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Availability of Reformative Education Programmes for Prisoners in North West Nigeria

open access: yesUMT Education Review, 2020
The study investigated the availability of reformative education programs for prisoners in northwest Nigeria. A descriptive survey was the adopted research design.
Dr. Suleiman Ismaila
doaj   +1 more source

Education in Confinement: The Reintegration of Young People in Prison in La Araucanía, Chile

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2021
This article addresses the social reintegration of young people studying in the prison of La Araucanía, Chile. Our objective is to describe the social representation of young people between 19 and 29 years old, who are currently serving a custodial ...
Claudia Huaiquián‐Billeke   +3 more
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Utilization of Religious and Philosophy Education in Uplifting the Image of Prison Inmates and Curtailing Ex-Prisoners’ Recidivism in Enugu Prison Yard in Nigeria

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2017
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how religious and philosophy education is uplifting the image of prison inmates and curtailing ex-prisoners’ recidivism in Enugu State prison yard in Nigeria.
Leonard Chidi Ilechukwu   +1 more
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The Value of Teaching Critical Race Theory in Prison Spaces: Centering Students’ Voices in Pedagogy

open access: yesHumanities, 2020
This paper seeks to address the value of a humanities-based education, specifically focusing on a critical race theory course taught within a prison classroom.
Amos J. Lee   +3 more
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Predicting involvement in prison gang activity: Street gang membership, social and psychological factors. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine whether street gang membership, psychological factors, and social factors such as pre-prison experiences could predict young offenders’ involvement in prison gang activity.
Wood, Jane L.   +7 more
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Arresting hope: Women taking action in prison health inside out

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2017
In 2014, we published the book Arresting Hope: Women Taking Action in Prison Health Inside Out, which narrates a story about women in a provincial prison in Canada, about how creative leadership fostered opportunities for transformation and hope, and ...
Ruth Elwood Martin   +3 more
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‘A Whole Other World than What I Live in’: Reading Chester Himes, on Campus and at the County Jail

open access: yesHumanities, 2023
This essay first briefly examines African American novelist Chester Himes’ genre-defying position as prison writer turned detective writer, whose influence is clear not only in the usual suspects such as Walter Mosley but also in the Blaxploitation films
Ed Wiltse
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Prison staff and the health promoting prison. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Purpose – This paper aims to discuss some of the obstacles to implementing policy and strategy related to health promoting prisons. It focuses on the role of prison officers and raises issues concerning their conditions of service, training and ...
Dixey, R, Woodall, J
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Unseen roots and unfolding flowers? Prison learning, equality and the education of socially excluded groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The objective of this theoretical article is to critique the notion that adult education, in its current marketised formations, might serve the purpose of rehabilitating learners. To date there has been no detailed interrogation by educationalists of the
Sarah Galloway, Galloway, Sarah
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Social Practices or Functional Skills? Rehabilitation or Rights? An Analysis of Scottish Prison Learning Contracts

open access: yesEncyclopaideia, 2019
This paper critically examines some of the research arising from prison contexts internationally, questioning the notion that adult learning might serve the purpose of rehabilitation or encouraging desistance from crime. These discussions are utilised to
Sarah Galloway
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