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This article delves into the multifaceted landscape of rehabilitation programs within correctional facilities in the United States, offering a comprehensive exploration of their historical evolution, significance, types, implementation challenges, and ongoing debates.
Rehabilitation programs in correctional facilities are central to efforts aimed at transforming offenders into productive, law-abiding citizens. These programs, encompassing educational, vocational, and therapeutic interventions, play a crucial role in preparing inmates for successful reintegration into society.
This section provides an in-depth examination of the various rehabilitation programs implemented within prisons, encompassing cognitive-behavioral interventions, educational courses, vocational training, and mental health services.
7. While rehabilitation covers a wide variety of activities—including medical and psychologi-cal treatment, counselling and cognitive-behavioural programmes—this roadmap focuses on the three core areas of education, vocational training and work in prisons. There are several reasons for expanding activity in these areas.
- Itayi Samanyanga
- ABSTRACT
- 1.1 Statement of the problem
- 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
- 4. METHODOLOGY
- 6. CONCLUSION
- 7. RECOMMENDATIONS
Lecturer Zimbabwe Open University Matabeleland South Regional Campus, Gwanda Zimbabwe isamanyanga@gmail.com
The research study explores the role of rehabilitation programmes in curbing recidivism in Zimbabwe prisons. The purpose of the study was to examine the application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in empowering prison inmates to adopt positive attitudinal and behavioural changes to reduce recidivism in Zimbabwe prisons. The researcher used the...
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services provides various rehabilitation programmes to prison inmates in order to empower convicts to lead sustainable livelihood upon release from prison. Despite the involvement of offenders in rehabilitation programmes; still ex-convicts continue to commit new offences after incarceration and are rearrested,...
The study reviews literature related to rehabilitation programmes provided in correctional centres.
The researcher used a descriptive research design to collect data using questionnaire and interview schedule. The researcher used a descriptive research design to gather respondents’ views on the role of rehabilitation programmes in curbing recidivism in Zimbabwe prisons. The study used purposive sampling and snow balling methods to collect data fr...
The results of the study show that counselling services are minimally used to teach offenders about the importance of rehabilitation programmes, before they take part in the rehabilitation programmes. The Zimbabwe prison system has no formal assessment procedure to match the needs of the offenders to the rehabilitation programmes available in the ...
From the above conclusion, the following recommendations are made: There is need to increase counselling services such that they more accessible to offenders and thus assisting offenders to see the value as well as realise the benefits gained from engaging in rehabilitation programmes. The Zimbabwe prison system should use standard assessment ...
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Oct 16, 2019 · When offenders attend schools in correctional facilities, they are exposed to well-structured correctional education programmes to prepare them for successful lives as law abiding and productive citizens on release.
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Nov 21, 2020 · Rehabilitation Programs: It entails all efforts made especially by government to transform and better the lives of prison inmates. The purpose is to reinstate the accused/offenders back into the society. Prison Inmates: These are persons confined in a locality having been convicted or held in custody pending their prosecution in court of law.
