.3%) stated that vocational training programmes were inadequate. The study recommends an improvement on the existing rehabilitation programmes made available for the fact that some inmates were dissatisfied with effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes in the study area.