A Dissertation Submitted in Partial/Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Award of the Degree of Master of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe
University
The study was conducted to assess successfully of rehabilitation in prisons to
convicted criminal prisoners. The general objective was to find out factors affecting
success of rehabilitation process to CCPs in the prisons. Specific objectives was: to
determine re-offending (recidivism) rate of offenders from 2003 up to 2013 in
Tanzania prisons due to inadequate rehabilitation. To assess the extend measures
taken by prisons management with regard to rehabilitation of CCPs. To identify
problem faced prison management on course of effecting rehabilitation to CCPs.
The sample consisted of:-the male convicted offender with long sentence, male CCPs
with short sentence, female CCPs with long sentence, female CCPs with short
sentence, layers, police staff, and community service officer.Data collection method
used was primary and secondary. Data collection instrument used were
questionnaire, interview questions, documentary schedules and observation
schedules. Analysis of data was done based on research objective. It was found that
there were re-offending CCPs each year for both male and female for the period of
10 yrs, That means from 2003 to 2013 that was according to objective one, also there
were inadequate rehabilitation due to many problem faced the department.
Further problem faced prisons management in course of effecting rehabilitation to
CCPs were inadequate rehabilitation skills to staff, outdated curriculum, budgetary
constraints, prison staff the lack the skills of how to implement rehabilitation
program, lack of education and vocational skills, lack of legal and police framework
that must guide the operation of prisons ,just I mention few.
It was recommended that, measures have been developed to monitor the degree of
success in program implementation. These include measures for both treatment
adherence and program compliance and staff competence is very important.