THE BENEFIT AND CONSTRAINTS OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN PRISON

Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to find out the benefit and constraints of Adult Education Programmes in the Prison: A case study of Oko Prison Benin City. Some assumptions and statement of problems were made and a sample of ninety four (94) respondents consisting of eighteen teachers and seventy-six inmates was used. Questionnaires were used as the research instrument while the analysis of data involved statistical calculations using frequencies and simple percentages. Based on the findings, some benefits of adult education in prison includes: Providing opportunities to the inmates to acquire skills and attitude, which enable them to be useful to themselves and other society It makes inmates self-employed after learning in prison.Also prison education enables the long  term serving inmates cope with their jail terms. And some of the constraints includes:Lack of political will, lack of financial support and lack of adequate manpower.Base on the findings also the researcher; advance a number of recommendations that adequate funds, manpower and facilities should be made available for the smooth running of Adult Education Programme in prison.

 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Background of the study

This requires little or no effort to convince Nigerians that prison in the country is congested. It may however be difficult to convince most Nigerians that prison terms serving any useful purpose such as punishment and reformation prisons may be responsible for the discussion amived at the international be administration. The primary purpose of penal establishment is provides a secured humanutely on custody. Rusk (1998) stated that education is a process through which forester in the individual desirable and attitude quite often, the elements of skills, knowledge and its acquisition are right added to give clearer meaning to the concept. Viewed as a process education generally involves the interaction of some educator and the educate. In the process of boost adult education in the prison therefore, the education and criminal justice programme originated at the Paris conference of the international council for adult education (IVAE) in 2002. a number of steps were taken to respond to the interest expressed 2002-2005 in Paris. At the world assembly in 2005 a statement of objective and suggested plains of action were developed. These were subsequently approved by the ICAE programme advisory committee. The objectives of programme are as follows, there are four objectives:

1. To introduce, develop and gain acceptance as an educational approach in the field of crime prevention.
2. To persuade national education authorities to take up their natural role in these area:
3. To persuade national government to adopt penal policies which include the following:
4. Every person shall be regarded as having an intrinsic dignity and view himself regardless of his condition.
5. Penal institution shall have as one of their essential purpose at least equal in the development of the individual human prison.
6. To persuade national government to ask the United Nation to adopt an ICAE draft resolution.
7. To amend the substandard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners (IBE, 2006).

Prison cannot finance educational programmes themselves. Hence this was established in prison by the former civilian government of Kano State Late Alhaji Barku Zuwo in 1986 when he was serving seven years jail terms in this research project have decided to discuss in Oko prison Benin City. Furthermore, I also discuss the benefits and constraints of adult education programme obtained in Oko Prison, Benin City, and also have some cite some examples of those prisoners who have actually benefited from these various adult education programme.

• STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Prison education programmes on Oko Prison, Benin city is definitely good but looking at the various adult education programme in the prison, the major question is how effective are these adult education programmes considering the constraints which are finance, the following questions are raised.

1. Are these programmes well financed? This is in respect of who finances the programme, if it is government or the prisoners themselves, and if the finance is enough to run the programme.
2. Are these organisations of these programmes effective?

The purpose of this study is to find out whether there are educational opportunities in Oko prison Benin City and the various adult educational programmes obtained in Oko Prison. It is also to find out whether these programmes have made impact of the inmates moral life, it is hoped that this study will help to encourage the inmates towards participating in the prison education in general.

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objectives of the study are;

1. To ascertain the significant relationship between the various adult education programmes in Oko-Prison bring an effect to the available manpower
2. To ascertain the significant relationship between the runnings of the various adult education programmes in Oko Prison affects the adequate provision of books.
3. To ascertain the benefit of adult education programme in prison.