IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WELFARE PROGRAMMES IN CORRECTIONAL CENTRES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the evaluation of the implementation of family life education welfare programmes in correctional centres in Enugu State Nigeria. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The design for the study was evaluative research design. The area for the study was Enugu, Nsukka and Oji river correctional centres in Enugu State Nigeria. The population of the study was 2958 inmates and staff in the correctional centres. The sample for the study was 290 staff and 266 inmates totalling 556 respondents. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in drawing the sample for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a 12 itemed questionnaire which was face validated by three research experts. The internal consistency reliability coefficient for the instrument was obtained through Cronbach Alpha method. The data collected were analysed using mean ratings and standard deviation, while the t-test statistic was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The following findings emerged from the study: the respondents (staff and inmates) were generally of the view that: family life education welfare programmes to a great extent are provided in correctional centres in Enugu State. It was found that the staff and inmates of correctional centres in Enugu State do not differ significantly in their mean rating on the extent of provision of family life education welfare programmes in correctional centres in Enugu State. Based on the findings of the study, the major recommendations of the study were that deliberate efforts should be made at supervising the provision of the family life education welfare programmes in Enugu correctional centres and there is need for staff on the job training and retraining on the provision and implementation of family life education welfare programmes in correctional centres in Enugu State.