Assessment of Rehabilitation Programs’ Effectiveness among Male Inmates at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi City County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorKavivyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlila, Thomas Wasonga
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-04T08:23:47Z
dc.date.available2023-08-04T08:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionA 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 Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractRehabilitation 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 prisonen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipkenyatta universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26535
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectRehabilitation Programs’en_US
dc.subjectMale Inmatesen_US
dc.subjectKamiti Maximum Security Prisonen_US
dc.subjectNairobi City Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleAssessment of Rehabilitation Programs’ Effectiveness among Male Inmates at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Nairobi City County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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