dc.description.abstract | The year 2003 is known as the time prison department experienced positive changes in
administration and treatment of prisoners in Kenya. As the new organization came to
control, correctional department have experienced significant changes in arrangement of
administrations, for example, food, clothes and even entertainment, for example, TV,
videos, computers and educational facilities. The standard of food has been improved as
far as quality and quantity, balance diet and Sanitation has improved and general neatness
is up to the standard. The individuals who are debilitated are taken care of and officers
are more human than previously. The general condition in jail for the most part has
enhanced including yet not constrained to staff houses, their compensation and the
general terms and state of administration simply like their partners in police and military.
The researcher will go out to establish the determinants of the successful implementation
of rehabilitation program of male inmates that leads to the achievement in changing drug
addicts, alcohol drinkers, attackers, criminal conduct, rapists, and killers, without
essentially hurting the guilty culprits. The primary purpose behind every one of these
activities is to reduce or stop totally the number of convicts from returning to jail again
after they are discharged. The research will be guided by the following objectives;
establishing how chaplaincy and welfare services help in rehabilitating male inmates in
Kericho main prison. Examining how vocational training help in rehabilitating male
inmates in Kericho main prison. How literacy and education assist in rehabilitation of
mail inmates in Kericho main prison. How reintegration program assist in rehabilitation
of male inmates in Kericho main prison. How government policy help in rehabilitation of
male inmate in Kericho main prison. The researcher will utilize descriptive research
design due to the conduct of the respondent. Kericho main prison has a population of 600
the researcher used simple random sampling technique of 60 respondents for oral
interviews and questionnaires. Tables were utilized to show the findings. Measurable
Packages was utilized to examine information (SPSS 17.0) was used to analyzed data.
The study found that that the re- integration program or remote parenting is one of the
determinants of successful rehabilitation of male inmates in Kericho G.K prison. It is
evidenced that strongly agree accounts for 28%, agree 42%, neutral 20%, and disagree
10%, this further shows that strongly agree and agree combined accounts for 70%. This
clearly shows that education and literacy classes determine a successful implementation
of rehabilitation program of male inmates. 72% of the respondents are of the idea that
government policy and administration is behind the success of implementation of
rehabilitation programs of male inmates in Kericho main prison. The study recommends
that prisons be well funded so that issues on rehabilitation can be availed and operations
on rehabilitation can proceed without any shortage of funds. Officers need to undergo
training so that they can handle offenders in a professional manner for most of the
program to be successful. | |