EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VOCATIONAL WELFARE PROGRAMMES IN CORRECTIONAL CENTRES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the evaluation of the implementation of social 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 for 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 techniques was used in drawing the sample for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a 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 scores and standard deviation, while 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: vocational welfare programmes to a great extent are provided in correctional centres in Enugu State. It was found that the staff and inmates in correctional centres in Enugu State do not differ significantly in their mean responses on the extent of provision of vocational 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 social welfare programmes in Enugu correctional centres and there is need for the training of staffon the provision and implementation of social welfare programmes in correctional centres in Enugu State.