The Impact of Prison Reform Program on Child Food and Health Security: The Case of Kality Prison Center, Ethiopia
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Children are physically and mentally immature and dependent on their families. When a mother had committed crime and incarcerated, who cares her innocent child is a great concern. Hence, the purpose of the thesis is to explore the effect of a prison reform program on food and health security of a child incarcerated with their mothers, the case of Kality Prison Center. This is a qualitative research approach and explorative design. Data collection tools were focus group discussion, observation, interview and document review. The participants of the study for interviews were Kality Prison Center six leaders and four mothers incarcerated with their child, who were selected through a purposive sampling technique because they have more awareness about the condition of the prison as well as that the leaders have direct relation with the prison zone where children are incarcerated with their mothers. Participants for the FGD in two sessions were five mothers incarcerated with their child and seven staff of the Kality prison center selected by convenience sampling techniques. These collected data were analyzed thematically. The findings of the study show that there is no food security for children incarcerated with their mother and the prison reform on food programs is poor because enough budgets is not assigned for children. Moreover, there is no health security for child incarcerated with their mother such as there is no child drug, physicians, psychiatry, and the reform program did not resolve this insecurities. Therefore, the Federal Prison Administration Commission should ensure the security of children incarcerated with their mothers through establishing legal and institutional frame works such as special room for child incarcerated with their mother, establish daycare, provide a balanced diet, and appropriate medical care for children .
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Human Security, Health Security, Food Security, Prison Reform