THE STUDY OF THE ATTITUDE OF PRISON INMATES TOWARDS EDUCATION IN THE PRISON (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In many countries of the world there is bound to be prison. According to the Encarta concise English dictionary students’ edition by Blooms Bury, a prison is a secure place where somebody is confined as punishment for a crime or while awaiting to stand trial. Nigerian prison, Edo State chapter Oko Prison is an example of prison where this researcher is basing her research on. It is difficult therefore to convince Nigerians that persons serving terms in prisons are likely to be criminal. For this purpose the governments have set up a panel of discussion that will help to educate this inmate. According to the words of secretes prisoners need not be executed. The primary purpose of these prisoners is to set up panel establishment to provide a secure human containment for the inmates who are in custody. According to Rusk R. R. (2007) stated that education is processes which foster desirable and relevant changes in behaviour and attitude of an individual. The element of skill knowledge and its acquisition are rightly added to give clearer meaning to the concept viewed as a process of education, generally, it involves the communication of many factors in primary amongst which are educator and the educate.
To boost inmates education in the prison is therefore, the education and criminal justice programme took place at the Paris conference of international council for prison education that is (ICPE) in 2000 number of steps where taken to respond to the interest expressed between 2000 to 2003 in Paris. At the world assembly in 2003 a statement of objectives and suggested plan of action were developed. These later approved by the international council inmates’ education programmes as follows:
1. To persuade national education authorities to take up their natural roles in these areas.
2. To introduce development and gain acceptance as an educational approach in the field of criminal justice, especially in the area of panel administration and crime prevention.
3. To persuade national government to adopt panel policies which include the following:
a. To persuade national government to adopt panel united nation to adopt international council for prison educational programmes.
b. Every person shall regard as having an intrinsic dignity and view himself regardless of his condition.
c. Panel instruction shall have as one of the essential purpose at least will be equal in the development of the individual human prison
d. To avoid this substandard minimum rules for treatment of prisoners (IBE, 1996).
e. To gather data of interned prisoners for purpose of assisting in crime control over the world.
f. To ensure proper classification of prisoners vis-à-vis ages, offences and reformation programmes.
g. To provide adequate welfare services such as health services, feeding, clothing, training etc to all prisoners.,
Prisoners cannot finance educational programmes themselves. However, this was established in prison by former civilian government of Kano State Late Alhaji barka Zuwpo in (1886) when he was serving seven years jail terms in prison. In this research project discussion will be on Oko Prison Benin City. However, I also discuss the advantages and the study of attitude of prison educational programme as obtained in Oko Prison Benin City and actually I will also mention some examples of these various prison educational programmes.
