Determinants of the implementation of rehabilitation Programme of male inmates. a case of Kericho main prison, Kericho county, Kenya

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.