Assessment of Rehabilitation Programs’ Effectiveness among Male Inmates at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2023
Authors
Alila, Thomas Wasonga
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Rehabilitation is the process of retraining inmates to get into gainful activities that will deter
them from crime. Despite ongoing rehabilitation at Kenyan Prisons and the government’s effort
toward rehabilitating offenders, the reoffending rate keeps increasing. According to Byrne
(2015), the number of individuals detained globally and the global incarceration rate continues to
rise across all geographical areas; this raises questions about the effectiveness of rehabilitation in
Prisons. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to find out whether rehabilitation programs in
prison facilities can rehabilitate offenders and, if not, why and what needs to be done to
rehabilitate offenders in Kenya. The following research objectives guided the study; to analyze
the types of rehabilitation programs, to establish the challenges facing rehabilitation programs,
and to establish possible solutions to rehabilitation programs' challenges at Kamiti Maximum
Security Prison. The research was guided by rehabilitation theory. The study employed a
descriptive survey design, which helped to describe and portray the characteristics of inmates; it
employed both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Cluster sampling was used to
determine the sample size. Data was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively through
frequencies and percentages by using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences
tool, where findings were presented through tables and graphs. The study identified rehabilitation
programs for prisoners' reformatory discipline. The study found that most inmates pursued
education, followed by Religious Studies and Carpentry, and established that inmates
acknowledged that programs offered in Prison were adequate for reformation and mitigation of
reentry to prison. The study also established that drug abuse significantly influenced prisoners
negatively, followed by loneliness, prizonalization, mental torture, homosexuality, society
rejection, poor health, and overcrowding. The study makes several recommendations, including
the aftercare committee to considers programs that grant inmates conjugal rights, and review of
long-term sentences to release rehabilitated inmates from prison. The study also recommends the
Commissioner General of Prison to constitute a team of career development officers who will
develop better training policies for inmates, introduce an effective payment system for technical
jobs in prison, develop a strategy to stop the infiltration of drugs into prison, equip the prison
programs with updated technologies in the actual job market and invest in facilities that ease
congestion and improve the health care offered in prison
Description
A Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Security and Police Studies in School of Security, Diplomacy and Peace Studies, Kenyatta University
Keywords
Rehabilitation Programs’, Male Inmates, Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi City County, Kenya